As with anything, football had to have a start. It had to have firsts. All of which serve as the foundations of which the sport is built on today. The women’s game has come leaps and bounds from when it hit the mainstream at its inaugural 1991 World Cup in China. As the game continues to grow...

“Yesterday's decision to suspend for a probationary period…the one-match automatic suspension…to the player Folarin Balogun crossed a red line." These were the words of UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin in the aftermath of the news that engulfed the football world in furious debate. Across the...

Growing up in Zimbabwe, I had two options on where my football allegiances lay, Manchester United or Liverpool. One was on the precipice of being the powerhouse club in football. A club that was the fiercest rival to the dominant Liverpool side of the 80’s. As such, if you wanted to barrack...

As the journey of my football disillusion continues, there was another place to lay my anger at; football gear. I don’t mean football gear as in the boots, shin pads, or gloves I would need to play in a social or local league, I’m talking about the football gear that clubs sell to fans. To this...

Kobbie Mainoo has stalled in contract talks with Manchester United I can distinctly remember my earliest football memory. It was the arrival of the English Premier League, and my family was in a holiday town in Zimbabwe. My father took my brother and I to a shop to buy a cap for our favourite...