Recommended
Here is a list of all the blogs, websites, YouTube channels, and Podcasts I follow to learn more about football and tactics. Everyone on this list I admire and look up to. They gave me the inspiration to write about football.
Analysis
Organizations
I’d love to write for all of these websites one day.
- Cano Football
- Between The Posts
- Breaking The Lines
- Football Bunseki
- Futbol Akademi
- Spielverlagerung.de
- The Athletic
- The Tactical Times
- TheMastermindSite
- Ultimo Uomo
Individuals
Each individual person listed here has their own style and specialty. Most write in English but some post in other languages like Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, etc.
- BallerBantz
- Ball Don’t Lai
- Caped Corners
- Christoph
- Clarissa Barcala
- Dribbles and Nutmegs
- Dominic Wells
- EA13014802
- Functional Play
- Gaurav Mukherjee
- Guillaume on the Grass
- H23Football
- Jamie Hamilton
- jdeposicion
- John Horstmann
- Jon Mackenzie
- Liam Tharme
- Martin Julliard
- Maximilian Aichinger
- Meringos
- Michael Cox
- MinimumWidth
- Peter Motzenbecker
- Tactically Speaking
- Tactics, boo!
- The Dugout with Umir
- The Half-Space
- The Weekly Rondo
- TheMidfieldRole
- Third Man Runs
- Tuesday Night Football
- Umir Talks
- Vybhav Badri
- benfootballtheatre
- Football Diaries
- two-three-five football
Scouting
Club-Specific
I’m sometimes jealous of the club-specific writers because they can dive so deep into the details of a team, and those mentioned below do.
Arsenal
Barcelona
Charlotte FC
Manchester United
Portsmouth
Liverpool
Real Madrid
Data
Thorough analysis into the data. Great resources for visuals.
Websites
My go-tos for football and injury news.
Data
Books
These are the books I recommend to everyone who wants to learn about the history of football tactics.
YouTube
I am very big into consuming information through videos, especially from these accounts.
Organizations
I’d like to mention that both CBS Sports and NBC Sports offer full 10-15 minute extended highlights an hour or so after each match on their YouTube channels.
- CBS Sports Goalzo
- NBC Sports
- Sky Sports Premier League
- The Athletic FC
- The Overlap
- Youth Football Highlights
Analysis
Some of these channels have a video out right after a game so be sure to check them all out.
- Conor Holden Football
- Football Made Simple
- Football Meta
- HTO Analysis
- Positional Play
- Rimedi
- Statman Dave
- SpreadSheet Soccer
- The Footy Doctor
- The Purist Football
- Umir
Press Conferences
Coaching
Comps
There are many high quality comp channels but if I am looking through the search results, I’ll click on the ones made by these accounts first.
Entertainment
Podcasts
I have to admit, I’m not a big podcast listener right now. I prefer video and I like listening to music. But if I had the time, and the subject interests me, I’d listen to these Podcasts.
- And Again with Umir and H
- Ben Foster - The Cycling GK
- Football Vision
- No Ratings Pod
- Samuel AP
- The 2 Robbies
- The Athletic Football Tactics Podcast
- The Obi One Podcast
- The Pep Talk: A Manchester City Podcast
- The Rest Is Football
- Tifo Football Podcast
- Training Ground Guru Podcast
- Wolves Express
Reporters
I prefer following individual reporters instead of news organizations because you get to know each individual’s way of writing, and can better gauge where the quality writing is.
- Adam Crafton
- Andy Naylor
- Chris Waugh
- Colin Millar
- Daniel Murphy
- Daniel Taylor
- David Ornstein
- Fabrizio Romano
- James Horncastle
- Jamie Jackson
- Jacob Steinberg
- John Cross
- Jordan Campbell
- Oliver Kay
- Sam Lee
- Sid Lowe
- Simon Bajkowski
- Steve Madeley
- Thom Harris
X Lists
Curated lists I’ve made to follow X, formerly Twitter accounts. Lists are the best way to filter out the noise.
News Aggregators
This is by all means not a complete list. I’m sorry if I missed adding you. I will continue to add to this.
My advice will always be that you must watch a lot of games to gain a better understanding. I have learned everything I know through playing and watching football.
