Inside the weird and wonderful world of Club Tijuana, Mexico's maverick outsiders
As well as having a volatile political history, Mexico is one of the world's most passionate football countries, so there's little surprise that these two components of the North American nation combi...
1 Jan 20201h 12min
How Hungary's Magical Magyars wowed football against a backdrop of uncertainty at home
Hungary's Magical Magyars of the 1950s are one of the iconic sides in the history of world football. Their scintillating play took them to a World Cup final and a long unbeaten run, plus that infamous...
29 Dec 20191h 17min
How can CONIFA shape football's future?
We talk to Justin Walley, the president of CONIFA Africa and member of the organisation's Executive Committee, about the work they carry out and how the inevitable and often compromising tentacles of ...
23 Dec 20191h 10min
'I can't help falling in love': accepting the changing face of football as it moves through the eras
For many of us, football is more than a sport. It can act as an anchor, in as pronounced a manner as our loved ones. More important than work, food and sleep, there is a generation of football watcher...
19 Dec 20191h 18min
How populist politics is changing the world of football
Across the world, populist politics - the idea that society is separated into two groups at odds with one another: the "pure people" and the "corrupt elite" - is often centred on placing the blame on ...
11 Dec 20191h 8min
Stateside Soccer: a history of the beautiful game in the United States
Football in America has been eclectic and polarising from the very start. From the pre-Wall Street Crash boom to Major League Soccer, via the incorrigible NASL, it has a marvellous story to tell, whic...
8 Dec 20191h 29min
The controversy and corruption of CONMEBOL
CONMEBOL is one of FIFA's six continental confederations and, as they cover the South American region, it's also one of the most important, having World Cup winners Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, amon...
21 Nov 20191h 20min
Revolution and rebuilds: AC Milan and the two glorious decades between 1987 and 2007
When Arrigo Sacchi stepped through the San Siro doors in 1987, AC Milan would never be the same again. Through his glorious revolution, Capello's evolution, the doldrums of the late 1990s, and the 200...
19 Nov 20191h 33min
