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Are the Netherlands the best team never to win the World Cup?

The Dutch have a strong football pedigree, seven Ballon d'Or winners and a Euros title to their name... but have never got their hands on the game's biggest prize

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Grading Every Premier League Team’s 2025–26 Season

Arsenal don’t crack the top two in an alternative ranking of how each Premier League team performed.

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‘Newcastle fans booed me. Sunderland fans booed me’: the striker who replaced Shearer

Paul Robinson, who aged 20 in 1999 was picked by Ruud Gullit ahead of the England captain for a tumultous derby, tells Harry De Cosemo what it was like

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‘It was a privilege that such a big club were interested in me at that age’ Ruud Gullit reveals why he turned down Arsenal as a teenager

The Netherlands legend could have made the move to England more than a decade before he eventually joined Chelsea

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How To Unlock All Season 4 Silver Icons In One Day In EA FC 26

Time to grind.

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‘A Victim’—Ballon d’Or Winner Explains Mistreatment of Jude Bellingham

The Englishman’s attitude has repeatedly been called into question.

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Champions League review: Liverpool sidestep Salah saga as Chelsea slip up

Manchester City conquer the Bernabéu, Liverpool survive without Mohamed Salah and Atalanta find Chelsea’s flaws

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Which football clubs have pictures of people on their badges?

Plus: players popping up randomly on TV, triple-doubles in names and which match featured the most Ballon d’Or winners?

The Guardian - UK

The 25 Best Chelsea Players of All Time—Ranked

The Blues have boasted some of the world's greatest talents over the years.

Sports Illustrated

2025 Kopa Trophy Voting Revealed: Who Lionel Messi, Ronaldo, Ballon d'Or Winners Chose

Lamine Yamal set a new record while being crowned the best male player aged under 21.

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Fabio Capello makes embarrassing gaffe when presenting Sarina Wiegman award at Ballon d’Or

Capello announced the winner of best women’s coach as ‘Sabrina Wiegman’ in Paris

The Independent UK

Who is Hosting the 2025 Ballon d'Or Ceremony?

Kate Scott and Ruud Gullit will co-host this year’s Ballon d’Or gala.

Sports Illustrated

The Best EA FC 25 Ultimate Team SBC Cards, Ranked

Did you get all of them?

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‘Hoddle basically refused to show Gullit any of Chelsea’s facilities – he took him for a posh lunch in Kensington and persuaded him to sign a deal there’: Scott Minto on how Chelsea made a huge transfer splash

Chelsea followed up their 11th-place finish by signing the former Ballon d'Or winner in 1995

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‘I didn’t know where Chelsea was, but I wanted to go because Gullit wanted me so much. I was broken-hearted to see him leave. You don’t do that to a legend’ Frank LeBoeuf on Ruud Gullit’s Blues exit

The former France defender has discussed his admiration for the Dutch legend

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‘My preference was to stay put, but I was a saleable asset and Ruud Gullit had tried to get me at Chelsea. So did Glenn Hoddle – I met him a couple of times’ Duncan Ferguson on the wrench of leaving Everton for Newcastle United

The Scottish striker made an £8million move from Everton to Newcastle United in November 1998

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‘Leaving Alan Shearer out was f**king ridiculous, so I told Ruud Gullit. I went in early and gave it to him’ Duncan Ferguson recalls his showdown with Newcastle United’s manager the morning after the club's derby defeat to Sunderland in the rain

Newcastle United started one of their biggest games of the season with Paul Robinson and Silvio Maric up front instead of Shearer and Ferguson

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Sampdoria: Football's Flagging Giants

One of Europe's finest teams in the early 1990s, Sampdoria have just been relegated to the Italian third-tier Serie C for the first time - FFT travelled to Genoa to hear about a decline that has featured film directors, Andrea Pirlo and a pig's head in the post...

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'Todd said, 'What do you do?' Well, I played football, I also played for and coached Chelsea' Todd Boehly fails to recognise club legend in awkward moment

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly did little for his football-knowledge credentials with this slip-up

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'I was nervous before the FA Cup final, but Gullit said, "Don’t worry, lovely boy, we’re going to win!" Boro kept backing off, so I thought, "I’ll have a go here"': Chelsea hero relives 1997 screamer against Middlesbrough

Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 2-0 in the 1997 FA Cup final, with one Blues player scoring after just 43 seconds

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‘To beat that team, with Frank Rijkaard, Marco van Basten and Ruud Gullit, was almost impossible - it was one of the greatest games of my coaching career': Ex-Real Madrid manager reflects on beating stacked AC Milan side in 1989

Real Madrid beat AC Milan in 1989 in what the winning manager claims is the best of his coaching career

The Independent UK

A closer look at those who failed before Eddie Howe was up for the cup

Plenty tried to bring trophies to Tyneside prior to the 47-year-old getting the job done on Sunday.

Evening Standard

Best Chelsea kits to sport when watching the Blues

True Blue forever? Jen Offord lists the iconic shirts every real fan should own

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The best Dutch players in Premier League history

A look at the finest Premier League imports to hail from the Netherlands

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