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Marta on the pitch for Brazil — Ranked! The Top 100 women's footballers of all-time Top 100 women's footballers have been ranked by FourFourTwo, but who is at the top of the list?

How two brothers from the Netherlands have carved a highly lucrative niche in the football market via a simple idea you wish you'd thought of MatchWornShirt.com is the real deal, and they can even prove it

Businessman Walter Soriano with his close friend Diego Maradona — Diego Maradona's 'unknown friend' breaks silence for the first time on the anniversary of the Argentinian football legend's death Walter Soriano, a low profile but highly trusted confidant of the legendary footballer has always refused to speak about Maradona until now

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Oasis guitarist and Manchester City fan Noel Gallagher

Oasis star Noel Gallagher exclusive: 'I should be a Manchester United fan! The greatest player of all time played for United: my dad's brothers and our cousins are United fans, too'

By Richard Purden published 28 August 24

Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher on Manchester City, Maine Road, Celtic and why the Scottish leagues should merge with England

Interviews

'It was a huge job, but beautiful. It is, and it was for me, every day': When Sven-Goran Eriksson came to England and won hearts and minds

By Steve Anglesey last updated 26 August 24

LONG READ When Sven-Goran Eriksson took over as England's first foreign manager in February 2001, he faced a staggering 'welcome' from high-level officials and gutter-level tabloids

LONG READ

Ranked! All 92 Premier League and Football League club badges

By Tom Hancock last updated 20 August 24

EVERY CREST RANKED Separating the crap crests from the lovely logos – where does your club sit in our list?

EVERY CREST RANKED

Huddersfield, John Smith's Stadium, best football stadiums

The death of the Saturday 3pm kick-off or brave new world? EFL enters Sky Sports+ era with massive implications for fans

By Steven Chicken published 10 August 24

The new big-money deal with Sky Sports means we're getting tonnes more EFL football on our screens... and a different-looking schedule

Longform

Lady seamstress stitching Admiral football shirts in the 1970s in a factory

The birth of the replica football shirt, 50 years on

By Matthew Ketchell last updated 24 July 24

LONG READ It's been half a century since a small Midlands firm went from manufacturing nuns’ knickers to selling the world’s first replica football kits, just in time for Christmas

LONG READ

From fallout to triumph: How Nigeria stunned the world to win Olympic gold in 1996

By Mark White published 23 July 24

Nigeria were in crisis and little was expected of them at the 1996 Olympics - only for the Super Eagles to dig deep and achieve immortality

Stories

The Great Britain team line up before the Men's Football first round Group A Match of the London 2012 Olympic Games between Great Britain and Senegal, at Old Trafford on July 26, 2012 in Manchester, England.

Team GB at London 2012: The chaotic story of the short-lived men's Olympic team

By Mark White published 22 July 24

LONG READ With the Olympic games on home soil, Team GB excitedly put forward a men's football side - but Stuart Pearce's team were fighting fires off the pitch as much as on

LONG READ

UTCH STRIKER DENNIS BERGKAMP SCORES HOLLAND's SECOND GOAL IN THEIR 2-0 DEFEAT OF ENGLAND. Mandatory Credit: Shaun Botterill/ALLSPORT England Netherlands Euro 2024

I was at Netherlands 2-0 England in 1993 - and it was one of the maddest Three Lions away days of my life

By Justin Walley last updated 9 July 24

LONG READ Justin Walley was an England home-and-away regular in his younger days, and recalls a crazy trip to Rotterdam in the Netherlands which was ruined by anarchy, arrests... and Ronald Koeman

LONG READ

A masked New York City FC fans holds up a pyrotechnic before the Hudson River Derby game: New York City FC vs New York Red Bulls outside Citi Field in Queens, New York

Can't start a fire without a spark: On the ground at the Hudson River Derby in New York City

By Matthew Ketchell published 4 July 24

ON THE GROUND We visited New York City to watch Major League Soccer's Hudson River Derby: New York City FC vs New York Red Bulls

ON THE GROUND

The Manchester City players line up during the penalty shoot-out during the Nationwide Division Two Play-Off Final match against Gillingham played at Wembley Stadium in London, England. The match finished in a 2-2 draw after extra-time andin the penalty shoot-out Manchester City won 3-1 and were promoted to Division One. \ Mandatory Credit: Alex Livesey /Allsport

When Manchester City were rubbish: How the 1998/99 season changed a football club’s destiny

By Nick Moore published 30 May 24

Manchester City may now be a slick footballing juggernaut, but three decades ago they were slumming it in the third tier - and could have sunk even lower

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