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The Top 5 Most Iconic Kit Numbers in Football Kit numbers are an important staple in football. From the early days of the sport where starting line-ups were given numbers of 1-11, fast forward to today where we see players don kit numbers into the late '80s,

Domingos da Guia: El Maestro Divino Domingos da Guia is certainly not a household name in Europe. In his native Brazil, however, he is considered one of the greatest players their nation has ever produced. Despite being born in 1912 and playing most of his football in the 1930s and

5 Football Players That Faced Bankruptcy A 2013 study by XPro suggests that 60% of players go bankrupt within five years of retirement. But what really happens to our favourite stars when they stop playing? And which footballers have faced bankruptcy over the years? At The Sporting Blog, we’ve