Love Letters to the European Union: Sunday is Gloomy

On the 29th March 2019, the United Kingdom is (currently) scheduled to exit the European Union. To celebrate forty-six years of peacetime and prosperity in Europe, this season we’ll be profiling the footballing history of each remaining member of the EU, looking at some of their most iconic matches and the players that have left […]

World Cup Tales: The Gentle Giant (1958)

Sweden, 1958 Between the second and third World Cups of the 1950s, FIFA was struck by tragedy as Jules Rimet, Henri Delauney and Rodolphe Seeldrayers all passed away. Englishman Arthur Drewery took the reins as head of FIFA, though his most notable contribution to the game by this point had been selecting the England team […]

World Cup Tales: POW Forward (1954)

Switzerland, 1954 The 1954 World Cup saw the return of a divided Germany to the international fold, as the West Germans saw off Saarland and Norway in the qualifiers, while Argentina continued to boycott the competition. There were debuts for Scotland, South Korea and Turkey, though the latter two sides were given the unenviable task […]