Sean Cole
Sean Cole is a freelance journalist. He has written for FourFourTwo, BBC Sport and When Saturday Comes among others. A Birmingham City supporter and staunch Nikola Zigic advocate, he once scored a hat-trick at St. Andrew’s (in a half-time game). He also has far too many football shirts and spends far too much time reading the Wikipedia pages of obscure players.
Latest articles by Sean Cole

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Quiz! England's top division has contained a remarkable array of global stars over recent years

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FIFA World Cup The World Cup has produced so many memorable strikes that these jaw-dropping goals – taken from the last seven tournaments – don’t get the credit they deserve

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TOP SCORERS EVER Lionel Messi is the all-time World Cup top scorer, with 17 goals spread across six tournaments for Argentina

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Quiz! Goals win games and these prolific players were always hungry for more

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Quiz! We're looking for the most expensive English players of all time

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Quiz! With Real Madrid dumped out of the cup, let's look back at some other Spanish giants

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QUIZ! The competition has endured since 1960, despite not always being taken as seriously as it should

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Quiz! The Midas touch might have deserted the Portuguese manager in recent years, but he's still firmly established as an all-time great

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Quiz! So far, 23 of the competition's all-time greats have been recognised with a spot in the Hall of Fame

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The group stage offers wriggle room for error - but these Premier League sides' records were still blemished by defeats they'd rather forget...

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Quiz! English stalwarts like Gareth Barry, James Milner and Frank Lampard are no use to you here

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All Premier League kits 2025/26, home, away and third – and what we know about each, from rumours to reports

By Sean Cole Published
Cult Premier League star Salomon Rondon is representing Pachuca at the Club World Cup

By Steven Chicken Published
Southampton's 6-3 mauling of reigning Premier League champions Manchester United in 1996 was one of the biggest shocks in the division's early years

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Quiz! It isn't just Premier League clubs who have been splashing the cash in recent years, as this quiz shows

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Quiz! Today's quiz is brought to you by the letters A and Z, plus all the rest in between, as we ask you to name the Premier League's top goalscorers by surname

By Joe Mewis Published
EXCLUSIVE The Swiss playmaker spent three years debunking the saying that flair players could not perform in Stoke's exacting conditions

By Ryan Dabbs Published
EXCLUSIVE Liverpool beat Barcelona against all odds in 2019 to reach the Champions League final

By Joe Mewis Published
EXCLUSIVE Though Manchester United proved too much for one individual, he went on to establish himself as an Italy international

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Quiz! The competition was launched in 1972 and 58 British clubs have taken part so far, including five winners

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Quiz! The Champions League is perhaps the greatest stage to perform on in world football and these 50 players have felt right at home

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Quiz! After Sam Allardyce was forced out, Southgate took charge of the national team for the first time in this World Cup qualifier

By Ryan Dabbs Published
EXCLUSIVE Newcastle saw the No.9 shirt immediately taken in 2012 by a confident player
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