On the 5th Day of Football, UEFA gave to me FIVE GOLDEN GOALS, Four Calls Blown, Three French Clubs, Two title races and Pep Guardiola's Manchester City Welcome to It's Round and It's White's second annual year-end review. Getting…

With one game oddly scheduled for last Thursday, the other three played out Sunday, MLS goes into the international break with its semifinal matchups set. Thursday, November 2nd Western Conference #2 Seattle Sounders  2 (2-0) 0  #3…

Star Trek Discovery stars an underhanded captain. For its part, Atlanta United is open and direct. The MLS debutantes aim to advance to the MLS Cup. It's fair to say we live in dishonourable times. To garner votes, Brexit campaigners made false…

In 2015, NY Red Bulls changed tack. Outsiders took key roles. Beloved faces were shown the door. Now, NYRB must face one, Dax McCarty, with its season at stake. Just once, wouldn't you like to see a sporting figure who is under the cosh for…

When the Premier League season opens with a seven-goal thriller, even purists must find it difficult to argue against Friday night football. Some people don't like change. Everything in its place. And time. They believe you can get too much…

To the naked eye, an empty football pitch appears massive. It doesn't look much smaller when occupied by 22 men battling for control over a single ball. Yet, there may be less time and space available to a footballer than any other athlete…

When his visa comes through, Bastian Schweinsteiger will be going to Chicago. That shouldn't be an issue unless Donald Trump chooses to insult Angela Merkel further. I've written--more than once--on the German's struggles to get a game at Manchester…

Jack Kitson has put his feet upon the sofa, poured some Coke into the largest container he could find and has a bin-liner full of popcorn to review the football documentary Next Goal Wins, the story of how American Samoa picked themselves up…

With England needing most probably a win against Poland at Wembley this Tuesday, memories flood back to when Poland last stood in the way of England and World Cup Qualification at Wembley.  Next Goal Wins travels back 40 years to the night…

May 1981 saw Aston Villa win the League Championship for the first time in 71 years. Amazingly they used only 14 players throughout the whole season.  Making a mockery out of squad rotation, was this the last time we saw a genuine 1st XI? May…

Fresh from our summer break, Next Goal Wins takes a look back at 1970 and the Watney Cup England's first sponsored cup competition.   The Watney Mann Invitation Cup, affectionately and most commonly known as the Watney Cup was a cup competition…

The Champions League Final takes centre stage on Saturday with fierce Bundesliga rivals, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich locking horns in the confines of the magnificent Wembley Stadium in the competition's first ever all German final.…

Season 1989/90. Manchester United were on a run of 8 games without a win and had already been humiliated 5-1 by arch rivals Manchester City. They were 15th and in their worst position since relegation in 1974. A tricky 3rd round tie against…

On 27th April 1993, a military plane carrying the Zambian national football team crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after take off killing all 30 people on board. This week Next Goal Wins looks back on the 20th Anniversary of the Gabon…

On the day Margaret Thatcher dies, Next Goal Wins take a look back at her controversial and turbulent relationship with football during her time in office and debates her footballing legacy.. Margaret Thatcher courted controversy.  Wherever…