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End of Women’s World Cup marks the beginning of ‘Fearless Football’ campaign

July 16, 2019

Florence Lloyd-Hughes details the Association Football Development Program’s new campaign to end abuse in women’s football. “He took a gun, his gun, put it on my head [...]

Andy Carroll’s West Ham departure – a sad indictment of a wasted career

June 2, 2019

With Andy Carroll leaving West Ham, Hal Walker offers an elegy on the career that was, the career that could have been, and Carroll’s folk idol place in English [...]

Weekend Wanderings: The big finale

May 31, 2019

It’s the weekend that football fans have been looking forward to, particularly if you’re a fan of Liverpool or Tottenham. But away from the showpiece final there are [...]

Was Chelsea’s Champions League qualification the worst thing that could have happened to them?

May 30, 2019

Tom Dean looks at the problems Chelsea face ahead of next season as they contend with a transfer ban, an unbalanced ageing squad and Champions League qualification. A shaky [...]

Ooh to be a Gooner: What it’s really like to revolve your life around football

May 18, 2019

Akhil Vyas explains his job commitments to Arsenal, his social media activities surrounding the club and even having his wedding at the Emirates. Some football fans eat, [...]

FPL: The Title Decider – GW38 preview

May 9, 2019

How on earth do you follow that? Liverpool and Tottenham gave us two European nights to remember in the Champions League with incredible comeback victories. Now though [...]

EFL: Championship, League One & League Two play-off preview

May 8, 2019

Ross Bramble previews and predicts the EFL play-offs as 12 clubs among the Championship, League One and League Two embark on a final battle for promotion. When Andy [...]

Positives for both sides as the dust settles on West Ham’s FA Cup final defeat to Manchester City

May 6, 2019

Manchester City’s triumph over West Ham United in the FA Cup final was ultimately deserved but the 3-0 scoreline was flattering. Matt Beard’s underdogs arrived at [...]

FPL: Five players for GW37 – Time for another Aguero moment?

May 2, 2019

We’ve reached the penultimate weekend of Premier League football. Whilst the Premier League teams didn’t fair particularly well in the Champions League this week, [...]

Women’s football: Brands breaking boundaries

May 1, 2019

With brands seeking out opportunities in women’s football, Megan Cotter discusses how the game has become an interest to the world of sports marketing and business. Last [...]