Author: Adam Williams
Legacy on the line: Diego Maradona’s star-crossed term as Argentina manager
Take a look at the great managers throughout history and you will find uniformity. Poise, steel and scholarliness: these are …
May 3, 2020
Greece at Euro 2004
In international football, there is perhaps no better tournament for throwing up shocks than the European Championship. Played since 1960, …
April 29, 2020
Michel Salgado at Blackburn Rovers: a “genuine psychopath” who shone in the shadows
A bewildered chicken is flung onto the pitch. 25,000 Lancastrians scream together, united by hatred. Overhead, a plane hums, the …
April 25, 2020
Season Review: Blackburn Rovers’ 1994-95 Title-Winning Campaign
Blackburn Rovers’ Premier League triumph in the 1995-95 season was one which was hugely significant for English football. It was …
April 25, 2020
The Bosman Ruling
All of us, at least occasionally, are guilty of judging footballers in a reductive fashion. We limit them to a …
April 25, 2020
Sir Alex North of the Border: Ferguson’s Transformation of Aberdeen
The Pre-Aberdeen Years There is arguably no manager as synonymous with a single club than Alex Ferguson with Manchester United. …
April 25, 2020
Sweden at the 1994 World Cup
World Cups are a curious phenomenon. Teams made up of players that, quite often, we’ve never heard of are launched …
April 25, 2020
Denmark at Euro ’92
Over the years, there have been a number of upsets in the European Championships. The first major example is Czechoslovakia’s …
April 24, 2020