The Making of a Winning Premiership Squad

The Making of a Winning Premiership Squad
Since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, four clubs have enjoyed Premiership title winning honours – Arsenal four times, Blackburn once, Chelsea twice and Manchester United eleven times. Despite Liverpool threatening last season and Manchester City impressing this term, this year’s...

Footy Factor’s Best of the Decade: Team

Footy Factor’s Best of the Decade: Team
2010 is on the horizon and it’s safe to say that it’s been a wonderful decade for football. We here at Footy Factor have taken the opportunity to celebrate the greatest teams, players, and matches of the past 10 years.  Our next award is…

The Chelsea Curse

The Chelsea Curse
Chelsea have been the early season pace-setters, beating Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United on their way to the summit. Up until a week ago many pundits thought the Premiership title was on its way to West London. But things change very quickly in football. Having seen their first shot at silverware...

World Cup 2010 Absentees XI

World Cup 2010 Absentees XI
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will grace World Cup 2010 after all. Nervous chatter of the two greatest players on the planet missing next summer’s showpiece evaporated when Portugal and Argentina finally squeezed through the qualifiers at the last hurdle. But some football stars weren’t so fortunate...

Roman’s First XI versus the Sheikh’s First XI

Roman’s First XI versus the Sheikh’s First XI
What would you do with a bottomless transfer kitty? It was a question reserved for fantasy football enthusiasts until Roman Abramovich acquired Chelsea in 2003. Five summers later, Sheikh Mansour got into the game as the new owner of Manchester City. Here’s how each billionaire’s first eleven...

England XI – World Cup 2014

England XI – World Cup 2014
The Road to Rio Forget about 2010 when the England team will be crap, too old, still hindered by the Lamps-Gerrard conundrum. Let’s fast forward to 2014 when the Three Lions will have a real shot at the cup… Following the disappointment of narrowly losing to France in the final of Euro 2012,...

Premier League “Failures” XI

Premier League “Failures” XI
The team that never was… Every footballer in the world dreams of playing in the bright lights of the Premier League. Clubs pay superior wages, fans display unwavering loyalty and match day atmosphere offers a unique stage for high end football performance. The following is THE team of hot prospects...