A whole new ball game arrived on August 15, 1992, when the first Premier League season began. English football’s top flight was made up of 22 clubs, with Arsenal, Leeds United, Liverpool and Manchester United among the big hitters expected to vie for the title. The new era featured a whole host of record-setters –
Emmanuel Adebayor has been on my list of people to write about ever since First Print Football launched. Some of you (mostly Arsenal fans) might disagree, but I always enjoyed watching the Togolese striker back in his Premier League days. As a neutral, I thought the former Gunner was absolutely box office. That Usain Bolt-esque
When a rabona kick goes wrong, it’s the funniest thing ever. When it goes to plan, the masterful technique is one of the classiest skills in the history of association football. What exactly is a rabona kick? A rabona is the art of striking the football with your kicking leg after crossing it behind your
There wasn’t a more famous person on the planet than David Beckham when I was a kid. My football fandom began around the time of the 1998 World Cup, just when Beckham was public enemy number one. Once the madness of the Simeone kick died down, the midfield maestro proved his greatness with England, Manchester
I don’t know about you, but Dennis Wise is not someone I’d want to go up against in a 50-50. The former Chelsea and Wimbledon hardman was the ultimate midfield battler in his playing days, and I mean that in the nicest possible way. For all the talk of Wise being a hothead, his Premier