There’s little doubt that Steven Gerrard had a glittering playing career. Although he never won the Premier League (partly due to that famous slip!), he did win the Champions League, two FA Cups, three League Cups, a UEFA Cup and a UEFA Super Cup, which isn’t bad going. It’s fair to suggest, however, that Gerrard…
There’s a close link between football and urban music – many players enjoy their rap, hip hop and other sub genres, while many rappers and singers played the beautiful game at a decent level prior to making the move into the professional music scene. Whether Stormzy, the chart-topping British rapper, was any good at football…
In 2023 Forbes magazine announced that the three highest-paid athletes in the world were all footballers. Cristiano Ronaldo topped the pile, with Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe next. All three earnt more than £100m in the preceding 12 months which is not too bad when you stop and think about it. We mean, we’d quite…
England hammered North Macedonia 7-0 in their Euros qualifier at Old Trafford on 19th June 2023, but it’s nowhere near their biggest win. Although it’s certainly not as common these days, there was a time when the England national football team would win games by at least that margin on a fairly regular basis. In…
Once upon a time, Quincy Promes had the footballing world at his feet. Having broken through the youth ranks impressively at Twente, the winger was linked with moves to a number of European giants including Juventus. Somewhat bizarrely, Promes chose Spartak Moscow as his next destination, but in four-and-a-bit seasons with the Russian outfit he…
Pep Guardiola led his Manchester City team to Champions League glory in Istanbul on 10th June 2023 and in the process, his side became only the second in English football history to complete the treble. Just to be clear, by “the treble” we mean a team has won the Premier League, the FA Cup and…
Among the key strengths of the Premier League is its competitiveness. In the last six seasons alone, seven different teams have finished inside the top four positions, with each qualifying for the Champions League along the way. However, these places have been dominated by the ‘big six’ in England’s top flight, with the only exception…
Above Image: rarrarorro, Bigstock Photo As the curtain came down on the 2022/23 Premier League season, Chelsea fans were glad to see the back of it. Just the season before, Chelsea had won the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup, had made it to the finals of both the FA Cup and…
The 2022/23 Premier League season is now a thing of the past. Some fans will be glad it’s over and they can enjoy a summer without stress – Everton supporters, we’re looking at you. Others will be facing next season in the Championship, whilst clubs – and their fans – such as Newcastle, Brighton and…
When Pep Guardiola led his Manchester City side to the 2022/23 Premier League, it was his fifth English top-flight title. This is a truly fantastic achievement, but it still only puts him in joint-fourth position in the table of all-time English championship-winning managers. In this article, we’ll run through the managers who have won at…
