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When asked to pick a worst Liverpool team of all time, to be honest, I was tempted to make it easy for myself and just choose a team made up from Graeme Souness era signings – disastrous! To be fair to the legendary former midfielder though, Gerard Houllier and Rafa Benitez signed some real head-scratchers too [...]

We’ve all done it, spent hours upon hours debating with friends, family and even complete strangers, on just who have been the greatest players to have ever played for your team. But if you had to create an ultimate team to represent your clubs colours, choosing only the bare 11 players, who would make the cut? [...]

The transfer window is obviously an integral part of any football season. It can make or break a player, a manager or even a whole team. In the summer months, build up to the new season starts as soon as the old one finishes with fans around the world anxious to forget any disappointments and look [...]

Enigmas. The football world is full of them. One definition of an enigma reads ‘A person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand’, whilst another reads simply ‘A riddle or paradox’. Some players divide opinion ranging from the most opposite extremes. To one fan, he may be ‘awful’, to another, ‘brilliant!’ The player [...]

We’ve all done it, spent hours upon hours debating with friends, family and even complete strangers, on just who have been the greatest players to have ever played for your team. But if you had to create an ultimate team to represent your clubs colours, choosing only the bare 11 players, who would make the cut? [...]

Gary Neville’s frank admission last year that playing for England was ‘a massive waste of time’, is hardly a surprising revelation and may simply confirm what a lot of this country’s supporters already suspect; that playing and performing well for England is just not a high priority for many of today’s Premier League superstars. It also [...]

It seems that whenever a young player performs well in during a match in today’s game there follows a worrying trend amongst football journalists – a trend that becomes a price the young player must endure the very next time he steps onto a pitch and beyond, for the foreseeable future – hype. In the beginning, [...]

Enigmas. The football world is full of them. One definition of an enigma reads ‘A person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand’, whilst another reads simply ‘A riddle or paradox’. Some players divide opinion ranging from the most opposite extremes. To one fan, he may be ‘awful’, to another, ‘brilliant!’ The player [...]

Barcelona have been widely considered as the best team in the world for a number of years now. Winning trophies has been complemented by their unique attacking style of play, which was taught at La Masia (the fabled youth team house where Barcelona students were tutored) for decades. Over the years, Barcelona have usually employed [...]

This Tuesday night in the final round of the Champions League group fixtures throws together an intriguing battle, in more ways than one, as Chelsea take on Valencia at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea have to avoid defeat, or a draw 0-0 against the Spanish club if they are to progress; Valencia need a win or force a [...]

There is a feel good factor around Anfield this week after two excellent results and Kenny Dalglish is right to suggest that Liverpool FC are making good progress on the pitch. One of the players more than playing their part in recent weeks is Martin Skrtel, who took the time out to answer various questions [...]

Pre this season, Arsenal’s brand of technical, fluid, possession-based football saw them win over many new fans around the globe, whilst others looked on in envy as they continued to play the game the right way , forever seeking perfection. Playing their beautiful style, many concluded that Arsenal were second in Europe only to Barcelona – and the [...]

During the last decade in football, the slow demise of Serie A has left just two leagues competing for the tag of the ‘Greatest in the World’; the English Premier League and Spain’s La Liga. Both have always figured amongst the ‘elite’ leagues in Europe and contain some of the biggest, well known, sporting giants of [...]

Barcelona have been widely considered as the best team in the world for a number of years now. Winning trophies has been complemented by their unique attacking style of play, which was taught at La Masia (the fabled youth team house where Barcelona students were tutored) for decades. Over the years, Barcelona have usually employed two [...]

Fresh from featuring in the senior squad in a mid-week friendly versus Glasgow Rangers after returning from injury, we caught up with Liverpool’s Glen Johnson at Melwood – the club’s training ground. Answering questions on various topics, Glen was in upbeat mood and only too happy to relax and chat with us. FFC: So Glen, what is [...]

No stranger to making outspoken comments, either via word of mouth, or making statements over the internet, Joey Barton has once again hit the headlines in controversial fashion. Of late, his weapon of choice has been Twitter, when voicing his dissatisfaction during the summer goings-on at old club Newcastle United, which ultimately led to his departure. [...]

So, the curse of the captain’s armband is ready to strike at The Emirates again, with Arsene Wenger admitting that Robin van Persie could leave the club when his contract finally expires. Many were already predicting the Dutchman would be next big name to depart Arsenal even before he was handed the captaincy, therefore following in [...]

So, the curse of the captain’s armband is ready to strike at The Emirates again, with Arsene Wenger admitting that Robin van Persie could leave the club when his contract finally expires. Many were already predicting the Dutchman would be next big name to depart Arsenal even before he was handed the captaincy, therefore following in [...]

To become a footballer is probably near the top of every young boys dream whilst growing up. Only a lucky few make it leaving the rest of us to dream what may have been, and worship and support the chosen ones who represent our beloved clubs. In today’s world of ‘business football’, the financial rewards are [...]

Since 2008 there has been a consensus that two players in world football stand alone from the rest of the bunch, battling it out on an annual basis to be crowned the unofficial ‘Best Player in the World’. Those two, are of course Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Officially too, the footballing world has recognised this. [...]