The dust has now settled at Old Trafford after Tottenham Hotspur recorded their biggest ever win over Manchester United. Jose Mourinho really proved a point didn’t he? Manchester United have lost 6-1 twice since 1930 and David de Gea has been involved in both. Ouch. It’s been a turbulent Premier League season so far – […]
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The Man Who Ate His Hat
"[The BBC’s] first adventure into live football came on 16 September 1937 when the London service from Alexandra Palace, transmitting to nearly 100 viewers in the Muswell Hill area, ran the following packed schedule: 3pm Fancy That!; 3.30pm British Movietone News; 3.40pm Football at the Arsenal; 3.55pm Cartoon; 4pm Close. Obviously what everyone really wants […]
Against Sanitised Football
"It is a cringe-worthy advert produced by Qatar Airways, starring the players of Barcelona. It is 40 seconds of distilled ideology at its purest. Messi and the gang roll up to the check-in desk in their rock-star gear. Behind them lies a void of squeaky clean airport marble, like a hospital for rich people. It […]
Greatest Games Episode Two – Manchester City 1 Manchester United 0
FA Cup semi-final, Wembley Stadium, London, 16 April 2011
Deportivo 4 Milan 0, 2004 – Mark Langdon
In this week’s Greatest Games Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller are joined by Mark Langdon as they look back to the 2004 Champions League quarter-final between Deportivo and AC Milan. A 4-1 loss at the San Siro, a Milan fortress at the time, gave Deportivo an almost hopeless task at the Riazor in the second-leg […]
Hungary 4 Uruguay 2, 1954 – Martin da Cruz
This week on Greatest Games, Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller discuss a 1954 World Cup semi-final with Martin Da Cruz – Hungary 4 Uruguay 2. Going into the match in Lausanne, Switzerland, Hungary’s ‘Mighty Magyars’ hadn’t lost a full international since 1950 – winning Olympic gold and thrashing England a couple of times in that […]
Dutch Side Trolls Chelsea Fans by Announcing They’ve Signed Kai Havertz
21-year-old German sensation Kai Havertz has been tipped to join Premier League side Chelsea in the wake of Bayer Leverkusen’s Europa League campaign coming to an end. However, Blues fans might have gotten quite the scare when they got wind of Dutch minnows Heracles Almelo welcoming the player with a tweet of his face photoshopped […]
Greatest Games: Manchester City 1 Manchester United 0, 2011 – Jack Pitt-Brooke
FA Cup semi-final, Wembley Stadium, London, 16 April 2011 Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller are joined by football journalist at The Independent, Jack Pitt-Brooke, to discuss the 2011 FA Cup semi-final between Manchester City and Manchester United. The expectation of silverware was beginning to stir at Manchester City as fans and pundits looked for justification […]
Greatest Games Quiz: Italy 2 Chile 2, 1998
LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR PODCAST PLATFORM OF CHOICE OR YOUTUBE This week, Harry Pearson joins Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller to discuss the third fixture of the 1998 World Cup – Italy 2 Chile 2. Having reached the final four years ago, Cesare Maldini’s Who’s Who of Italian football in the 90s were hoping […]
Issue Forty
Introduction Issue 40: Editor’s Note – Jonathan Wilson Jonathan Wilson’s Editor’s Note from Issue Forty Politics The Years of Lead – John Irving Juventus, Torino and visiting Turin during Italy’s decade of political violence The Green Giant – Leonard Jägerskiöld Velander Sampdoria’s Morten Thorsby and changing football’s relationship with the environment The Rebels – Ewan Flynn The chaotic attempts […]