Author: Adam Williams
A Brief History of the Golden Boy Award
A cursory look at the recipients of the Golden Boy award will reveal a curious mix of world superstars and …
July 31, 2020
The 13 Players With Ten or More World Cup Goals
To score at a World Cup is the zenith of any footballer’s career. Even the most inconsequential goals – consolation …
July 30, 2020
The Top Ten Goalscorers in International Football History
This is the list of the most elite marksmen in the history of the international game. It’s a curious hodgepodge …
July 29, 2020
The 20 Players with the Most Premier League Appearances
Football didn’t begin in 1992, we’re often told in the United Kingdom. But there’s no denying that the creation of …
July 29, 2020
Every Winner of the Puskás Award
Goals are the reason we watch football. Even the scrappiest of them can induce the kind of unbridled, transcendent joy …
July 27, 2020
The Weird and Wonderful History of Football at the Olympics, From 17-0s and 72-year-old Refs to 78,000 at the Maracanã
It’s a widely held view – and one that is almost always expressed with an undercurrent of bitterness – that …
July 22, 2020
England at Euro 96: Passion, Pain and Football Coming Home Again
Euro 96 enjoys a reputation in England which is perhaps disproportionate to what the country achieved in sporting terms. Terry …
July 22, 2020
English Players to Have Won the Ballon d’Or
In recent years, the Ballon d’Or has become a thoroughly un-English affair. No one from Blighty has claimed world football’s …
July 19, 2020