Luke's Football blog

This will be a cracking game as it’s two former greats battling it out with each other. Both teams have had rocky years, to say the least, with them both in the Europa League together. Almost a decade ago, this was a Champions League final, but in recent years, it’s been a Europa League round…

This is one of the biggest games of the season, with both teams looking for three points. I think whoever wins this game wins the league, as it gives either team an advantage in the title race. They both go into the game with not the best form as Arsenal have not won their last…

Warren Zaire Emery is a 16-year-old French midfielder who plays for Paris Saint-Germain, and he seems like a bright talent for the French club. He was called up to the Paris Saint-Germain first team at the age of 15, demonstrating how talented the French club believes he is, and he will hopefully rise to the…

History of the Merseyside Derby The Merseyside derby has been a fixture of English football for 129 years now, with the first fixture being in 1894. This is a battle between two clubs separated by Stanley Park. This is going to be a key fixture for both clubs as they both haven’t performed to the…

What is Var and when was it introduced? Var stands for video assistant referee, and it’s technology that a referee controls, as he has loads of screens to view the decision that needs checking. It was introduced back in 2013 in the Netherlands, but in recent years, it’s made it to the biggest competitions in…

When did it get introduced, and what does it stand for? FFP stands for financial fair play, which is put in place to improve the financial health of European football clubs. It first got introduced in 2010 but didn’t start properly till 2011, and since then it has been important for clubs to follow it.…

Newcastle were a name stake when the Premier League first began, but in recent years they have fallen off, but under Howe they have redirected their form and are in the top 4, having not lost a Premier League game since August. But what caused them to fall off in the first place?  Everything changed…

Brighton come into this game in fine form, having gone on a six-game unbeaten run, and they would like to hopefully keep that going with a win against their rivals. In the past meetings, though, their last win against their rivals came back in 2019, so they don’t have a good recent history against their…

Crystal Palace vs. Brighton has been a rivalry since the 1970s, with some heated games in the past, but the rivalry didn’t really take off until the mid-1970s. In the summer of 1976, Terry Venebles was appointed manager of Crystal Palace, and his teammate at Tottenham, Allan Mullary, became Brighton’s manager. They had a rivalry…

FSG (Fenway Sports Group) have been Liverpool owners for the past 12 years, and it has been a successful reign for the club under their ownership. They won the Premier League, two league cups, the FA Cup, and the Champions League under their ownership, reaching the finals three times. However, it has recently turned sour,…