Pickles Magazine

10/05/2024

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13/10/2021

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06/10/2021

I’m standing in a puddle. In the pouring rain. And there is a man in front of me screaming his head off. At me. And I don’t even know him... In truth, you know, I’m not actually that bad at being a keeper. Especially the 13-year-old version of myself, about whom this wrath-filled tale is told...

'The Art of Goalkeeping' by Richard Copeman

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09/09/2021

A raincoat draped about his shoulders, exiting his stage like football’s answer to the caped James Brown, battered and bruised. This is the defining image of Brazil, and more specifically, Pelé, at the 1966 World Cup...

'Brazil’s Battered and Bruised Boys of 1966' by Mark Godfrey

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The image has become iconic; one of many. The dark-skinned figure limping dejectedly from the field, a raincoat draped about his shoulders, exiting his stage like football’s answer to the caped James Brown, battered and bruised. This is the defining image of Brazil, and more specifically, Pelé, a...

25/08/2021

“He seemed to glide across the pitch with powerful, spidery strides. He looked upon players with such knowingness and conviction it seemed futile to feign innocence.”

'Moments of Joy and Anger' by Ross Findlay

https://www.picklesmagazine.com/blogs/the-magazine/moments-of-joy-and-anger

The referee is the misunderstood man of football. He may love the game but will be accused of ruining it, and while the decisions he gets right are the least he can do, the ones he gets wrong are inexcusable. Abuse and scorn will rain upon him even when he has had a good day, but this is the price h...

19/08/2021

The Crazy Gang were football’s S*x Pistols... Trainees were locked in car boots. New signings had their clothes shredded or set alight. The club’s bus driver quit when piping hot fish batter was placed on his bald head as he drove along at 80mph...

'Here Comes The Crazy Gang' by Josh Warwick

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It is a warm summer’s day in 1987. Two middle-aged men – one from Lebanon, the other Coventry – sit down for lunch in an exclusive central London restaurant. Bobby Gould is the new manager of Wimbledon FC. His dining companion, businessman Samir ‘Sam’ Hammam, is the club’s owner. Hamamm ...

19/08/2021

"Football is a game you play with your mind. Your legs are there to help you." – Johan Cruyff

Pickles Print Club continues with Xerxes Heirman’s tribute to the Dutch master.

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The master tactician, he always thought differently, always sought an on-field advantage. "Football is a game you play with your mind. Your legs are there to help you.” – Johan CruyffGhent based creative, Xerxes Heirman’s love of Japanese culture, absurd characters, vibrant costumes and greasy...

18/08/2021

'The Pride of the Peacock' by Simon Hall

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The 21st of August 1965 may seem like another unremarkable date in history for many, but in the world of English football, it’s a date on which things permanently changed. It was the day the first ever official substitution was made in the English Football League. As the new season kicks off, it.....

06/08/2021

Pickles Print Club kicks off with Mark Oliver's feel-good cover illustrations from our latest issue.

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06/08/2021

'The Little Club That Dreamed Big' by Francesco Fabbroni

https://www.picklesmagazine.com/blogs/the-magazine/the-little-club-that-dreamed-big

Pistoia, a medium-sized town in the heart of Tuscany. It is the summer of 1980 and after 50 years the local football team (Unione Sportiva Pistoiese) has just been promoted again to the top league, Serie A. For a 10-year old boy who fell in love with football a couple of years earlier this is potent...

05/08/2021

The original Pickles Pin is back in stock 🐶⚽️

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18/05/2021

Pickles Top 100 Goals You Might Not Have Seen (or you’ve forgotten about)...⁣ ⁣⁣
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You’ve got to love a goal where the ball doesn’t touch the ground, from the keeper booting it up the field to the forward smashing it into the top corner. Here’s F.C. Copenhagen’s Peter Møller doing just that against Farum BK back in 2002, in the last minute of the game. Six touches (four headers) and bosh, pick that one out.⁣
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17/05/2021

Our new website is live and features fresh articles as well as stories from the Pickles archive. Loads of good stuff and more to come, including Alex Waite’s feature on ‘The Devon Triangle’ and football in the South West. As footballing giants rose in England's major cities, a quiet football rivalry was brewing amongst a trio of teams in Devon. Illustrated by Adam Forster Illustration

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17/05/2021

Calais is never far from the newspapers these days, but rarely does it crop up among the sports pages. For one roller-coaster season in 2000, the French football spotlight fell on the northern port city…⁣
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‘Calaismania: The story of an epic cup run’ by Cameron Pope in the new issue of Pickles. ⁣Available to order now from PicklesMagazine.com
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Illustrated by Uruijff

