Category - Nostalgia

So, here’s a question for you? Who do you think has scored the most goals in international football? Pelé? Nope, not even close. Ronaldo? Closer, but no...

In May 2019 the footballing world was shocked by the news that legendary Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas had suffered a heart attack. Aged only 37 at the...

There are many ways to become a club legend. You can be locally born, and tap into the ‘one of our own’ emotional ties with the fans. You can be the...

Football referees are programmed as a thick-skinned species. Modern-day officials, whilst trying desperately to prevent multi-millionaire ball kickers from...

Mention the name Patrick Kluivert to football fans and it is likely that images of him scoring the winning goal for Ajax in the 1995 Champions League Final...

When Morten Gamst Pedersen arrived at Ewood Park, he was set to fill some big boots. In West London, José Mourinho was throwing around Roman Abramovich’s...

Often described as one of the most naturally talented players of his time, Matthew Le Tissier has a career record that invokes both envy and bewilderment...

Despite a twenty-year playing career commencing in 1996, the name of Antonio Di Natale is perhaps not as well-known in Britain and other places as many of his...

In a career spanning 16 years, Mateja Kežman would score 238 goals in 485 games as a professional footballer travelling the world. Impressive undoubtedly...

Álvaro Alexánder Recoba Rivero was born in 1976 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He went by the unusual nickname of “El Chino” (the Chinese) because of...