Category: Football
Plymouth’s Maksym Talovierov: ‘When the fans cheer, it just goes inside of me’
Suddenly talking about celebrating tackles with gladiatorial grace and the prospect of swapping shirts with Erling Haaland feels rather insignificant. Maksym Talovierov, known as Maxi, [more…]
Grassroots clubs hold key as Norway prepares for historic vote to scrap VAR
Skoppum IL have never pretended to be what they are not. The club represent a pretty village an hour’s drive south of Oslo, fielding teams [more…]
Millwall bring biggest-small-club-in-the-world energy to Selhurst Park | Barney Ronay
“By undertaking a Freudian analysis of Millwall fandom, combined with a Lacanian interpretation of the death drive … it is possible to perceive Millwall fandom [more…]
Football Daily | Thirteen-point gaps at the top of uncompetitive leagues
WE’RE DONE In the buildup to Arsenal’s trip to Nottingham Forest on Wednesday night, with his side trailing Liverpool by 11 points, Mikel Arteta was [more…]
Madrid and Marseille lead anti-referee epidemic but no officials means no game | Max Rushden
It was so refreshing to hear one of the world’s best players defend referees last week. Real Madrid’s Federico Valverde reminded us that officials are [more…]
Lionesses find recipe for Euro 2025 success with ‘English’ performance | Tom Garry
While Wembley was rejoicing at the sight of England putting the ball in Spain’s net, there were two people noticeably not joining in with the [more…]
Premier League could be forced to have two summer transfer windows because of Club World Cup
The Premier League could be forced to operate two separate transfer windows this summer due to disruption caused by the Club World Cup. Fifa has [more…]
Matt Beard leaves job as Liverpool manager with club seventh in WSL
Liverpool Women have parted company with their manager, Matt Beard, with the team seventh in the Women’s Super League. Beard was in his second spell [more…]
Djed Spence waited two years for a start at Spurs. Now he’s indispensable
Red Djed Redemption. Return of the Djedi. The Walking Djed. Call it what you like but, in a season of few success stories at Tottenham, [more…]
Which football teams have gone longest without conceding a goal in the league? | The Knowledge
“Burnley’s 4-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday on Friday was the 12th consecutive Championship game in which they kept a clean sheet,” writes Graham Davidson. “Is [more…]