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The Applause of a Nation: How Iceland shook Europe

(15/07/16)

If asked two months ago about what you know about Icelandic football, we could have told you about three things. They play in blue, Eidur Gudjohnsen use to play for them and they somehow qualified for Euro 2016. 2016 has essentially been the year of the under-dog. However, Leicester’s Premier League win and Wales’ semi-final appearance...

Wales and the 58 year sleep...

(13/06/16)

Wales; The land of song, sheep and crushing disappointment most years, but not in 2016 as the Welsh National Football Team dine with the big boys at Euro 2016. A nation of three million people overshadowed by qualifications of itâ€™s three British counterparts, Wales last qualified for a major tournament 58 years ago. To put that in...

Comoros Islands: For the Good of the Game.

(01/06/16)

Whilst the big hitters of Europe polish and shine their armour before heading into a twenty-four team royal rumble, and kit launches and selections are being branded around every day, you can be forgiven for missing the launch of one small nation off the east coast of Africa. Youâ€™ve probably never heard of them, and you almost certainly...

History of Football Shirt Sponsors!

(01/03/16)

The 1970’s, a golden time when shorts were short and hair was long, football thrived with Liverpool ruling the roost in England, it all seems so long ago doesn’t it? There’s a reason that these times are so nostalgic, quite simply put it was the following decade that began to change the game. All of the sudden as the...

Time Person of the Century - Ronnie O’Brien!

(25/02/16)

Time person of the Century you think of the great and good who made a difference to the planet in more than one way. Ghandi made peace and liberated the oppressed in India, Churchill dragged the small island of the United Kingdom through a hellish war and came out free on the other side and Martin Luther King campaigned and eventually gave his life...

Leading the Way to Tackle Inequality

(01/10/15)

Football as a sport is more that can change lives, with the game combating the likes of racism and fascism to improve wherever it touches.However, one issue isn’t put into the limelight as much, and is quite common across the globe is homophobia. Many players both male and female fall victim to these hate crimes, with abuse and chanting hurled...

Kit domination - All about Umbro

(27/08/15)

It may be hard to imagine for the younger football supporter of today more accustomed to the worldwide kit dominance of adidas, Nike and Puma but 25+ years ago it was Umbro who ruled the football kit roost. In the late 80s/early 90s when plans for the brand new Premier League were hatching it was Umbro that led the way in terms of quality, innovation...

Adidas Deal of the Century!

(31/07/15)

Impossible is Nothing, the motto of one of sports great suppliers ‘Adidas’, and now entering the biggest kit deal of modern times with Manchester United, this motto seems rather fitting for a club who’ve come from nothing and taken it all over the last 137 years. In February 1958, the club was in ruin following the Munich Air Disaster...

UEFA Champions League Final!

(05/06/15)

With the Premier League, Football League, FA Cup and all other major European divisions now wrapped up, it's finally time for arguably the biggest club competition in the world to come to a close.The Champions League Final, a stage some players are lucky to play in once, and the grandest prize for any of Europe's heavyweights. This year, those lucky...

KIT UP FOR THE CUP!

(29/05/15)

Once again, the FA Cup Final has all the ingredients for it to be an absolute classic. The under-achieving giants, an underdog, a steely English manager with a point to prove, and some of the best players in the world.Arsenal and Aston Villa, neither shy of the big occasion meet this weekend in what is set to be a superb occasion. With eighteen cup...