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The Long Read: United After Busby
Manchester United may have had it bad recently, but things aren't quite as bad as they became at Old Trafford by the mid-1970s.
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Ian King
The Kickback: What the hell is that machine?
Some Q&As, and a look to what on earth this podcast might llok like over the course of the rest of this summer.
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Ian King
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The Gut Punch
The death of Diogo Jota cast a sudden cloud of silence and grief over football in England yesterday.
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The Long Read: English Football's Top-Flight One-Hit Wonders
Six clubs have had one season and one season only in the top-flight of English football. Here are their stories.
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Ian King

June 2025

Single Parenthood & I: How a bookcase helped me find myself again
When books have been a big part of your life, having them hidden from you feels like losing part of you, except in my case, it happened almost by…
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The Long Read: Bradford, the Avenue, and the Great Betrayal
There used to be two League clubs in Bradford, but since 1970 there's only been one. And it gets far more complicated than that, the further back you…
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The Best Team in the Land & All the World, Part Twelve: Sayonara
It's time for the final part of my history of football's failed attempts to crown a club world champion, with particular attention paid to the 2006…
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Ian King
Single Parenthood & I: School Sports Day
No, you're not getting me up to run on a sweltering hot morning. But I will turn up to support someone who turns out to be... not a natural athlete.
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Ian King
The Long Read: Charlton Athletic & The Battle for The Valley
The original plan was to buld the biggest football ground in the world, but in the end Charlton Athletic supporters had to fight to get back to their…
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Ian King
Single Parenthood & I: The Apps Won't Work
It's only taken a few days on the dating apps to realise that I'm probably not as cut out for them as I thought I might be.
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Ian King
The Long Read: Football vs Fascism in the 1930s
As the world slid towards war in the 1930s, football was as much a part of the British policy of appeasement of anything else.
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Ian King
Single Parenthood & I: Out With The Old
There ain't nothing like some midsummer's replenishment to make you feel brand new.
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