https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/31/lionel-messi-retires-from-international-football-argentina Arguably, he leads a very short list of GOATs. All the answers to the question about where exactly he sits on that list at club and international level are in. It's end of an era. Not...

I'm looking for your thoughts on this. Analytics, metrics and statistics have become a bigger and bigger part of the game especially over the past 10-15 years. Coaches rely on the numbers to understand the game more than ever before, recruitment decisions are more heavily based on metrics...

🏆🏆🏆 What's the difference? Libertadores is like the Champions League and the Sudamericana is more like the Europa League. The Sudamericana Round of 16 is upon us and BeIn Sports and COMNEBOL are uploading the match highlights to Youtube. Also heaps of unauthorised full match replays and live...

Thought I would start a thread for anyone interested and the trainspotters. The 2026 domestic season has been weird (weirder than most anyway) with what looks like an ad-hoc, arbitrary and unnecessarily complex set of new rules. As simply as I can describe it, the new season format is - Two...