In a time when football clubs are striving for increased gate receipts and ticket prices are seemingly uncontrollably rising, Fortuna Düsseldorf’s bold initiative has completely transformed the industry landscape. In 2023, the German second-tier club launched a bold initiative, offering free tickets to home games and contradictorily, the result was more profit, not less. Fortuna…
Some of you will look at this article and say it is pure delusion. How can this author write an article that even suggests something positive when everything is in turmoil? The club is a disaster; staff are losing their jobs, and Manchester United will finish their lowest ever Premier League finish. How can anything…
You’d be surprised how many opinions about a footballer’s performance now hinge on a number between 6.3 and 8.1. No context, no nuance, just a number. This is what happens when apps like Sofascore and FotMob go from being helpful tools to being the entire conversation. The overreliance on football stats is not just changing…
There’s a strange joy in finding a wonderkid on Football Manager before anyone else knows their name. That rush when you sign a 16-year-old for peanuts and five seasons later he’s bagging goals in a Champions League final. Football Manager has a knack for spotting talent long before it breaks through. Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney,…
“You see, they’re in a 3-2-5 in possession, inverted full-backs creating the box midfield. But out of possession, it’s more of a 4-2-2-2, with the wingers engaging the second phase in a hybrid press.” Now, read that again and ask yourself, what have you actually learned? The rise of Football Tacticos – those self-styled tactical…
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.
Lutz Pfannenstiel may be the craziest man in football. From playing on every continent to match-fixing scandals to even dying on the pitch.
Serie A is attracting new eyes again, but a strong international fanbase has been following from afar for years.
It’s November 1st, and Shelbourne have just taken the lead against Derry City. “Duffer, Duffer, Duff-er-er-er” screams from the lungs of the travelling Shels’ fans, to the tune of The Cranberries ‘Zombie’. 250 kilometres south, the same chant is ringing around Tallaght Stadium by the Block E Boys and travelling support of Waterford FC as…
