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4.0KPremier LeagueHow Manchester City are Going Global
MANCHESTER CITY are not only Premier League champions, but they are rapidly becoming one of the most innovative football clubs. City, or at least the City Football Group (CFG), have broadened their global footprint, with club connections in all corners of the world. Nuria Tarre, the Chief Marketing Officer of...
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1.9KWorld Cup 2018Russia 2018: Wrong Place, Wrong Time
WHEN Russia was awarded the hosting rights to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, it wasn’t totally unfair to dismiss the reaction – particularly that of the English – as sour grapes. After all, there was a certain expectation among the England camp that it was their moment: A feeling of...
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2.7KInternationalBrexit, the end of the Football World as we know it
Harry Kane has been appointed captain of England, possibly the nearest the nation will get to a “Roy of the Rovers” figure leading the team into battle. Kane has already delivered the kind of message the hordes will want to hear from the man with the armband, “England can win...
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1.5KPremier LeagueNew Narratives are Needed in the Age of the “Uber Club”
Next season, the British football landscape is going to have to find a new narrative. “Wenger out” has become “Wenger gone”, and therefore a considerable chunk of pundit and supporter dialogue has disappeared. With VAR likely to remove another slice of conversation – refereeing errors – you have to wonder...
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2.8KSPFLGerrard and Rangers: Blinded by the Light
History has told us that great players don’t necessarily make great managers. Some do go on to have decent managerial careers, but how many outstanding footballers can match their days on the park to their time in the dugout?
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6.5KPremier LeagueWolves are back, but can they become a credible power again?
It’s good to see a grand old name like Wolverhampton Wanderers back in the Premier League. One of the founding members of the Football League in 1888 (they finished third, behind Preston and Villa), they’ve long been a club with a great history – three league titles and four FA...
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3.4KBundesligaPreparing for PSG: The Fascination with Thomas Tuchel
This coming summer is going to be dominated by managerial appointments, or at least, the search for appropriate candidates. With Paris St. Germain and Arsenal looking for a new coach and Chelsea likely to be in the same race, there’s a lack of obvious names around.
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2.4KFootballWhy We Shouldn’t Yearn for the Ultimate Team
Manchester City are worthy champions, make no mistake. Inevitably, whenever any team is crowned as the nation’s best, comparisons are made with past winners and the new masters of the universe are duly benchmarked. It’s happening at the moment, with some journalists pronouncing the start of a dynastic period of...
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3.8KFootballAncelotti is the perfect replacement for Wenger
First of all, Arsenal will have to get used to the idea their next managerial appointment will probably not be a dynastic move that changes the face the football. The problem is, they’ve had a guy in charge who created, to some extent, the shape of modern football in England....
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1.4KFootballThe Uphill Battle to Save Non-League
The ongoing saga of Dulwich Hamlet is a sad story, for many reasons, and one that should cause non-league club chairmen and officials a few sleepless nights.
