Club Heritage
How to Research Your Football Club's History From Scratch
Ask ten supporters when their club was founded and you will often get three different years.
A 1.72 metre centre-back once told me he had stopped going for headers against big strikers because "there's no point". He was losing roughly seven aerial duels out of ten, and he had decided height was the whole story.
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Club Heritage
Ask ten supporters when their club was founded and you will often get three different years.
Coaching Notes
Most amateur sides pick a captain in about ninety seconds.
Youth Football
Every grassroots coach has had the conversation in the car park.
Fan Culture
Most fans first hear the words supporters trust in a crisis.
Games
Any football supporter who has watched a cup draw live knows the feeling.
Player Development
Watch a good central midfielder for the ten seconds before a pass reaches him and count how often his head turns.
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Archive
Three writers who come at football from different angles: one breaks down match tactics and substitutions, one writes about player and youth development from time spent on training grounds, and one covers fan culture and club history. Every article carries a byline, and every byline links to everything else that person has written.