FBH Series

Those Good Ol' Days

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

Chris Beaumont -
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...
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Matthias Sindelar: The Mozart of Football and the Man Who Refused to Obey

Chris Beaumont -
The history of football is often recorded in the cold, hard ink of statistics—goals scored, trophies won, and caps earned. Yet, every so often,...
Time Machine

Football in the 1920s: How the Modern Game Was Forged

Chris Beaumont -
The 1920s was a decade of seismic shifts, a period where the world, emerging from the long shadow of the Great War, sought to...

Antonio Conte: The Man Who Stays Winning

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From the Pitch to the Paddle: Why Soccer Stars are Secretly Obsessed with Pickleball

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Those good ol' days

Those Good Ol' Days

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

Chris Beaumont -
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

Chris Beaumont -
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

Those Good Ol' Days

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

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CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS

Contemporary Classics

Jay-Jay Okocha: So good they named him twice

Chris Beaumont -
I. Introduction In the pantheon of football's most dazzling stars, Augustine Azuka "Jay-Jay" Okocha shines with an undiminished light. Born on the dusty pitches of...
Contemporary Classics

David Ginola: The Enigmatic Maestro of French Football

Chris Beaumont -
Introduction In the pantheon of French football, where tales of grace, artistry, and élan are etched into the very fabric of the sport, the story...
Contemporary Classics

Basque-Only: A Double Edged Sword for Athletic Club

Football Bloody Hell -
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

Contemporary Classics

Corinthians and the Casuals: bound by history

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Long Reads

Long Reads

Matthias Sindelar: The Mozart of Football and the Man Who Refused to Obey

Chris Beaumont -
The history of football is often recorded in the cold, hard ink of statistics—goals scored, trophies won, and caps earned. Yet, every so often,...
Long Reads

Antonio Conte: The Man Who Stays Winning

Football Bloody Hell -
by Joe James “I always talk about education and respect. I give this. But I demand this. And if someone hasn’t a good attitude in...
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From the Pitch to the Paddle: Why Soccer Stars are Secretly Obsessed with Pickleball

Chris Beaumont -
The worlds of soccer and pickleball might seem miles apart, one a global sport with a history stretching back millennia, the other a relatively...

Juan Alberto Schiaffino: The Cerebral Architect of Football’s Golden Age

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Willie Ormond: The Quiet Mastermind Behind Hibernian’s Golden Era

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