Posts By Alex Guilford
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2.5KPremier League“A Local Hero”: The Many Sides of Vichai’s Legacy at Leicester
Even in the lopsided world of ‘the big six’ and ‘super clubs’ — and not to mention the growing rumours of the formation of a European Super League — it was the minnows of Leicester City (relegation candidates the year before) who won the Premier League title in 2016. Not only...
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1.8KInternational“Politics and Football Don’t Mix”: Mesut Özil and Germany
“Politics and football don’t mix.” Ruud Gullit There has notably been plenty of irony in the fallout of Germany’s catastrophic World Cup campaign. For the British audience, the use of the German word ‘schadenfreude’ went from indulgent irony to overused beyond parody and all the way back again in less...
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2.9KChampionshipLampard has the Necessary Nous to Bring Success to Derby County
A few years ago, it would have taken a brave man or woman to predict that this star name would be associated with the modest and slightly unfashionable Derby County in 2018. Derby’s manager from last season, Gary Rowett, has travelled an hour or so west along the A50 to...
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1.9KFootballAn ode to Ray Wilkins: Remembering the man on the field as well as off it
In a modern game, where English talent is so rarely nurtured or even transferable abroad, we should salute Ray Wilkins for his ambitions and successes further afield.
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2.5KPremier LeagueArsenal’s Win Over AC Milan Should Not Be Interpreted As Progress
‘I wasted time, and now doth time waste me’ – William Shakespeare, Richard II North of London’s River Thames sit two Premier League clubs stuck in romantic narrative turmoil. The already considerable intra-London rivalry heated up upon the northerly transition, in 1913, of one of these clubs 17 years after...
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2.3KFootballDavide Astori: The Gentleman of Italian Football
All Serie A fixtures were suspended on Sunday 4th March 2018 as the league paid respect to Davide Astori, the Fiorentina captain who passed away in his hotel room, in Udine. The death of any young person is always tragic and can provoke hyperboles of nostalgia and untruths as people...
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2.0KPremier LeagueMoyes: the perfect fit for West Ham?
The parallels between the early days of Moyes’ tenure at West Ham and Everton are striking if you scratch a little below the surface. David Moyes has found a home again at West Ham. In the wet, drab and dreary drivel of last Tuesday night’s draw at home to Crystal...
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2.3KPremier LeagueWas Lanzini Liverpool-Bound Before Injury?
David Moyes has steadied the ship at West Ham, of that there is no doubt, but talk this week is of an ‘injury crisis’ to two key men.
