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Martin Mazur on Diego Maradona’s drug ban and comeback
Martin Mazur reflects on when Argentina legend Diego Maradona was banned for drug use and then made his comeback at Boca Juniors.
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/ 7 months agoAn ode to the fractious border between home and away fans
Here follows a passionate footballing ode to that small strip of seats, that unstable gap, which separates away fans from home...
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/ 7 months agoFlint Mountain FC and the joys of Welsh football
The club intrigued me as I had never come across a team with ‘mountain’ in the name and from the outset...
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/ 7 months agoThe highs and lows of following a match on social media
One of the best aspects of football is that we follow our teams through thick and thin, in all kinds of...
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/ 11 months agoNewcastle United: The Cathedral on the Hill and Unforgettable Memories
When you say the words Newcastle United, it conjures up thoughts of entertaining football, famous names and famous managers, but ultimately...
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/ 12 months agoFor the love of the game #6: Stuttgart Scotland Euro 2024: A Photographer’s Journey – An ode to joy; a prelude to despair.
The half-built Neues Schloss (new palace) rises like a stone monolith in the distance as the poet feathers the parchment gracefully....
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/ 1 year agoFor the love of the game #5 Part 3: KV Kortrijk
Prologue Willem kneels on the lush Flanders grassland, his pike resting on the turf and his goedendag at 45 degrees to...
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/ 1 year agoFor the love of the game #5 Part 2: Lille
I’ve left Darren asleep in the room and gone down for breakfast early. There’s no rush to get going today, but...
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/ 1 year agoFor the love of the game #5 Part 1: PSV Eindhoven
A plump spectre stoops uneasily as he prepares to ascend into the incandescent white light, high above the chanting crowd. His...
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/ 2 years agoFor the love of the game #4 LOSC Lille
With a few days free in the diary, in the fortnight leading up to Christmas, what else was there to do...
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/ 2 years agoFor the love of the Game #3 (Part 3) – Die Alte Dame (The Old Lady), Hertha BSC
The Olympiastadion is an iconic stadium. In 1936, it became a symbol of Nazi power when it hosted the Berlin Olympics,...
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/ 2 years agoFor the love of the Game #3 (Part 2) – The Olympiastadion, Hertha BSC
I’m sat up in bed while I write tonight. It’s just a couple of days before we fly from Gatwick on...
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/ 2 years agoFor the love of the Game #3 (Part 1) – The Olympiastadion, Hertha BSC
It’s been a good few months since I’ve written a ‘For the love of the Game’ article, and I can’t wait...
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/ 3 years agoFootball fashion
Steve Tolmie examines the changes to the game's attire down the years... Sock it to ’em: Arsenal’s trendy long socks FOOTBALLERS...
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/ 3 years agoFor the love of the game #2 – The Kassam Stadium, Oxford United
What else was I going to do on the final Saturday of the League One season? I travelled to The Kassam...
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/ 3 years agoFor the love of the game #1 – Sixfields, Northampton Town
What else was I going to do with a free Saturday in March? On a balmy hot Spring Saturday, I traveled...
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/ 3 years agoDAN THE PHOTO MAN
NOTTS COUNTY FAN IAN KIRKE SALUTES PHOTOGRAPHER DAN WESTWELL’S EFFORTS TO CAPTURE THE CLUB’S AND SUPPORTERS’ SPECIAL MOMENTS... WITH Nottingham being...
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/ 3 years agoTOMMY’S THE TOPS
KEVIN HALLS EXPLAINS WHY TOMMY HUTCHINSON IS HIS COVENTRY CITY ALL-STAR... Class act: Tommy Hutchison in Coventry colours playing for Scotland...
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/ 3 years agoTHE ONE AND ONLY ST ANDREW’S
LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY FAN KEITH DIXON DELVES INTO THE HISTORY OF THE BLUES’ FAMOUS OLD GROUND... Tough times: Birmingham’s St Andrew’s...
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/ 3 years agoBRYAN ROBSON CAPTAIN MARVEL
ROBERT J WILSON TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE GLITTERING CAREER OF THE FORMER WEST BROM, MANCHESTER UNITED AND ENGLAND STAR......
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/ 3 years agoLIFE AFTER ENGLAND
SAM TODD EXAMINES HOW ENGLAND MANAGERS HAVE FARED AFTER LEAVING THE THREE LIONS HOTSEAT.... WITH a new three-year contract - worth...
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/ 3 years agoNOT SO SUPER SUBS
JOE ACKLAM SAYS THAT CALLS FOR FIVE SUBSTITUTES TO BE REINTRODUCED IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL ARE WIDE OF THE MARK... At the...
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/ 3 years agoTHE LIFE OF A FAN
TORQUAY UNITED SUPORTERS’ TRUST SUPPORTER LIAISON OFFICER NICK BRODRICK EXPLAINS WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO BE A FOOTBALL FOLLOWER... Star quality:...
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/ 3 years agoWINNING VS ENTERTAINMENT
JOE ACKLAM GIVES HIS VIEW ON THE BALANCE BETWEEN WINNING AT ALL COSTS AND LOSING IN STYLE... Attacking intent: Raphinha in...
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/ 3 years agoFOOTBALL GODS
HARRY GORDON TAKES A LOOK AT PLAYERS WHO HAVE ATTRACTED MASSIVE ADORATION OF FANS... A POTHEOSIS is the glorification of a subject...
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/ 3 years agoSOARING SEAGULLS
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION FAN TOBY REED-MCGILL REFLECTS ON HIS CLUB’S UPWARDLY MOBILE JOURNEY IF YOU had told Brighton fans 10...
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/ 4 years agoBRING ON THE SHAKERS
HARRY PHENSHAW ON THE PLIGHT OF BURY FC AND A NEW DAWN FOR THE GIGG LANE CLUB... Before the storm: Bury’s...
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/ 4 years agoOH DANNY BOY
COVENTRY CITY FANATIC KEVIN HALLS RECALLS ONE OF HIS FAVOURITE SKY BLUES PLAYERS, WHOSE CAREER WAS CRUELLY CUT SHORT... Making his...
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/ 4 years agoTHE UNEXPECTED RISE OF SWINDON TOWN
SWINDON SUPPORTER JOE ACKLAM ADMITS THE ROBINS’ FINE FORM IN LEAGUE TWO THIS SEASON HAS CAUGHT EVEN DIE-HARD FANS BY SURPRISE......
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/ 4 years ago‘WOR’ JACKIE AND THE TOON’S FA CUP TREBLE
COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN THE LEGENDARY JACKIE MILBURN AND NEWCASTLE UNITED WERE CUP KINGS IN THE EARLY 1950S... Full stretch: Jackie...
