It is unlikely that you have ever worried about what constitutes “organised football” but that question is now at the heart of a split between FIFA, the Premier League and Chelsea that could have ...

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” William Shakespeare had no idea that those same words would apply to one of today’s ongoing terminology rivalries stretching across the Atlantic – the ...

Football became a professional sport in the summer of 1885 with the very first league being contested in 1888 by just 12 clubs. An incredible 120 years later and 11 of the 12 teams are still up and ...