by Discount Football Kits | Jul 28, 2025
While the FA Cup remains England’s premier cup competition in England, the League Cup (or EFL Cup) is also contested every year on these shores. Unlike the FA Cup, however, this is only open to clubs in the English Football League, with non-league sides ineligible to...
by Discount Football Kits | Jul 27, 2025
The 2024/25 campaign will see the expansion of the UEFA Champions League, which remains the single most prestigious club competition in the world. It will now include 36 rather than 32 competing teams during the tournament proper, while the initial group stage will be...
by Discount Football Kits | Jul 26, 2025
The sport of football is synonymous with England, which is widely considered to be the home of the so-called “beautiful game”. Certainly, many of the oldest and most prestigious football clubs originated in England and the UK, while the world’s first professional...
by Discount Football Kits | Jul 25, 2025
In 1863, the recently founded Football Association (FA) published the first unified set of rules for the sport. It was around the same time that football clubs started to form in England, and in July 1871, FA Secretary C. W. Alcock suggested that a ‘Challenge Cup’...
by Discount Football Kits | Jul 24, 2025
Modern football is littered with jargon, with some terms often used interchangeably despite meaning slightly different things. Take positional play and positional rotation, for example, which share many similarities but are noticeably different from a coaching...
by Discount Football Kits | Jul 23, 2025
For recently successful managers like Carlo Ancelotti, Jose Mourinho and Diego Simeone, tactical flexibility was central to everything they achieved. However, they continue to work in an era where many coaches are apparently wedded to a single footballing philosophy...