Daniel Whitmore
- Football Tactics
- October 14, 2026
- 24 views
How Football Attendances Are Counted
A figure gets announced over the public address system, printed in the programme and reported in the following day’s coverage, and almost everyone takes it to mean the number of…
- Football Tactics
- October 13, 2026
- 30 views
How Added Time Is Calculated in Football
Few things in football produce as much confusion as the number held up by the fourth official. Supporters treat it as arbitrary, commentators describe it as generous or stingy, and…
- Football Tactics
- October 7, 2026
- 46 views
How the Offside Rule Actually Works
Offside is the rule everyone has heard of and few can state correctly. It has been part of football almost from the beginning, it shapes how every attack and defence…
- Football Tactics
- September 30, 2026
- 73 views
Why Goalkeepers Are Judged Differently
A striker who misses five chances and scores one is a match-winner. A goalkeeper who makes five saves and lets in one is the reason his team lost. No other…
Jesse Hall
- Football Tactics
- September 11, 2026
- 131 views
How Football Managers Change Games
A manager cannot kick a ball during a match, and once the whistle goes most of what he can do is shout from a technical area. Yet managers are hired,…
