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Football Tactics For Beginners-The Modern Fullback
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The modern day full back is a key player in modern football, having to supplement his more traditional defensive duties whilst supporting the attack...
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Football Tactics for Beginners: The Low Block
What is the low block? The low block is generally referred to a football team's defensive shape without the ball. Generally the low block consists...CoachingFootball Tactics for Beginners: Defending Corner Kicks
We are all afraid of it. It is the 90th minute, your team is up by one goal and the opposition is about to...Bayern MunichFootball Tactics for Beginners- The Sweeper Keeper: From Lev Yashin to Manuel Neuer
Germany’s Manuel Neuer has been widely credited as one of the finest goal-keepers of his generation, and quite rightly too. The Bayern Munich shot-stopper...Football Tactics For BeginnersThe Diminishing role of the Stopper Center Back in the Premier League
Defending and its place in the modern game has spawned a quagmire of critical debate. Back in 2014, when Gary Neville’s article in the...Football Tactics For BeginnersThe art of the long throw and how to counter it
Since the dawn of time, mankind has yearned to to throw stuff really far. Rocks, spears, shapes in the night club, to be human...
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Great Squads From History – Bayer Leverkusen 2001-2002
The False 9 - 0The 2001-02 great Bayer Leverkusen side is infamous for their incredible choke job in the last stretch of the season, losing out on three...ClassicSúper Dépor! The rise and fall of Deportivo La Coruña
The False 9 - 0At the Start With the exception of a 2nd place finish to Helenio Herrera’s Atlético Madrid in 1948/49, Deportivo La Coruña have historically plied their...ClassicThe Evolution and Political Dynamism of Football in Mussolini’s Italy
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When Red Bull tried to set foot into German football for the first time, they initially tried to use the same method they had...Football HistoryThe Forgotten story of the Basque in South America
This article is sourced from a string of Twitter posts by Impedimento, translated by the author. Exactly 80 years ago, a French steamer called SS...
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Best Football Analytics Books
We have compiled a list of the best football analytics books for the casual football fan. Football analytics and data science/machine learning in general...Football BooksThe Best Football Books of 2019
It's been another eventful year in the world of football. As we look forward to 2020, we have compiled a list of the best...Football BooksThe Best Football Books of 2018
It's been another eventful year in the world of football. As we look forward to 2019, we have compiled a list of the best...Fifa World Cup 20185 Books every Soccer fan needs to read before the FIFA World Cup 2018
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Football Tactics for Beginners: The Low Block
What is the low block? The low block is generally referred to a football team's defensive shape without the ball. Generally the low block consists...CoachingFootball Tactics for Beginners: Defending Corner Kicks
We are all afraid of it. It is the 90th minute, your team is up by one goal and the opposition is about to...Bayern MunichFootball Tactics for Beginners- The Sweeper Keeper: From Lev Yashin to Manuel Neuer
Germany’s Manuel Neuer has been widely credited as one of the finest goal-keepers of his generation, and quite rightly too. The Bayern Munich shot-stopper...Football Tactics For BeginnersThe Diminishing role of the Stopper Center Back in the Premier League
Defending and its place in the modern game has spawned a quagmire of critical debate. Back in 2014, when Gary Neville’s article in the...Football Tactics For BeginnersThe art of the long throw and how to counter it
Since the dawn of time, mankind has yearned to to throw stuff really far. Rocks, spears, shapes in the night club, to be human...
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Great Squads From History – Bayer Leverkusen 2001-2002
The False 9 - 0The 2001-02 great Bayer Leverkusen side is infamous for their incredible choke job in the last stretch of the season, losing out on three...ClassicSúper Dépor! The rise and fall of Deportivo La Coruña
The False 9 - 0At the Start With the exception of a 2nd place finish to Helenio Herrera’s Atlético Madrid in 1948/49, Deportivo La Coruña have historically plied their...ClassicThe Evolution and Political Dynamism of Football in Mussolini’s Italy
Will Slater - 0On a November night in 1934, the English national football team faced their Italian counterparts, Nazionale di calcio dell'Italia. The match was held at...ClassicThe long & bizarre history behind why Red Bull chose Leipzig as the hub for their football club
When Red Bull tried to set foot into German football for the first time, they initially tried to use the same method they had...Football HistoryThe Forgotten story of the Basque in South America
This article is sourced from a string of Twitter posts by Impedimento, translated by the author. Exactly 80 years ago, a French steamer called SS...
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We have compiled a list of the best football analytics books for the casual football fan. Football analytics and data science/machine learning in general...Football BooksThe Best Football Books of 2019
It's been another eventful year in the world of football. As we look forward to 2020, we have compiled a list of the best...Football BooksThe Best Football Books of 2018
It's been another eventful year in the world of football. As we look forward to 2019, we have compiled a list of the best...Fifa World Cup 20185 Books every Soccer fan needs to read before the FIFA World Cup 2018
The FIFA World Cup is just around the corner and it's the perfect time to brush up your history and facts about the World...Football BooksBest Soccer Coaching Books
We have compiled a list of the best soccer coaching books which every soccer coach must have in his/her bookshelf. No matter whether you...
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