Important notice: Leeds Futsal Arena closed as of Monday 13th June 2016 The following message was provided on the facebook page of Ian Vanes. It is with regret that I am writing to inform you that as of Monday 13th June 2016 @Futsal Leeds will be closed. As you will be aware @Futsal Ltd went […]
Create Professional Line-Ups With Lineupbuilder
How many managers, players and coaches out there are scrawling down their team’s line-up and formation on scraps of paper only to have them look messy and badly proportioned? And this is before they realise they have to cross through it all and begin again when their thinking has changed! This sort of behavior needs to […]
A Quality Budget Football – The Nike Tiempo
It can be a leap of faith to buy footballs online without first trying them. Fortunately 5-a-side.com has sought out and reviewed what we think is a pretty good mid-level football, which can be bought cheaply over the internet (at least for those of you within the UK). This football first came to our attention […]
Book Review: Fabrice Muamba – I’m Still Standing
I was at White Hart Lane the day Fabrice Muamba dropped onto the cold evening turf, March 17th 2012, suffering a massive heart attack live in front of more than thirty thousand shocked fans. The incident occurred off the ball, but he was just within my line of sight, so I saw him drop to […]
Cheap Football Bibs – Any Good? (Diamond Bib Review)
Whether you’re training, running a league or playing among friends, there is going to come a time when it’s useful to have some football bibs. The football bib is a simple concept (unless you’re Mario Balotelli trying to put one on), but designs and prices vary markedly between manufacturers and you can end up paying anywhere between […]
Recommended Viewing: Michael Laudrup, Football’s Greatest (You Tube)
Those of us who didn’t get to see him in his playing days probably don’t appreciate just how good this guy was as a player. They talk of Zidane, Cantona, Ronaldinho, but this guy was right up there with them – maybe the best playmaker of the lot. A wonderful dribbler, passer and probably a […]
Recommended Viewing: The Class that was Gazza!
He hasn’t had the best of times in recent years but Paul Gascoigne remains one of English football’s greatest players and one of the game’s most loved characters. For those of us old enough to remember him playing, we’ve all got our favorite moment and love him for different reasons. Be it the cheeky crotch-grab that Vinne […]