A continuation of Football Paradise’s Evolution of the Dribble series. For Part 1, The Search…
Salvador Dali’s Favourite Footballer – Surrealista, Josep Samitier
This is a continuation of Football Paradise’s Evolution of the Dribble series. Part 1 can…
The Myth of Sisyphus, Starring Mohamed Salah – An Alternative Match Report
Behind Salah’s eyes are the sparkle of storied jewels and djinns, wild afreets and honeycombed…
The Search for Football’s Missing Link: The Evolution of Dribbling – Part 1
This is a series on the history of English Football’s Anxieties. This is part 5.…
Vinnie Jones, the Portrait of an Antagonist: A Brief History of English Football’s Anxiety – Part 4
This is a series on the history of English Football’s Anxieties. Here’s part 1 – Masturbation and…
The Exorcism of St. Dejan ‘Deja vu’ Lovren – An Alternative Match Report
There’s reason to believe that Dejan Lovren is, in fact a buddy of Beelzebub and…
Magician, Stakhanovite, Stanley Matthews: A Brief History of English Football’s Anxiety – Part 3
This is a series on the history of English Football’s Anxieties. Here’s part 1 – Masturbation and…
It’s Bad Manners Being Clever: A Brief History of English Football’s Anxiety – Part 2
This is part 2 of a series on English Football’s Anxiety. Part 1 can be…
Dawn of the Superego: Liverpool’s Coutinho Stance Shifts Transfer Market Balance
Higher release clauses, lower agent fees, bigger egos. Liverpool’s refusal to sell Coutinho will set…
Day of the Piano Movers, Spirit of St. Aurelio & Top 3 Talking Points: Liverpool 1 – Palace 0
Sadio Mane got Liverpool’s season up and running with the only goal as they laboured…
Masturbation and Muscular Christianity: A Brief History of English Football’s Anxiety – Part 1
History of English Football – How England was bereft from having a sensual relationship with…
Steven Gerrard Won the Battles, Frank Lampard Won the War
A Tribute to Frank Lampard through a tribute to Steven Gerrard. This is a bit…
Poetry: The Rhyme of the Katwijk Mariner – An Ode to the Dauntless Dirk Kuyt
This is an Ode to the Dauntless Dirk Kuyt. Prologue. To the right is the…
FP Exclusive: David Winner on The Johan Cruyff Democracy, Myth, Method and Madness
We travel to ancient Greece to unravel the myth, method and madness of Johan Cruyff’s…
FP Exclusive: David Winner deconstructs Football Superstitions, Symbolism, Myth of Ajax
Why is the ball round? Why do footballers open their shirts to celebrate? What is…
FP Exclusive: David Winner on The Big Bang of Total Football, Anarchy and 1970’s Ajax
Come and discover how Johan Cruyff was the Bob Dylan of Amsterdam, and Ajax The…
FP Exclusive: David Winner on Brilliant Orange, Sculpting a Football Culture Book
Srijandeep Das of Football Paradise interviews David Winner on all things Dutch, football, architecture and…
The Renaissance Men of Indian Football – Henry Menezes, Goalie to Gamechanger Part 3
This is the third chapter of a 3-part series on Henry Menezes. Here’s Chapter 1:…
The Renaissance Men of Indian Football – Henry Menezes, Goalie to Gamechanger Part 2
Goalkeeper to game-changer, Football Paradise charts the remarkable journey of Henry Menezes – One of…
The Renaissance Men of Indian Football – Henry Menezes, Goalie to Gamechanger Part 1
Goalkeeper to game-changer, Football Paradise charts the remarkable journey of Henry Menezes – One of…