Football coverage is a divisive subject. Some think the standard of punditry is great, others will tell you it needs some work and some will deride it as awful. The analysis of the analysis never ends. This week, The Athletic is looking more closely at the state of the industry, starting with yesterday’s piece assessing what...
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Will Manchester United ever return to the top of English football?
Back in the dark days of the 1980s, Manchester United used to run an advert in their official match programme with the slogan: “This season we mean business!” It became a standing joke among fans once this slogan was not only retained beyond the miserable first few months of one campaign but well into the...
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Thomas Tuchel is a symptom, not a cause, of English football’s coaching problems
There is one issue with England appointing Thomas Tuchel as Gareth Southgate’s successor — and it isn’t his nationality. Rather, what does it say about English coaches — in number and quality — that Tuchel was the “outstanding candidate”? The FA interviewed “approximately” 10 candidates for the senior men’s head coach role, including “some” English...
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How Premier League footballers have turned two Surrey villages into ‘Beverly Hills of Britain’
Welcome to the ‘Beverly Hills of Britain’, where the only thing missing is sunshine. There are luxury cars, fancy restaurants, gated mansions and enough high-level professional footballers to create the United Kingdom’s most dominant five-a-side league. ‘Elmbridge Borough Council welcomes you to Cobham’, the sign reads as you enter the village made famous by Chelsea...
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English Football’s Growing Fraud Problem
Although the United Kingdom might be suffering on other fronts, the English football league is the envy of the world. The simple fact is, no other country in the world boasts the depth of support and history across the football pyramid as England’s top four divisions. And this quality has been richly rewarded. Since the...
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How to Watch the 2024 EFL Carabao Cup Online Without Cable
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The 2024 EFL Carabao Cup features clubs across the English Football League competing for a chance to hoist the EFL Cup at the end of the soccer tournament. It kicks off with 32 matches...
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Netherlands vs. England 2024 Euro Odds, Time, and Prediction
The Dutch have made it to the Euro semifinals for the first time in 20 years. But can they take it a step further? Bookies don’t think so. As per the Netherlands vs. England odds, Gareth Southgate’s men are more likely to advance to the final. But given that the Three Lions have been everything...
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The UK’s second-richest man is demanding Manchester United workers return to the office—’If you don’t like it, please seek alternative employment’
Earlier this year, the second-richest man in the United Kingdom, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, was confirmed as the team’s co-owner earlier this year, and he’s coming in guns blazing (even though he’s no Arsenal fan). And his latest offensive move is ushering employees back to the office, according to an exclusive from The Guardian. Ratcliffe’s main...