How you consume your football probably defines exactly what kind of football fan you are. The kind of football fan you are – a serious …
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Beer drills and beer fountains: the potential outcomes of Tracey Crouch’s alcohol plans
“When your team scores, the full pint in your hand might be up in the air, soaking all those around in warm, stale beer.”
The word of the week: sustainable
“‘Sustainable’, when used in a financial context, is a misfire.”
The problems behind Premier League’s travel ban on Brazilian footballers
“There is some pride in seeing Brazilian players add enticing flavours to European football, and Asian football, and football in the Faroe Islands. But there’s also a more palpable feeling of saudades, of longing for the days where the Brazilian league had some international pedigree.”
Perhaps Wembley Way was not the Way
“Perhaps we will never see England win anything in football ever again, and therefore never see that racism-free, hooligan-free, drug-free, idiot-free, perfect English society which would surely, surely ensue from victory?”
The men without disgrace
“One would hope that all men privately weeping at home would feel absolved of shame from watching Gazza cry, David Luiz burst into red-eyed tears after defeat to Germany, as well as Beckham, Buffon, or Terry.”
Dressing up tactics
“if you are of the superstitious kind, you might say that the L-shape is symbolic of the word “lose””
Quirk report: Ball hits Salah’s back as he fails to fall to the ground, Fulham then score
“Salah’s (failed) theatrics in the lead-up to the goal was especially entertaining for the keen watcher. “
Maradona: the ‘Live is Life’ warmup
“Something tending towards the sublime: a short man named Diego Maradona danced- with a football.”
Football’s changing: so, let’s ask questions, nothing but questions
“Do I get a say in all this?”
