The Business of Football: How many players do you need to win a World Cup anyway?
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before but the Premier League and English Football Association are having…
Business of Football: Premier League’s ‘worrying concentration of talent’, EFL’s prized assets
When I started this column a couple of years ago I made it clear that this was an…
Academy aftercare: How football is helping young players after they are released
“I have kids who were released at under-18s,” says Grace Brooks. “I’ve messaged them once every three months.…
90 per cent of English football clubs expected to post losses for 2025, report finds
Despite record revenues and rising club valuations, nine out of 10 teams in English football’s top four divisions…
Inside the real life of a football manager
What is it really like to be a football manager? How do you escape the pressure? What impact…
The football word of the year, 2000-2025: Park the bus, raumdeuter, prawn sandwich brigade
Every so often, a football pundit goes viral for laying into the ‘new words’ the game has developed…
Joining the Ninety-Two Club (again): An obsession of visiting every Football League ground continued
There is an exclusive group of football fans called the Ninety-Two Club, whose members have watched a competitive…
How are the dozen Buddies out on loan faring?
There are only so many times I can wander aimlessly around my house in an international week, talking…
Independent English football regulator fast-tracked for November start by UK government
The Labour Party is fast-tracking secondary legislation to ensure the powers of the new independent football regulator (IFR)…
Business of Football: John Textor’s new grand plan, and Premier League made to fork out for lawyers
You would be forgiven for thinking that news of John Textor quitting all positions of authority at Lyon,…
Independent English football regulator given green light by MPs
The bill to introduce English football’s first independent regulator was approved in the House of Commons on Tuesday…
How fanzine culture gave a voice to supporters and changed English football
The titles were often gloriously creative and diverse, some paying homage to terrace anthems, others making a clever…