The 2022 FIFA World Cup is underway in Qatar. Despite the human rights controversy, Qatar 2022 is now the first winter World Cup ever. And the last finals tournament as we know it. For FIFA, planning for the next tournament is already underway. And the next World Cup will be mightily different. We already know … Read more
In 1950, the Philadelphia “Old-timers” Association founded the National Soccer Hall of Fame to honor the achievements of American soccer players. Located in Frisco, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, the National Soccer Hall of Fame became a private, non-profit institution founded in 1979. It honors U.S. soccer achievements. Among American soccer fans, induction into the … Read more
A short history of NASL games on television, with as much ratings information as I can dig up. International Streaming Delivers CF… Please enable JavaScript International Streaming Delivers CFL Football To The World, Not For US, UK Or Canada CBS Starts the Ball Rolling CBS was the television home of the National Professional Soccer League … Read more
Soccer is the world’s game, and the World Cup is the pinnacle of the sport. A four-yearly celebration of the world’s best players, in which every soccer nation on Earth has the chance to compete for the famous golden trophy and soccer immortality. The World Cup draws enormous audiences, with billions of fans worldwide watching … Read more
Luis Suarez Miramontes is regarded as one of the greatest Spanish playmakers in the history of the beautiful game, having graced European football during the 1950s and 1960s. He was responsible for revolutionizing the midfielder’s role into something quite spectacular and mesmerizing for the eye to behold. He was regarded as one of Spain’s greatest … Read more
László Kubala (also known as Ladislao Kubala) was an iconic footballer who graced stadiums during the 1950s and 1960s. His life was colored with indescribable struggles, survival, heroics, and glorious triumphs. He was Kubala…footballer, manager, and as he himself once said, ‘citizen of the world’. Serenity In A Time Of Chaos László Kubala Stecz was … Read more
After three decades of tedious crisp adverts and 23 years of even more tedious Match of the Day links, it is easy to forget that Gary Lineker was a great striker. Well, he was. In fact, he was not only great but has been discussed as England’s greatest striker. He was renowned more commonly for … Read more
As one of the greatest Spanish wingers of all time, Francisco Gento López is deserving of the title ‘legend’. He played a prominent role in one of the most successful eras in Real Madrid’s history, that of the 1950s and 1960s. As the holder of the greatest number of European Cup trophies, he has left … Read more
With a career spanning more than 20 years and multiple league titles, Chris Woods played in two FIFA World Cups. In 1976, Woods became an apprentice goalkeeper at Nottingham Forest, learning his craft from Peter Shilton. As Forest reached the 1978 Football League Cup final against Liverpool, he earned the chance to make an impression. … Read more
By the late 1930s, it was no longer enough to be the game’s pioneers. Instead, British football had to continually prove itself on the soccer field as ‘the masters of the game’ against an ever-wider range of former pupils, given the continued growth in football’s popularity worldwide. Nevertheless, British football, like the people and the … Read more