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David Ginola: The Enigmatic Maestro of French Football

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November 1993: The moment that stayed It is late. Too late for improvisation. France need control, nothing more. A point will take them to the World...
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Jay-Jay Okocha: The footballer who made people fall in love with the game

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There are footballers who are measured by medals, footballers who are measured by numbers, and footballers who are measured by memory. Jay-Jay Okocha belongs in...
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Matt Le Tissier: The genius who stayed still while football moved on

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There are footballers who chase the game, and footballers who let the game come to them. Matt Le Tissier did something else entirely. He stood...

Dynamo Kyiv and the Soviet System: Lobanovskyi, Science, and the Rise of the Machine

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The Felt on Red Square: A History of Soviet Football

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Those good ol' days

Those Good Ol' Days

Euro 96 and the Rebirth of Germany: Unity, Resilience, and Wembley 1996

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The mid-1990s in Europe were a time of profound cultural and political flux, defined by the falling of old barriers and the energetic rise...
Those Good Ol' Days

The Golden Era of Hungarian Football

Chris Beaumont -
Introduction: Setting the Scene In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, Europe was a continent remaking itself. The war had left scars across...
Those Good Ol' Days

Real Madrid’s Dynasty: The First Five European Cups

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Introduction In the accounts of football history, few periods stand as tall and as impactful as Real Madrid's dominance in the European Cup from 1956...

The ‘West Ham Way’: A breeding ground for managers

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The Auld Enemy: Remembering some of the historic 1970s matches between Scotland and England

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CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS

Contemporary Classics

David Ginola: The Enigmatic Maestro of French Football

Chris Beaumont -
November 1993: The moment that stayed It is late. Too late for improvisation. France need control, nothing more. A point will take them to the World...
Contemporary Classics

Jay-Jay Okocha: The footballer who made people fall in love with the game

Chris Beaumont -
There are footballers who are measured by medals, footballers who are measured by numbers, and footballers who are measured by memory. Jay-Jay Okocha belongs in...
Contemporary Classics

Basque-Only: A Double Edged Sword for Athletic Club

Chris Beaumont -
Today's throwback piece comes from August 2018 and our sister site Tale of Two Halves - with Athletic Club going well in La Liga...

Ronaldinho: Football’s Muhammad Ali

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Corinthians and the Casuals: bound by history

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Long Reads

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Matt Le Tissier: The genius who stayed still while football moved on

Chris Beaumont -
There are footballers who chase the game, and footballers who let the game come to them. Matt Le Tissier did something else entirely. He stood...
Long Reads

Dynamo Kyiv and the Soviet System: Lobanovskyi, Science, and the Rise of the Machine

Chris Beaumont -
On 2 May 1986, at the Stade de Gerland in Lyon, Dynamo Kyiv scored a goal that looked improvised only to those watching from...
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The Felt on Red Square: A History of Soviet Football

Chris Beaumont -
On a warm July day in 1936, the cobblestones of Red Square were concealed beneath a massive, green felt carpet. In the shadow of...

Valeriy Lobanovskyi and the Cybernetic Game

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How the European Cup Became the Champions League — and Changed Football Forever

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