Soccer Culture

The Sunday Supplement - Information about Sky Sports' round-table soccer discussion show.

A selection of the best Mario Balotelli stories.

Boxing day is one of the most eagerly anticipated days in the English soccer calendar when families can go to games together.

French manager Arsene Wenger will always give his opinion on a subject. Here is a selection of some of the best Wenger quotes

Eric Cantona's kick on Crystal Palace supporter Matthew Simmons is one of the most famous incidents in English soccer.

A look at the history of Ajax vs Feyenoord rivalry in Holland.

A selection of some of the best Maradona quotes.

Diego Maradona is one of soccer’s most controversial figures, and his autobiography El Diego charts a career of supreme highs and devastating lows.

A guide on how to play fantasy football, including details on selecting a team, formation and points scoring.

A review of five of the best known football hooligan films.

Portuguese tactician Jose Mourinho is not a man to keep his opinions to himself. Here is a selection of some of the best Mourinho quotes

A look at five of the best soccer movies.

A look at some of the more interesting club nicknames in world soccer.

The Barcelona academy La Masia is regarded as the best in the world and was the cornerstone of Spain's 2010 World Cup victory.

A list of footballers on Twitter, the social networking website.

Gallery 1 of about.com's soccer WAGs.

Gallery 2 of about.com's soccer WAGs.

Ten phrases British commentators tend to use that Americans do not.

Chelsea fans began the strange ritual of throwing celery onto the field in the 1980s. There is some debate as to how it all began, but celery throwing was banned by the club in 2007.

Internet coverage of the sport has almost reached saturation point with a plethora of websites to quench the thirst of even the most obsessive soccer fan. But it’s unhealthy to be sitting in front of a computer screen 24-7, so here is a list of the best magazines available.

The vuvuzela is used by South African fans to inspire their team. The horns were a big feature of the 2009 Confederations Cup and Fifa has declared that they will be allowed into stadiums in the 2010 World Cup.

“You’ll Never Walk Alone” has been sung by Liverpool supporters at Anfield since the 1960s. It is one of the iconic football songs which creates a special atmosphere at one of world soccer’s most famous grounds.

Who needs fiction when the world of soccer packs so much drama and intrigue? Here are the best books out there on the beautiful game from North London to Brazil, without forgetting Holland and a tiny village in Italy.

The wonderful thing about Serie A is that there is never any shortage of bitter local rivalries. Every week, it seems, two halves of a city are at each other’s throats, ready to duke it out for three points and — more importantly — local bragging rights. The three most important splits are in the cities of Turin, Milan, and the capital, Rome.

Soccer, and the World Cup, have led to countless iconic television ads featuring the stars of the last 20 years pulling incredible stunts. Nike once rounded up Thierry Henry, Francesco Totti, and others for several matches in a cage, while Adidas once put Zinedine Zidane and Luis Figo on scooters through Europe.

Yahoo's Premier League fantasy soccer game where you can build, manage, and tweak a team that the likes of Manchester United and Arsenal can only dream of.

FIFA's official Web site for tickets to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. With the tournament still a year away, sales have already begun.