16/05/2021

Who was Robin Friday? The 1970s maverick whose professional career lasted just four years is more well-known now than he ever was during his lifetime. There are books about him, songs, and his image has appeared on the cover of a best-selling record…⁣
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‘That Man, Robin Friday’ by Stuart Kane in our new issue. Available to pre-order now.⁣
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Illustrated by Massimiliano Marzucco

16/05/2021

Pickles Top 100 Goals You Might Not Have Seen (or you’ve forgotten about)...⁣ ⁣
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The Bundesliga’s 2009 Goal of the Year and a finish that has gone down in German folklore, this one might not have been forgotten just yet but it’s worth another watch. Grafite of VfL Wolfsburg receives the ball outside the area, before a driving run into the box, dribbling past two defenders and pushing the ball past Bayern Munich’s lunging goalkeeper, the forward is left with no other choice* but to nonchalantly backheel the ball into the bottom corner, out of the reach of the stretching Andreas Ottl. A sublime finish.⁣
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*Of course he has another choice but that’s why we love football.⁣
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10/05/2021

Here it is! Our new issue, with a cover illustration by the excellent Mark Oliver. Available to pre-order now from our website... PicklesMagazine.com

56 pages, 8 articles, illustrations by 12 artists, 3 photography features, an original poem by Ian McMillan and loads more.

Pickles for everyone

10/05/2021

Pickles Top 100 Goals You Might Not Have Seen (or you’ve forgotten about)...
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I watched almost every single game of Euro 92’ as well as taping highlights shows onto a long play VHS tape. 90 minutes magazine even gave away a cut out video sleeve for the final which I expertly glued to the cardboard case to make my own unofficial extended highlights reel, with the final between Denmark and Germany shown in full at the end
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John Jensen’s opener in that game typified the way Denmark had played over the course of the tournament which was with a combination of skill and determination in equal amounts. Kim Vilfort latched onto Flemming Povlsen’s header down the right hand side and he cleverly back heeled it back into the Dortmund player’s path. Povlsen, who I revered as much for his never say die attitude as his swashbuckling style, got nailed by a well-timed crunching tackle by no-nonsense centre back, Jürgen Kohler, who then passed to another of my favourite players from that time, Andy Brehme. Brehme turned into the sliding Vilfort who took ball and man with an equally bone shuddering challenge to set up Polvsen to attack the German box
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A disguise cut-back to the usually off target Jensen was dispatched from the edge of the box with power and pace past a diving Bodo Ilgner, steering the Danes on the path to victory and sealing a move to Arsenal for the hard working Danish midfielder when the tournament ended
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Words by Craig Easton
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09/05/2021

From the post lockdown kickabout, to football glory in the Arctic Circle and remembering the 1970s football maverick, Robin Friday. We discuss the 'Premier League Football Factory' and how the English Development System is costing the lives and livelihoods of it's youth players. How a stocky 16-year-old Romanian grabbed the attention of the national press. And we tell the story of an epic cup run, as France was gripped by 'Calaismania'.⁣⁣
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56 pages, 8 articles, illustrations by 12 artists, 3 photography features, an original poem by Ian McMillan and loads more. Not to mention a superb wraparound cover illustrated by Mark Oliver.⁣

Available to pre-order now from our new site... PicklesMagazine.com⁣⁣
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07/05/2021

Has there been a better football advert than this? Nike's Parklife ad filmed on the iconic Hackney Marshes ⚽️⚽️⚽️

03/05/2021

Pickles Top 100 Goals You Might Not Have Seen (or you’ve forgotten about)... September 14 2014, dodgy defending by Parma and AC Milan's Jérémy Ménez sneaks in, rounds the keeper and finishes with the cheekiest of back-heels.⁣⁣
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01/05/2021

Another sneek peak at our next cover illustration by the excellent Mark Oliver – www.mrmoliver.co.uk

New issue coming soon!

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01/05/2021

Crespo, Recoba, Djorkaeff, Zamorano, Zanetti, Adriano, Baggio, Seedorf, Nagatomo, Córdoba, Veron, Martins, César, West, Materazzi, Ince, Cambiasso, Figo, Roberto Carlos, Ibrahimović, Stanković, Vieri, Toldo, Maicon, Chivu, Sneijder, Balotelli, Milito, Berti, Pagliuca, Ronaldo...

Available to order next week on our website 💙🖤💙🖤

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30/04/2021

"Sometimes in football you have to score goals." – Thierry Henry

30/04/2021

If one illustration sums up Pickles, it might just be this one by Want Some Studio for Issue 14... UFOs, Beau Brummie, Nessie and Jesus in an England shirt...⁣

30/04/2021

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30/04/2021

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30/04/2021

Pickles Top 100 Goals You Might Not Have Seen (or you’ve forgotten about)... First up, Leonardo’s ‘keepie-uppie’ goal for Kashima Antlers against Yokohama Flügels on November 1, 1995.