Sometimes league matches provide better football than European finals. Yet a league match can only be the “best game ever” if it’s the title decider. Otherwise there just isn’t enough drama.

Picking the 10 greatest football matches ever is as complicated as selecting the 10 most beautiful gemstones from the Crown Jewels of England. Indeed, such an exercise borders on aesthetics, which ...

After Liverpool 9-0 Bournemouth, the best football match I’ve ever missed… By The Athletic UK writers Aug. 28, 2022 ...

The World Cup semi-finals have produced some of the most memorable matches in football history. It's almost as though the desperation to reach the final produces a better spectacle ...