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Has Nathan Jones’s Southampton nightmare tainted EFL managers?
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World Cup 2022: How injuries helped France avoid the winners’ curse
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World Cup 2022: The lessons learned from USA and Iran’s France 98 clash
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World Cup 2022: How history can help Argentina and Germany
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World Cup 2022: Why Southgate is still the one for England
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World Cup 2022: How to drop players from your squad
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The Glory Game: Remembering Hunter Davies’ legendary book, 50 years on
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Celtic v Real Madrid: Remembering the last time the two giants did battle in the European Cup
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Diego Maradona, deified in the street art of Buenos Aires
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The final whistle: Why grassroots referees are calling it quits
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Gus Poyet: Greece manager’s assessment of former club Chelsea’s chances of glory
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Women’s Euro 2022: Preparing for England to face Germany in showcase final
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Women’s Euro 2022: The super fan jetting in from Singapore for the finals
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Denmark win Euro 92: John Sivebæk remembers unlikely victory, 30 years on
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Gerry Armstrong: Remembering Northern Ireland’s 1982 World Cup heroics
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Nations League: A good idea or a waste of time?
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England 1–0 Argentina, World Cup 2002: Beckham’s revenge and Simeone’s rage
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What’s the secret to great man-management?
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Get It On book: How the 70s influenced the modern game
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Erik ten Hag: The making of Manchester United’s new manager
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Sliding Doors: Eric Cantona joining Manchester United
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Stonewall Women and Non-Binary FC: Manager Betty Mayeya’s inspirational story
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Do strikers get better with age?
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World Cup 2022: What England prospects have to do to get in Gareth Southgate’s squad
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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
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Should football managers only stay at clubs for three years?
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Heurelho Gomes: “Antonio Conte is Tottenham’s new Mauricio Pochettino”
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Phoenix Fire: The American club who brought Harry Redknapp to Arizona
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Newcastle United: How Saudi takeover is affecting football in Yemen
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Dave Stringer: Norwich City’s ultimate one-club man
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Euros quiz: Can you name England’s Euro 96 squad?
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Terry Venables: From Bonham Road to Barcelona manager and England boss
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Why stadium visits mean so much more after Covid-19 closures
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George Luke: The first British footballer to sign for a fee in apartheid South Africa
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Why don’t we embrace diversity in football?
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Le Havre: The French club where Pogba, Payet and Mahrez honed their talents
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The Yorkshire phoenix clubs rising from the ashes
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Does signing a long-term contract demotivate players?
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Andy Hessenthaler: The Gillingham legend on managing Dover and his inspirations
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Goals or clean sheets? How a newly appointed Premier League manager can avoid relegation
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Rickie Lambert: How to take the perfect penalty
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Vox in the Box: Semra Hunter
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How top clubs are using psychological data to run the rule over new signings
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Football Quiz: Can you name this season’s oldest Premier League players?
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England in the 60s: How Walter Winterbottom’s side set the groundwork for World Cup success
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Vox in the Box: Max Rushden
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England in the 90s: The strikers who never made it
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Is Premier League sacking season a real thing?
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The Sun in Liverpool: Life as England’s most-hated football reporter
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Gianfranco Zola: How Chelsea’s favourite Italian announced himself to the Premier League
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The Big Step: How football is dealing with its gambling habit
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Why manager perception is having more of an influence
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Through the lens: Life as a football photographer
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Football quiz: Can you name the last 30 Englishmen to manage in the Premier League?
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Football Kit Memories: The best classic shirt picks
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“English goalkeepers are good again” – David James
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Do we go too far asking for football managers to be sacked?
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West Ham’s London Lions: The all-English cup kings of the 60s
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The best moments from Graham Taylor documentary, An Impossible Job
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Football quiz: Can you name the last 15 Newscastle managers?
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Titans of the Teardrop Isle: Playing football in Sri Lanka
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Hungarian football and the impact of Viktor Orban
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Football quiz: Can you name the 28 players with most sub appearances for England?
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Hannes Halldorsson: The Icelandic film director who saved a Lionel Messi penalty
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Arthur Wharton: Football’s forgotten pioneer
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Football quiz: Can you name the players to score the most free-kicks in the Premier League since 2006/07?
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What it’s like to play professional football abroad
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Underground, Overground: Exploring Wimbledon’s move to Milton Keynes
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Gareth Ainsworth: From Crazy Gang to building Wycombe’s culture club
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Derek Rae: FIFA 21 commentator on broadcast mispronunciations
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Why non-league’s grass isn’t always greener
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CM01/02: The Golden Generation Project (Episode 6)
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Craig Moore: Defender on living the dream with Rangers and Australia
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Nuno Gomes: When Portugal’s talented side nearly won the Euros
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Euros quiz: Can you name all the European Championship finalists?
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Bolo Zenden: The Netherlands brush with home glory at Euro 2000
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Brexit, industry and national identity: England’s World Cup run through the eyes of an everyday English town
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