The Athletes Hub

Jonathan Fearby 2 weeks ago

Advertisements As the countdown to Qatar 2022 continues, The Athletes Hub staff writers give their predictions for the World Cup:…

Jonathan Fearby 2 weeks ago

Advertisements The World Cup is finally here and with the club football season on ice for a month, this most…

Jonathan Fearby October 25, 2022

Advertisements The penalty spot had become the nerve centre of football by the early 1990s with the shoot-out now a…

Jonathan Fearby October 7, 2022

Advertisements As the 1990s rolled in there was not a nation on Earth more fit to host the World Cup…

Jonathan Fearby September 29, 2022

Advertisements In 1982 budding superstar Diego Maradona had ended his tournament in disgrace. Four years later he was back and…

Matthew Partridge September 24, 2022

Advertisements The juggling act between rewarding the best teams and widening the field to offer meaningful games to an increasing…

Jonathan Fearby September 22, 2022

Advertisements Every World Cup makes heroes and villains. In 1982 one man arrived vilified but would turn the tournament into…

Jonathan Fearby September 15, 2022

Advertisements For 1978 the World Cup headed to Argentina and into a storm of controversy. There was terror on the…

Jack Watson September 14, 2022

Advertisements The last 20 months have been a whirlwind of emotions for supporters of Chelsea Football Club. Most other fan…

Jonathan Fearby September 5, 2022

Advertisements Long standing heavyweights West Germany would finally host a World Cup in 1974, but the world would be dazzled…