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The Great FA Cup Replays Controversy of 2024
The furore over the abolition of FA Cup replays has led to an awful lot of nonsense being talked.
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The enduring nature of a football club
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The Truth about the fan experience in UEFA competitions
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Sorry we’re not dead yet
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Tourist rap
The idea of what it means to be a fan is up for grabs again - but it's a debate that distracts from the real issues in football.
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Sorry we’re not dead yet
Tottenham Hotspur have a problem. Not enough of their longstanding fans are dying.
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A song for Europe
Does a flurry of headlines about the treatment of football fans at European matches herald a change in the mood music, or is it just the same old tune?
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The great facial recognition experiment
Live facial recognition is a controversial technology that has been challenged in the UK courts and in Parliament. But the police are, once again, using…
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When football met crypto – a tale that will curl your toes
A superb new book from journalist Martin Calladine lays bare the shocking lack of care and crass ignorance that underpinned football's embrace of crypto
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Mission impossible
When did football become so difficult?
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European Super League - back from the dead?
The long-awaited verdict from the European Court of Justice on UEFA, FIFA and the blocking of the breakaway league is in – so what does it all mean?
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