Category: Football – All Time

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TEAM Sweden has had a national football team since around 1908 when football was becoming a more popular organized sport around the world. In the beginning the team did not...

The World Cup brings us moments of high drama, creative play and spectacular goals but over the years there has been more than a fair share of comedy too. Some of it has been...

World Cup historians frequently like to look back on previous tournaments and point out the cynical aspects of the game. Players diving, feigning injury and scoring goals with their hand! There have been many...

There is so much at stake during each world cup that it’s maybe no surprise to see players bend the rules in order to see their team succeed. If there is a higher percentage...

# of wins Country Years 5 Brazil 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002 4 Italy 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006 3 Germany 1954, 1974, 1990 2 Argentina 1978, 1986 2 Uruguay 1930, 1950 1 England 1966...

Roy Hodgson’s England have been placed in the toughest of sections for this summer’s World Cup in Brazil but if they can progress from the so-called Group of Death, their chances of progressing to...

The 2014 World Cup is getting ever closer and with so many great teams heading to Brazil for a month of top class football, it promises to be one of the best tournaments for...

The gap between the strongest and weakest teams in World Football is getting smaller and heavy wins at World Cup finals are getting much rarer as a result. There are exceptions however as Portugal’s...

We’re counting down the days to the greatest football tournament on earth and at the same time we wonder who will provide the competition’s most memorable moments. We recall those great teams of the...