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 […]
Easter challenge for first World Cup winners
On Good Friday, West Auckland – winners of the first ‘World Cup’ in 1909 – are up against Newton Aycliffe in the Durham Challenge Cup final. Andy Potts visits the club that won football’s first major international silverware in a distant era. Nobody quite knows how an amateur team of coalminers from County Durham ended up […]
Stalin’s secret stadium
While work continues on transforming Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium for the 2018 World Cup, across town Andy Potts uncovers a forgotten arena that was set to be a Stalinist showpiece when instigated 80 years ago. Little remains of the dream that was the projected Stalin Stadium. Originally, this gargantuan landmark was intended to be the sporting […]
Three is the magic number
Revered club revived to honour Glasgow football history
More than a story
On the eve of El Clásico, Peterjon Cresswell visits Barcelona – and Budapest, where a new book and separately produced film celebrate the dramatic life and achievements of three players did much to create the club’s legend. The book, a memorial to Sándor Kocsis, is having its Catalan version launched on Tuesday – in a […]
Que sera, sera
The Matthews final, Wembley and the white horse, what could be more English than the FA Cup, football’s oldest competition? But among the amateur hopefuls battling in this Saturday’s first qualifying round is a team with a difference. As their name suggests, FC Romania comprise ex-pat Romanians based in Britain. Peterjon Cresswell meets their founder and […]
Derby day in Medellín
Colombia’s classic derby echoes a notorious era
Got any swaps?
Panini stickers capture the
magic of football