Pre match

Pre-match From coffee to carbs, elite sports nutritionist James Collins lifts the lid on five football falsehoods

Pre-match Southampton are using a device called the Neurotracker to train their players' brains

Pre-season Complete your pre-training tune up with these ball skill-based exercises

Passing Use this Coerver Coaching exercise to pick out a team-mate every time

Liverpool's former head of sports medicine and sports science, Dr Peter Brukner, says pre-match sleep is key to performance

Pre-match Ensure you’re properly fuelled for the big kick-off with the ideal breakfast, lunch and dinner

Speed Check out our diet advice, gym workouts, training drills and psychology tips designed to get you match fit ahead of the new season

Aymeric Laporte Manchester City's ball-playing centre-back Aymeric Laporte tells you the 7 rules you must obey to be a centre-back in a passing system

Stamina If you want to be a lean, mean, footballing machine, you need to avoid piling on the pounds with calorie-laden cooking oil. We find out which is the best for your health...

Pre-match Being positive is the best form of defence when you're a man down, says former Crystal Palace boss Iain Dowie