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Barcelona

April 13, 2013

Hristo all mighty!

Mad, bad and dangerous to know, the volatile Hrist Stoichkov was also, by common consensus, the best footballer to have come out of Bulgaria.

by World Soccer
April 9, 2013

Six of the best – La Masia graduates that got away

Nick Bidwell profiles young players who came through Barcelona’s youth academy but left to make their mark

by World Soccer
January 2, 2013

Lionel Messi Interview (Part Two)

Part two of our interview with Lionel Messi, widely acclaimed to be the best player in world football...

by Aniv
January 1, 2013

Lionel Messi Interview (Part One)

The Barcelona and Argentina star set a host of goalscoring records in an extraordinary ...year and was voted World Soccer World Player of the Year for a record-equalling third time

by Aniv
December 9, 2012

Barcelona’s bogey team?

There aren't many teams to have met Barcelona on more than one occasion and have beaten them each time. Find out why Dundee United can lay claim to being the Catalan side's bogey team...

by World Soccer
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November 25, 2012

In Search Of Johan Cruijff…

If Rinus Michels and his men instigated the rise of ‘Total Football’, then surely Johan Cruijff was the total footballer. As complete a player as you will ever lay eyes on, Cruijff was a creature…

by World Soccer
October 21, 2012

Irish pioneer who won La Liga title in Spain before fleeing Franco

Not many Irishmen have had the privilege of captaining Manchester United. There's been a select few; Johnny Carey, Noel Cantwell, Roy Keane and, of course, Dublin native Patrick O'Connell, who donned the famous armband stretching…

by World Soccer
April 9, 2012

Gone but not forgotten: football in the Spanish Civil War

Even amid the carnage of the Spanish Civil War football continued to beplayed, and for one club in particular, a 70-year fight for recognition has not gone away.

by World Soccer
February 26, 2012

Forgotten Barcelona star restored to former glory

A little known Scottish player may not only have been one of his country's greatest sporting exports, but also one of Barcelona's iconic figures.

by World Soccer
February 24, 2012

Gianluca Zambrotta interview

Milan’s 34-year-old defender, who has won the World Cup and played for three of the biggest club sides in Europe, reflects on his career and reveals his future plans.

by World Soccer
December 15, 2011

Lionel Messi voted World Soccer’s Player of the Year

The votes have been counted and the results are in for the 2011 World Soccer Awards.

by World Soccer
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