Blogs: Football

OLBG speaks exclusively to Brad Friedel. Former professional soccer goalkeeper who made over 500 domestic league appearances for Liverpool, Blackburn, Aston Villa and Tottenham in England after leaving Columbus Crew in 1997, after arriving from Galatasaray in Turkey. Friedel went on to make 82 full appearances for the USA internationally.

OLBG talks exclusively to Kris Boyd, former professional footballer gaining over 500 club appearances in Scotland for Kilmarnock and then of course Rangers, and 18 full international caps for Scotland between 2006-10

Ahead of the 2026 World Cup in North America, we look back at the past five tournaments to see how well the countries priced up by the bookies as favourites do and who is the most reliable.

OLBG talks exclusively to Danny Mills, former professional footballer with a playing career spanning 321 domestic club appearances for Norwich, Charlton, Leeds United and Manchester City among others, and 19 full international caps for England

English football manager and former professional player including terms at Millwall, Nottingham Forest, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Portsmouth whilst gaining 51 goals for England scoring 11 goals and earning a place in the English Football Hall of Fame

Former professional footballer who was best known for his manager role for England between 2001-2006 and of course terms in Charge of Lazio in Italy and Manchester City talks exclusively to OLBG about England, the World Cup in Qatar some players he managed and even Boxing and drugs!

OLBG talked exclusively with Phill Babb, TV football pundit and former Republic of Ireland International professional player with a career spanning Coventry, Liverpool, and a spell in Portugal before returning to Sunderland.