‘Who can trust it now?’ – What football thinks of the Premier League’s sanction agreement with Chelsea
The Premier League is experiencing “litigation fatigue”. That is the phrase several boardroom sources reach for when summing…
The tragedy of Adam Ankers – and why his family want football to learn from his death
On his captain’s armband, Adam Ankers had written four words that he wanted to take with him onto…
The Opta-stat-packification of football: Why are the game’s milestones getting weirder?
Back in October, after a 2-0 home win for Manchester United over Sunderland heralded one of the final…
World Cup play-offs: Who went through? What are the match-ups in the finals?
Italy avoided an upset to beat Northern Ireland and put themselves one win from qualifying for their first…
Football pundit says Chelsea should sign 33-year-old Premier League centre back
Football pundit Troy Deeney says that Chelsea would look better if they had Everton’s James Tarkowski in their…
Special report: Violence in amateur football – ‘I can’t comprehend why you would do that to someone’
“He wound his arm back and sucker-punched me to the back of the head. I fell to the…
Tottenham’s fans did their bit. Then the football started – and everything went wrong
They started gathering on the High Road before midday. Some held up flares, filling the air with blue…
Football’s demand for perfection has created the ‘crazy’ world where ‘identical’ fouls get different decisions
This week has seen enough litigation. Football’s news cycle has been dominated by Chelsea’s punishment (or non-punishment, depending…
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…
What football thinks of Tottenham’s tailspin: ‘Incompetence of the highest order’
For large parts of this season, it has felt like the whole of football has been rubbernecking in…
The Man Utd prodigy still too young to play senior football
Manchester United’s fans won’t have a chance to see JJ Gabriel in Premier League action at Old Trafford…
Who is the most underrated player in world football?
It was a bold statement from Trent Alexander-Arnold. “He is undoubtedly the most underrated footballer on the planet,”…