The FIFA World Cup is perhaps the biggest competition in the whole world, after the Olympic Games – The Greatest Show on Earth and for the football community, nothing is as a big as the World Cup. It is unarguably the most prestigious tournament for a professional football player or a coach, for whom, just […]
George Best – the name might not ring a bell to every football fan, but those who are old enough or have been following the game very closely, they will know what the name stands for. Arguably the greatest ever player never to have played in the FIFA World Cup, Best was a winger for Manchester […]
It’s hard to determine exactly how football became so popular in England in the 19th century, but the truth is that in the mid 19th century, almost every major town had a semi-professional football team. These teams were usually associations of workers from the same factory or institution or simply students at a local University. […]
Football has been known to break lots of barriers and bringing people closer. There are many instances where football has transcended the realms of race, colour and religion and have made a sacred between people, through their love for a certain football club. But The Beautiful Game is also known to create barriers between two […]
Football is mainly about the rivalry between opposition teams, but the long history of the game has seen individual rivalries develop as well. Sometimes, these rivalries are between players of different positions, between a striker and a defender to see who can get the better of whom, sometimes between players in the same position to […]
Throughout time, Holland gave out some truly outstanding football players, most of them surpassing the status of Holland football stars and becoming famous on an international level. Give me 5 minutes of your time and I’ll give you an overview of Holland’s all-time football stars that includes players such as Dennis Bergkamp, Johan Cruyff, Ruud […]
Football matches are all about scoring goals and being winners. As a result, football can hold up a mirror to life since many humans also want to achieve goals and to be winners in the game of life. There is much to be learned about life in general from football players, managers and commentators. When […]