Pre-season tours have become marketing campaigns for football clubs and a means to connect with their global fanbases. Whilst Asia is seen as one of the biggest consumer markets in football , it seems as though the top European clubs believe that they have already cracked this market. Now the big
EURO 2024 highlighted the prominent role that young players have in football today. The likes of Musiala, Yamal and Williams were balling out during the tournament and provided the spark needed to keep audiences engaged. It seems as though football as a whole has decided to move towards playing more
With EURO 2024 ending on Sunday, I thought it would be cool to review the finalists' journey to the final as well as predicting the result of the final itself. This has been an interesting tournament in that the quality of the football has not been great from the
With the Premier League's PSR deadline looming, clubs in danger of breaching the financial regulations participating in a spending spree which saw a total of around £185 million spent. The deadline of 30th June represents the end of the financial year for Premier League clubs and is when
How refreshing has it been to see good refereeing and the effective use of VAR? English referees have been shown up by their counterparts this summer and most refereeing performances in this EUROs have been good, with strong decision-making and an element of letting the match flow being a major
Well EURO 2024 has certainly started with a bang and I would hope that the tournament continues as it has started! The hosts, Germany, out down a marker on Friday night with their 5-1 victory over Scotland. Talents like Jamal Musiala and Florian Wirtz showcased their ability, with both scoring
The European Championships begin in Germany on Friday night, with hosts Germany facing Scotland. The tournaments squads have been released and finalised and in my opinion, there are 4 clear favourites. England, France and Portugal have the best squads in terms of squad depth and quality. Germany are up their
With the news of Chelsea FC hiring Enzo Maresca as head coach/manager from Leicester City this week, I want to discuss whether this is just one of those football fads or if this could be a trend which could last for a long period. Firstly, let's take
Well that time has come again. Guess what? Manchester City have won the Premier League once more. This makes in an unprecedented 4th consecutive title. Isn't anyone else getting bored? Are we becoming what we've bantered the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 for? Are we the new
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Hey! How's it going? Welcome to my blog! My name is Karan. I've started Goal Line Gazette as a means to express my opinions of a variety of current topics in football (or soccer). I'm assuming that you too are a fan of football,