Football, or soccer as it is strangely known in younger countries, is a physical game full of rough and tumble. As teams strain every nerve and sinew to win, the rules are inevitably broken and fouls are committed. A foul is when you kick, maim or incapacitate a player in an illegal fashion in order […]
Soccer skills, called football skills in developed countries, are the important techniques that are required to perform well in the role of a footballer or soccer player. The art of tackling is the skill required to dispossess the opponent and retrieve the ball.
Confidence is vital when tackling an opponent. Tackling is like going into battle […]
Soccer, or football as it’s known the land of its birth, is a game where 22 men kick a ball around a pitch for ninety minutes, after which the Germans win and everyone goes home. The object of the game is put the ball into the opposition’s goal while minimising the amount of times that […]
Football, or soccer as it is known in the crazy world of the Americas, involves many different types of restarts when the ball is considered out of play. Restarting the ball with a corner kick occurs when the ball leaves the field of play past the goal line (not in the goal), having touched a […]
The association football manager is traditionally a creature of habit and routine. After matches, he will speak in proverbs, cliches and phrases that will be vaguely relevant to the match, but often he will talk nonsense. Before matches, football managers will be guarded and defensive but some will speak their mind truthfully and engage the […]
Soccer, known as football outside of the USA, is a sport, game and hobby involving people kicking a ball around a pitch with the aim of scoring more goals than the other team. Scoring goals is a vital part of soccer, but goals can only be scored if the team plays well and passes the […]
Why is it that it seems average Premiership footballers can get paid over twenty thousand pounds a week, an annual wage of just under one million pounds a year? The top players can command salaries closer to one hundred and fifty thousand pounds a week, a staggering seven point two million pounds a year. […]
Mourinho’s declaration that he will head back to England when his contract is up at Inter raised a couple of eyebrows yesterday. Is he sick of Italy already? Or does he simply love England more than Italy? Whatever the case, the fact is that he has made his intentions known publicly. For one, the Board […]
Soccer, or football as it’s correctly known in its native country of England, is a game all about kicking the ball. There seem to be an almost infinite variety of ways to kick, flick, pass and shoot a football and players are always coming up with new techniques. An integral part of football is heading […]
Football souvenirs and memorabilia are extremely popular amongst avid fans of the game allowing them to take a memory of a match away with them or enabling them to obtain a piece of sporting history. Ultimately they give the collector the opportunity to commemorate a special occasion or a particularly adept player. Events range from […]
