How the rejuvenation of a CONIFA region offers Cascadia a second shot at glory
At one stage, the Cascadia Association Football Federation (CAFF) were a relative heavyweight amongst CONIFA’s…
Injury, Identity, and the Paradox of Women’s Football
In women’s football, there is an irreversible sense of lost time. How do we make…
The Canadian Premier League: Building Momentum
The history of Canadian football is permeated with geographical complexities, infrastructural failings, and a collective…
The Canadian Premier League: A New Era, or Another Experiment Destined For Failure?
The history of Canadian football is permeated with geographical complexities, infrastructural failings, and a collective…
Canadian Football: Success Abroad, but at What Local Cost?
The history of Canadian football is permeated with geographical complexities, infrastructural failings, and a collective…
Canadian Football: A North American League Wrapped in Stars and Stripes
The history of Canadian football is permeated with geographical complexities, infrastructural failings, and a collective…
Canadian Football: Understanding the Past
The history of Canadian football is permeated with geographical complexities, infrastructural failings, and a collective…
New Zealand Football: Hope for the Future?
In this four-part series, Ryan Murray unravels the complex tapestry of New Zealand football, delves…
New Zealand Football: Internal Foes, International Woes
In this four-part series, Ryan Murray unravels the complex tapestry of New Zealand football, delves…
New Zealand Football: Domestic Matters
In this four-part series, Ryan Murray unravels the complex tapestry of New Zealand football, delves…
New Zealand Football: A Challenging Backdrop
In this four-part series, Ryan Murray unravels the complex tapestry of New Zealand football, delves…
CONIFA: Football’s Hidden Movement
In Qatar, the dust, in both a literal and figurative sense, is just settling after…
Scottish Football’s Dearth of Talent: Investigating an Exodus
It cannot be denied that the number of Scots departing clubs in their homeland at…
Football Beyond the Veil – Saudi Arabian Women’s Silent Revolution
Our editor Anushree Nande talks to Sarah Algashgari, a female football fan in Saudi Arabia.…
Diaries from the streets of Bogota: Tickets, Taxis and Millonarios
Santokie Nagulendran roams through the streets of Bogota, talking race, lineage and rivalries before entering…
Manchester City and NAC Breda: A long-distance relationship
NAC Breda have been average, reaching the highs and lows of Dutch football. However, a…
Dulwich Hamlet: The story of a fight to preserve grassroots football in the UK
Lower division football clubs around the UK are having to fight a steep battle for…
A Footballer’s Purgatory: Truth about the Vitesse-Chelsea Partnership
Unsuspecting Chelsea prospects increasingly find themselves in a place where opportunities may have frozen over.…
PSV Eindhoven – A Latin American romance of a lifetime
Before making the step up to a large European club, many Latin American footballers stop…
The Most Racist Club in the World – Story of Beitar Jerusalem and Muskeljudentum
Max Nordau had a dream. Beitar Jerusalem were supposed to be an ideal manifestation of…
Daughters of Anarchy: Female Iran football fans’ fight against Ayatollah
The year was 2017, but at the Azadi stadium in Iran, Syrian women were allowed…
Dan Petrescu’s managerial limbo – The story of a dream bitterly postponed
We look at the cruel managerial career of Dan Petrescu, harboring many hopes of working…
How Phil Coutinho Paid and Played His Way To Barcelona – An Earnest Investigation
Testes shouldn’t really tie in with the Old Testament and Phil Coutinho’s protracted move to…
Canals, Cartels & Phantoms: Panama Football Team’s Trip to the World Cup
How did the Panama Football Team, inundated with the phantom hand of drug cartels &…
FP Investigates: Sam Allardyce, Enemy of Britain’s Best Young Managers
Are foreign managers really blocking the way of Britain’s best and brightest? FP busts Sam Allardyce’s…
Arsène and Arsenal Youth: Riding the downward curve of modern football
We look at how Arsenal, a club known for promoting youth from within their ranks,…
Jose Mourinho, Master of the Dark Side of Football – An Exploration
We explore what makes Jose Mourinho football’s greatest enigma, and dive deep into everything that…
Talons of Franco – Catalan Referendum and the Burden of FC Barcelona
As Catalonia vies for independence, we decode the situation of F.C. Barcelona, Catalan referendum and…
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…
Sun, Sand, Ennui and Anguilla: Postcard From The Bottom of The World
Football Paradise takes a trip to Anguilla, a beautiful island in the Carribean, and chillin’…
How Brazil Sold Its Soul – Nike, Luis Ronaldo and a Deal With The Devil
Explore the extraordinary story of Luis Ronaldo as Football Paradise blows wide open the depths…
Wet Feet, Dry Feet: The Story of Cuban Football
Our in-house author visited Cuba and dives into Cuban Football, into the culture of a…
French Guiana: A Colonial Fiefdom, Now Exporting Footballing Fairytales
French Guiana’s identity was lost in the tug-of-war of the imperialist world. Football Paradise peruses…