Image: The Centre for School Design, flickr. The great Sir Bobby Charlton was laid to rest on 13th November 2023 after one of the best footballers of all time died at the age of 86 on 21st October 2023. He was given a fitting send-off in Manchester, with around 1,000 people attending the funeral and…
In the inaugural 1992/1993 edition of the newly rebranded Premier League, almost 91% of players who made at least one appearance came from Britain or Ireland. Only one other country (Norway) had more than four representatives while France had just one! It is hard to imagine this now given how much of a melting pot…
Manchester City outplayed their Manchester rivals United on 29th October 2023 as they won 3-0 at Old Trafford. Given that City had 21 shots (to United’s seven!), it could have been a lot worse for Erik ten Hag and his struggling team. Winning 3-0 in any Premier League match is impressive enough but in a…
Harry Kane has taken to life in Germany like a duck to water. Or more literally, like a world-class striker playing in a world-class team that dominates their league and creates a hatful of chances almost every week. Following his recent Champions League strike against Galatasaray on the 24th of October 2023, the former Spurs…
The Merseyside derby is also known as the friendly derby, although you wouldn’t think it based on some of the hot-tempered encounters between the sides over the years. First played way back on 13th October 1894, when Liverpool and Everton meet in the Premier League on Saturday 21st October at Anfield it will be the…
The UK and Republic of Ireland will co-host Euro 2028 after their joint bid for the championships ended up being unopposed. This is a big deal for all five nations involved, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, but perhaps especially for those last three countries, who have never before hosted any…
Manchester United have just had their worst start (in terms of the number of defeats) to a Premier League campaign after losing four of their first seven games of the 2023/24 EPL season. To be fair to Erik ten Hag and his men, they did win the other three games. United are the most successful…
There are many supporters who would love to see their team score even a single goal at times. In the early stages of the 2023/24 campaign goals were certainly not easy to come by for the likes of Everton, Luton, Burnley and Chelsea. In fact, there are some who would probably take just not conceding…
The first foreign player in English football is thought to have been Walter Bowman. He made his bow for Accrington Stanley and those who believe that players from overseas are a modern phenomenon should note that the Canadian with Swiss heritage played his first game in 1892! The first Brazilian to appear in the English…
They say that all good things come to an end, and for Andorran footballer Ildefons Lima that time was September 2023. That was when he decided, at the age of 43, to bring the curtain down on his international football career – ending a stint in the Andorran national side that began with his debut…
