The Women’s Super League season usually ends with a number of goodbyes, but no season…
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Ange Postecoglou and the Price of Dogma
Over the past year, the footballing world has received a taste of Ange Postecoglou to…
Manchester United 4-0 Tottenham: An Alternative Match Report
Well, Tottenham can’t say they weren’t warned. Around three weeks ago, Ella Toone won a…
Kickabouts in Cuba with Diego Maradona
“I’ve always chafed at the comparisons between the two countries.” After four years of friendship…
Breaching the Golden Glass Ceiling: Arsenal and The Invincibles
David Dein and Arsène Wenger first met during the 1988-89 season, a relationship embarked upon…
Imagine Sisyphus Happy – Jurgen Klopp: Part-Manager, Part-Philosopher
As a woman and a professor of philosophy, I have seen football always very differently.…
Switzerland Women’s Euros 2025: Are We Actively Progressing?
Women’s football is being catapulted into wider exposure, greater demands, and higher levels of investment…
Manchester United: Like a Rolling Dice
In football, a single game is often too brief a sample of events to draw…
Portuguesa and the Venezuelan Ultra Turned Kidnapper
In 1963, with Real Madrid, FC Porto, and Sao Paulo in Caracas to play in…
Why a Documentary About the Liverpool “Spice Boys” is a Good Idea
A regular feature of the YouTube show “Stick to Football” is the preamble before the…
The Boehly-Roman Empire: What the New Chelsea Regime Is Missing
I know what you’re thinking: that pun is just taking it too far. You’re right.…
Arsenal 1-1 Porto (4-2 pens): This Is Where We Want to Be
Just under two weeks ago, I was once again staring intently at a mute glowing…
Football’s Shuffle Between Skin and Silhouette
“I like going down to a nice little local pub,” Leah Williamson, fitted in Acne…
When Caracas Fans Made it Rain at the Clasico
When Deportivo Tachira arrived in the capital of Caracas at the start of March, they…
The Richarlison Remontada
It’s no secret that Richarlison struggled at the beginning of his Spurs career. He needed…
Martin Ødegaard and Arsenal: A Perfect Fit
Tony Adams was just before my time. The man nicknamed Mr. Arsenal, who captained the…
How the Korean Public Failed Lee Kang-in
I don’t have enough words to express how disgusted I am at the way South…
Atletico Diritti: A Unique Football Revolution
The Beginning It is one of the most romantic and picturesque settings you can imagine…
Injury, Identity, and the Paradox of Women’s Football
In women’s football, there is an irreversible sense of lost time. How do we make…
Dear Liverpool FC: A Love Letter to the Reds
Football is just a leisure activity, but one we all love and one I cannot…