Updates, articles and useless information based mainly around Serie A, Bundesliga & La Liga (occasionally more when I have the time)
I've decided to start a small series on the Kit Room section based around iconic kits from individual Champions League seasons. It made sense to do it in chronological order, and UEFA's first season with the big shiny commercial reboot was the 92/93 season (I may delve backwards into the European Cup era once this … Continue reading KIT ROOM: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 92/93
A young, vibrant, attacking team storming through European football, consisting largely of academy players. This description could apply to the same team 24 years apart. A team led by a young manager called Louis van Gaal won the 1995 Champions League with blistering attacking football, 24 years later, will the feat be matched? The similarities … Continue reading 24 YEARS LATER – CAN AJAX REPEAT HISTORY?
A second Scandanavian post of the day, oh the excitement! Having already produced two commemorative shirts with kit manufacturer Nike , two added shirts have been designed to celebrate the club's 128 year anniversary (it must be a thing in Sweden, I can't get my head around it either). They come in a luxury presentation … Continue reading KIT ROOM: AIK 1891
A friend of mine suggested writing a series of articles shedding some light on the lesser leagues in Europe. I loved the idea but instead of going straight in at the deep end and going for something really obscure where I have to build up my knowledge from scratch, I decided to find a middle … Continue reading MINOR LEAGUE INSIGHT: NORWEGIAN ELITESERIEN
As a prospering young player who wants a good grounding in European football, there are two obvious choices. You either go to the principality and play for Monaco as the likes of Willem Geubbels, Pietro Pellegri and Youri Tielemans did, or you go to Borussia Dortmund who in recent years have a list as long … Continue reading IN 5 YEARS TIME: SERGIO GOMEZ
I really feel that the Champions League was at its most exciting during the mid 2000s. The 2005 trophy was won by a Liverpool side that only got through the group stages at the death and came from 3-0 down to win on penalties in the final, but it was the previous year was my … Continue reading 2003/2004 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: THE YEAR OF THE UNDERDOG
I genuinely think the western hemisphere is blissfully unaware of how big of a deal Hidetoshi Nakata was and still is. He was the first Asian player to become a legitimate footballing superstar due to his exploits on and off the pitch, being an incredibly marketable individual. Certainly the first time I became aware of … Continue reading ICONS: HIDETOSHI NAKATA
This is a concept that I'm not really that clued up on considering I haven't had a games console for 8 years. The basic idea though is this, EA pay Adidas a lot of money to create out there and bold kits that they can use as a 4th shirt in their FIFA franchise. For … Continue reading KIT ROOM: ADIDAS X EA SPORTS
For a town comprising of 170,000 people, Parma came so close to upsetting the apple cart in Italy, but fiddling the books is never a good idea and the fall was greater than the rise. The revival of the club as discussed in my previous article was started by Arrigo Sacchi who stabalised them in … Continue reading THE PARMALAT ERA
Maybe football is a lot simpler than we all think it is, a former shoe salesman with no professional playing experienced in his first top flight job managed to create one of the greatest club sides of all time, so much for reputation and having all of the coaching badges under the sun. I do … Continue reading ICONS: ARRIGO SACCHI
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