It may be an individual award, but football clubs and their respective fans take great pride in a player plying their trade at the club they support winning a Ballon d’Or. You can also check out our list of the countries with the most Ballon d’Or winning players! Here’s a list of the five clubs … Read more
Ever wondered which country is the best at producing Ballon d’Or winners? Well, wonder no longer, they’re all here in an easy-to-read list! Like with points and goal difference in a football table, the number of Ballon d’Or wins for each country is the main determiner, but for draws, the number of unique winners decides … Read more
Seven months into the ‘19-’20 Bundesliga season, on 13th March 2020, the first of a series of postponements to upcoming matches began due to the COVID-19 pandemic; of course, similar was happening globally as the world attempted to contain the virus. Some leagues developed workarounds: matches behind closed doors, limited spectators where allowed, player quarantine … Read more
Marco van Basten, scorer of one of football’s greatest volleys and owner of one of the coolest Dutch names in football. A striker that never had an off-season, yet only played 281 games in his career. He was a two-club man, only playing for Ajax and AC Milan, and a rangy figure, standing 6 feet … Read more
1993. The year that Princess Diana divorced Prince Charles, and more importantly, the year that “The Divine Ponytail” was awarded The Ballon d’Or. Roberto Baggio, who mainly played second striker, or as an attacking midfielder for many teams in his native country when the Italian league was the apex of world football; was awarded the … Read more
Zinedine Zidane won the Ballon d’Or. It’s no surprise and comfortably ranks as one of the Ballon d’Or’s least controversial winners. Zinedine Zidane needs little introduction in being one of the greatest midfielders to grace the game. Zidane was unmatched in 1998 for his contribution to Juventus and of course France. A skillful, elegant midfielder … Read more
Relegation is most football fan’s greatest fear. That and an evening alone with Stuart Pierce. But, whilst the usual suspects of Norwich, Burnley, West Brom, and Watford are the usual names we see at the foot of the table, there have been some truly huge names that have suffered the ignominy of relegation. Here are … Read more
Penalty kicks are the best. Penalty kicks are the worst. Both statements are true, but it almost entirely depends on which side of the decision you’re on. Even if your team has the penalty, it can be agony to watch, the anticipation enveloping you like a thick fog as the expectation of a goal, but … Read more
Check out Part Two! Rome, a capital basted in history, synonymous with victory. It would be here that the small town of Middlesbrough would attempt to build on their brave 1-0 win at home. Sadly, the evening before would mar the tie, through a senseless attack by a gang of Roma ultras at “The Drunken … Read more
Miroslav Klose is the scorer of the most World Cup goals of all time. He scored sixteen times for Germany over 4 WC tournaments. (2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014) The striker played in 24 World Cup matches, winning 17 times. The German football player scored one hat trick on his World Cup debut and scored … Read more