OLIVER Holt has always been a fine journalist, so it was no surprise that his latest book, Ninety-two, is an engaging story ...

EXPECTATION can be like an anvil on the back of a footballer. It has always been the case, no matter how sizeable the ...

WHAT is so attractive about Málaga, a Spanish second tier club that has caught the eye of both Paris Saint-German and Liverpool? Málaga is the sixth largest city in Spain with a population of 591,000.

ASK any fan from the north and they will tell you the real passion in the game is found in cities like Liverpool, Manchester ...

THEY are being called cheats, charlatans, fraudsters and people that have worked against the integrity of the game. Long debates are taking place about the punishments that should be handed out to ...

The story of Colne Dynamoes is a classic case of “too much too quickly”. You could regard it as a testimony to the democratic nature of football or you could merely brush it aside as another club ...

IF ever a sport reflected a certain disconnect with its audience, it is surely football. Wages continue to climb, the big clubs remain cash cows and the competitive imbalances that have plagued the ...

FOOTBALL is a sport built around nostalgia. We remember our heroes, draw comparisons between the past and today and don the rose-tinted glasses of experience to complain about contemporary trends and ...

Title day at Anfield – Lawrenson’s header sets Liverpool on their way to another title on May 15, 1982. Photo: PA AFTER FINISHING fifth in 1980-81, Liverpool – despite being crowned European champions ...

IN an age when former Football League clubs proliferate the top division of non-league, it is often forgotten that the first non-league team to perform the hallowed “double” of National League and FA ...

NOTTS COUNTY were one of the founder members of the Football League but success has eluded them at the top level. Here’s four of their most interesting teams. 1891-1994: FA Cup winners and almost the ...