Your basic guide to soccer positions and soccer numbers In order to understand modern Soccer and the different positional numbers that have evolved, it is first necessary to look at a traditional Soccer ‘eleven’. The ‘classic eleven‘ players of a soccer team were numbered 1-11 and played in a 4-4-2 formation. That’s 4 players in…
Receiving a ‘card’ in a sports never seems to be a good thing. Indeed, I cannot think of one sport in which the issuance of a card results in a positive outcome for the player and his team. In Soccer, there are only two cards that can be issued, yellow cards and a Red card,…
To a native Englishman, a Hat-trick in Football or Soccer as it is known in the U.S is something you learn an entirety about from a very early age – about the age of 6 in the school playground! In some countries that are newer to Soccer or for people who just want to know…
The world is awash of famous soccer stadiums steeped in history. Stadiums are a major part of any sport and those that appear on this list have all had their special moments in the history of World Soccer. It is impossible to place them in any fair ranking order for each stadium listed here is…
Known as ‘Soccer’ in North America and ‘Football’ in most other parts of the world, few sports can draw attendances to the same awesome capacity and atmosphere as some of the largest soccer stadiums in the world. Soccer or ‘the beautiful game’ as it is known, is the most popular sport on the planet with…
FC Barcelona have published an official press release stating that Argentine legend Lionel Messi will not be returning to the club for the 2021/22 season. Messi, now aged 34, has been out of contract since July 1 and despite informally agreeing a new four-year contract on greatly reduced wages, the club has confirmed that “financial…
The English Premier League returns for another season on August 13. After a tough year for football, it’ll be good to hopefully have fans back inside the stadium when Brentford and Arsenal kick off the new campaign. Manchester City wrestled back the top trophy in English football with relative ease from an injury-plagued Liverpool side who ultimately did…
The biggest match of the EURO 2020 round of 16 will take place at Wembley Stadium in London on Tuesday evening. England will have home advantage as they take on their old enemy Germany for a place in the quarter finals. England and Germany haven’t squared off in a competitive setting since the 2010 World…
The Euro 2020 group stage is over! After lots of thrills and spills the final 16 teams have been decided and they’ll all square off over the course of the next week. Here’s your full list of knockout fixtures for Euro 2020. WALES VS. DENMARK Despite dropping to defeat in their opening game Wales finished…
While last year’s UEFA European Football Championship planned competition was delayed until 2021, Euro 2020 has retained its name to celebrate the sixty years that have passed since the Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2–1 in the very first Euro final in Paris in 1960. Euro 2020 is now firmly underway, and with a new Euro…