It takes an informal and humorous approach to dealing with the latest football news and often includes running jokes about individuals connected with the sport.
[1] The site was founded in 1997 by Arsenal fan and Internet pioneer David Tabizel,[2] who then teamed up with journalist Danny Kelly, along with Dan Thompson (founder of computer game company Renegade Software) and Simon Morris, a former marketing director of BSkyB and ex-footballer and TV presenter Andy Gray, who also wrote a regular column.
[3] In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in 2012, Tabizel stated that the website was named after a phrase oft used by his mother, Sandy, who would lambast him with "Its football 365 (days per year) with you!"
In 1999, the height of the dot-com bubble, the site's former parent company 365 Corporation floated on the London Stock Exchange, peaking at a value of £500 million shortly after launch.
Among the programmes broadcast were The Paper Round and The Dugout Podcast - an irreverent fortnightly football show that is available from Thursdays to Mondays on Football365, Teamtalk and iTunes.