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A disproportionate amount of hyperbole and bluster often dog young footballers as they try to navigate their way through the challenging waters of their fledgeling careers. The near frantic desperation from certain corners for the next cohort of players to burst onto the scene only makes a tough job even …

The Premier League era has seen its fair share of ‘boy wonders’ and precociously talented teenagers, with the likes of Manchester United’s Mason Greenwood and Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli amongst the latest to have enjoyed impressive breakthroughs despite their tender years. That duo have impressed with their goalscoring exploits so far …

There comes a certain amount of pressure when becoming a club’s record signing, not least when that club is arguably the biggest in world football. Manchester United have been no strangers to splashing expensive sums on top talent throughout their history, breaking the Premier League transfer record on seven occasions …

Pele once called football “the beautiful game”, but it isn’t always as attractive to watch as that famous line makes it out to be.  Many games of football don’t adhere to that adage. Some matches are so ugly, violent and dirty that they enter the history books, gaining notoriety for …

For some unbeknown reasoning, left-footed footballers tend to possess a mystique that their right-footed counterparts simply do not. Preference for the left side is less common, of course, though even with that statistic some of the game’s all-time greats including Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona and Ferenc Puskas were all very …

There’s next to no football on our screens these days, what better way to fill the void in our daily lives than by gorging ourselves on some excellent football films and documentary series over the next while.  The following shows and movies are available to stream online on various formats …

Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher both blamed Liverpool’s poor recruitment for their failure to win a league title for 30 years. The Sky Sports’ pundits teamed up on MNF Retro to analyse Liverpool’s classic 4-3 defeat to Leeds back in 2000, Mark Viduka scoring all four goals for the Yorkshire …

The three main footballing authorities in England have announced that the sport will not return to action before April 30th at the earliest.  In a joint statement from the Premier League, the FA and EFL on Thursday afternoon, it was revealed that the current postponement of matches will be increased …

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has rubbished suggestions Europe’s major leagues could be finalised as they currently stand, labelling the reports as ‘fake news’. Football authorities are currently deliberating possibilities to finish the season amid the outbreak of the Coronavirus, with continental competitions paused at present in a bid to combat …

James Milner’s remarkable consistency at the highest level has seen the midfielder continue to move up the list of the Premier League’s record appearance makers, the Liverpool star now just one game shy of entering the all-time top five. The veteran may have to wait for his landmark appearance as …