Michael Johnston brings to light Brentford FC and their recent performances in the Premier League.
Jules Rimet Still Gleaming? Shadows cast in spite of dazzling English performance
Sunday 11th July. The final. Students were out in droves clamouring for an England victory. Never before has an English side in our recent memory grown into a tournament bona fide and showed such tenacity in the face of tough opposing sides. After Luke Shaw’s opener in the second minute, hope that football was coming home swept across the nation. It was only after an equaliser in full-time and the inevitable defeat suffered at the hands of Italian penalties that England’s Euros 2020 hopes were crushed. The dream was all over. Or was it?
Fan power curtails owners’ greed: European Super League
The launch and immediate crash landing of the ‘European Super League’ (ESL) has shaken the footballing world. The ESL pitched fans against their own clubs, ex-players against their former employers and set into motion a […]
The rise and fall of the European Super League: a story of instant rejection
News around the creation of a European Super League (ESL) surfaced late on Sunday 18th April. Initial murmurings suggested that it would be a competition that ran alongside the domestic season, giving a more lucrative competition for Europe’s ‘elite’ clubs to play in and earn from. However, in a week that saw George Floyd’s murderer found guilty, the ESL went from creation to destruction in just over 48 hours.
European Super League: Who does football really belong to?
The European Super League was first officially announced on April 18th. Overnight, fans, pundits and commentators alike spoke out in unanimous opposition of the self-serving, proposed alternative to the UEFA Champions League, and have continued […]
“Who’s Tom Brady?”: The monopoly of English football over the NFL
Rishi Shah contemplates English football, NFL and their relative successes
Stonewall FC: Striving for equality
Oliver Sanderson shines a light on Stonewall FC, Britain’s first LGBTQ+ football team.
Pace and Power: Racial Bias in Football Punditry
Ewan Craven explores the ingrained racial bias evident in football punditry.
Rashford fights Tory food scandal
Marcus Rashford fighting the government once more, this time it’s food parcels.
Millwall’s booing indicative of the challenge Football still faces
Saturday 5th of December signalled for many football fans a return to the stadiums which they adore. For many clubs playing this weekend in London; now in the tier two category, supporters returned in reduced […]
The Genius of Diego Armando Maradona
Diego Maradona, regarded by many as one of the greatest footballers of all time, passed away on Wednesday 25th November at his home in Tigre, near Buenos Aires. He was, and remains, widely adored for […]
Striking for change: Yorkshire football club provides essentials for local families
Pontefract Football Club’s eponymous Food Hub will be working to deliver food to vulnerable people in West Yorkshire. Safi Bugel reports.