Jack Beresford
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18 Champions League one-season wonders who dazzled – and then disappeared
By Jack Beresford published
UEFA Champions League There’s no better platform to shine on at club level, but these players’ exploits in Europe were all too brief
The 7 most unlikely Champions League semi-finalists ever
By Jack Beresford published
UEFA Champions League Every once in a while, a team defies the odds or a decidedly easy draw to reach the latter stages of the Champions League. Jack Beresford revisits the very best – and worst...
16 Premier League stars you won't believe played in a World Cup
By Jack Beresford published
FIFA World Cup From disastrous flops to limited cult heroes, few fans who watched this lot in the Premier League could make sense of their World Cup selection, as Jack Beresford explains
10 times Premier League footballers made random appearances on '90s kids’ TV
By Jack Beresford published
FourFourTwo Garth Crooks did his bit to entertain the kids in our favourite decade, while Gary Mabbutt was an inexplicable ever-present. And there were others...
10 managers whose reputations were ruined in the Premier League
By Jack Beresford published
Lists England's top flight can be an unforgiving place – but spare a thought for the once highly-rated managers who came, saw and rarely conquered
The 10 most surprising managerial appointments in Premier League history
By Jack Beresford published
Premier League Jack Beresford remembers these shock hirings that weren't always as disastrous as expected
Fed up of VAR? Have hope: here's 7 football rules changes that didn’t last
By Jack Beresford published
Premier League There's hope for VAR haters yet – not every new initiative has remained in football long
Unpopular Opinion: Why the Europa League is better than the Champions League
By Jack Beresford published
Unpopular Opinion Thursday nights on... er, BT Sport? Yes please, says Jack Beresford, who argues that Europe’s other cup competition is long overdue reappraisal
The Dirty Dozen: The 12 dirtiest players in Premier League history
By Jack Beresford published
Lee Bowyer The Premier League is supposed to showcase the very best of the beautiful game but there’s an ugly side to the best league in the world as this dirty dozen demonstrates
10 big, disastrous signings who cost managers their jobs
By Jack Beresford published
Premier League When arriving on a wave of excitement sees you crashing very quickly into the rocks of disappointment…
The best referee ever? Why I love... Pierluigi Collina
By Jack Beresford published
Pierluigi Collina The introduction of VAR may be undermining trust in officials these days – but Jack Beresford still makes an exception for one fearsome, enigmatic Italian
The Greatest Goal I Ever Saw… Michael Owen vs Brazil Schoolboys, 1995
By Jack Beresford published
My Greatest Goal Jack Beresford was a schoolboy himself when Owen wowed Wembley with this effort – and it's always stuck with him
11 Premier League players who scored once – but made it an absolute corker
By Jack Beresford published
Premier League They might only have nabbed the one goal in their Premier League careers – but, boy, did they make them count
10 teams that nearly won everything... but ended up with nothing
By Jack Beresford last updated
Lists The prospect of so much glory can be a dangerous thing
11 world-class players who nearly joined unfashionable Premier League clubs
By Jack Beresford published
Lists Every footballer’s career features one or two ‘sliding doors’ moments where things could have turned out rather differently…
The 10 greatest cult Premier League teams of the 1990s
By Jack Beresford last updated
Premier League Jack Beresford introduces some of the most loveable teams of one of English football's most loveable decades.
Why Pro Evolution Soccer 4 is still the greatest football game of all time
By Jack Beresford published
Gaming Yes, FIFA had the soundtrack, the official names and the graphics. But the gameplay of mid-noughties Pro Evo means it still holds a place in Jack Beresford's heart
The 11 most uninspiring Premier League mid-season manager appointments
By Jack Beresford last updated
Premier League It's getting to that time of year when managers are asked to step in midway through a season and turn a club's fortunes around. Let's hope they don't follow the paths of these flops...
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