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The Premier League returns: Strange times, stranger football

Sport Luke Feltham - 10 Sep 2020

English football is set for (another) defiant return, bringing with it several bizarre subplots

Lampard vs Arteta: Managers of a forgotten generation

Sport Luke Feltham - 29 Jul 2020

Two of football’s youngest coaches are competing for one of its highest honours. This tells us something about how the Premier League appoints manager

Manchester City CAS ruling counts for everything and nothing

Sport Luke Feltham - 16 Jul 2020

It may leave a sour taste in the mouth, but the lack of sanction for Manchester City, aside from a fine that amounts to small change, doesn’t affect the bigger picture

Corporate and broadcast deals push PSL to restart

Coronavirus Luke Feltham - 1 Jul 2020

Football will return, but the players are likely to have very little time to acquaint themselves with the "new normal"

Pundits cling to football’s racial tropes

Sport Luke Feltham - 30 Jun 2020

A study of European 2019 season commentary suggests prejudice is alive and kicking, but Black Lives Matter and Covid-19 may be changing this

Football will define its own destiny as it returns to a strange world

Coronavirus Luke Feltham - 16 Jun 2020

The superstars of the Premier League are back and how they do will determine whether they remain relevant – on and off the pitch

Tragic trailblazer Fashanu honoured as homophobic United fans shamed

Article Pirate Irwin - 19 Feb 2020

Fashanu will be honoured on what would have been his 59th birthday, an occasion also marked by a reminder from Manchester United that homophobia still exists in football

How Sheffield United is finally living up to its history

Article Luke Feltham - 22 Jan 2020

Thanks to years of mediocrity, the rich footballing history of the club and its city is often forgotten

Manchester City owners score silver

Article Staff Reporter - 29 Nov 2019

Club’s parent company awarded global record valuation after United States investment

Tale of dirty, sexy Watford

Article Luke Feltham - 17 May 2019

The gritty underdogs have bludgeoned their way to the finals, but can they beat football’s best?

The age of schadenfreude is at its prime

Article Luke Feltham - 3 May 2019

The plot sickens with Liverpool forced to sit on the sidelines rooting for the failure of a rival team

Fortune favours the brave City

Article Luke Feltham - 26 Apr 2019

Pep Guardiola has Liverpool to thank for pushing him and his team to the limit

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Title, top four and pride at stake in massive Manchester derby

Article Kieran Canning - 23 Apr 2019

The days of dominance are long gone for the Red Devils with just a place in the top four and Champions League qualification their target

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Man United, Barcelona marquee match of exciting quarterfinals

Article Luke Feltham - 15 Mar 2019

It’s an all-English clash as City draw Spurs, while Ajax are rewarded with clash against Ronaldo’s Juventus

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Latest embarrassment leaves Mourinho running out of time at Man Utd

Article Kieran Canning - 17 Dec 2018

Jose Mourinho says he accepts responsibility for a fifth defeat of the season

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