Stramash on smugglers’ coast
With promotion to the Championship at stake, this week Stranraer and Ayr clash for a two-leg play-off on Scotland’s rugged southern shore. Tony Dawber speaks to radio presenter and Blues fan Mike McLean. Derbies come in various shapes and sizes. While the Madrid giants prepare for their cross-city Champions League final, tomorrow night an army […]
Rostov Forest
Rostov and CSKA Moscow are neck-and-neck for the Russian league title. Victory for the provincial underdogs would be a surprising triumph for maverick coach Kurban Berdyev, who worked similar miracles at Rubin Kazan. Andy Potts asks: Are Rostov the new Nottingham Forest? And is Berdyev Russia’s Brian Clough? I first encountered Kurban Berdyev, the mastermind […]
Štadión Pasienky
Former SIovan home awaits Inter revival and return
KV Oostende
De Kustboys hit the reef but aim for a quick return
Ostend
Life’s a beach – and a football stadium next to it
Whitehawk FC: Football for all
Tomorrow, a small but oddly significant club plays the first of three games against teams immediately above in the sixth-flight National League South. At stake is a place in the play-offs for the National League. But the rise of Whitehawk FC, a Sussex County side only six years ago, is not just about status and success. […]
Dundalk FC
Group stages in Europe for recent league champions
Dundalk
Ireland’s soccer town welcomes regular Euro visitors
The miracle of Montevideo
Nick Rider enjoys a football weekend in Montevideo, where the 2030 World Cup kicks off With more World Cup wins than England, Spain or France, Uruguay has a proud football history. Its soccer-mad capital contains a dozen top-flight clubs, from tiny Danubio to the big boys of Peñarol and Nacional, offering the casual visitor a […]