Tomorrow, the UEFA Champions League begins in earnest. Europe’s biggest names will compete for the football’s most lucrative prize. This season’s champions might just be the upstarts from Paris.
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Category: Football
Why has BT Sport axed its best show?
The European Football Show is one of the best football programmes on television. BT Sport’s decision to cancel it is an insult, and proof of how little they think of their viewers.
Little Letterhole: #WengerOut
It’s admirable for Arsenal to keep hold of Arsène Wenger, it really is. In an age where managers are tossed aside as easily as a soiled handkerchief, the loyalty and … Continue reading Little Letterhole: #WengerOut
David Moyes is a sexist, but in football, who isn’t?
Is David Moyes a sexist? Does it really matter? Has football been abrogating its responsibility to stamp out prejudice by appealing to a ‘boys will be boys’ attitude? Is this merely the latest cause célèbre of a press desperate for controversy?
48 ways to kill the World Cup
2026 will mark the death of international football: that year’s FIFA World Cup will be saturated by lesser teams offered a place in a competition ideally reserved for the elite by an artificially inflated pool of 48 teams.
Big Sam’s big sham is the tip of the iceberg
Football is a remarkably resilient sport, having weathered a number of scandals over the past few years. This time, however, Big Sam and his ilk may help to reveal widespread corruption; a product of the game’s age of greed.
The lost clubs of old Germany
In the 1920s and 30s, Germany threatened to be an important footballing nation, finishing third in the 1934 World Cup. In those days, they had a larger country from which to pick their talent – a far eastern province with a forgotten footballing history.
