Louis van Gaal’s refreshing stance on mind games
Manchester United’s new Dutch boss Louis van Gaal has started his tenure at arguably the world’s biggest club in rather impressive fashion. United are playing attractive football this pre-season, mood around the camp
Vicious: Mexican U19s player kicks Northern Irish opponent in the head
A Milk Cup match between Northern Ireland Under-19s and Mexico descended into chaos when a mass brawl broke out, with a Mexican player appearing to aim a kick towards the head of a Northern Irish player. Think
Five players Spurs could sell ahead of the new campaign
While the majority of Premier League sides have been spending big in the current transfer window, it’s been an unusually quiet summer at White Hart Lane. Spurs are traditionally active at this time of year and it’s hard to b
Adebayo Akinfenwa sung his AFC Wimbledon initiation song fairly well
Some of you may be familiar with Adebayo Akinfenwa. He’s known as the strongest footballer on the game FIFA and has defied the odds and forged a decent career in football despite being told he was too big to play the ga
Stability in the Championship – is it really the key?
The word stability in football is a deeply ambiguous term. It can be used to describe any number of teams (apart from Blackpool) in myriad different ways. Stability is a term barked by chairmen, managers and players alike,
Wonderkid: 15-year-old Martin Odegaard looks special
The term Wonderkid gets thrown around a hell of a lot in football but sometimes it’s justified. That certainly seems to be the case with Norwegian starlet Martin Odegaard who plays for his hometown club Stromsgodse
Arsenal gunning for glory
They say the best things come to those who wait. Well Arsenal fans must have been getting pretty tired of waiting before their FA Cup triumph last May. Since Arsene Wenger took charge in 1996 his team boasts 3 Premier
Bit odd: Ex-West Ham striker Paulo Futre does penis keepie-uppies
Yes, you did read the headline correctly. Former Atletico Madrid, Marseille, Milan and West Ham striker Paulo Futre is the star of a new television advert for an erectile dysfunction product. After its release, the advert was quickl
Giant Louis van Gaal portrait made entirely from tulips
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few weeks, you’d be aware that Louis van Gaal is the new manager of Manchester United. In honour of the Dutch boss, bookmakers William Hill have commissioned a b
Poor sod: goalkeeper kicks ball off striker’s face and into his own net
The headline pretty much sums this one up. It is what it is, but for any goalkeeper out there they’d feel a great deal of sympathy for Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biala’s Richard Zajac. As howlers go, this is possibly one of the worst y
Cheeky: Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores wonder goal
Ah, Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The Swedish striker has been behind some of the most ridiculous pieces of skill you’ll ever see in football. He’s an entertainer, a character and easily one of the best strikers in world football at this mo
A list of big names who could move to the MLS
We have all heard about the USA finally falling in love with football during and after the World Cup. Because of this, Major League Soccer should be reaping the benefits of this new found love for the sport. One way …
Cristiano Ronaldo stars in appalling anti-dandruff advert
Footballers and anti-dandruff adverts don’t seem to mix too well. Manchester City and England goalkeeper Joe Hart immediately springs to mind with his hugely cringeworthy Head & Shoulders advert that he’ll undoubt
Are England better or worse off without Steven Gerrard?
There will be much more cross examination on whether 34 year-old Steven Gerrard fulfilled his potential for England, but I think the more pressing issue is whether his retirement from international football will help or hinder the
Beautiful: Cystic Fibrosis sufferer plays with Seattle Sounders heroes
Football fans are said to be further adrift from clubs and their players than ever before, but this latest clip from America might just make anyone inclined to feel that way think again. It’s one of those moments that highlights just