As always, we’ve stuck with the format that served Don Balon so successfully for decades; 100 names and details of where each player is from. 

We go again...

Not just home to two of the most decorated clubs in European football history, but also an epicentre of cutting edge design, an artistic and cultural beacon that has radiated influence across the globe for centuries. 

“There are still problems”. This is all he is prepared to share.

“It is not sustainable at all. There is no guarantee that the money being poured into the game here will not suddenly dry up when it is no longer expedient for the donors to do so.” 

Stoichkov, in typical fashion, later remarked ‘To be honest, it was an easy win’.

It should be rare and pure sporting drama, there is a palpable air of tension amongst those who are here, but the ground is nowhere near full.

Milan is the theme for our third IBWM Assignment but the angle that you use for your article is entirely your call. 

This is the story of the very worst that English League football ever was, and probably ever will be. 

“We don’t look back at history; we make history”

“The coaching is good here. It's not on the level of other places I've been at, but it's getting there. Everyone is full time and the money can be good depending on which club you go to."

A soldier, a captain and a history maker; Fred Keenor was the first and only man to take the FA Cup out of England. 

When he had the ball he came alive, coaxing his opponents into making a challenge before shifting his bodyweight effortlessly to escape them. 

“Of course I remember the game, it was scandalous robbery. I was sent off for protesting, which was impossible because I can’t speak”

Ireland had the oldest squad of all teams competing at the Euros with an average age of 29 years and 297 days.

It's hard to fathom that six years have passed since a beaming Javier Zanetti thrust the Champions League trophy above his head and let out a scream that reverberated all the way to the Piazza Duomo. 

Louis Schaub has the focus and drive of a player determined to make the most of his ability and the perspective of a young man who knows there are more important things in life than football.

"The manager’s philosophy became my philosophy and as soon as you have that understanding you can work in tandem."

When will the earth renew itself and give life again; and, what happens to us when we die? 

“He told me when I was 14 that if I didn’t cut my hair, I wouldn’t go far in football. I didn’t do too badly, though, I played for many years,” 

Homesickness, that mental beast the grabs hold of those far from their natural climes, and something rarely spoken about in football circles.

“Indians alone play real football, what they call football in Europe, is after all only bootball”.

One such moment was the death of a player he had once said could be ‘better than Pelé’.

The very coaches the FA are relying on to deliver their plan for future England success are neither employed by them nor encouraged to share their goals.