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Celtic's hammering in Dortmund is a joke that may wear off quickly
It speaks a lot for the inequalities of European club football that a team can go from winning 6-0 on Saturday to losing 7-1 on Wednesday, a state of…
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So, I bought a typewriter
How much I use this heavy lump of steel isn't as important as having this thing of beauty in my life.
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The National League Cup gets off to a predictably dismal start
The Premier League wanted rid of FA Cup replays, and this is all the National League got in return.
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The Hillians Have Eyes
Saturday afternoon at the football with the kids requires allowing them to do what *they* want to do.
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The Football Kickback: Drugs, Drugs, Glorious Drugs
Manchester United fans look away, but not until the second half as this week's Football Kickback chooses to eschew football for its first 25 minutes.
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If you're a big club and you're getting dunked on by Spurs, things are bad
Manchester United managed something against Spurs, but whether one of the worst performances of the Ten Hag era is worth shouting about may be…
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They warn you about the tiredness, but they don't warn you about this sort of tiredness
As I said last week, there is no substitutes bench, and that doesn't only apply in the event of illness. A normal, standard day is packed enough.
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Words & Pictures to Follow: Brain fog and Burgess Hill
There was one I missed, last season, and this Saturday is an opportunity to put that right.
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Women's football still has a lot of ground to make up on the men's game
It's not just a matter of money. There remain clubs at which women's teams are treated as being expendable, and that's simply not good enough.
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The Football Kickback: Cumulative Concussions
Listen now | You weekly Kickback is here, and this time we're almost completely consumed by one particular match.
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Everton: Light at the end of the Mersey Tunnel
There remains much to unpick about Everton Football Club, but when things have been this bad you just have to grab onto whatever good news you can.
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Shit Shot Mungo, Episode 5
Back to Scotland, for the latest instalment in the life of the world's worst ever professional footballer.
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Meet The New Defence, Same As The Old Defence
Horley Town and Hassocks on a (eventually) sunny afternoon is as good way to spend a late September afternoon.
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There is no substitutes bench
When you're a single parent and you fall ill, you just have to get up and get on with it.
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Unexpected Delirium
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