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Nedum Onuoha: The former Manchester City defender on Roberto Mancini and his Etihad exit

Has Nathan Jones’s Southampton nightmare tainted EFL managers?

World Cup 2022: How injuries helped France avoid the winners’ curse

World Cup 2022: The lessons learned from USA and Iran’s France 98 clash

World Cup 2022: How history can help Argentina and Germany

World Cup 1982: Algeria 2 West Germany 1

World Cup 2022: Why Southgate is still the one for England

Brazil 1970: Who was Tostao?

World Cup 2022: How to drop players from your squad

Robbie Earle: How NBC have made America fall in love with the Premier League

Charles Reep: How data analysis kicked off in the 1950s

The Glory Game: Remembering Hunter Davies’ legendary book, 50 years on

World Cup 2022: Why Gareth Southgate’s pragmatism might not be bad news for England

Is Premier League sacking season a real phenomenon?

Celtic v Real Madrid: Remembering the last time the two giants did battle in the European Cup

Diego Maradona, deified in the street art of Buenos Aires

The final whistle: Why grassroots referees are calling it quits

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

Pre-season tours: When football clubs were setting sail to play overseas friendlies

Vox in the Box: Elis James

Women’s Euro 2022: The super fan jetting in from Singapore for the finals

Denmark win Euro 92: John Sivebæk remembers unlikely victory, 30 years on

Gerry Armstrong: Remembering Northern Ireland’s 1982 World Cup heroics

Nations League: A good idea or a waste of time?

From the Jaws of Victory book: Wales at the 1958 World Cup

England 1–0 Argentina, World Cup 2002: Beckham’s revenge and Simeone’s rage

Premier League loans: Why short-term moves aren’t always good for players

An unlikely saviour: Remembering Roy Hodgson’s successful spell at Inter

What’s the secret to great man-management?

Get It On book: How the 70s influenced the modern game

Cruyff at 75: Remembering the Netherlands’ favourite number 14

Erik ten Hag: The making of Manchester United’s new manager

Oldham Athletic: League Two relegation, Abdallah Lemsagam and a hope that won’t die

Sean Dyche sacked: Burnley fans’ sense of loss after manager departs

Chesterfield v Middlesbrough: The story of the Spireites FA Cup adventure in 1996-97

Sliding Doors: Eric Cantona joining Manchester United

Stonewall Women and Non-Binary FC: Manager Betty Mayeya’s inspirational story

Do strikers get better with age?

World Cup 2022: What England prospects have to do to get in Gareth Southgate’s squad

Inside Football Twitter: How comedian Bilal Zafar infiltrated social media’s footie underworld

Vox in the Box: The Last Leg’s Alex Brooker

Should football managers only stay at clubs for three years?

Heurelho Gomes: “Antonio Conte is Tottenham’s new Mauricio Pochettino”

Phoenix Fire: The American club who brought Harry Redknapp to Arizona

Newcastle United: How Saudi takeover is affecting football in Yemen

Dave Stringer: Norwich City’s ultimate one-club man

Euros quiz: Can you name England’s Euro 96 squad?

Terry Venables: From Bonham Road to Barcelona manager and England boss

Why stadium visits mean so much more after Covid-19 closures

AFCON 2021: How Gambia head coach Tom Saintfiet transformed the Scorpions

Ten objects that shocked and shook the football world

George Luke: The first British footballer to sign for a fee in apartheid South Africa

Coventry City 1987: How the Sky Blues played Manchester United on the way to FA Cup glory

Why don’t we embrace diversity in football?

Le Havre: The French club where Pogba, Payet and Mahrez honed their talents

The Yorkshire phoenix clubs rising from the ashes

Does signing a long-term contract demotivate players?

Andy Hessenthaler: The Gillingham legend on managing Dover and his inspirations

Bhutan v Montserrat: The Other Final to award FIFA’s wooden spoon

Goals or clean sheets? How a newly appointed Premier League manager can avoid relegation

Rickie Lambert: How to take the perfect penalty

Vox in the Box: Semra Hunter

How top clubs are using psychological data to run the rule over new signings

Football Quiz: Can you name this season’s oldest Premier League players?

England in the 60s: How Walter Winterbottom’s side set the groundwork for World Cup success

Vox in the Box: Max Rushden

England in the 90s: The strikers who never made it

Is Premier League sacking season a real thing?

The Sun in Liverpool: Life as England’s most-hated football reporter

Gianfranco Zola: How Chelsea’s favourite Italian announced himself to the Premier League

The Big Step: How football is dealing with its gambling habit

Why manager perception is having more of an influence

Through the lens: Life as a football photographer

Football quiz: Can you name the last 30 Englishmen to manage in the Premier League?

Football Kit Memories: The best classic shirt picks

“English goalkeepers are good again” – David James

Do we go too far asking for football managers to be sacked?

West Ham’s London Lions: The all-English cup kings of the 60s

The best moments from Graham Taylor documentary, An Impossible Job

Football quiz: Can you name the last 15 Newscastle managers?

Titans of the Teardrop Isle: Playing football in Sri Lanka

Hungarian football and the impact of Viktor Orban

Football quiz: Can you name the 28 players with most sub appearances for England?

Hannes Halldorsson: The Icelandic film director who saved a Lionel Messi penalty

Arthur Wharton: Football’s forgotten pioneer

Football quiz: Can you name the players to score the most free-kicks in the Premier League since 2006/07?

What it’s like to play professional football abroad

Underground, Overground: Exploring Wimbledon’s move to Milton Keynes

Gareth Ainsworth: From Crazy Gang to building Wycombe’s culture club

Derek Rae: FIFA 21 commentator on broadcast mispronunciations

Why non-league’s grass isn’t always greener

CM01/02: The Golden Generation Project (Episode 6)

Craig Moore: Defender on living the dream with Rangers and Australia

Nuno Gomes: When Portugal’s talented side nearly won the Euros

Euros quiz: Can you name all the European Championship finalists?

Bolo Zenden: The Netherlands brush with home glory at Euro 2000

Brexit, industry and national identity: England’s World Cup run through the eyes of an everyday English town
