Showboat
Le Tournoi: The Shot Heard Around The World
5 minute read
Deep Dives
Le Tournoi. On the surface, it was nothing more than an invitational. A warm-up. A handful of matches played in early summer, staged so the French... read more »
October 18th, 2025
Juninho: Not The One Who Took Free-Kicks
3 minute read
Deep Dives
To see him at the Riverside, as we did, was to witness something more than a footballing shift. It was an awakening. The day he arrived, thousands... read more »
October 17th, 2025
Eric Cantona: King of the Showboaters
3 minute read
Deep Dives
There are levels to this. Being a showboater isn’t just about flair or flicks or the occasional step-over in a meaningless part of the pitch. To be a... read more »
October 14th, 2025
One of One: Georgi Kinkladze
3 minute read
One of One
Like many of the great signings of that chaotic decade, City bought him on the back of one dazzling performance. It came in March 1994, when Georgia... read more »
October 9th, 2025
One of One: Gianluca Vialli
4 minute read
One of One
Every football fan who casts an eye back to the good old days of Serie A looks back to a time we’ve all collectively romanticised. The football was... read more »
September 22nd, 2025
