Athletic Club have not been in the Champions League for 11 years, and so we can’t trace previous meetings with the club in history. And indeed, apart from being in the Europa last season, they have ...

The answer to both of those questions above (concerning success in a club or competence in a commentator) is generally simple: by trophies for a club, and predictions and relevant insights of the ...

However, while Arsenal’s goal difference is nine goals for and one against, Athletic Club’s difference is six for and four against. Athletic Club lost yesterday 0-1 at home to Alaves, which suggests ...

Nottingham Forest is called “Forest” because they started playing at the Forest Recreation Ground, which at some stage might have been in Sherwood Forest, but isn’t any more. Moving forward a little ...

The fact is, stories as we all know are made up. But at last some of the media are realising the truth. As the Telegraph says, “Edu quit job of a lifetime to join Forest roller coaster – and Arsenal ...

Which leads me to look not at the clubs that have changed managers this month, but rather which clubs have had the same manager for the longest time. The answer is… Manchester City since 2016 and ...

Last season there were 132 away wins: that is 35% of games. In short, we can see that this referee reverses the national average. Instead of seeing 35% away wins as the average referee does, he sees ...

Currently, as you will know, we are third, and if you have been paying attentioin you will also know that we have been doing some exploring of the idea that the positioins after a small number of ...

And yet the strange trail of events that surrounded him, continued to dog him and his family. He came onto the pitch on 20 January 2001, replacing Freddie Ljungberg on 46 minutes, but only lasted 16 ...

"I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art." A Wenger ...

Fifa found individuals guilty of breaches surrounding a £1.3m ($2m) “disloyal payment” made to Platini in 2011. The Fifa ethics committee said that individuals had demonstrated an “abusive execution” ...

Supposing you owned a football club which for the last couple of seasons had come 16th and 17th in the Premier League, having been promoted the season before that from the Championship. A manager who ...