Picture Cristiano Ronaldo celebrating in a Burger King shirt. Or Lionel Messi. Neymar. Kylian Mbappé. That would’ve been the stuff of dreams for the fast-food chain, but not so easy through the guise of FIFA or any sports game. Burger King could have spent an astronomical amount of money trying to make any one of those things happen in real life. Instead, the company sponsored… Read More »How Burger King Made Stevenage FC Famous in FIFA 20
There was a time in FIFA Ultimate Team when finding a genuinely brilliant player didn’t require completing an 18-squad SBC, opening a promotional pack or deciphering whatever a PlayStyle+ is. Honestly, the game is literally gone. Sometimes you just needed a few hundred coins and a German striker from Nürnberg. And you weren’t longing for more. Alexander Esswein’s FIFA 13 card is one of the… Read More »Alexander Esswein: The ‘Broken’ Forward of FIFA 13
As football games have become progressively more complicated these days, there’s clearly still a nostalgic love and desire to play FIFA Street. There’s something interesting happening around retro football games at the moment. You only need to spend five minutes scrolling through football gaming discussions, YouTube comments or social media clips and you’ll see it. Somebody posts old FIFA Street gameplay and suddenly everyone starts… Read More »Why Football Fans Still Love FIFA Street in 2026
I was an absolute fiend on FIFA 15 but always wanted to be ‘different’. That being said, even I had to relent and buy Seydou Doumbia. Which secretly annoyed me as I came up against him practically every Ultimate Team game there was, but over time, it was just undeniable how broken this guy was to use. Not because he had a massive rating. Not… Read More »Seydou Doumbia: The Unstoppable Striker of FIFA 15
I still have nightmares about Victor Ibarbo to this day. And I really wish I was joking – I woke up in a cold sweat the other day thinking he would ruin my Ultimate Team record again! FIFA 14, one of the most beloved editions of EA Sports’ iconic football video game series, featured numerous players who became legends in the virtual world. Among these… Read More »Why Victor Ibarbo was Unstoppable on FIFA 14
Take me back to the days where I got home from school, had a few slices of toast and loaded up FIFA Street until my eyes went fuzzy. Life was so much simpler back then, wasn’t it. How good was FIFA Street? The FIFA Street series, known for its vibrant street football gameplay and arcade-style mechanics, has captured the hearts of football fans worldwide. And… Read More »FIFA Street vs. FIFA Street 2: Which is Better?
In the older editions of FIFA (like this one), you needed certain attributes from your striker to beat your friends. And Christian Benteke pretty much had everything you could ask for, and more! The towering Belgian striker, was a force to be reckoned with on the pitch. At 6’3″ with an impressive physical presence, Benteke’s in-game representation perfectly captured his real-life prowess at that period… Read More »Christian Benteke: The Unexpected Beast of FIFA 14
There will be time (I’m sure) to discuss what Emmanuel Emenike was actually like as a physical specimen in real life and his legacy as a football… but for now, let’s stick to FIFA 13. In more recent editions of the game, the graphics and playing style have grown more sophisticated, fiddly and … largely, more cumbersome than earlier versions. This is to be expected as the pastime gets with the times and… Read More »Emenike: KSI’s Big Race to Division One Star (FIFA 13)
I scoured the internet for the perfect Christmas presents for the football fan in your life — so you don’t have to. Football Christmas Gift Ideas for 2023 The Premier League is the most popular football league in the world, and its fans are some of the most passionate, wanting to represent their teams not just on match day but every day. Whether scarves, jerseys,… Read More »The Premier League Christmas Gift-Giving Guide (2023)
After 30 nostalgic years, FIFA’s partnership with EA Sports (and therefore FIFA Ultimate Team / ‘FUT’) has come to an end. Now marks a new era of ‘FIFA’ with the introduction of EA Sports FC 24 releasing in a few months, what better time to reminisce about the past. With my collection of FIFA games starting from FIFA 12, there have been many overpowered FUT cards… Read More »Top 5 Most Overpowered FUT Cards (2012-22)
