Latest articles by Jon Spurling
RANKED! The 100 best football players who have ever lived: from Messi to Maradona, Cristiano to Cruyff and everyone in between
RANKED! The 100 best football players who have ever lived: from Messi to Maradona, Cristiano to Cruyff and everyone in between
A New Formation: How Black Footballers Shaped The Modern Game, by Calum Jacobs, takes a closer look at the likes of Ian Wright and Hope Powell among others
Delving deeper into football's increasing fascination with numbers and statistics
RANKED! The Argentines, Brazilians, Uruguayans and even Peruvians who have defined the beautiful game over over the centuries
FIFA World Cup Sure, Qatar aren't great… but how do they compare against? West Germany’s filthy crew, England’s fake gold and the team that conceded 10 goals in one game?
Premier League Jon Spurling dishes the dirt on more than 50 years of classics between the Gunners and Reds
Lists Andros Townsend cheesed off Cristiano Ronaldo with a "Siu" celebration - but the joy of finding the net can soon turn to despair, as Jon Spurling recalls
Lists Harry Kane hasn't reported to training - but at least Nuno knows where he is. Unlike this lot...
Forget a warm welcome - signing for a new club often involves scorched clothes, inappropriate swearing and toilet brushes...
Ron Atkinson's Manchester United set off like a train – but went badly off the rails as their bitter rivals steamed past them. Jon Spurling blows the dust off the history books
Funny Managers and the press have never got on brilliantly. Some managers have taken things a step too far, mind – like the one who punched a mic man on the nose...
Lists An injury to a key player in a meaningless friendly can completely derail a club’s year – or even a player’s career
Lists Alan Shearer and Michael Owen are just the latest to prove that international duty isn't always the place for making friends
Lists No Alisson, no problem? As Liverpool face a stretch without their first-choice keeper, fans can take heart that players called upon as replacements sometimes turn out to be just fine
Laurent Koscielny The French defender tarnished his reputation with Arsenal fans by refusing to travel to the US – but he's not the only skipper who's caused problems in a summer
Lists Some poor gaffers have it hard from the start – and most find that they never even stood a chance in the first place. Behold…
Lists Neymar is apparently trying to choose his next club as he desperately seeks an exit from PSG. Jon Spurling unearths some other footballers who morphed into Charlie Big Potatoes
UEFA Champions League Tottenham and Liverpool will face off in this year's Champions League final, while Arsenal and Chelsea could yet replicate that in the Europa. Phwoar indeed: history suggests there could be fireworks...
Lists Before Premier League clubs leap to sign Croatian full-backs, Russian midfielders or French starlets, beware the miserable flops bought on the strength of fine World Cup performances
FIFA World Cup Greedy players, managers under fire and the ultimate basket case squad – Jon Spurling on when World Cup teams tore themselves apart off the pitch
Lists Maurizio Sarri and Kepa Arizzabalaga's tiff has dominated headlines this week – but this is just the latest in a long line of disagreements. Jon Spurling on more instances of the top man and his stars really not getting along...
Lists Jon Spurling selects a handful of players who showed dissent without barking at a referee
