Football
What the future holds for women’s football
Well, that’s the end of that. Football, like an unrepentant runaway, stubbornly refuses to come home. Spain, deservedly probably, edged…
Leagues apart
How to watch real football
Magic tricks
Five short stories with male narrators – including a seahorse and a vampire – revolve around masculinity’s contradictory demands and the wish to belong
Megan Rapinoe’s comeuppance
I’m loath to write about the current Fifa World Cup because criticising women’s football is textbook ‘misogyny’ – at least,…
Losing the plot
The Reunion opened in 1997 with some young people being carefree: a fact they obligingly signalled by zipping around the…
Not so great expectations
The football season gets under way again on Saturday – or at least it does if your team isn’t in…
Losing game
Football’s sleeping pill problem
Own goal
Football fans’ loyalty no longer lies with clubs, but players
Rough and tumble
Harry Pearson’s tour of village games over the centuries even includes a Georgian football match where an Englishman’s severed head was used as the ball
Is Uefa just useless – or is it worse than that?
It’s not clear how many readers of this journal will be affected, but anyone planning a stag weekend in Prague…
Unreality shows
The blurred lines between sport and entertainment
Was it murder?
In a beautifully told novel, O’Callaghan focuses on the mysterious death of the footballer Matthias Sindelar in 1939 – possibly as a result of defying Hitler
Rest in peace, Pelé, the undisputed King of football
When Lionel Messi won the World Cup for Argentina earlier this month, it not only filled the last hole in…
In defence of the One Love armband
Wales’ football manager Rob Page was clear about why his team’s captain Gareth Bale would wear the ‘One Love’ armband…
Football’s problems run far beyond the Qatar World Cup
Are there any redeeming features of the Qatar World Cup? Perhaps one: the tournament has a sane and logical format.…
Low life
Two football friends, brothers, Mick and Pete, came to visit last week. We’ve been going to matches together since 1969,…
Why football needs a regulator
Plans by the government to introduce a regulator to the football industry – endorsed by all Westminster parties just a…
In defence of Rangers’ royal tribute
Ibrox stadium, home of Rangers football club, saw a powerful tribute to the late Queen last night before the team’s…
The (occasional) joy of being a QPR fan
I made my way to Loftus Road on Saturday for QPR’s first home fixture of the season. We’ve got a…
Barometer
An idea past its sell-by date Waitrose has announced the removal of ‘best before’ dates from many food products. –…
How Kyrgios saved Wimbledon
What separates this year’s ‘empty seats on centre court’ scandal from every other year’s ‘empty seats on centre court’ scandal?…
