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Daughters of Anarchy: Female Iran football fans’ fight against Ayatollah
The year was 2017, but at the Azadi stadium in Iran, Syrian women were allowed…
The Day Total Football Died: With David Winner, author of Brilliant Orange
You’ve heard the legends about Total Football. But did you know what killed it? We…
Canals, Cartels & Phantoms: Panama Football Team’s Trip to the World Cup
How did the Panama Football Team, inundated with the phantom hand of drug cartels &…
Wogs, Poofters & St. Johnny Warren: The Patron Saint of Australian Soccer
FP studies the virtuous life of Johnny Warren: the godfather of Australian soccer, sporting equality…
Mohamed Salah and The Political Power of the Apolitical Entertainer
Tom Goodyer explores why Mohamed Salah is the most powerful man in Egypt. And how…
How Brazil Sold Its Soul – Nike, Luis Ronaldo and a Deal With The Devil
Explore the extraordinary story of Luis Ronaldo as Football Paradise blows wide open the depths…
Masturbation and Muscular Christianity: A Brief History of English Football’s Anxiety – Part 1
History of English Football – How England was bereft from having a sensual relationship with…
FP Exclusive: Jonathan Wilson On the Falklands War and How Football Redeemed a Broken Argentina
An exclusive with Jonathan Wilson on all things Argentina, football, and how the beautiful game…
A Leader Among Men: Philipp Lahm – Der Führungsspieler
A tribute to one of the greatest German footballer of all time, and a leader…
Hope, tragedy and blood: Colombia at World Cup 1994
The story of Colombia’s colourful and tumultous footballing journey as a nation, with the 1994…
The Cachaça Supernova – In Defense of Football’s Prophet of Absurdism, Mané Garrincha
Brazil’s Garrincha may have died drunk, broke and alone, but when he lived, he was…