Many people – even those who love football – feel that some players, at least at the top level, are overpaid prima donnas who have the propensity to act like children. We don’t want to bash footballers though (as so many in the media seem to want to) because we love football and the players…
Image by vverve Bigstock Photo All across the world, you can easily find football fans moaning about a particular decision a referee has made. The Premier League is certainly no exception to this as referees end up taking a considerable amount of criticism over the course of a season or even any single match. It…
Naming Qatar as the hosts of the 2022 World Cup has been one of the more controversial decisions FIFA has ever made, and they’ve made a fair few over the years. In fact, there was so much uproar at the time that even Sepp Blatter publicly acknowledged there was masses of popular support, “circulating around…
Playing for your country is the pinnacle of many sports and pulling on the white shirt of England’s football team is what so many kids dream about. The reality is that very few children who love football will ever play professionally and from those that do, only a small proportion will represent their country. Getting…
Football is a sport with a love of tradition and this is part of the reason why the beautiful game is so special. Fans end up forging so many memories at their home stadium that they often develop a real attachment. It can be painful, therefore, for sentimental reasons, when a club decides they have…
England has long had a rich history of various ‘football’ teams from across the country with evidence pointing to some originating as early as the 15th century. Football back then did not remotely resemble the game we see played today though (there was certainly no VAR!). It was only in the latter half of the…
For any player born in England, and indeed for many around the world, playing in the Premier League (PL) is their ultimate dream. Lots of young footballers would probably give their left arm (goalkeepers aside) for just one appearance in the top flight of English football. However, the players that follow in this article have…
In most professions, when someone is out of a job they are simply classed as unemployed. Footballers however end up with the rather snazzier title of ‘free agent’ whenever their contract with their employer (club) expires or is terminated. Put very simply, a free agent is a player that is not under contract with any…
You may think footballers earn more than enough with their basic weekly salary but it is extremely common for players at almost all (professional) levels of the game to earn additional bonuses on top of their regular income. As we will cover, there are a wide range of bonuses a player can negotiate to have…
From the terraces to the comfort of your own armchair, and from your phone whilst sat on a train to the big screen in your local sports bar, there a several ways to watch a football match these days. However, whilst they have been around a long time, hospitality boxes and packages offering unique matchday…
