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The perfect place for new and old FOOTBALL fans alike!
A home for football retrospectives on iconic players, teams, events and much more. If you love a bit of footy, be sure to following along!
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Tottenham Hotspur are the 9th richest club in the world, have the most expensive stadium in the most popular football league on the planet, yet are on the brink of collapse.
Ironically, it seems that they have spent so much time running the club as a business that they forgot about the football altogether.
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It's a tale as old as time. Bayern Munich give Borussia Dortmund hope, only to snatch it away at the last minute.
As expected. In other news, the Premier League had a few scorchers too
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Manchester United Under Eric Ten Hag was quite the rollercoaster.
One that millions were begging to get off early. Fortunately for United fans - Eras come to an end.
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Tottenham Hotspur have no hope whatsover. Let's talk about it.
A more casual, less scripted football iconic podcast
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The Early days of the premier League boasted some of the craziest teams that have ever blessed the game. Newcastle United were no exception.
Under Kevin Keegan, Newcastle United burned brighter than most. But, like Icarus, they flew too close to the sun.
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When Chelsea and Manchester City made their big money splashes on the global stage, an opinion seemed to permeate the general football atmosphere that all you really needed to take over the sport was bring a fat wallet to the table.
If only that were true.
Many a club will be quick to tell you that things don’t work that way.
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Manchester United under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is one of the strangest periods in recent Premier league history.
The team was good, but also not great. Organized, yet incredibly chaotic. the period is polarizing for a lot of reasons.
But nobody can deny that entertaining was never in short supply.
Was getting rid of him a mistake?
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"Football is a simple game, twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win” - Gary Lineker.
Having said that, there’s no denying that we’re currently in the middle of a downturn in what is historically only upwards trajectory.
Even still, despite that - you can never truly feel comfortable counting them out, can you?
As the Brazilians know, there are 7 reasons that dictate why that is and will indefinitely remain the case.
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Under Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea looked like they had it all, only for everything to fall apart immediately after.
Was it fair? Probably not. Was it the right choice? It's hard to argue against that.
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Hansi Flick had spent roughly 3 decades toiling in the
background of football management. Failing to break his way through, having to settle for roles behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.
And then, in the space of 9 months, he became one of the greatest managers of his generation. Most called it an overnight success, but you and I know better.
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It's difficult to explain Barcelona from the outside looking in. This is a club that is no doubt one of the greatest the world has ever seen.
However, over their entire existence, they have been incapable of being consistent on either a financial or a sporting front.
How? Why?
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Once upon a time, Manchester United were believed to be finished under sir Alex Ferguson. It was believed that he was finished and needed to hang up his boots.
Instead, he doubled down on his tried and trusted philosophy and proved that form is temporary, but class is permanent.
This is how Fergie rebuild Manchester United.
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This is the story of how a young, fiery, some might even
describe as delusionally ambitious man achieved the impossible in Scotland.
Crushing the old firm, all the while defeating Europe's biggest clubs.
A result that the man himself described as “Nothing short of a Miracle”.
How did he do it?
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France is an elite football nation. In the modern day, they produce, perhaps, the widest pool of world class talent on the planet.
But, contrary to popular belief- that has not always been the case.
All of that changed on July 12, 1998. The day the unthinkable happened.
Brazil – the kings of the game – were dismantled 3–0 by a rampant French outfit.
It's a story of innovation, coming right off the back of decades of confusing disappointment. In this video, we detail how France became football royalty.
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Thierry Henry is, in my humble opinion, the greatest player in Premier League history. An insanely versatile striker that popped up everywhere, scored and assisted at will.
Today, we look back at his incredible career.
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In 2014, Barcelona was at a crossroads. The club that had scaled unprecedented heights under Pep Guardiola just a few years prior was now reeling from turbulence on and off the pitch.
Luckily for them, this is a club that always seems to find ways to claw themselves way back to the top regardless of circumstance– nowhere was this more evident than under Luis Enrique.
It’s a story of domination. It’s a story of a trio that arguably will never be topped. However, ironically, it’s a story of how a combination of elite talent can paper over the cracks of a broken system.
So how did it happen?
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If you were to quiz the average football fan, you’ll find that Jose Mourinho is both the furthest thing from Manchester United in ethos, yet is so similar where it really counts.
Born winners.
And while there was much winning to go around while he was the manager, you have to ask the question - at what cost?
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Leicester City winning the Premier League is the closest thing that we will ever get to a real life fairytale. A team that was languishing in the lower leagues only 2 seasons prior going on to win it all is the stuff of legends.
How did they do it?
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Today, we re-tell the story of how Manchester City made it
to the big time. The setting, the characters, the controversy and more.
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Jürgen Klopp’s Borussia Dortmund were a marvel in full flight. A team built from relatively minimal cost, with the heart and soul of an incredibly empowering fan base and city.
Before Bayer Leverkusen, it was Klopp's Borussia Dortmund who were known as the Bayern Killers. For Good reason too.
This is the story of how it happened.
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