Magic Spongers

"Come on lads. Group cry." To the tune of (We are Sailing) by Rod Stewart:  “No one likes us. No one likes us.   No one li...

"Awww shit. Magic Spongers got it right again." A lot is made about how European teams cannot win a World Cup on Latin Ameri...

A 'delightful book' Another day, another extract from Falling for Football - and this time it's a bit we've actually wr...

"Yes, I WILL be doing this every week." Close season transfer speculation/gossip/bullshit, for me, reached its zenith in the ...

Head like a traction engine We've kept you waiting a week for the next installment of our What If? series. And you'll be glad we ...

Wonderful experience as it will be to see Scotland play Brazil at the Emirates, there are other subtexts within the national side that are ...

Magic Spongers' own Adam Bushby throws his hat in the ring for this, the second in our 10-part series on teams that made us fall in lov...

“How did players such as Luis Figo, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Robinho and Roberto Carlos develop skills that set them apart from other players?”...

South Africa 2010 so far has actually been the World Cup of South America. In a tournament of bus, aeroplane and small country parking, they...

People say England’s Brave John Terry (EBJT) is patriotic. For me though, patriotism in its purest form is bawling your eyes out during the ...