Most would agree that the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year awards are the two biggest individual honours a footballer can win. Bigger even than my Netherton Colts East U-14 Manager's Player of the Year Runner-Up trophy (pictured?). But which award is really the one to win? The Ballon d'Or has the [. Click to continue reading...

Just over a week ago, I gave everyone two hypothetical options. Option A: Your club wins the league title. Option B: Your country wins the World Cup. Club vs country. The most popular answer by far was "country" and winning the World Cup. The second most popular answer was "country, but if you'd said [. Click to continue reading...

Two new things on The Offside. First of all, Daily Dose will no longer be the last post of the day. We'll still do the Daily Dose obviously, because it's an Offside institution. But we'll also be adding an extra post afterwards to finish the day and take us through the night. Hopefully a post [...] Click to continue reading...