The Ireland football team has never achieved any significant level of excellence, although they have had several notable figures in the sport throughout history. Patrick O’Connell, the one who saved FC Barcelona, and William McCrum, the creator of the penalty kick, are both notable figures in sports history. However, what may be unknown to certain…
March 7th, 2020, was the first day I started supporting SV Werder Bremen. Since the Bundesliga was the first European to return to action following the COVID-19 pandemic and I needed someone to write about as a freelance journalist, I ended up watching a Bremen side I had some previous connections with. Take a look…
There’s not one thing better as a football fan than seeing an academy boy break through after years at the club and shine in the first team. It hits differently, and it feels more real and close to home than any other signing the club can make. Academy players are to be cherished. They are…
Bayern Munich, and Paris Saint Germain, among many other clubs, are all vying for the signature of Stade Rennais’s 19-year-old talent this summer, with the Frenchman set to join a list of names such as Eduardo Camavinga and Ousmane Dembele, all talents made in the Les Rouges et Noirs academy, but why exactly are clubs…
Manchester United midfielder Toby Collyer has recently signed a new contract with the Red Devils, taking him up to 2027 with an option of a further year if the club wish to do so. Collyer joined the club in 2022 from Brighton and Hove Albion and has impressed for the under-18s and 21s teams under Travis Binnion.
Bradley Locko was one of the breakout stars of French football this season, following Brest’s historic qualification to the Champions League last season under Éric Roy, a historic season that the French left-back was a vital part of. But why exactly was Bradley Locko so influential for the French side last season? The Streets Of…
Football Manager players will smile when they see the name Sverre Halseth Nypan. An all-time great within the video game is the Norwegian, and he has the talent to match that up on the pitch too. The 17-year-old got to showcase that on Monday against Manchester United, as he glided through the midfield of a…
“”He is, without any doubt, one of the biggest talents in his age group in this country,” “ Daniel Farke, Leeds United Manager. There’s no hiding the fact that Archie Gray has been one of the most exciting talents in both the English setup and within Leeds United for many years. One might wonder, however: How…
Miguel Gutierrez well and truly announced himself onto the stage in the Spanish League this season and, in the process, attached himself to the wish lists of some of the top clubs in European football. The Girona defender was a huge factor in the club pushing themselves into the Champions League for the first time…
International tournaments always give football fans the opportunity to watch players they may have heard of but not necessarily got the chance to watch before, James Rodriguez’s individual performance in leading Colombia to the quarter-final at the World Cup in 2014 always comes to mind. Not only for fans, but it also gives the players…
