Dele Alli – Back to his best, or still more to come?

Player Profiles

by Peter Lynch - December 23, 2019

From playing League One football with MK Dons one year, to lining up for Tottenham Hotspur in the Europa League the next, it’s important to remember just how rapidly Dele Alli has risen to fame on the football pitch. It was a crazy couple of months for the England youngster, whose

What fuels Jamie Vardy?

Player Profiles

by Aaryan Parasnis - December 23, 2019

It is difficult to think of a rise to prominence and stardom as remarkable as Jamie Vardy's in recent years. Working his way up all the way down from the eighth tier of English football, Vardy has fast become arguably one of the Premier League's iconic strikers. Like most young

Liverpool vs Manchester City – Super Sunday Battle at Anfield

Opinion

by Srivaths Parasuraman - November 10, 2019

Two heavyweights of English football face-off in what promises to be a titanic match at Anfield. Here is Srivaths with the Big Match Preview. When one talks about the best football games in the world, there is a lot of emphasis on two aspects of the game - the players playing

Chris Wilder is living the dream at Sheffield United

Manager Profiles

by EADF Feed - October 8, 2019October 8, 2019

The party that followed Sheffield United’s promotion to the Premier League was a big one. An open-top bus weaving through the streets of the Steel City, confetti fluttering in the wind, flares blasting thick red smoke into the air, with thousands of gleeful Blades fans paying homage to the team

Billy Sharp – The Blades’ own Forged Talisman

Player Profiles

by Varun Kumar - September 25, 2019October 2, 2019

Written by Varun Kumar The story of the 33-year old Sheffield born striker is one in a million. From being called “The Fat Boy from Sheffield” to carrying his team through the lower divisions of English football and now finally playing in the best league in the world, his journey is

Are England’s Jewels gleaming ahead of the 2020 Euros?

Opinion

by EADF Feed - September 9, 2019October 2, 2019

There can be no denying that the 2018 World Cup saw a tremendous change in attitude from England after a disastrous Euro 2016. The atmosphere in and around the team was overwhelmingly positive, acting as a catalyst to England's best World Cup finish since 1990. The semi-final defeat to Croatia was hard

The American Wunderkind – Christian Pulisic’s rise to stardom

Player Profiles

by EADF Feed - August 23, 2019October 2, 2019

Written by Aniket Kar “He is a proper player. He can play football.” - Belgian winger Eden Hazard on Christian Pulisic. Chelsea’s recent acquisition of Pulisic was hardly a surprise. The American winger had made his name in the seething cauldron that is the Signal Induna Park as one of the most

Where Virgil van Dijk first made a real impression

by Peter Lynch - July 28, 2019October 2, 2019

What a couple of seasons it’s been for Virgil van Dijk. The colossal center-back has been outstanding for Liverpool ever since his arrival from Southampton in January 2018 and, along with Alisson, is the main reason why the Reds have become a formidable defensive unit over the past year. Van

Jordan Henderson – Captain. Leader of Men. Liverpool Legend?

Player Profiles

by Ganapathi Ramanathan - July 24, 2019October 2, 2019

By Ganapathi Ramanathan | O,Captain! My Captain! | 2018 Jordan Henderson is by far the biggest paradox to have existed in Liverpool Football Club. Never in the past, has a single Liverpool player divided fans and critics alike - let alone the captain of one of the most exciting sides in Europe.

The Phenomenon called El Niño – Looking back at Fernando Torres’ memorable journey from Madrid to Tosu

by Bhargav Joglekar - July 10, 2019October 2, 2019

By Bhargav Joglekar A couple of weeks ago, Fernando Torres announced that he would be retiring from football at a press conference he called in Tokyo. He had informed his fans about the press conference a couple of days in advance via an Instagram post. Immediately, speculation started circling about what

The Raheem Sterling Story – From public enemy to people’s Champion

Player Profiles

by Anaamaya Mishra - March 31, 2019October 2, 2019

Very few players in the footballing world have had to endure the type of scrutiny and criticism England's Raheem Sterling has had to face. The player has seemingly always been at the end of a grilling from fans and pundits alike, but the Manchester City star has never retaliated and

Young Lions – Marcus Rashford

Young Lions

by Kartik Lal - February 5, 2019October 2, 2019

At just 21 years of age, Marcus Rashford has proven in his short, but substantial career that he is the jewel in the crown of both Manchester United Football Club and English football. While his fellow compatriots are being heralded for featuring from time to time at big clubs, Rashford

Young Lions – Morgan Gibbs-White

Young Lions

by Aman Sridhar - February 4, 2019October 2, 2019

2018-19 has been a spectacular season for Wolves so far. It’s rare that a team with a vision and ambition ends up working together so cohesively from the top all the way down to the bottom. The manager, the signings, the players, the coaches, the youth team, the board all

Young Lions – Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Young Lions

by Anirudh Shenoy - February 3, 2019October 2, 2019

His opening games were Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham, where you are almost putting him to sink or swim and he certainly learnt to swim.” - Roy Hodgson on Aaron Wan-Bissaka. Injuries at right-back in February of 2018 meant Aaron Wan-Bissaka was rushed into the first team ahead of schedule against