Jack Beresford

FIFA World Cup The World Cup represents the ultimate shop window for any star with ambitions of playing in England's top flight. Some go on to be legends, others… not so much

UEFA Champions League There’s no better platform to shine on at club level, but these players’ exploits in Europe were all too brief

Premier League From Michu’s memorable introduction against a hapless QPR to the glorious sight of a full-bodied Micky Quinn decimating Arsenal at Highbury, these solo displays got top billing...

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...

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

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...

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 

Premier League Jack Beresford remembers these shock hirings that weren't always as disastrous as expected

Premier League There's hope for VAR haters yet – not every new initiative has remained in football long

Unpopular Opinion The Swede has scored plenty of goals for big clubs in uncompetitive leagues, but never managed to make the difference on the biggest stages

Unpopular Opinion We remember the 2011/12 campaign for Agueroooooooo's famous goal, but that moment was only possible because the Red Devils threw it all away...

Lists It can be a dangerously deceptive time of year…

UEFA Champions League Success can be fleeting in football, where it doesn’t take much for a player to go from Champions League hero to Premier League zero – as Jack Beresford explains

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

Premier League These dazzling, overly-flattering compilations made us believe that new stars were arriving to light up the Premier League. Jack Beresford explains how it didn't quite work out that way

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

Premier League When arriving on a wave of excitement sees you crashing very quickly into the rocks of disappointment…

Lists Players are too wise to expose themselves to the pitfalls of boozy festive fun these days, but they were a highlight of the year once upon a time – much to their detriment... 

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