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Football - European Championship postponed; what next for the domestic game?
Among the plethora of events falling victim to the onset of Covid-19 is, inevitably, the Euro 2020 football tournament. The European...


Football: No sweet return for Jose and Marco’s time may be up
One of England’s great clubs has lost a manager and got a new one, another has not; Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur have both...


Football: Stadiums and Managers; the Circus Goes On
The dismissal of Unai Emery as manager of Arsenal comes as no surprise. Despite the fact the club seemed to see him as the one to take...


Football: Jose Mourinho appointed at Tottenham Hotspur after Mauricio Pochettino sacked
Jose Mourinho has been appointed Tottenham manager, succeeding Mauricio Pochettino who was sacked on Tuesday (yesterday). The Former...


Football: Ruthlessly Pedestrian – England top Group A but what of the long term?
It is probably is a little churlish to say so but England were far from convincing in the final Group A game away to Kosovo in Pristina....


Football: Ready for the Euros: England - one of the most exciting teams around.
‘This England team [is] turning into one of the most exciting teams around.’ Jan Aage Fjortoft ‘What's impressive about England right now...


Football: England stride on – but how far can they go?
People can, on occasion, be a little dismissive of the standard shown by opponents of the England team and most especially so when the...


It Used To Be a Game in Bury and Bolton
Football is not to everybody's liking. Neither is Cricket. Both however, are the national games of Britain. For all the passion and...


Sport - Football: England's Woes
England's national football teams seem to have got into the habit of reaching major semi-finals in recent times and losing. It is...
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