"It was at that point that the original referee arrived. According to the Derby Daily Telegraph, Kirkham claimed to have been “misdirected by a ticket collector at Halifax”, resulting in the missed connection. He’d set off from his home in good time, but arrived at Newcastle Road three hours late. As the teams loitered around […]
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Greatest Games Quiz: Brazil 1 England, 1970
LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR PODCAST PLATFORM OF CHOICE OR YOUTUBE Test your memory of this classic 1970 World Cup fixture – name both teams’ starting line-ups in our quiz below. Let us know how you score on Twitter. PLAY HERE: Play more Greatest Games quizzes, here.
The Two Greatest Champions League Matches
There is no doubt that the Champions League is the most competitive and most fun competition to watch when it comes to football. The best teams in Europe come together each year to determine which one is at the very top. Throughout the years, this elite competition has graced us with tons of memorable moments […]
Quiz! Fifa World Cup Host Cities
64 cities, 15 minutes In this quiz, name every Fifa World Cup host city of the 21st Century. Let us know how you do on Twitter. Order our latest quarterly – including how the COVID-19 pandemic changed football, a look at a selection of infamous footballing individuals and an investigation of the Afghanistan women’s national team […]
The Other Cup
Now glance at the name “Europa League”. What information does it convey? It’s a league for… the abstract concept of Europe? For women who ride off on divine white bulls? Uefa can’t call the competition what it is, since “The Second-Tier Distribution of Teams as Apportioned by Mathematical Coefficients Cup” lacks a certain Heineken Factor." […]
Dessert Comes at the End – The Blizzard Podcast Episode One Hundred and One
"It all goes to show that less can sometimes be more. This might jar with US thinking about sport, but keeping international competitions so open that the best teams rarely meet — or possibly don’t at all — has been football’s secret master-stroke. It turns the latter stages into must-view events. The Champions League brand […]
Why Is The World Cup Boring?
"So at a World Cup, what we get is a series of teams intent on defending playing against opponents who, even if they are minded to attack, lack the slickness of a top club side. The result is stodgy football. The 1998 World Cup didn’t feel that special at the time — it was no […]
Quiz! Every Uefa Team of the Year
In this quiz, name the 19 teams so far. Let us know how you score on Twitter. Try these quizzes too: How well do you know the 2020 Copa Libertadores? Can you recall every Uefa Super Cup? Can you name the 2006 World Cup final starting lineups? Can you name every Premier League manager to […]
Greatest Games Quiz: Yugoslavia 0 Argentina 0*, 1990
LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE TO THIS EPISODE OF GREATEST GAMES ON YOUR PODCAST PLATFORM OF CHOICE OR YOUTUBE Test your memory of this classic Italia ’90 fixture – name both teams’ starting line-ups in our quiz below. Let us know how you score on Twitter. PLAY HERE: Play more Greatest Games quizzes, here.
Breaking The Mould
"Saelua’s role in giving some dignity back to one of the worst teams in the world made waves across the globe. "Korean TV came to my house to do an interview. It was kind of weird," Saelua said. "I would have people from New York call in and say they wanted to come to my […]
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