MATCH- FIXING AND FAVOURITISM BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN

TIM CARROLL charts the forgotten years of East German football Dynamo Berlin stadium With World Cup success in Brazil, German football...

CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE MAESTRO WHILE YOU CAN

JOHN GLYNN pays homage to Andrea Pirlo, the consummate Italian midfielder who has just retired from international football Andrea Pirlo The...

BRING ON THE WORLD CHAMPIONS

CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at the challenge facing Gibraltar in Euro 2016 – and particularly a PE teacher from Farsley Adam Priestley...

WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING OUT

CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at how other sides have imploded after a mass sale of their stars SOUTHAMPON began the summer with...

BALE MADRID

Last summer, Real Madrid made the world record signing of Gareth Bale. LIAM NEWMAN looks back on a highly productive first...

THE RISE OF DIEGO COSTA

FROM LAGARTO TO LA LIGA JAMES BENSON traces the background of one of the world’s most sought-after strikers Akin to a...

GIBRALTAR’S ROCK

CAPTAIN CHIPOLINA ON UEFA ACCEPTANCE, MAKING HISTORY AND PLAYING ENGLAND DAN RAWLEY talks to the jubilant islanders about their progresion into...

CHIEVO

FAIRYTALE OF THE FLYING DONKEYS EDD PAUL charts one of the greatest underdog stories in European football Verona “Two households, both...

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

THE GREATEST MANAGERS NOT TO HAVE WON THE EUROPEAN CUP RAY HARPER asks if winning Europe’s most famous club trophy is...

THE LEGEND OF ZARRA

DAVID LEE WHEATLEY looks back at the career of a striker who held all the Spanish records until a certain Lionel...

THE GOLDEN GENERATION OF BELGIUM

CHRIS DUNLAVY wonders if the startling breakthrough of outstanding players should be copied by England Axel Witsel and Nacer Chadli celebrate...

FORGET SPURS BAYERN ARE THE REAL ‘YIOS’!

Spurs have long had a reputation as a ‘Jewish’ club. On the continent Ajax of Amsterdam have a widely acknowledged Jewish...

GAZZA, GAGS AND GOLACO BELLISSIMO

JAMES PIERCE has affectionate memories of Channel 4’s Italian fooball coverage ith the nation’s fascination with everything Paul Gascoigne after his exploits...

AJAX SEE THE FUTURE AND IT’ S ORANGE

MICHAEL HENSON looks at the way the Dutch club have dominated the production of star players The De Toekomst Academy The...

IN GOOD KOMPANY

STEVEN GREEN on the Belgian invasion – and how The Red Devils could soon be international dark horses ON transfer deadline...

Cutting it fine

Groundsman, fundraiser, driver, cleaner...there’s more to life to managing a grassroots football team than meets the eye, as AIDAN TOWNSEND finds...

No signings to speak of but at least the car park’s been tarmaced

RICHARD WILLIAMS won’t be welcoming any new players to the Community Stadium as another season marooned in the middle of League...