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The more you look at the way football is run, the more the case for change becomes clear. It's important fans understand the opportunity.
Jul 17
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Martin Cloake
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June 2024
Notes from a football summer
A summer roundup with thoughts on England, the way fans show support, the unacknowledged success of the Champions League final, and between the lines…
Jun 27
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Martin Cloake
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May 2024
The Football Governance Bill has fallen, long live the Football Governance Bill
The snap General Election is another delay in efforts to reform the game, but it could and should inject new life into the legislation
May 29
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The real face of Premier League ticket price inflation
I've worked with Nick Harris of Sporting Intelligence on an investigation into the astonishing rise in prices for fans in English football's top flight.
May 20
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Martin Cloake
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Nick Harris
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April 2024
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.
Apr 23
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Martin Cloake
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March 2024
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.
Mar 21
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Martin Cloake
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Sorry we’re not dead yet
Tottenham Hotspur have a problem. Not enough of their longstanding fans are dying.
Mar 7
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February 2024
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?
Feb 27
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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…
Feb 15
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Martin Cloake
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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
Feb 6
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Martin Cloake
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January 2024
Mission impossible
When did football become so difficult?
Jan 30
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December 2023
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?
Dec 21, 2023
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Martin Cloake
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