LIAM FLIN takes a look at five clubs who, in comparison to their rivals, are punching well above their weight...

M ONEY will buy you trophies. This a sentiment all too exhausted and all too real in modern football, and one those hung up on nostalgia feel incredibly bitter about. Formerly a sport that prided itself on the humble beginnings of plain black boots and re-worn shirts, financial muscle now outweighs tactical genius and the bigger clubs compete as aggressively off the pitch as on it.

Yet in this dismal backdrop to the football of today, there comes light in the form of t...