David Goldblatt Sees the World Cup Future
It’s the international break, a chance to take a deep breath before the club season's crescendo and the massive summer of World Cup 2026. It's also a good time to take stock of the international game,...
28 Mars 48min
ESPN's Jon Champion on FA Cup glories and a peculiar Manchester derby
The Football Weekend is on tour this week with a first stop in Paris, France after a harrowing red-eye flight sat in front of the most formidable snorer in human history. More on that in this week’s e...
16 Jan 19min
The FA Cup Third Round is magic
We all spend a lot of time lamenting the cynical side of the modern game, but if there’s an antidote, it’s the weekend ahead of us. The FA Cup Third Round Proper is one for the romantics: the smallest...
9 Jan 46min
The Paris rebel club
New year, new weekend, and we’re off in an unconventional direction. The big match of the coming days for our purposes is in Paris, but it ain’t PSG. RED STAR PARIS travel to face TROYES on Saturday f...
2 Jan 57min
The Battle of Lisbon: Mourinho, Eusébio, Sporting and Benfica
David Novo from Lisbon's Record newspaper joins to help us preview the Dérbi de Lisboa, as Benfica host Sporting CP in a battle for bragging rights in the Portuguese capital. Along with Porto — which ...
4 Dec 202552min
Brad Friedel: The American who lived Türkiye's most explosive football feud
Brad Friedel played his college ball at UCLA and had a stint at Liverpool before a longer and seriously fruitful one at Blackburn Rovers. He also stopped shots for Aston Villa and for Tottenham Hotspu...
28 Nov 202555min
The Road to World Cup 2026, Vol. 3: Jonathan Wilson's Histories
The World Cup is a sporting competition between national football teams to determine the best of them. But it’s always been a vessel for so much more, not least the ambitions of political leaders rang...
13 Nov 20251h 16min
El Clásico blasts off the title race in La Liga
There’s a big game down in Italy on Saturday, but there’s only one headliner for this weekend. It’s El Clásico, Real Madrid vs FC Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabéu, the biggest game in club football ...
24 Okt 20251h 2min
