We used to laugh at footballers who pushed prams or changed nappies. Now we celebrate them
The perception of how men should act and look has rather moved on – if a bit slower in football…
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From Beckham to Ronaldo, it’s a fact: statues of footballers always look like Dennis Waterman
The insistence that statues of players actually look like their subjects shows the perennial conflict between visionary artists and the baying mob.
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With the Prem feeling the pinch, it’s time to monetise everything – even players’ tattoos
The clubs are clearly struggling. I was shocked when they only managed to give retiring chairman Richard Scudamore £5m as…
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Maurizio Sarri: How the “Taliban trainer” lost control
The Chelsea manager’s name has become a punchline for abject powerlessness.
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Why a total “thrashing” on the football pitch isn’t a defeat but a work of cruelty
The proper record for getting thrashed in an official match is held by Bon Accord of Scotland, who were stuffed…
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As the world around it changes, football still has a problem with toxic masculinity
The game is suspended in a hormonal state similar to that of a fifteen year old boy.
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Gambling has always been a part of sport – but today, football seems a mere branch of the betting industry
Almost one in five adverts during last year’s World Cup were for betting firms. Nearly 60 per cent of clubs…
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Forget fireworks, sheets of flame and Adam Levine’s nipples, I’ll stick to half-time British-style
A Snickers, going to the loo and listening to the raffle over the PA…
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