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1958 A.D: I think it’s safe to say most of you will recognise this year for the introduction of yell0w lines on roads. Along with parking tickets it was a revolutionary concept that spelled the end for liberal parkers and changed the way we think about stationary motor vehicles forever. No? Well perhaps you know [...]

Just like when Celtic win the SPL this year, celebrating England’s 8-0 mauling of San Marino seems somewhat cheap. San Marino sit rock bottom of the FIFA World Rankings and given that the likes of Eritrea and The British Virgin Islands are deemed superiors, perhaps 8-0 is a slightly more embarrassing scoreline for England than it [...]

I know what you’re thinking; “Oh yeah, Michael Owen plays for Stoke now.” Don’t worry, I’d forgotten too. When I think of Michael Owen these days, instead of that wonder goal against Argentina in France 98 I tend to associate him with sitting in a snappy shirt locked in duel with Alan Hansen’s razor sharp (yet [...]

After Arsenal’s 3-1 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League it looks like their long wait for silverware is set to continue. With nothing left to play for except yet another 4th place finish, Arséne Wenger has resorted to releasing a shocking internet viral ‘One Man No Cups’ featuring footage of his team winning absolutely nothing. [...]

Valentine’s Day is upon us again; for some this means treating that special someone to a Toby Carvery and for others it means playing FIFA in their underwear whilst mopping stray tears with the instruction manual. If you’re like me you probably fall into the secret third category of not caring either way but if it’s [...]

We’ve all been there, sat in our underwear at 4am; “Just one more game” you tell yourself but as you go to draw the curtains and dim the lights you remember that crucial Europa League match on the horizon. So you slip back into your imaginary suit and start to figure out the best way to outfox [...]

It’s the new video game that’s sweeping the nation; Super Battle Pocket Managers. If you’ve never heard of it that can be attributed to the fact that we just made it up. In the first instalment of Super Battle Pocket Managers (Or as all the hip and happening kids are calling it; SBPM) two managerial legends [...]

Got a spare couple of minutes? Why not play this guessing game that features Frank Lampard when he really was fat and Lionel Messi when his name was suitably apt. Lots of the players featured in the video really haven’t changed that much over the years (which is a shame for Wayne Rooney’s parents because it [...]

After crashing out of The Capital One Cup to League Two Bradford with an almost full-strength team, pressure on he Premier League’s second longest serving manager is more intense than ever. Large sections of the Arsenal faithful have started calling for his head as their long wait for silverware rumbles on into it’s seventh year. Equally, there are [...]

Everyone loves a good goal but if you should ever get bored of the hundreds scored daily across the world by those who are paid to do so then this video is for you. Football FanCast have compiled the best goals scored by everyone (and everything) except actual footballers. Sure, most of them don’t actually count [...]

‘Tis the season to spend loads of money on things no one really wants, so Football FanCast have rounded up the worst football-themed gifts that are actually available to buy for your loved ones this Christmas. Whether you’re looking for your lover, brother or mother; we’ve got you covered. Some of these gifts have comic value [...]

Michel Platini’s latest harebrained scheme is to expand the Champions League from 32 teams to 64 and scrap the Europa League . The mooted plans would see the team who finish 7th in the Premier League join Europe’s elite club competition. Not only that, but the team who finishes as runner-up in the FA Cup could even take [...]

Football shirt sponsorship has gone through the roof in recent years. Big brands and now clamouring to get on the front of Premier League shirts, with DHL paying millions just to appear on Manchester United’s training kit! However, not so long ago, when football shirt sponsorship was in its infancy, there were more opportunities for ‘smaller’ [...]

We often complain about the level of football punditry we’re treated to in the Premier League at the moment, Gary Neville aside, but it is rare that we focus on the interviewers posing questions to Premiership stars. That was until the Champions League semi-final last year, when Geoff Shreeves cruelly told Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic that [...]

We all think our club has had one of the worst kits of all-time. Manchester United fans will point to the grey monstrosity that was worn in the first half of a Premier League match against Southampton at the Dell, while Chelsea supporters have had so many bad kits that it’s hard to pick just one out. However, [...]

Jonathan Woodgate has had a pretty distinguished career, injuries aside, but it would be fair to say that his debut for La Liga giants Real Madrid wasn’t the best. An own goal AND a sending off make for a pretty shambolic first appearance for your new club, but what makes poor Woodgate’s debut for Real Madrid [...]

There isn’t a week that goes by without Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli being in the football news headlines for one reason or another. Balotelli scored in last night’s Premier League encounter against Wigan at the DW Stadium, but it is often his misdemeanours that the Italian makes the news for. Whether it’s that he’s being reported [...]

Us football fans love a lookalike, so we have decided to have a look at the top 10 Manchester United lookalikes, in our opinions of course. We don’t mean players that look like each other, such as the Man Utd twins Rafael and Fabio, but footballers who look like other famous people in society. Here is [...]

Gary Speed tragically died a year to this day on Sunday 27th November 2011, aged just 42. The then Wales manager had a glittering playing career in the top flight of English football and the fact that he was loved by fans at Leeds United, Everton, Newcastle United, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield United says it all. [...]

Former Leicester City, Liverpool and Aston Villa striker Emile Heskey has been causing a stir out in Australia where he has been on fire for the Newcastle Jets. The England international’s form has been so good that they’re even planning to make a film of the cult hero’s life. Here’s the trailer for ‘Emile of Steel’… [...]