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Interviews
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![The Final Whistle: Why referees are leaving grassroots football](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/The-Final-Whistle.jpg)
The final whistle: Why grassroots referees are calling it quits
![Gus Poyet – Greece manager's assessment of former club Chelsea's chances of glory](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Gus-Poyet-–-Greece-managers-assessment-of-former-club-Chelseas-chances-of-glory.jpg)
Gus Poyet: Greece manager’s assessment of former club Chelsea’s chances of glory
![Women's Euro 2022 Preparing for England to face Germany in showcase final](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Womens-Euro-2022-Preparing-for-England-to-face-Germany-in-showcase-final.jpg)
Women’s Euro 2022: Preparing for England to face Germany in showcase final
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Vox in the Box: Elis James
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Gerry Armstrong: Remembering Northern Ireland’s 1982 World Cup heroics
![Premier League loans Why short-term stays aren't always good for players](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Premier-League-loans-Why-short-term-stays-arent-always-good-for-players.jpg)
Premier League loans: Why short-term moves aren’t always good for players
![What's the secret to great man management?](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Whats-the-secret-to-great-man-management.jpg)
What’s the secret to great man-management?
![Oldham Athletic League Two relegation, Abdallah Lemsagam and a hope that won't die](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Oldham-Athletic-League-Two-relegation-Abdallah-Lemsagam-and-a-hope-that-wont-die.jpg)
Oldham Athletic: League Two relegation, Abdallah Lemsagam and a hope that won’t die
![Stonewall FC and Non-Binary FC: Manager Betty Mayeya interview](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Stonewall-FC-and-Non-Binary-FC-Betty-Mayeya.jpg)
Stonewall Women and Non-Binary FC: Manager Betty Mayeya’s inspirational story
![Goals in the grey. Do strikers get better with age](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Goals-in-the-grey.-Do-strikers-get-better-with-age.jpg)
Do strikers get better with age?
![Bilal Zafar Theatre of Memes, journeying through Football Twitter](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bilal-Zafar-Theatre-of-Memes-journeying-through-Football-Twitter.jpg)
Inside Football Twitter: How comedian Bilal Zafar infiltrated social media’s footie underworld
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Vox in the Box: The Last Leg’s Alex Brooker
![Heurelho Gomes – Conte is the new Pochettino at Spurs](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Heurelho-Gomes-–-Conte-is-the-new-Pochettino.jpg)
Heurelho Gomes: “Antonio Conte is Tottenham’s new Mauricio Pochettino”
![AFCON 2022 Tom Saintfiet Gambia quarter final](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/AFCON-2022-Tom-Saintfiet-Gambia-quarter-final.jpg)
AFCON 2021: How Gambia head coach Tom Saintfiet transformed the Scorpions
![Does signing a long-term contract demotivate players?](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Does-signing-a-long-term-contract-demotivate-players.jpg)
Does signing a long-term contract demotivate players?
