Football is a game that means a great deal to a great many people. For millions in this country, football is the thing that gets them out of bed in the morning. It forms the bedrock of friendships and, when life seems tough, provides an escape: something to obsess over...
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When the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund completed their takeover of Newcastle United in 2021, Amanda Staveley – the public face of the new regime – said that the club aimed to be competing for the Premier League within five years, and win it within ten. That always seemed an...
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Although League One has become something of a graveyard for big clubs in recent years, there will be an especially notable scalp for clubs to aim to beat in England’s third tier next season: Leicester City. Leicester suffered their second straight relegation – and their third in the last four...
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On Thursday 2 July, Americans watching the beautiful game for the first time this summer were introduced to a core experience for football fans – a downright terrible officiating error from VAR that disadvantages your team. Folarin Balogun, the starting striker for the USMNT and arguably their star performer of...
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The Semi-finals. The best of the best. By this stage of the tournament, the fairytale runs are meant to be over, with every team left in the competition an elite side with a real shot at winning it. This has not always been the case. Perhaps with an eye to...
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Like most Southampton fans, when I first heard that we were being expelled from the Championship play-offs over ‘spygate,’ my reaction was one of raw, unbridled anger. This was an outrage, embarrassment and apocalyptic event all at once, and heads had to roll. Specifically, one head in particular; in all...
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Last November, Coventry City appointed Frank Lampard as their new Head Coach – and just about everybody agreed it was a really bad idea. It didn’t help that Lampard’s managerial career to date had consisted of failing to get Derby promoted, being hounded out of a seemingly relegation-bound Everton and...
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Well, here we are. On Thursday, the long-awaited 23rd edition of the FIFA Men’s World Cup will kick off when co-hosts Mexico take on South Africa at the iconic Estadio Azteca. This year’s tournament is being split between Mexico, Canada and the United States, the first time since 2002 that...
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Next week will mark ten years since Leicester City shocked the world and gave hope to football fans across the country by somehow, impossibly, winning the Premier League. What a difference a decade makes. Today, that same club went into the final fixtures of their Championship season knowing that, despite...
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If the supporters of Péter Magyar were worried, they needn’t have been. In the end, it wasn’t even close. After 16 years of uninterrupted power, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán suffered a humiliating defeat in Sunday’s election as the 62-year old’s grip on power came to a humbling end. For...
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All year, I — like most sensible football fans — have been utterly convinced Arsenal were going to win the league. Liverpool proved as early as October that they were clearly not up to the task of defending their title. City, whilst markedly improved from last season, were clearly not...
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For many fans, the international break is a fortnight of hell as the twists and turns of the club football season are abruptly put on hold. As the season is coming to a climax, there are so many fascinating storylines to explore. Will Manchester City’s Carabao Cup triumph lead to...
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As we enter 2026, an estimated nine million people are at risk of becoming reliant on food banks. Sadly, this is no surprise – the number of food banks in the UK has grown by 8100% since 2010 to nearly 3,000 centres, which are already regularly used by as much...
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