Who will win the 2014 World Cup?

It may be feeling bitterly cold out there, but football fans around the world are already feeling warm inside ahead of next years World Cup in Brazil. The draw for the greatest competition in the world takes place in radiant Rio today about 5pm (GMT) and everyone is waiting to see who and where the...

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Best and worst case scenarios for England in today's World Cup draw

The first thing to think about with next summer’s World Cup is the geography of Brazil, this not a country, it’s like a continent. The distances that have to be travelled are not like London to Dublin to Glasgow; it’s going to be more like London to Warsaw to Rome. The second thing to remember is t...

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World Cup draw: Please can England get a crap group this time?

Im not a bitter Scot or anything, I would really love to see England win the World Cup - but as it is frankly not going to happen can we at least go into a group that we have no expectation of getting out of. Its not that I dont want Roy Hodgson to succeed; I think that he seems an honest and honou...

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Olympics Betting: Brazil and Spain head the market

Two big names are expected to be the dominant forces in the Mens Olympic Football tournament, with the bookmakers favouring Brazil or Spain to come out on top. Despite Spains scintillating run in recent tournaments, on this occasion its the Brazilians who head the betting. Its no surprise though, b...

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Is this the worst football kit ever?

Players and fans are supposed to wear their shirts with pride, but sometimes the tops are so hideous they make you utterly ashamed. Arsenal fans have complained about their Dennis the Menace away kit, Manchester United supporters have hit out over their new tartan home kit and some Liverpool fans a...

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Fantasy Football 2012/13 is here

Do you think you can do a better job than the professor Arsene Wenger? Could you out-muscle Mancini at defending title winners Manchester City? Then this is your chance to prove it! Squarefootballs Fantasy Football is back for another season and we want as many participants as possible. Last season...

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The Strange World Of FIFA: England Ranked Fourth In The World

It will come as something of a surprise to most fans who watched Euro 2012 that England came out of the tournament going up in the FIFA world rankings - not bad for two wins in four matches, one of which came against a Ukraine team who lie at 46th in the table. Ranking tables are always an untrustw...

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The top 10 dives in football history

Manchester United’s Ashley Young and Chelsea’s Didier Drogba have caused controversy over the past fortnight by diving to win penalties and going down quicker than your average High Street hooker. Ashley Young started it all off by winning a cheap penalty against QPR’s Shaun Derry, when the tough m...

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Beckham, Best, Henry or Cantona: Who were the coolest footballers to ever live?

We would all like to be footballers, right? The money, the women, the cars. Oh, and the playing of football. That’s pretty good. But some are cooler than others. Too cool, even. So cool they make everyone else look like silly, awkward, emasculated chumps. So who were the 10 coolest footballers to e...

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Can any player, including Messi, be considered 'the greatest'?

Ah, the Champions League. Bringer of drama, stopper of dreamers, platform for Ray Wilkins to say ‘my word’ 50 hundred thousand times. And there are other things that are nearly always discussed, certainly when seeing the two dominant Spanish sides play. The great debate has moved from trying to ...

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Top 10 bizarre injuries to footballers

Swansea City’s vice-captain Alan Tate is set to miss most of the Swans’ debut season in Premier League after breaking his leg in a freak golfing accident. The versatile defender was a passenger in a golf buggy that lost control and Tate will have to watch the majority of the club’s rollercoaster adv...

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Squarefootball's Fantasy football invitation

There is less than two weeks to go until the start of the 2011/12 Premier League season and time is running out for you to enter the Squarefootball fantasy football competition. Last season more than 100 teams competed for the Squarefootball title, which was won by P Oxenby and his team FC Poxo. He...

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What five things would you do before the season starts?

Isn’t it normally New Years Eve when you get a top 100 favourite moments of the year or top 500 best movie credits or some other poor excuse for a programme? Well I thought I would also use it as a poor excuse for an article, but rather than boring you all with a list consisting of 100 or more items...

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Football in 3D - A new risk to average attendances?

The world has evolved and developed a lot since the 1950s with the invention, evolution and development of everything from bladeless fans to electric cars and high definition broadcasts and beyond, but what have the boffins responsible for 3D been doing for 60 years since its inception? 3D today i...

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Would you like to write for Squarefootball?

Do you live, breathe and sleep football? Do you have a passion for writing and want your views to be read by a potential audience of millions? Then we at Squarefootball Towers would love to hear from you. Whether you follow Aberdeen or Accrington Stanley, West Ham United or Wolfsburg, we can offer ...

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4231: Pachuca – a little bit of Corn

by : David Hulott Pachuca secured a notable first in December, when in beating Chile’s Colo Colo to win the Copa Sudamericana they became the first Mexican club to claim one of the two major South American club trophies (Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana). The club is the oldest in Mexico, h...

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4165: The Unfriendly International:

by : Bill Urban Bobby Convey- 5 Convey made an uncertain start, hesitant in his dribbling and nervous in general on the ball. His play improved after the interval, and his ability to hold the ball played an important role as the US strove to kill off the match. Should have scored after creating a...

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3963: Mexico put their faith in Hugo

by : David Hulott Given how long and vociferously he has courted the job, the Mexican Football Federation’s recent decision to appoint Hugo Sanchez as new national team coach came as no great surprise. If only for the amount of carping Sanchez does from the sidelines, the powers that be probably d...

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3893: Toluca’s double date disaster

by : David Hulott Fixture congestion is often cited as a ready-made excuse for poor results these days, with a couple of games in four days seen as pushing the increasingly pampered little treasures of the professional game well beyond any rational boundaries of human endurance. It could certainly...

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3403: World Cup 2006: The Characters

by : Hugh Larkin The great thing about a World Cup- even in this age of instant communication and the global village- is that people suddenly appear on your TV screen from nowhere to delight, astound or just plain bemuse in equal measure. The participants listed below may not have been the stars bu...

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3274: World Cup 2006 Prediction: Gro

by : Antony Melvin Group D - An unbalanced group with two clear favourites in Mexico and Portugal, but can Iran offer a tangible threat? And after another rash decision to predict the outcome of an event that were are clearly under qualified to judge (we do read the feedback you know) we have been...

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3258: World Cup History; Mexico

by : Stephen Orford Czechoslovakia returned to the World Cup finals after their 12-year absence in Spain in 1982, and as in their last appearance in 1970 were drawn against England in their opening group. They suffered a similar fate also, finishing third after losing 2-0 to England but earning a ...

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3239: World Cup Group D preview: Mex

by : Alex Wolstenholme Qualifying: As always, Mexico were rarely tested in their qualifying group, with the Concacaf region providing the most straightforward route to the World Cup finals. History: This will be the 13th time that the Mexicans have competed in the World Cup. Their best performance...

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3087: Perfect preparation could pay

by : David Hulott With the World Cup finals still six weeks or so away, there will be plenty of national team coaches who will be casting envious glances in the direction of Mexico’s Ricardo Lavolpe. Not only was Lavolpe the first coach to announce his preliminary squad of 26 for the finals, but...

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2382: World Cup 2006: Mexico ready t

by : David Hulott Yet to say his form on the pitch has been so poor he no longer warrants a place in the England team is of some debate. Sure, there can be no denying his two errors resulted in two goals for Fulham last weekend. The first was very much a schoolboy error by failing to play to the wh...

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1579: Mexico: Clausura 2005 preview

by : David Hulott The new Mexican league season kicked-off on Saturday (15 January), with UNAM Pumas looking to secure their third consecutive title under their legendary, yet highly controversial, coach, Hugo Sanchez. The former Real Madrid star has long been at loggerheads with just about everyo...

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