The unassuming market town of Ossett, nestled between Wakefield and Dewsbury in Yorkshire’s West Riding,…
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In the dying minutes of a nail biter of a Chelsea/Juventus match-up, Sam Kerr added…
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And so, after a stretch of performances that can be labelled as a total suspension…
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Most of us have known this feeling. At playgrounds and classrooms, backyards and alleyways, nothing…
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(This piece was written following the September 18-19 football weekend.) Over the previous international break,…
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I sometimes wonder how tough life must be for a Premier League footballer. The ball…
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Town in Albion: The Strange Recent History of Ossett’s Footballing Landscape
The unassuming market town of Ossett, nestled between Wakefield and Dewsbury in Yorkshire’s West Riding, is not known for its football prowess or reputation. Located around eight miles from Premier League Leeds…
FP Book Review: Caviar and Sausages by Tony Kokkinos
Age can limit us in our understanding of what we…
Kerr’d his Enthusiasm – Sam Kerr 1 – 0 Pitch Invader
In the dying minutes of a nail biter of a…
You Can Check out, and You Can Leave – No Farewell for Formiga
What do you do when you have one of the…
Gretna F.C. – A Phoenix Not From the Flames?
The clichéd story of a football team financially hyper-extending itself,…
The dance of the virtuoso: Lessons from the World Cup
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Neymar: Brazil’s little misunderstood genius behind all the theatrics
Neymar at Russia 2018 came out with the reputation of…
Football Beyond the Veil – Saudi Arabian Women’s Silent Revolution
Our editor Anushree Nande talks to Sarah Algashgari, a female…
Diaries from the streets of Bogota: Tickets, Taxis and Millonarios
Santokie Nagulendran roams through the streets of Bogota, talking race,…
Manchester City and NAC Breda: A long-distance relationship
NAC Breda have been average, reaching the highs and lows…
Dulwich Hamlet: The story of a fight to preserve grassroots football in the UK
Lower division football clubs around the UK are having to…
A Footballer’s Purgatory: Truth about the Vitesse-Chelsea Partnership
Unsuspecting Chelsea prospects increasingly find themselves in a place where…
Forget the Tournaments, Football Is Already Home
Football is obsessed with nostalgia. At no time is this…
The Messi vs Ronaldo Debate is the Low-point of Modern Football Conversation
Like the mythological snake, Ouroboros, the self-consuming egos of Cristiano…
Loris Karius, Dazed and Confused: Depression, Sabotage, Toxic Masculinity
The reprehensible reaction to Loris Karius’s howlers highlights the need…
Witnessing Liverpool’s Reclamation of Shankly’s Vision – A front-row view
“For Liverpool it’s been the season of Peter Gabriel, Beautiful…
Brazil and the birth of a footballing culture
Mexico 1970 was Brazil’s coronation as a footballing culture, coming…
In conversation with Osian Roberts, the silent engine of Welsh football
We talk to Osian Roberts, who is currently in charge…
Danny Mills on PEDs, Injections & the Final That Changed His Life
As a youth, Danny Mills went to Norwich City games…
Talking to Ralph Hasenhuettl: RB Leipzig’s very own superhero from the Alps
We talk to Ralph Hasenhuettl, the man from Austria who…