The food sold in the ground. Everyone expects changes when new owners take over at a football club. Most of the time this means replacing the manager, bringing in some new people and perhaps looking ...

I n an era of defined positions and rigid tactics, a lanky winger glad in Liverpool red broke the mould. Steve McManaman had all the qualities of a true winger. As a footballer, his talent was never a ...

W ith the exception of Prato, whose digits have been greatly inflated by Far East Asian immigration in recent decades, there’s just one name amongst the 23 most populous cities in Italy never to have ...

T he history of football is often told as one of the great sides emerging before slipping away and passing that mantle to others. Despite that, there had been something crushingly perfect about ...

A celebration of These Football Times’ writers’ favourite stars of the 2000s, from Xabi Alonso and Kaka to Zinedine Zidane and Thierry Henry ...

TEAMING UP WITH THE WORLD’S BIGGEST CLUBS AND BRANDS, AWARD-WINNING CONTENT BY SOME OF THE GAME’S FINEST AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS. No fillers, no compromise. Football as it should be. We’re on a ...

T he year is 1872. Ulysses S. Grant is elected president of the US, Yellowstone becomes the world’s first national park, and the first case of Horse Flu is reported in Toronto, Canada, which will ...

Illustration by Federico Manasse. T he legendary Dinamo Kyiv side marshalled by Valeriy Lobanovskyi was widely viewed as a precise, scientific machine with clearly-defined roles. But there was one ...

It’s been 30 years since Sampdoria lifted the Scudetto. Where has the time gone? As part of the celebrations, These Football Times and Cult Kits have joined forces for a weekend of fun, with features, ...

As football and Ajax strode into the modern era, they, like many other teams across the continent, made some refining touches to their crest. In 1991, the pencilled drawing of Ajax was switched up for ...

A rgentinos Juniors have long been renowned in Argentina as the cradle of the stars, a place where several greats have been nurtured and gone on to legend. Some of Argentina’s finest have come through ...

L ike meddling criminals in Gotham City, it’s pretty difficult to escape bats if you happen to be in and around Valencia. The image of the nocturnal animal is everywhere, from manhole covers to street ...