Six years ago today, Enfield Town Football Club hosted the final of a very special tournament in London that featured teams from politically unrecognised nations. While not as prestigious or on as large a scale as its more mainstream FIFA counterpart, the Confederation of Independent Football Associations, or CONIFA for short, offered fans and players […]
Earlier this week, six teams competed in the second and final round of the play-offs for the three remaining places at the EURO 2024 finals that will kick off in Germany on Friday 14 June. One of the three playoff spots was in Group F, where Türkiye was drawn with Portugal and the Czech Republic […]
A 17-year-old footballer from Turkiye, Yunus Emre Konak, has been signed by Premier League side Brentford. According to SKY Sports, which broke the news in the UK on Thursday, the West London side have “agreed a deal in principle” with the midfielder, which will come into effect on Emre Konak’s 18th birthday on 10 January […]
Legendary former Galatasaray manager Fatih Terim is the new coach of Greek Super League side Panathinaikos. The news came 24 hours after the shock departure of Ivan Jovanovic, who was sacked despite the Athenian side being a point behind league leaders PAOK. Jovanovic had led Panathinaikos to cup triumph in 2022, winning the ‘Trifylli’ [Greek […]
The UEFA EURO 2024 finals draw took place at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany, yesterday evening, determining in which of the six final tournament groups each of the 24 qualifying teams will play. Türkiye, which entered the draw having topped its qualifying group – a first in its history of international football – has been […]
The November international break saw the final round of group qualifier games for Euro 2024. Both Turkiye and England drew their final games, but remained top of their respective groups. A lacklustre England laboured to a 2-0 win against Malta at Wembley on Friday. An own goal from Enrico Pepe put the hosts ahead before […]
A strong performance from non-league Cray Valley (PM) earned them a draw away at League One Charlton in the first round of the FA Cup last Sunday, 5 November. The two south London clubs are 117 league places apart, but that would have been difficult to tell for a neutral watching, with the end-to-end game […]
A non-league football club in South London owned by Turkish businessman Cemil Tumkaya is ‘living the dream’ after being drawn against their far bigger local rival Charlton Athletic in the First Round of the FA Cup. Cray Valley (PM) FC will play Charlton away at The Valley Stadium on Sunday, 5 November 2023. The fixture […]
When the Turkish Football Federation decided to part ways with national coach Stefan Kuntz last month following Turkiye’s laboured 1-1 home qualifier draw against lowly Armenia followed by a 4-2 defeat by Japan in a friendly, eyebrows were raised. How sensible was it to bring in a new manager mid-Euro 2024 campaign? Days later, TFF […]
Europe’s footballing body UEFA has announced that Turkiye and Italy’s joint bid to host the 2032 European Championship has been successful, while the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland will host the 2028 edition. The news was announced by UEFA chief Aleksander Čeferin at the soccer governing body’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, today following UEFA’s […]
