Your guide to every formation in football, from the defensive to the attacking and everything in between ...

At the elite level, the sequence of numbers which create what we regard as 'formations' play a peripheral role in the overriding tactical thought of managers. However, they supply us mere mortals ...

Because I-formation football has the extra blocker in the backfield, the offensive lineman can apply more gap blocking schemes and allow the fullback to be the extra kick-out blocker on the ...

The best Football Manager 2024 formation has finally been discovered, and no other formation comes close to its success rate.

The oldest formation: 1-1-8 and its other two variants, 1-2-7 and 2-2-6 This formation was very popular in the 1880s but as one can see it is not balanced with no focus on defense.