The Lionesses make it cool to be English
Chloe Kelly’s comments mark a turning point in conversations about national identity.
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Football for the KSI generation
The Baller League has updated the beautiful game for the attention-deficit era.
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The Premier League season is over. Who’s up, who’s down and who had the best haircut?
High fives to Spurs, and boo to Fifa and Uefa.
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Is Labour’s football regulator already falling apart?
Lisa Nandy’s nomination of David Kogan to chair the body has sparked accusations of cronyism.
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Tottenham’s victory won’t save English football
Our current hegemony over European competitions disguises a rot at the heart of the game.
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The humbling of Pep Guardiola
Is one of football’s master-strategists facing his decline and fall?
By Watching football is also watching everything else
From Kenny Dalglish’s hair to the evocative names of players, the game is a carnival of distraction.
By My life lived through football has not been in vain
Turns out I’ve been at quite a few major societal events.
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In defence of the Premier League – and the new Man Utd stadium
There’s far too much whinging about the dark side of English football – let’s celebrate a rare national success story.
By I attempt peak football-viewing: two live games at once
There were competing sets of replays and live-action excitements. My head swivelled so much I got dizzy.
By Could Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United be relegated?
It’s hard not to gloat when the mighty come a-tumbling down.
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The Premier League must give more to grassroots clubs
Also this week: Rachel Reeves as Elmer Fudd, a chocolate windfall, and why England’s landmarks are crumbling.
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Badenoch two-footed tackles her own party on football governance
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
By Half-time honours for the Premier League season 2024-25
Highlights include: Jude’s flair, long hair and the end of an earpiece for Gary Lineker.
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Sven-Göran Eriksson’s struggle
The football manager’s posthumous memoir A Beautiful Game reveals his battle to make England’s golden generation shine.
By Why be depressed about the state of football?
The pleasures of the game are everywhere, from its integration into the English language to Ally McCoist.
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In praise of herd mentality
The best crowds are joyful expressions of democracy and belonging. So why do we fear them so much?
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Inside Gary Lineker’s Match of the Day exit
Also this week: keeping shrimp and a new role for Hugh Grant.
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David Peace: “There aren’t enough working-class stories around”
The great chronicler of England’s traumas on class, national identity and the importance of football novels.
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Erik ten Hag couldn’t save Manchester United from itself
Self-flattery is no way to salvage an institution hollowed out by managerial failure.
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