![Andy Hessenthaler: Gillingham legend's career memories](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Golden-Memories-330x220.jpg)
Andy Hessenthaler: The Gillingham legend on managing Dover and his inspirations
![Rickie Lambert the penalty king](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Rickie-Lambert-the-penalty-king.jpg)
Rickie Lambert: How to take the perfect penalty
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Vox in the Box: Semra Hunter
![Transfer tactics: From eye-tracking to social media monitoring, how clubs are scouting players](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Transfer-tactics.jpg)
How top clubs are using psychological data to run the rule over new signings
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Vox in the Box: Max Rushden
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The Sun in Liverpool: Life as England’s most-hated football reporter
![Football's gambling addiction](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Footballs-gambling-addiction.jpg)
The Big Step: How football is dealing with its gambling habit
![Robbie Barratt, football photographer](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Robbie-Barratt-football-photographer.jpg)
Through the lens: Life as a football photographer
![David James](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/David-James.jpg)
“English goalkeepers are good again” – David James
![Hannes Halldorsson Icelandic football turned film maker](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Hannes-Halldorsson-Icelandic-football-turned-film-maker.jpg)
Hannes Halldorsson: The Icelandic film director who saved a Lionel Messi penalty
![Gareth Ainsworth Wycombe's culture club](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Gareth-Ainsworth-Wycombes-culture-club.jpg)
Gareth Ainsworth: From Crazy Gang to building Wycombe’s culture club
![The Language of Football](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/The-Language-of-Football-330x220.jpg)
Derek Rae: FIFA 21 commentator on broadcast mispronunciations
![Nuno Gomes: Euro 2000 breakthrough](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Nuno-Euros-breakthrough-330x220.jpg)
Nuno Gomes: When Portugal’s talented side nearly won the Euros
![Netherlands, Euro 2000](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Host-heartbreak-330x220.jpg)
Bolo Zenden: The Netherlands brush with home glory at Euro 2000
![Euro 2020: How to win a penalty shootout](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Dont-fear-the-shootout-330x220.jpg)
Euro 2020: How to win a penalty shootout at a major tournament
![Meet England’s nemesis](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Meet-England’s-nemesis-330x220.jpg)
Iceland 2 England 1: Swedish boss on beating the Three Lions in Euro 2016
![The fall of Kevin Keegan: England Euro 2000 woes](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/The-fall-of-King-Kev-330x220.jpg)
Euro 2000: England stars look back on tournament failure
![Heysel Memories](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Heysel-Memories.jpg)
Heysel disaster: Liverpool and Juventus fans remember stadium horror
![The fake footballer Gregoire akcelrod](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/The-fake-footbaler-Gregoire-akcelrod.jpg)
Gregoire Akcelrod: The fake footballer
![Solly March: Ambition Brighton midfielder on his future plan](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Sollys-March-to-the-top-330x220.jpg)
Solly March: The ambitious Brighton wing-back on his future plans
![Football mascots: Super furry animals](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Super-Furry-Animals-330x220.jpg)
Football mascots: Rugby tackling streakers, Mesut Ozil and broken jaws
![Growing up with Jamie Vardy](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Growing-up-with-Jamie-Vardy.jpg)
Jamie Vardy: Non-league team-mates discuss the Leicester star’s early years
![Ashwin Raman: Football Manager data genius working for Dundee United](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-Teenagers-Dream-330x220.jpg)
Ashwin Raman: The teenage data genius working at Dundee United
![The dying art of sticking a player.on the posts](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-dying-art-of-sticking-a-player.on-the-posts.jpg)
The dying art of sticking a man on the post
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Matt Crossen: Meet England Cerebral Palsy’s non-league playing captain
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Vox in the Box: Gavin Hamilton, former World Soccer editor
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Nicklas Bendtner: The Danish striker on Arsenal, gambling and missed opportunities
![Christian Burgess: A thinking man's game](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/A-Thinking-Mans-Game-330x220.jpg)
Christian Burgess: The left-wing footballer making his own way
![The Three Kings](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/The-Three-Kings-330x220.jpg)
The Three Kings: Uncovering the stories of Busby, Shankly and Stein
![A Giantkiller's Story: FA Cup, Blyth Spartans](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/A-Giantkillers-Story_330x220.jpg)
FA Cup: Inside Blyth Spartans’ giant-killing heroics
![Mido's memories](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Midos-Memories_330x220.jpg)
Mido: Egyptian forward’s memories of Tottenham and Middlesbrough
![Derby County's record low](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Derbys-record-low-330x220.jpg)
Derby County: The Premier League’s worst-ever team
![Maradona,-Magpies-&-managing-330x220](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Maradona-Magpies-managing-330x220.jpg)
Nobby Solano: Newcastle and Aston Villa cult hero remembers his career
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Matt Piper: Former Leicester City and Sunderland footballer’s battle with depression
![Keith Gillespie's greatest managers](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gillespies-Greats-330x220.jpg)
Keith Gillespie: The ex-Man Utd and Newcastle winger on working with the game’s greats
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Vox in the Box: James Andrew, FourFourTwo editor
![A career with Sir Bobby Robson](https://thesetpieces.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-Career-with-Bobby-330x220.jpg)
