Einstein’s brain and Messi’s game
Like Albert Einstein, Lionel Messi's operates on plane of brilliance that most humans cannot access. Read about Messi's otherworldliness here. (Written in April 2015)
Psycho-balls: The psychology of the football fan
We all suffer the enjoyment of the football fandom, butt why? (Originally written in January 2015)
Jean-Marc Bosman: the greatest transfer of them all
Jean-Marc Bosman's case gave rise to the astronomical sums currently paid out
Get Shirty – Why are players booked for taking their shirts off?
Explore the curious case of players being booked for taking their shirts
A game of three halves
Discover three-sided football — a hexagonal pitch where the team that concedes least wins. Born from philosophy, it turns rivalry into shifting alliances and cooperation
The Enemy Within – Football in Thatcher’s Britain
Originally written in July 2017 The Bradford City fire disaster. The Kenilworth Road riots between Luton Town and Millwall fans. Hooliganism, Heysel, Hillsborough. These are some of the darker images that linger in the mind when we think of football in the 1980s when the reputation of British football fans
Mandela, football and the secret prison league
Originally written in June 2017 What do you get out of football and sport in general? Apart from the obvious emotional tube-ride we enjoy with the masses, the thrills and the spills, running the gamut of agonisingly unjust defeats and those invigorating derby day victories, that semi-sadomasochistic pleasure and pain
El Dorado: When Colombia Had the Best Football League in the World
Discover the fascinating story of Colombia’s “El Dorado” era, a brief but legendary period (1949–1954) when the country hosted the world's best footballers—Di Stéfano, Pedernera, Mitten, and more—amid FIFA suspensions, wild salaries, and unmatched glamour.
Jimmy Hill and the Sky Blue Revolution: How One Man Transformed Coventry City
In 1961, Jimmy Hill took over struggling Coventry City and sparked a football revolution that led the club from the Third Division to the top flight in just six years.
Football in India: the tapped market that remains untapped
Explore the evolution of football in India—from its early roots to the rise of the I-League and ISL. This in-depth article examines the sport's infrastructure, financial hurdles, youth potential, and the untapped opportunities that could turn India into a global football powerhouse
When football clubs lost the plot: the strangest managerial appointments in English football
"From Clough at Leeds to Benitez at Chelsea, revisit English football’s most baffling managerial appointments — the hires that had fans questioning reality before a ball was even kicked."
Josef Bican: The Greatest Goalscorer You’ve Never Heard Of
Discover the extraordinary life of Josef Bican — a forgotten football legend who scored over 800 goals, defied war, fascism, and communism, and became a symbol of resilience and principle in the face of Europe’s darkest chapters.
Rooney is on the wane
He is a watered-down single-malt whiskey. He is badly cut cocaine. He is a rock song in a vacuum. He is Rooney on the wane. (Originally written in November 2015)
The endless Gerrard vs Scholes vs Lampard debate
Who was best? Gerrard, Lampard or Scholes? Does it matter or should we just appreciate all three equally? (Originally written in December 2014)
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