At Euro 2008, they looked like one of Europe’s most exciting emerging sides – yet their World Cup build-up has been a shambles, as Michael Yokhin explains
An Australian team stacked full of European-based stars known as the country’s ‘Golden Generation’ ended three decades of hurt by qualifying for the 2006 World Cup. They didn’t just make up the numbers either, losing to eventual champions Italy in the round of 16. So, where are those famous Socceroos now?
Cheats, thugs, hoofers and - worst of all - winners. Bloody winners. FFT counts down the most loathed teams in the history of British football. Bring on the hate...
In the wake of Leicester City's decision to dump Claudio Ranieri just nine months after his stunning Premier League triumph, Crispin Andrews pores over the history books to find more bosses who were binned soon after trinket triumphs
