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This is the best I’ve seen England play since 1966
Football brings the world together
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Football is a losing game
At World Cups, we celebrate and mourn
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The taming of the Wag
The wives of the World Cup have seized the means of production
By The World Cup needs fewer hydration breaks and more elderly violinists
The pains and pleasures of the 2026 tournament
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The bard of world football
James Richardson explains how he became the game’s great translator
By Cristiano Ronaldo is old, but not as old as me
Let’s hear it for the World Cup oldies
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English football is being Yankified
American fans, and American money, are taking over the game
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The insignificance of Harry Kane
America 2026 is his chance at immortality
By Staying up for Scotland
And for England, so long as they’re not playing Scotland!
By This might be my last World Cup
I dread hearing the words “England friendly”
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The MAGA World Cup
Could football be a symbolic riposte to Trump’s xenophobia?
By In 1966, I left Wembley convinced England would win again
Some people count their life in spoons; I count my life in World Cups
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Gareth Southgate couldn’t fix England
Dear England is a parade of patriotic fantasies
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Why you hate John Terry
Even before one of its legends endorsed Rupert Lowe, Chelsea FC was seen as irredeemable
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Rochdale vs York and the triumph of local football
We hear that Brits are more smartphone-addled and skint than ever. But non-league football might be the answer
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The silence of football stadiums
Why, when English football is so successful, have crowds gone so quiet?
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Milan and the tragedy of decline
The final Milan derby in the storied San Siro is indicative of broader, destructive forces
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Watching Britain’s best Sunday league team
The Wythenshawe Vets are stacked with Barclays-era Premier League talent. How do their rivals feel about it?
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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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