First Touch Online Soccer Publication
First Touch is New York’s longest-running and best-loved soccer publication. Here you’ll discover all the best soccer bars in the USA for watching your favorite teams. Our Soccer TV Guide will help you watch the Women’s World Cup and all the other big games this week.
Also, you’ll find Soccer supporters clubs for the popular teams in every City and State in the USA. Furthermore, you can read hundreds of great articles and interviews from our archives, all free on this amazing website and mobile app.
Latest Articles
Rodgers Bemoans Lack Of Quality At Celtic
Brendan Rodgers has cited a lack of quality at Celtic as the reason for their inglorious exit from the Champions League this season.
8 Benefits of Real Madrid Soccer Camp for Kids
In a bid to raise the next generation of soccer greats, Real Madrid organize periodic soccer camps for kids. Read on to learn the benefits these camps offer.
Scotland Go To Pot…3
Scotland appear to be at high risk of being part of a “group of death” at the European Championships next summer. Germany, France, or England could await them.
Gotham FC Celebrate With The Fans
Gotham FC players and staff celebrated with their fans on Monday night at Red Bull Arena. Here are some photos from the occasion.
Star Player Interviews
First Touch goes one on one with some of the greats of the game. See all of our exclusive interviews here!
Ian Callaghan Interview – Liverpool Legend
Ian Callaghan talks to First Touch at the 11th Street Bar in Manhattan in 2006. The Liverpool legend discusses his incredible journey as part of Liverpool FC.
Patrick Bamford Interview (Middlesbrough)
Patrick Bamford is back at Middlesbrough following a £6m transfer from Chelsea and looking for a fresh start of his own.
Soccer Supporters Clubs In The USA
Legends Of The Game
Read profiles of some of the greats who shaped the game of soccer over decades.
Laurie Cunningham – West Brom Legend
Laurie Cunningham is an endlessly, beautifully, gracefully, shatteringly appealing story, one that has so many facets it is always worth the re-telling,
Jimmy Hill: The Man Who Changed Football
It’s a measure of the man’s significance that despite having been out of football for a decade and more, we must mark, and mourn, the passing of Jimmy Hill.
Great Teams
Read all about the greatest teams ever to play the game.
Honved Of Budapest In The 1950s
It is a measure of the genuine majesty of Honved of Budapest that the team from the early 1950s still attracts such feelings of warmth. By Dave Bowler
Preston North End Profile 1888-93
Under the leadership of Major William Sudell, Preston North End were the Manchester City of their day. Their dominance required other teams to up their game.
Soccer Bars In New York
Soccer Bar: The Long Pour, EV
The Long Pour World Cup soccer bar in the East Village is open for World Cup games with state of the art screens and projectors. soccer in a great atmosphere.
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Soccer Bar: The Churchill Tavern
Between Churchill Tavern and The Dog & Bone we have two of the best England supporter bars in New York. Two of the best soccer bars in midtown.
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Soccer Bar: Smithfield Hall NYC
Smithfield Hall is considered to be New York’s best soccer bar. This midtown Manhattan soccer bar is second to none for atmosphere and presentation.
Read More Podcast - Just Look At His Face
Listen to archived episodes of this classic podcast presented by Dave Bowler and Chris Lepkowski
JLAHF Podcast: West Midlands Football Clubs
JLAHF Podcast. West Midlanders Chris Lepkowski and Dave Bowler discuss why the West Midlands has always slipped under the national radar, on and off the pitch.
JLAHF Podcast: History Of The Champions League
This podcast delves into Champions League history, starting with the year Chelsea were banned and Hibernian pulled a fast one.
Classic Articles From The Archives
We have many great articles spanning decades of First Touch magazine
Straffan’s Robert ‘Robbie’ Walsh
Michael Fitzpatrick pays tribute to Robert ‘Robbie’ Walsh - a Shamrock Rovers legend who passed away suddenly, following a heart attack in 2016.
Interview With Felix White Of The Maccabees
First Touch caught up with Felix White of The Maccabees to discuss his love of Fulham, EPL predictions, & the surprising things he loves about touring in the USA.