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Do Premier League Players Have a Say in Their Transfers?
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Americans know that in sports, there is a widespread culture where players don’t have a final say in their destinies, with exceedingly rare exceptions.However,...
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The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic and it’s impact on Football
Not in Kansas AnymoreA century ago, amidst the poultry and pig farms in a small corner of Kansas, a local doctor became inundated...
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The Best Football Books of 2020
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It's been another eventful year in the world of football. As we look forward to 2021, we have compiled a list of the best...
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Big Sam’s tactics against Liverpool show the template to stifle Klopp’s side
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Two complete opposites came up in the congested Christmas fixture list, as Liverpool in great form sitting at the top of the table look...
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The Meteoric Rise of RB Leipzig: From Tier Five Football to the Champions League
The best football clubs in the world usually have a storied history, years of success, and generations of fans. However, one of the best...
Manchester United
4 players Man United can target in January transfer window to challenge for the title
Manchester United after an up and down start to the season find themselves 5 points behind Liverpool with a game in hand. After being...
Spurs
The Return of Strike Partnerships in the Premier League? Part 1
No matter the make-up, the notion of a strike partnership – two out-and-out attackers, often with very different strengths and calling cards, working seamlessly...
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The Best Football Books of 2020
The False 9 - 0
It's been another eventful year in the world of football. As we look forward to 2021, we have compiled a list of the best...
Football Books
Foul- The Beautiful Game, An Ugly Truth [Book Excerpt]
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The clip-clop of football boot studs on concrete echoed through the tunnel over the hum of distant crowd noise. A drenched team of players...
Football Books
Best Football Analytics Books
We have compiled a list of the best football analytics books for the casual football fan. Football analytics and data science/machine learning in general...
Football Books
The Best Football Books of 2019
It's been another eventful year in the world of football. As we look forward to 2020, we have compiled a list of the best...
Football Books
The Best Football Books of 2018
It's been another eventful year in the world of football. As we look forward to 2019, we have compiled a list of the best...
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As the deal between Barcelona and Juventus regarding the transfers of Arthur Melo and Miralem Pjanic has almost been finalised, let's take a look...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MPTg0Q5tfQ&t=300s
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Barcelona 5:1 Lyon : Tactical Analysis
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Real Madrid 0:3 Barcelona – Tactical Analysis
Going into this game after a 1-1 draw at Camp Nou, this game was evenly poised with everything to play for in the second...
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Cruyffism through Spain
Spain has developed a unique commitment to technical football which has put them in good stead to make the past decade a period of Spanish dominance. The story to this dominance begin decades before hand when Cruyff decided that Barcelona would be the club he would next manage after his time at Ajax was over. He would create a cohesive identity for the club which kept the vision while finding success. This vision began with a number of manager who came before Cruyff but after Cruyff left, there would be many managers in Spain who would use his methods to discovery their own success.
Barcelona
One of Barca’s biggest weaknesses has become their strength this season
Even under Pep Guardiola when Barcelona can claim to be one of the all time great clubs sides they were not very good in...
Barcelona
Sevilla 1-2 Barcelona: Tactical Review – Shift to the 4-2-3-1 from the 4-3-3 formation proves decisive for Barca
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Football Transfers
Do Premier League Players Have a Say in Their Transfers?
The False 9 - 0
Americans know that in sports, there is a widespread culture where players don’t have a final say in their destinies, with exceedingly rare exceptions.However,...
Football History
The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic and it’s impact on Football
Not in Kansas AnymoreA century ago, amidst the poultry and pig farms in a small corner of Kansas, a local doctor became inundated...
Football Books
The Best Football Books of 2020
The False 9 - 0
It's been another eventful year in the world of football. As we look forward to 2021, we have compiled a list of the best...
Liverpool
Big Sam’s tactics against Liverpool show the template to stifle Klopp’s side
Josh Jaswal - 0
Two complete opposites came up in the congested Christmas fixture list, as Liverpool in great form sitting at the top of the table look...
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The Football match which started a war
Plenty of football stadiums have statues standing outside of them. There's strange one here and there (Michael Jackson formerly outside Craven Cottage springs to...
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Football And Alcohol
“When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.”Football and booze go a long long way back, in...
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Remembering Arthur Wharton: The First Black Professional Footballer
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In an interview from 1888, Arthur Wharton recalled overhearing a conversation between two fellow track competitors some years before. “Who’s he,” one rhetorically asked,...
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The different methods to Marcelo Bielsa’s madness
The current Leeds United manager and arguably the most influential coach in modern football, Marcelo Bielsa is the subject of this analysis because I’m...
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How Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona Reinvented Total Football
Arrigo Sachi, the mastermind of the Milan side of the 80′s, had once staked a claim that the next tactical revolution in the game,...
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Lifted Over The Turnstiles: Scotland’s Football Grounds In The Black & White Era
This most comprehensive book about old Scottish football grounds ever published, Lifted Over the Turnstiles contains almost 200 photos of 42 football stadiums here...
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Súper Dépor! The rise and fall of Deportivo La Coruña
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At the StartWith the exception of a 2nd place finish to Helenio Herrera’s Atlético Madrid in 1948/49, Deportivo La Coruña have historically plied their...
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The Original Invincibles- Preston North End 1888/89
In the wake of Manchester City’s record-breaking claim to the Premier League, The False 9 will look back at some of the greatest club...
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A look back at Liverpool’s treble winning 1983/84 season
In the wake of Manchester City’s record-breaking claim to the Premier League, The False 9 will look back at some of the greatest club...
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FC Start and The Death Match
“Without belittling the courage with which men have died, we must not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.” – John...