Sir Bobby Robson: Scouting Rivaldo and becoming Sunderland manager
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Magnus Hedman: Former Chelsea and Celtic goalkeeper opens up about his battle with addiction
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‘I wanted to contribute to political causes outside of football’: Stig Inge Bjørnebye and the Liverpool dockers’ strike
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Vox in the Box: The Athletic’s Alex Kay-Jelski
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Souleymane Coulibaly: “I could still be playing with Kane at Spurs”
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Kevin Phillips: The former Sunderland striker talks goalscoring
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Bury AFC: How manager Andy Welsh is laying foundations at phoenix club
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James Richardson: The inside story of Gazzetta Football Italia
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The unlikely international: The non-league footballer living a double life
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Jurgen Klopp’s early years and how he could have coached Manchester United
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Newcastle United: The Champions League night at the San Siro that lives long in the memory
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Peter Drury: “I’ve always had a fascination with words”
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Vox in the Box: Chris Evans, new editor of The Set Pieces
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Sven-Goran Eriksson: ‘You have to change a little bit, but my methods are more or less the same everywhere’
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Keith Hackett: ‘The current standard of refereeing in the Premier League is low… some ought to hang up their whistle’
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Meet Heath Pearce, the US footballer who turned $1,400 into 35 international caps
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Mark Hateley on winning the French title and working with Arsene Wenger at Monaco
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‘My dream was to play in the Premier League’ – Meet Chelsea’s former longest-serving player… who never played for Chelsea
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‘I’ve met kings, sultans, presidents and prime ministers’: The Liverpool-born coach who’s worked in seven Asian countries
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‘It’s very tough… you think of chucking in the towel’: The trials and tribulations of a free agent once the season’s begun
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Claudio Taffarel on Alisson, Ederson and the history of Brazilian goalkeeping
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Gareth Seddon: ‘Gary Neville rang me up and said Salford needed a goalscorer… I thought someone was taking the mick’
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‘I wanted to contribute to political causes outside of football’: Stig Inge Bjørnebye and the Liverpool dockers’ strike
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Meet the Premier League new boy who represents England… at futsal
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Your First Football Shirt
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The making of ‘Graham Taylor: An Impossible Job’
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Danny Guthrie: ‘I’m happy in Indonesia… I have no desire to return to England’
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James Keene: The striker from Somerset who’s played in India, Norway, South Africa, Israel and Sweden
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Lee Clark: ‘If I’d kept away from Blackpool and Birmingham, who knows what my next job might have been?’
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Deon Burton: ‘The carnival atmosphere was amazing…. Jamaica were most fans’ adopted team at France ’98’
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Patrick Suffo on how off-field issues tore Cameroon’s World Cup apart in 2002
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Lucio on winning the World Cup and why he’s still playing at 40
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Giorgian De Arrascaeta on Uruguay’s World Cup hopes and playing with Suarez
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Mandela Egbo: ‘Anyone can beat anyone here… it’s ignorant to slag the Bundesliga off’
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Grant Holt: ‘The trouble in this industry is everyone’s put in the same bracket’
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Barry Hayles interview: From Premier League Fulham to ninth-tier Windsor
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Alan Curbishley on Charlton, West Ham and why he’s been out of management for so long
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Leonid Slutsky on Hull City, Russian football and the 2018 World Cup
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From London amateur to MLS professional: Interview with Philadelphia Union’s Jack Elliott
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Ian Rush and Michael Owen on playing abroad & how well they’d suit Klopp’s Liverpool
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From Birkenhead to Brazil: Interview with Paysandu midfielder Ryan Williams
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Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr on the Super Eagles, the World Cup and coaching Aubameyang
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Jesus Navas on Sevilla return, beating anxiety at Man City & life under Guardiola
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Dapo Afolayan: The forward who turned down Chelsea for non-league
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Ruben Bover, the Barnet midfielder who learned from Thierry Henry in MLS
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Yeovil Town vs Man United: “It’s like the Queen coming; Yeovil’s name all over the world.”
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Nigel Pearson interview: On the challenge at Belgian club OH Leuven
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