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Empty soccer stadium with blue and red seats reading Més que un club in Barcelona

HistoryJose Mourinho vs Barcelona: The Story of 17 El Clasicos

Real Madrid travel to the Camp Nou on 25 October for the first Clasico of Jose Mourinho’s second spell in charge. Barcelona sit six points…

Arjun Rao · 9 Oct 2026

HistoryFlick Can Equal Martino’s Eight-Win Record Against Getafe on Saturday

Omar Haddad · 9 Oct 2026

Interior view of Camp Nou, Barcelona's stadium, with a packed grandstand during a match

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HistoryFrom Pele to Messi: The Greatest Farewell Games in Football History

Vikram Menon · 8 Oct 2026

A packed football stadium at night under floodlights during a match

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HistoryTotal Football: The Ajax Idea That Built Modern Football

Omar Haddad · 8 Oct 2026

Street art graffiti mural of Dutch football legend Johan Cruyff

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HistoryA History of Sheffield Wednesday, One of the Oldest Clubs in the World

Tyrell Mckenzie · 31 May 2022

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HistoryThe Mitropa Cup: The Original Champions League

Mike Pavasovic · 15 Apr 2021

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HistoryThe Irons, The Violence, The Silence – Millwall FC vs. West Ham United FC

TheDeadpanFlan · 7 Mar 2021

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HistoryThe Rise and Fall of Third Lanark AC: Scotland’s Giants You’ve Never Heard Of

ElKaddouriCSC · 21 Feb 2021

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HistoryThe 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic and it’s impact on Football

Maryam Zahra · 2 Jan 2021

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HistorySerie A’s Last Outsiders Part 1: Hellas Verona, 1984/1985

Jishnu Nair · 20 Oct 2020

La Stampa’s headline, 29 June 1984: “Foreigners, a summer of negotiations, and then the blockade”

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HistoryA brief history of the footballing aesthetic (and its gradual death)

Aahir Ghosh · 29 Sep 2020

HistoryRemembering Arthur Wharton: The First Black Professional Footballer

Will Slater · 9 Aug 2020

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HistoryGreat Squads From History – Bayer Leverkusen 2001-2002

The False 9 · 25 Jun 2020

HistorySúper Dépor! The rise and fall of Deportivo La Coruña

The False 9 · 4 Jun 2020

HistoryThe Evolution and Political Dynamism of Football in Mussolini’s Italy

Will Slater · 25 May 2020

HistoryThe long & bizarre history behind why Red Bull chose Leipzig as the hub for their football club

PebNischl · 15 Apr 2020

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HistoryThe Forgotten story of the Basque in South America

Leo Ferrario · 7 Oct 2019

HistoryThe Original Invincibles- Preston North End 1888/89

Andrew Clayton · 21 Feb 2019

PRESTON NORTH END’S ‘OLD INVINCIBLES’ OF 1888/1889

HistoryCruyffism through Spain

The Retired Playmaker · 4 Feb 2019

HistoryLifted Over The Turnstiles: Scotland’s Football Grounds In The Black & White Era

Arjun Rao · 20 Aug 2018