At the start of 2020, despite the feel-good factor of Mikel Arteta’s late-December appointment as…
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Alternative Match Report: Ajax Enter 2023 With Hope and Despair
Like many of us, Ajax come into the new year holding a sense both of…
VAR and the Slow Death of the Goal Celebration
March 3, 2018 will go down in history as the day that football began shifting…
The Fleeting Rise and Melancholic Fall of Michu, the Player the Streets Will Never Forget
There are some footballers you just never forget. Diego Maradona for his flamboyantly gifted dribbling…
The Surprising Names at Risk of Missing the Flight to Qatar 2022
We’re currently 67 days away from the first ball being kicked at the Qatar 2022…
Sean Dyche and Burnley: Like town, like gaffer, like football club
Sean Dyche and Burnley: “Hard working, rough around the edges, an acquired taste to some, but more widely, downright unpopular…”
Philippe Coutinho: Revitalisation at Villa Park
When you are not thriving at one place, you try to rediscover yourself by moving…
“The ballet of the masses”: Football and Dance from Shostakovich to ‘Pop’ Robson
In the endless quest for an explanation of football’s enduring and universal appeal, one aspect…
Mason Greenwood, Harriet Robson, and a World Designed to Protect Assaulters
I am a man, and just reading detailed reports on physical abuse makes me sick.…
Ole Had to Go, but United Have Deeper Issues
And so, after a stretch of performances that can be labelled as a total suspension…
To Find Solutions, Manchester United Need to Start Asking Questions
Most of us have known this feeling. At playgrounds and classrooms, backyards and alleyways, nothing…
FP Data Check: Manchester United Season Review 2020-21
Data and charts courtesy Lee Chunhang. David de Gea did not want to take that…
How American Culture Gave Rise to the Premier League’s Perverse Structure
This year has been defined, naturally, by the coronavirus pandemic sweeping our globe. The same…
Would You Hire Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as Your Manager?
The 1-6 scoreline was flattering to Manchester United. It is rare to feel any relief…
Spurs 1-1 Man United: A bit of Pogba and lot of Mourinho
A football match involving José Mourinho begins and ends with the press conferences. The unpredictability…
The postwar years: 1945 to 1947 in English football
Not many people have been bringing up the last time football had to restart after…
Manchester United 0-2 Burnley: Just where does this end?
Recollect the last time you slipped – a fall, stumble, anything. It’s probably easier to…
Arteta-ball: An Alternative Match-Report
A win against Manchester United for Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal show that the Spaniard was already imposing a much-welcome structure and order to proceedings
The rebuild déjà vu – Manchester United Season Preview 2019/20
European football’s annual reset button is upon us. New kits are being released and fantasy…
José Mourinho and the disadvantages of realizing one’s dreams
“You don’t understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could’ve been…