AI is beginning to reshape football recruitment, not by removing scouts from the process, but by changing how they search, analyse and make decisions. The next generation of scouting may depend less on finding information and more on knowing what to do with it.
From its roots in the amateur and professional divide of Edwardian football to its place as the traditional curtain-raiser of the English season, the FA Community Shield has spent more than a century evolving alongside the game itself.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will feature some of football’s biggest stars — but also a new generation of young players ready for their first major moment. Here are 10 under-20 footballers who could use the tournament to make their name on the world stage.
World Cup history is often remembered through goals, trophies and legendary players. But football’s biggest stage has also been shaped by sculptors, designers, engineers, technology teams and invisible professionals whose work changed how the game is played, seen and remembered.
FOX and Indeed’s “Chief World Cup Watcher” role turns World Cup fandom into a paid football media opportunity, highlighting how content creation, fan engagement and digital storytelling are reshaping careers beyond the pitch.
Football is entering a more technical and closely managed era. From expanded VAR authority to stricter time-wasting sanctions and new offside trials, IFAB’s latest reforms suggest a game being reshaped not only for fairness, but for speed, transparency and global spectacle.
Football is no longer defined only by what happens on the pitch. From scouting and data analysis to coaching, medical care, recruitment, and operations, modern clubs rely on a wide range of professionals working behind the scenes. Here are ten meaningful career paths in football beyond playing.
