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The FA cup is one the World's longest running tournaments, with a history running back more than one

The FA cup is one the World's longest running tournaments, with a history running back more than one hundred and thirty years. During that time the tournament has created no small amount of upsets. It was in 1973, under the twin towers of the famous W... Read >

How Alex Ferguson and Manchester United won the treble and a knighthood all in the same season.

Manchester United are a team with a great tradition, especially in the post Second World War years. Coached by another legendary Scottish manager, the late Sir Matt Busby, the club underwent a tremendous trauma 1958, when their plane crashed returning fro... Read >

The life and times of Eusebio

Every great football player and ambassador to his club and country should have their contribution to soccer marked by having a statue erected in their name. Thankfully there is a statue erected outside Benfica's famous Stadium of Light in Lisbon. The stat... Read >

The Hungary of 1954- the greatest team never to win the World Cup

It could be said that the 1954 World Cup held in Switzerland was a bit of an understated affair. The Swiss never known for their flair for the big occasion, and the general opinion was that they had been granted the rights to host the World Cup as a bit o... Read >

Paolo Maldini – A second generation of greats

When Paolo Cesare Maldini was born in June 1968 in Milan; he could already be described as a prince of football. His father Cesare Maldini at that time was captain of AC Milan and had already led the team to a European Cup triumph. As Cesare Maldini's ... Read >

The Marseille Scandal – How blind ambition won and lost European glory

The saying goes that behind every great man lays a great woman and behind every successful football club lies a very ambitious man. That was certainly the case with the French club Olympique de Marseille of the late 1980's and early 1990's. Marseille w... Read >

Goalkeepers are crazy

There is a general consensus in soccer that goalkeepers are the exception to the rule. After all they are allowed to do things on the field that the outfield players only do at the risk of expulsion, like catch the ball. Wear different and usually more... Read >

Sir Bobby Robson: a true knight of soccer

Being awarded a knighthood by the ruling United Kingdom monarch is one of the finest honors that can be bestowed, recognizing a lifetime's achievement in a certain field. In world of soccer only fourteen such awards have ever been bestowed, as well as one... Read >

Magath and Happel win the European Cup for Hamburg.

In 1983 , following Bayern Munich's run of three successive European Cup Wins in the mid nineteen seventies, English clubs had grabbed a very tight hold on the trophy and didn't seem capable of letting go. For six consecutive seasons, an English based... Read >

Flawed soccer genius- The George Best Story.

Footballers usually come from working class backgrounds, and the skill and determination that they have been given and work hard to develop can propel to unlimited wealth, adulation and global fame. Most soccer players cope well with their rise to fam... Read >

Santos FC - A Brazilian Legend.

To say that soccer is Brazil's most favorite sport is to say that fish swim in the sea. Anyone who has ever visited Brazil will never forget the site of thousands of bare footed, coffee coloured youngsters playing soccer along the beach front of Rio de Ja... Read >

Lev Yashin: The best goalkeeper of all time

In the days when football was played in black and white and half of the World was cut off by an iron curtain, Lev Yashin emerged as the best goalkeeper of all time. A different title to bestow considering that Yashin played in an age where football was... Read >

Giovanni Trappatoni: Among the greatest managers of all time

There are very few soccer managers whose record can compete with that of Giovanni Trappatoni. Still regarded as one of top club and international managers in football history, Trapattoni's record of successes at the highest level speak for themselves. ... Read >

How far away is a European Super League?

An interesting situation has begun to develop among the leading European football leagues and one that could lead to the development of a European super league within the next three to five years. There has been much discussion and several scenarios d... Read >

World Cup upsets: The day that Senegal shocked France

France had high aspirations going into the 2002 World Cup in North Korea. After all they were defending their status as World Cup holders as well as reigning European Champions, They boasted a squad of top class players for every department, all of whom w... Read >