On this week's Football Trending, the panel discuss the potential effects that the coronavirus pandemic could have on the footballing world, focusing on the highly likely event of Liverpool winning the Premier League in an empty stadium.
Should fans who have bought tickets to games be fully reimbursed in the event of them being played behind closed doors, or is access to an online stream sufficient compensation? Is playing games behind closed doors even helpful in the current circumstances, given fans' tendency to congregate in town squares, as seen outside the Parc des Princes on Wednesday night.
They also discuss Bruno Fernandes' instant impact for Manchester United, after the Portuguese racked up two goals and three assists in his first five league games for the club. Is he their best signing since Robin van Persie?
And after an eventful week in the Champions League, PSG's controversial celebrations are put under the spotlight as the panel discuss whether or not their mocking of Erling Braut Håland's celebration was in poor taste. Spoiler: it was.
The surprising stories behind national teams’ nicknames National football teams, more often than not, have nicknames that reflect their country’s culture, history or identity. Scotland, for example, is known as the ‘Tartan Army’, which is a reference to the traditional tartan patterns associated with the nation’s historic clans. Spain’s team on the other hand, goes […]
FIFA have been told to take action. World Cup organisers FIFA have been urged to “ban” a tactic that proved pivotal to England’s 4-2 victory over Croatia on Wednesday. The Three Lions took charge of the tournament’s group L, with a dominant second half performance, that saw Thomas Tuchel’s side climb to the top of […]
The World Cup has officially arrived As England’s opener at the 2026 World Cup against Croatia is only a few hours away, hundreds of England fans have downed more than 5,000 beers ahead of the game. Hundreds of fans have defied pleas from police to move on from a Dallas club downing thousands of pints […]