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Book Review: Savage Enthusiasm by Paul Brown

November 22, 2017December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

Joshua Askew

In our last book review, we looked at a book that attempted to tell the story of the Premier League's first 25 years through the eyes of fans. It ultimately failed - not entirely due to its editor Lloyd Pettigrew it must be said - yet the idea was nonetheless…

Book Review: The Premier League 25 Years by Lloyd Pettiford

August 21, 2017December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

Joshua Askew

One question that kept coming back to me as I read through Lloyd Pettiford's chronicling of the Premier League's opening quarter of a century was why do football fans find it so difficult to acknowledge how important the sport is to them? We get a constant barrage of stories of…

Premier League 2016/17 awards

June 17, 2017December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

Joshua Askew

After years in the wilderness, the Premier League appears to finally be on an upward swing. With a wave of world class managers arriving and those already in place settling in, the quality at the head of the table has greatly improved. Leicester City could come from nowhere to become…

Book Review: Studying Football by Ellis Cashmore and Kevin Dixon

November 28, 2016December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

Joshua Askew

"Studying Football" is something of a misnomer, because the sport itself has very little to do with the book. Having a flick through the index, it's surprising quite how few footballers are listed and very few of them are in there for anything they do out on the turf. The…

Punditry funnies

January 18, 2014July 9, 2017 by Guest Writer

Guest Writer

By Piers Barber Football punditry reached new levels of bizarre at the beginning of this month, when an eagle-eyed Vine-er spotted a surely colour-blind spider calmly crawling up Martin Allenâ€™s shocking sleeveless cardigan during ITVâ€™s FA Cup coverage. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/itv-pundit-martin-allen-had-spider-crawling-around-033458639--sow.html Yet Martinâ€™s fame-hungry, creepy crawly friend is just one of many…

Top 10 Kit Accessories

December 10, 2013December 18, 2019 by Guest Writer

Guest Writer

By Piers Barber Last weekâ€™s Mathieu Flamini-inspired â€˜sleevegateâ€™ controversy provoked outrage amongst Arsenalâ€™s management team and hilarity amongst pretty much everyone else. But how do the midfielderâ€™s antics compare to other stylistic kit adaptations made by those players with the most blatant disregard for footballing conventions? Here are ten of…

5 great goals by teenagers

December 4, 2013December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

Joshua Askew

1) Wayne Rooney vs Arsenal 2) Federico Macheda vs Aston Villa 3) Jimmy Greaves vs Everton 4) Nick Powell vs Cheltenham Town 5) Mario Balotelli vs Chievo

Wembley stadium tour review

October 10, 2013December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

Joshua Askew

Thanks to the kind people at Casino Choice I had the opportunity to participate in a guided tour of Wembley stadium. Unfortunately, due to the lacking reliability of London's transport system, I rocked up to what appeared to be the only finished building in the area ten minutes late for…

Rising tensions between Poland and Lithuania leads to grassroot unity campaign

September 27, 2013December 18, 2019 by Robert O'Connor

Robert O'Connor

Polish taunting of ethnic Lithuanians at last monthâ€™s Europa League qualifying match between Lech Poznan and Zalgiris Vilnius in Poland was to most observers little more than a symptom of the increasingly fractious relations between the two countries, albeit on a more internationally conspicuous stage than the usual diplomatic discourtesies…

Issues with racism slow Hungary’s rebuild

September 25, 2013December 18, 2019 by Robert O'Connor

Robert O'Connor

Football east of the Danube is becoming by reputation a cradle for something unsavoury in the European diplomatic stakes. The season, still in its infancy but maturing quickly in its propensity to shock, has brought a cloud over this part of the continent with ethnic tensions across four countries spilling…

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