About Common ↓

Common, The Football Connection Game

Two clubs appear. Name a player who turned out for both. No signup, no install.

How it works

Two clubs appear on screen, say Real Madrid and Tottenham. Your job is to name a player who made official appearances for both.

Answers are checked against Transfermarkt data. Get it right and you take the round; run out of time and it passes to your opponent.

Three modes

Who you can play

A friend on the same device, someone else over the internet via a room code, or the AI at three difficulty levels.

Leagues covered

Champions League, England, Spain, Germany, Italy, France, Turkey, the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal. A nationality mode swaps the second club for a country.

Articles

Europe

Every Kind of Player Who Crossed the Clásico Divide

Moving between Real Madrid and Barcelona is the heaviest transfer decision in football. More than thirty players made it…

Europe

The Manchester Derby's Narrow Crossing

Since the Second World War only fourteen players have made first-team appearances for both Manchester clubs.…

Europe

Milan and Inter: The Derby That Shares a Stadium

More than thirty-five players have worn both shirts. The Derby della Madonnina is Europe's most permeable rivalry.…

Europe

Crossing Stanley Park: Liverpool and Everton

Forty-six players have moved between the two Merseyside clubs. Fifteen minutes on foot separates the grounds.…

Derby

Istanbul's Hardest Transfer: Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe

Turkish football's most taboo move. The players who wore both shirts, and why the list is shorter than you would expect.…

Derby

Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe: The Other Istanbul Crossing

Less discussed than the Galatasaray route, and considerably more travelled. Around twenty-two players have worn both shi…

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