Off-Pitch Focus: Party Pooper or Safety Value
Will alcohol bans at major football events become the norm? Ciaran Breen explores On Tuesday, when the countdown to the Euro 2016 kick-off hit 20 days, it was announced that [...]
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Euro 2016 goes ahead despite terror threat but should football heed safety concerns?
After recent terror attacks in Belgium and Iraq and with Euro 2016 looming, Ciaran Breen asks whether football has the strength to continue as normal in the face of this [...]
Off-Pitch Focus: Women’s Football in Brazil
It took football to ignite the passion of the people at the Rio Olympics. For a while, it seemed as if Brazil’s women’s team would carry the dreams of a nation. When the [...]
Off-Pitch Focus: London’s gravitational pull on the Premier League is limited
Some might think Londoners have it easy when it comes to following their team home and away. All those local derbies a walk or a short bus ride away – convenient for [...]
Off-Pitch Focus: What can Euro 2016 teach us about Brexit?
The tournament would look very different without migration, says Ciarán Breen. On Thursday, June 23, as Euro 2016 took its first breath on a day with no games, the United [...]
Off-Pitch Focus: Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho’s suspension after failing a drugs test is cause for deep concern
Liverpool star’s failed drug test should not be taken lightly. As the Premier League season approached its climax, the suspension of Liverpool’s Mamadou Sakho for failing [...]
Off-Pitch Focus: Times football fans have come together
Following the recent Ankara attacks, Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe fans requested to watch derby game together. Ciarán Breen looks at other occasions when football fans have [...]
Is Fifa making promises it can’t keep? We take in-depth look at key reforms
Fifa promising to reform is like Arsene Wenger promoting the spirit and mental strength of his Arsenal team after they bottle it against the weakest Manchester United side [...]
Premier League TV deal: Are Manchester United, Arsenal & the rest of English football ready for the impact of record £5.14billion windfall?
In the wake of Leeds United’s attempt to block Sky TV from broadcasting from Elland Road, when they claimed television schedules were deterring fans from attending games, [...]
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