Beyond The Last Man

Over three games and 270 minutes against the venerated Italian superstars of Internazionale, a little-known Bulgarian club side alerted the footballing world to the growing strength of the game in that dark corner of the Balkans.

Our latest Through The Lens With Henk Blansjaar post features an unusually conventional set of player portrait studies shot by the great man back in 1963.

While Sergio Clerici is a name more likely to conjure up blank looks than emotive images of great goalscoring moments from the past, this low-profile Brazilian striker of Italian heritage was a mainstay in glamorous Serie A for nearly two decades during t…

With a current world FIFA ranking of 19th, Japan enters World Cup year with hopes of replicating its Quarter-Final appearance at the 2002 tournament they co-hosted.

This final post of 2025 is our annual tribute to the footballers we have lost over the past 12 months.

Peter Ollerton wasn’t initially impressed by his first sight of Wembley Park in 1971.