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What exactly are the best retro football shirts of all time? What even makes a football shirt iconic? The beautiful game has certainly placed host to some beautiful, and not so beautiful (we’re ...
Contact Sports – What are They and What are the Risks? In recent times, we’ve seen scientists highlight the link between various contact sports and a number of degenerative brain injuries in players.
Art so-often imitates life. This tale-of-two-halves began in 1972. During Francis Ford Coppola’s seminal classic ‘The Godfather’, endless tit-for-tat oneupmanship between rival factions; showed little ...
Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning held off a late charge from Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady to claim a 1-up victory in the Champions for Charity Match. Despite the tee times being delayed by 45 minutes ...
Sports Writers Wanted: If you are aspiring to be a sports writer or sports journalist we want to hear from you at the Sporting Ferret. We are looking for individuals that are passionate about sports ...
Greatness is a reserve of the few. Definitions remain largely subjective. In a sporting context, this is often measured by material success. The accumulation of wealth and honours often overshadow the ...
The use of three central defenders and two more advanced wing backs has shot through football and is now almost as common as 4 at the back. In this article we explore the back 3. To understand why it ...
Education is constantly transforming to meet the evolving needs of modern society, but classrooms and textbooks remain central components. Considering the multidimensional nature of student ...
In recent seasons we have seen the importance of a reliable, consistent goalscorer in many successful promotion campaigns. Fulham had Aleksandar Mitrovic, Norwich City had Teemu Pukki and last season ...
Unashamedly forthright; his footballing achievements were shape-shifting. A product of North Yorkshire; Brian Clough rose to prominence with Middlesbrough FC – in the mid-late 1950’s. The prolific ...
Hyde Park, London appears the natural place to begin. In June 1971, Johan and his merry-men held an impromptu get-together in the shadow of the Serpentine. Two-nights-hence, their unique brand of ...
With the qualifying rounds of this season’s competition well underway, here is our UEFA Champions League season preview. We look at the chances of Europe’s elite clubs and how their business in the ...