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Football is one of the most watched sports around the globe which is why it generates enormous amounts of revenue from sponsorships. Football also gives room for placing of bets, fans can place bets on their best football clubs through the use of FanDuel Sportsbook. Sponsorships are a very lucrative way for these brands and clubs to showcase their products ...

Continuing the series that looks at those thankfully rare times in football history when fans went to a football match but never made it home afterwards. (For Part One click here; Part Two here; Part Three here; Part Four here; Part Five here; Part Six here; Part Seven here;  Part Eight here; Part Nine here; and Part Ten here). Stadium ...

Continuing the series looking at some of the dirtiest matches of all time. (For Part One please click here; Part Two here; Part Three here; Part Four here; Part Five here; Part Six here; and Part Seven here). The Battle of Nuremberg Although the Dutch have the reputation for playing beautiful football, they are not afraid to show the other ...

Continuing the series looking at some of the dirtiest matches of all time. (For Part One please click here; Part Two here; Part Three here; Part Four here; Part Five here; Part Six here; and Part Seven here). The Battle of Bramall Lane What should have been a routine Championship fixture between Sheffield United and West Bromwich Albion on 16th ...

Continuing the series which looks at some of the most dirty and violent games of g\football ever seen. (For Part One please click here) The Battle of Santiago 1962 Chile were the hosts for the 1962 World Cup, and they were drawn in the same group as Italy. Before the meeting of the two sides on 2nd June, tensions between ...

Although football is often described as the beautiful game, there are occasions when things spill out of control, lines are crossed and the ugly side of the sport reveals itself. It should be noted that the sport has changed over the years and what was once deemed acceptable, will no longer be tolerated. For example, the 1970 FA Cup replay ...

Although bigger crowds have watched the two teams play each other in Cup Finals and other showpiece occasions, the highest league attendance for a match involving Chelsea and Arsenal came in 1935. That occurred in 1948 when Manchester United played Arsenal at Maine Road (Manchester City’s old ground) because Old Trafford was unavailable, because it had suffered war damage and ...

Continuing a look back at major international tournaments where the fianl was decided by a penalty shoot-out. For the first part, please click here. 2004 Copa América Brazil Argentina This weekend’s final of the Copa América between Brazil and Argentina is just the latest episode in the longest and fiercest rivalries in South American football. In 2004, when the tournament ...

This Sunday, the finals of two international football; tournaments will take place. England will play Italy in the finals of the Euros at Wembley Stadium in London, whilst 6,000 miles away, Brazil will play Argentina at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. They both promise to be close matches, and fine margins may decide the outcome on the day. ...

Those lucky enough to have a ticket to watch an Arsenal game or who are taking one of the popular stadium tours, can hardly fail to notice a statue outside the south-east corner of the Emirates of a footballer on his knees celebrating. It commemorates an Arsenal legend and the club’s all-time goal scorer, but this is not somebody from ...