European Football

By Kate Partridge. Following the international break, the Premier League will resume along with the first round of Champions League group matches. Liverpool play both games [...]

By All Blue Daze. Following Holland’s progress in the World Cup deploying the system, it was always likely that Louis van Gaal would consider bringing the 3-5-2 formation [...]

The beautiful game has known its fair share of romance and heartbreak. The story of French minnows Luzenac is a perfect example of how kind and how cruel the beautiful game [...]

By Kate Partridge. The new English Premier League season has kicked-off, with Community Shield winners Arsenal snatching a late victory over Crystal Palace. But how often [...]

By Kate Partridge. Sir Alex Ferguson famously said: “My greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their f***ing perch.” In May 2011, the Scot triumphantly [...]

By All Blue Daze. With the new La Liga season fast approaching, Madrid and Barcelona have spent big in a bid to regain their former monopolies over Spanish silverware. Madrid [...]

By All Blue Daze. That the race for the La Liga title is likely to be contested by the duopoly of Real Madrid and Barcelona, will come as little surprise, despite the triumph [...]

By Kate Partridge. The shockwaves surrounding Brazil’s plummet from footballing superpower at the World Cup overshadowed the earlier group-stage goodbye of holders Spain. [...]

By Kate Partridge. With the new football season only a month away, Kate Partridge looks at how Germany’s World Cup triumph has made Europe smaller – and hungrier for [...]