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The glory of defeat in the FA Cup
By the fifth goal, the Boreham Wood terraces were emptying. Why would anyone put themselves through this?
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Ruben Amorim’s sacking shows the game truly is gone
We don’t have football managers any more; we have “head coaches”
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Leah Williamson: “We haven’t been brought up like boys in the Arsenal academy”
The England captain on the rapid changes of women’s football
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The World Cup in the age of extremes
Next year’s edition, to be held in Donald Trump’s America, will only be the latest in a long history of…
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After three glorious decades, it’s full-time for The Fan
As the final whistle blows for this column, I look back on an era in which football has grown bigger…
By It’s official – women’s football is better than men’s
The Super League is more popular than ever, and the England team are even winning pots
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The disgrace of the English Premier League
The top flight has hardened into an impenetrable, oligarchic elite.
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Oasis live is everything music is meant to be about
Also this week: Punk rock in Blackpool and on the glory trail in Europe with Hibernian FC.
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From the archive: England endures
August 1966: Danny Blanchflower reflects on England’s football World Cup win.
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The Lionesses have slain an old England
Our women’s team are at the forefront of a new and different patriotism.
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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.
By 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.
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