The last few weeks of the Premier League season have felt like a drag. In the space where competition used to be, a proliferation of negative questions: is Trent a snake? is Arteta a loser? Was this the most boring league of all time? Then Crystal Palace beat Manchester City in the FA Cup final … Read more
A recommendation for all the Manchester United fans out there. For an analysis of where it’s all gone wrong for your club over the last 20 years, you should check out The Unaccountability Machine by Dan Davies. The book addresses the question of why so many contemporary systems and institutions are generating bad outcomes that … Read more
Ten minutes into the second half it looked as though Evan Ferguson was about to be hooked. Played in by Troy Parrott, who had hustled the Bulgarian defenders into giving it away at the back, Ferguson decided to try and side-foot the ball into the corner from way outside the box, rather than run a … Read more
The ecstatic fans of Newcastle United celebrating a trophy for the first time in most of their lives. Eddie Howe, the first English coach to get his hands on a major English trophy in 18 years. The chairman of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the true architect of this triumph, striding across the Wembley turf, … Read more
“BOHEMIAN FC – SELLING OUT THEIR TRADITIONS AND VALUES – RIPPING OFF THEIR OWN SUPPORTERS – ALL FOR A ‘HOME’ DERBY ON THE SOUTHSIDE.” Bohemians fans watching from the far end of the Aviva reacted dismissively to the message displayed by the supporters of Shamrock Rovers, a club that has moved around a fair bit … Read more