Nowadays, you hear it everywhere. On Match of the Day, in WhatsApp groups, from pundits trying to explain how a team came away with nothing despite battering the opposition. xG is part of the football conversation now. But for all the talk, most people couldn’t tell you where it came from, or who came up…
Reading FC is a club with a long history in English football, but thanks to their owner Dai Yongge, they are close to extinction. Find out more here.
“It’s shameful letting us play such an important competition, where a lot of champions take part, with a ball like this”—Gianluigi Buffon. The World Cup in 2010 was one of the most incredible events in modern history. Taking place in South Africa, it would be the first time that an African nation hosted this major…
On the east side of Leeds, a mere 20-minute drive from Elland Road, Farsley Celtic are facing a major uphill battle to ensure their club’s status
Robbie Keane is an Irish icon. He will go down as the country’s greatest ever goalscorer, but his post playing career has been quite controversial.
There are some players in the footballing world that are simply born to play. Watching these players transcend the game to a new level is what makes fans adore the sport. A player that defined the term ‘natural born talent’ was none other than Adel Taarabt. Skill, speed, strength—you name it. Adel Taarabt possessed it…
Lutz Pfannenstiel may be the craziest man in football. From playing on every continent to match-fixing scandals to even dying on the pitch.
Adriano Leite Ribeiro was once hailed as “L’imperatore” was a man with the world at his feet. But after terrible personal news, his career nosedived.
Amad Diallo was a victim of human trafficking, but this scheme was also the reason he has made it to the heights of football so far. This is the story.
Serie A is attracting new eyes again, but a strong international fanbase has been following from afar for years.
