Nations

Following promotion from the Second Division this first season back in the top flight was a successful one. Fulham finished in 10th position which was their highest finish in history at that time, a record that stood until 2009. Young players such as Alan...

While overshadowed by what followed in the immediate years following, the 1976-77 season was an important one for Nottingham Forest as the club made a successful return to the top flight after half a decade away. The main catalysts behind their strong performances were...

For many, a FIFA tournament™ starts when the opening game is kicked-off. But for Panini-lovers, it all starts months earlier. Their eyes light up when seeing a shiny foil badge in a newly opened packet of stickers. For generations, football-lovers have been collecting the...

For Nottingham Forest the 1960s was a decade of consistent performance that saw the club firmly established as top-flight regulars for the first time since the turn of the century. The pinnacle of the decade - indeed the high point in Forest's League history...

1930 was a historic year in football with the introduction of the FIFA World Cup™, the competition which would officially decide the best footballing nation on earth. The first tournament was hosted in Uruguay with thirteen nations and has grown ever since in size...

The early 1990s was a good time for Eintracht Frankfurt with the club consistently competitive in the upper reaches of the Bundesliga. The 1990-91 season saw the club finish in 4th place on the back of exceptional home League form in which 4 goals...

1930 was a historic year in football with the introduction of the FIFA World Cup™, the competition which would officially decide the best footballing nation on earth. The first tournament was hosted in Uruguay with thirteen nations and has grown ever since in size...

With veterans like Heinz Hermann and Alain Sutter still an integral part of the Swiss scene as the decade ticked over into the 1990s, a new generation of younger attacking talent was emerging to complement them through players like Stephane Chapuisat, Kubilay Turkilmaz, and...

There were fine players like Paul Van Himst, Leon Semeling, Jef Jurion, Wilfried Van Moer, and Raoul Lambert, but there was little to cheer for the Belgian national team during the 1960s. A failure to qualify for any significant international tournament meant Belgium's only...

A number ten, a playmaker, an unerring finisher, a devastating set-piece taker, a physical powerhouse, endlessly brave, a leader of men, an inspiration, an otherworldly talent. Quite simply Diego Armando Maradona was all of these things and one of the few footballers in history...

The early years of the 1970s was a challenging time for Young Boys Berne as the club sought to reestablish itself among the Swiss elite. The 1969-70 season brought a respectable fifth-placed finish with some vibrant home performances bringing high-scoring wins over FC Wettingen,...

Having finished the previous year as runners-up to Uruguay in the Copa America, 1984 proved a quiet year for Brazil featuring just a handful of friendly matches in June of that year. These games were used to give opportunities to up and coming and...

The 1970s started in some style with Mexico playing a role in making the 1970 tournament, which they hosted, so memorable. Javier de la Torre's team cruised through the group stage with wins over Belgium and El Salvador and a draw with the Soviet...

Determined to go one better than the runners-up spot earned at the 1974 tournament, the Dutch qualified comfortably for the 1978 competition ahead of local rivals Belgium and traveled to Argentina in confident mood. Form was slow to build, however, and qualification from the...

For many, a FIFA tournament™ starts when the opening game is kicked-off. But for Panini-lovers, it all starts months earlier. Their eyes light up when seeing a shiny foil badge in a newly opened packet of stickers. For generations, football-lovers have been collecting the...