Euro 2012: The Last of Its Kind
In the first of a series of reviews of the 2012 football calendar, editor James Dutton looks back at that thrilling June in Poland and Ukraine and a tournament likely to be fondly remembered as the...
View ArticleBlatter Blathering Not Solving Racism in Football
After the notable incident involving Kevin Prince-Boateng in Italy last week False Nine editor, Andrew Belt, finds Sepp Blatter guilty of saying one thing and doing another in the fight against racism…...
View ArticleThe CIS League: Political Football in the Soviet Union
Think Russia has given up on all to do with the USSR? Think again. False Nine Russian correspondent, Andy Shenk, assesses the aims and implications of a proposed CIS league gaining popular support from...
View ArticleRussia’s Europa Trio in Pole Position
Andy Shenk looks at the Russian trio vying for progression to the Last 16 of the Europa League… For Russian football fans, Rubin midfielder Pablo Orbaiz’s stoppage-time goal in Madrid was just the...
View ArticleA Brief Meditation on Wesley Sneijder (& his deriders)
John Guillem takes a brief look at Dutch maestro Wesley Sneijder, once the best player in world football… Wesley Sneijder used to be the best player in the world. No, really. By which I mean he was the...
View ArticleShowdown Looming Over Proposed Gazprom League
Andy Shenk explores the controversies and implications of the proposed United Championship to Russian and Ukrainian football… Gazprom chairman Aleksey Miller’s confirmation last month that a potential...
View ArticleIs this the Year of Bayern Munich?
The False Nine‘s David Dodds previews the Champions League clash between Bayern Munich and Juventus, with a focus on the formidable German side… It’s the 87th minute, and you’re level with the only...
View ArticleHeavyweights bring Vintage back to Champions League
No contenders please, we’re English. James Dutton looks at a Champions League quarter-final lineup harking back to its halcyon days… The bell tolls. Last orders gents. There has been something of an...
View ArticleHow I Stopped Worrying and Learned To Love San Marino
TFN regular David Wild finds some solace in the the spirit of San Marino… “Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and...
View ArticleTottenham, Inter and this week’s Europa League picks
#171460611 / gettyimages.com Hugo Greenhalgh looks at the Europa League matches worth watching this week… Due to the size of its fixture list, and the obscure nature of the teams involved, the Europa...
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