How the 4-4-2 became british football’s most iconic formation

If the Premier League’s foundation provided the gunpowder for English football’s foreign revolution, the summer of 1995 was when the keg exploded. The year in which I Believe by Robson & Jerome unfath

November 1989: inside a Manchester warehouse, guitarist John Squire is busy pouring cans of paint over himself and the rest of his band, The Stone Roses. Suddenly, he stops. “We’ve been stitched up he

How about a little pub quiz question to kick us off? Which club was the first to have a betting shirt sponsor in the Premier League? Bonus point if you can guess the season. The answer is Fulham, who

Some statements are just destined to make their speaker look foolish from the moment they leave their lips. On September 4, 1976, it was the turn of Lindsay Parsons to find that out. Bristol Rovers’ s

Dimitar Berbatov seemed to be running harmlessly towards the Old Trafford corner flag, when he unleashed the skill he’d been working on in his living room. Sprinting to prevent Anderson’s pass from go

Eighteen years ago, when Arsenal’s women’s team conquered Europe for the first time, more continental success seemed almost inevitable. Victory in the 2007 UEFA Women’s Cup Final, over Umea, a Swedish