Cover Art Courtesy of Dave Moore/Wibble Publishing Have you ever wondered what happened to the Aberdare Athletic team that graced the Football League in the 20s? What about Glossop, who gained entrance to the Football League in 1898? You will find these answers and a tremendous amount more in the two volumes of Out of Our League: Defunct & Ex-Football League Teams by Dave Moore. These two books can be best described in a single word: fascinating. Moore does what no
Discussing the history of a legendary club is always a challenge. What do you include? What do you leave out? Cover Art Courtesy of IPG Deciding to show the legacy of a club through just ten matches is a rather novel and effective idea. Jonathan Wilson and Scott Murray do this to perfection in The Anatomy of Liverpool: A History in Ten Matches. We’re sure that it wasn’t an easy decision to pick out the ten matches. This duo did a
We caught up with Pete, owner and founder of Fifa Expert, with the hopes of hearing more about FIFA 15 and the history behind it. We certainly got that with the Q&A below: 1. Where did you come up with the idea for your website? Why did you think there was a need for it? The idea originally came from just wanting to test myself to make a functional website. Originally, I wrote about my thoughts on football and tactical analysis of
Football has changed a lot over the years. From humble beginnings, the beautiful game has grown into a global sport that is played and followed by billions of passionate fans and supporters. The English Premier League, arguably the best in the world, has experienced a similarly meteoric rise in terms of global notoriety, interest, and sponsorship. The same can be said for Manchester City, which was once known as small community club. The Sky Blues are now one of the best
Cover Art Courtesy of Icon Books Brazilian sensation Neymar is quite the enigma. Despite being the victim of an injury in his own country’s World Cup, Neymar has many more years to live up to his potential for club and country. Arguably the best in the world, we may be making the argument that he was the best ever ten years from now. The comparisons to the great Pelé may finally come true. Luca Caioli’s
Cover Art Courtesy of Sports Interactive SEGA and Sports Interactive are pleased to announce Football Manager 2015, the latest in the award-winning and record-breaking series, which will be released globally for PC, Macintosh and Linux computers in November 2014. From today, the game is available to pre-order, both online and on the high street, and anyone who does pre-order will enjoy access to a beta version of the game roughly two weeks before its official on-sale date. In addition, those who register
Cover Art Courtesy of Amberley Publishing Every football club has a turning point, a moment that changes the face and direction of the club forever. For Manchester United one might think of the Munich Air Disaster or the many successes in Europe, but there was a period that was just as defining, long before either of those. The years 1907-1911 represent early success for Manchester United, a time that allowed the club to grow and prosper under the expert eye of
Cover Art Courtesy of Amberley Publishing C.W. Alcock is one of the beautiful game’s founding fathers. He worked to standardize and modernize the game, but more importantly, he created the world’s oldest football competition in the FA Cup. My biggest question after reading The Classic Guide to Football is simple. What would Alcock think of the modern game as we know it? Would he be happy with our progress or disappointed by our shortcomings? You have to read the
Fans of the England and U.S. Men’s National Teams have a little bit of time on their hands with their respective World Cup exits coming sooner than we had hoped. Not having a team to root for in Brazil gives us yet another opportunity to look back at the past and how that might have an effect on the future. Cover Art Courtesy of Amberley Publishing The Team of 66: England’s World Cup Winners by Jim Morris is a great read for
