Berti Vogts

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Ireland’s Jeff Hendrick, Shane Duffy and James McClean after the Nations League loss to Wales at the Aviva Stadium in October. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
How would relegation affect Ireland fans and players?

When you are manager of an international football team sometimes anything you do is the wrong thing. As Berti Vogts observed: “If I walked on water my(...)

Diego Maradona handles the ball past Peter Shilton of England to score
World Cup Moments: You’ve got to hand it to Diego

High noon, one blistering Sunday in Mexico City, and a quarter-final shootout between two arch rivals who hadn’t met in a World Cup for 20 years and h(...)

Johan Cruyff has died aged 68. Photograph: Getty
Johan Cruyff’s 1974 turn: the symbol of Total Football

It’s the defining image of the 1974 World Cup; the defining image of the great Dutch team of the 70s; the defining image of one of the most talented, (...)

Scotland’s Archie Gemmill scores against the Netherlands in 1978. Coming in a 3-2 win for the Scots, it was one of the most memorable goals in World Cup history. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Scotland look to put tournament troubles in past with first qualification in 16 years

The Scots were once so proud as to be picky about the way in which they qualified for major championships, a fact that makes the last 16 years of stay(...)

Ulf Schott: “After the World Cup in France, however, everybody said, ‘okay, yes, we have to do far more’.”
Inside German Football: Vorsprung durch technique - Germany’s formula for success

Ulf Schott is no evil genius, but from his office at the Deutscher Fußball-Bund’s headquarters in a leafy part of Frankfurt, Schott and the youth depa(...)