Dinamo Zagreb’s start to the season currently sees them in third place in the Croatian…
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Liverpool Are Fun Again
The Champions League is the pinnacle of club football, but the Europa League is not…
Ballon d’Or: The Golden Ball Filled With Air, Glitter, and Confusion
If Monday’s Ballon d’Or gala was a scene from a movie, the art director would…
A Little Bit of Magic: Gabriel Jesus Glues the Arsenal Attack Together
Goals win games. An adage repeated again and again in football at any level. It’s…
Jude Bellingham: an era-defining galactico
When a 17-year-old Jude Bellingham left Birmingham City to join Borussia Dortmund in July of…
Irresistible: Thank You, Eden Hazard
Football lacks entertainers. The wonderful ability of an individual to captivate and tantalise stadiums with…
To the Arsenal 1-0: An Alternative Match Report
There are certain sport fixtures that carry with them the weight of history, of tradition,…
Paul Pogba, Neymar Jr and That Small Matter of Legacy
Legacy. The word does carry a certain sense of magnitude, but if you happen to…
Sheffield Wednesday: No Cloud Without a Silver Lining
Ask any Sheffield Wednesday fan and they’ll tell you their club is massive. But, bias…
Alexandro Bernabei: A Long Way Away From Home
Whether it be signing players from Japan, South Korea, the United States or Argentina, it…
David Silva – The Sorcerer in Plain Clothes
On a December evening in 2010, Andy Gray was in a studio, possibly somewhere in…
From Wolfsburg misfit to immortality in Naples: the rise, blip, and rise of Victor Osimhen
In Naples, football is more than a sport. This southern city, famous for its natural…
Football, Mental Health, and Belonging
I like to think that everything in life is a metaphor. Things can be broken…
Football Twitter, Arsenal, and Coming Back to Myself
Getting older is a peculiar experience, particularly hitting 40. There are highs—a new decade, the…
The Europa Conference League: an unlikely stroke of genius?
When UEFA announced the introduction of a tertiary continental club competition, it’s fair to say…
Towerin’ Thompson: Part I
“Ah want me name printed on the back o’ me shirt!” Thompson leaned his spindly,…
We’ve Got Super Mik Arteta: An Alternative Match Report
At the start of 2020, despite the feel-good factor of Mikel Arteta’s late-December appointment as…
Messi, Lusail, and closing a personal chapter
“Everyone remembers their firsts. The memory of my first taste of football is tangled up…
Five iconic matches from the 2006 World Cup
The World Cup generates an entirely different feeling to club football. All the animosity that…
Baila Brasil, Baila! Can This World Cup Be Saved?
I think this is going to be the worst World Cup of all time. I…