Jon Spurling
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Ranked! The 100 best football players of all time
“Did you get that on tape?” Ronaldo asked reporters with a smile on his face after scoring his fifth goal in one 1993 match. → Read More
Ranked! The 100 best football players of all time
From Messi to Maradona, Cristiano to Cruyff, we count down the greatest footballers to have played the game → Read More
Cigars and showmen: the summer that changed English football punditry
The panel for ITV’s 1970 World Cup coverage brought colour, banter and controversy, as this book extract outlines → Read More
The best Liverpool vs Arsenal games EVER: Andrey, King Kenny & Anfield '89
Jon Spurling dishes the dirt on more than 50 years of classics between the Gunners and Reds → Read More
Laurent Koscielny and 6 other club captains who cocked up a pre-season
The French defender tarnished his reputation with Arsenal fans by refusing to travel to the US – but he's not the only ... → Read More
8 managers whose appointments were deeply, deeply unpopular
Some poor gaffers have it hard from the start – and most find that they never even stood a chance in the first place. Behold… → Read More
8 players who were bigger than the club (or thought they were, anyway)
Neymar is apparently trying to choose his next club as he desperately seeks an exit from PSG. Jon Spurling unearths some other footballers... → Read More
10 times footballers went AWOL – starring paintballing, weddings and dead grandmas
Laurent Koscielny is in the bad books after refusing to join his Arsenal team-mates in the USA – but at least the Gunners (probably) know... → Read More
Fiiiiight! The 5 best all-English European matches
Tottenham and Liverpool will face off in this year's Champions League final, while Arsenal and Chelsea could yet replicate that in the... → Read More
Ranked! The 10 most momentous FA Cup semi-finals EVER
Over the years, the final four have served up some fascinating and memorable encounters. Jon Spurling recalls the cream of the crop → Read More
Fiiiiight! The 5 best all-English European matches
Tottenham and Manchester City will face off in this year's Champions League quarter-finals. Phwoar indeed: history suggests there could be... → Read More
Michu, Marco and Killer Kilcline: 10 one-season wonders who burned brightly but briefly for these clubs
From Argentina's most decorated player having an Indian summer at the King Power to Swansea's Spanish revelation, Jon Spurling... → Read More
8 (genuinely) brilliant FA Cup replays that prove they're not always chores
Swansea, Sheffield Wednesday, Tottenham and Rochdale are all playing again for a place in the quarter-finals this midweek. Jon Spurling rummaged... → Read More
10 of football's most bizarre goal reactions: fines, fights... and firearms
Jon Spurling takes a look at those who really didn't enjoy conceding – or in some cases, scoring... → Read More
5 things that Arsenal’s January transfer window tells us about their future
From a determined new approach to getting deals over the line and the end of underachievers, Jon Spurling on the lessons to take from a busy winter → Read More
11 stars whose reputations were ruined after moving to England
It's often said that the Premier League's the place to be, but the following footballers would probably disagree → Read More
How Hibs became the first British club to play in the European Cup
Hibs had only finished fifth in the league in 1955 but they had floodlights, prestige and the foresight to see that a European competition would catch on → Read More
When footballers go awol
Players have given various reasons for missing matches over the years, from homesickness and love interests to needing to help out at the local coal mine → Read More