This week, we imagined an alternative vision for the Premier League, whereby the Football Association (FA) adopted the North American franchise model. Gone are the days of promotion and relegation, welcome to a new era of footloose franchises and expansion drafts. Throughout the last week, Sam Matthews Boehmer, Oliver Barsby...
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This expansion draft, a three-way affair between Luke James, Oliver Barsby and myself, took place with each contender taking turns to choose a player from the Premier League, with a maximum of three players allowed to be taken from each team. This led to my 18-man squad being formed, a...
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Team Warwick recovered from their shock futsal defeat to earn a convincing 4-0 victory over Coventry in the women’s football on the final day of Varsity 2020. Several members of the Warwick futsal squad that lost painfully on Friday evening returned to the fray to earn Team Warwick vital points...
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Following the third test between South Africa and England, Kagiso Rabada was banned from participating in the fourth test between the two nations. He was issued with a ruling by the ICC which accused him of “using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction...
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Waking up at 3.30 am to watch a boxing match between two YouTubers with 2 years of boxing experience behind them is probably not the best idea in the world, you would argue, but, due to my complete and utter dedication to the Boar (obviously), this is what I did....
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If you have ever watched the film Invictus, you will have got a sense of the effect that a moment of sporting triumph can have on a nation. In 1995, a country divided by decades of apartheid, and racial classification, was united by Nelson Mandela’s policy of reconciliation, part of...
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In a game that Warwick ultimately dominated, we came away with a resounding win against a Loughborough side that, on paper, looked like a force to be reckoned with. A well-structured team, with some sizeable backs, this did not phase Warwick as they constantly picked holes in the Loughborough defence...
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It’s fair to say that the rise of Wolverhampton Wanderers in the last few years has been fairly momentous in the past few years. Having previously been synonymous with disappointment and failure, with two relegations in two years in the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons, they have since risen like a...
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