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Are Manchester City now mirroring Chelsea’s approach to the transfer market?

’90s Heroes: Faustino Asprilla

‘Sweeper’ by Steve Bruce: A review

Meeting Bobby Robson at PSV Eindhoven

’90s Heroes: Jurgen Klinsmann

A career from Football Manager? It could happen…

’90s Heroes: Big Duncan Ferguson

Cash-rich and eyes on the prize, but is Wolves’ takeover too good to be true?

‘No Oyston Day’ at AFC Blackpool

Goalmouth Scrambles: A Study of Footballing Chaos

Why do Premier League clubs avoid buy-back clauses?

Transfer window myth-busting

Ahmed Musa profile: what can the winger bring to Leicester?

9 films which use football as a brilliant plot device

Olivier Giroud: the quiet man silencing the doubters for France

Why are we trying to break Raheem Sterling?

It is time for Eden Hazard to confirm his quality for Belgium

Thanks to Rafa Benitez, there are already shoots of recovery at Newcastle

The carnal pleasure of goals that go in off the crossbar

Gary Martin, an English striker playing in Iceland, warns England to expect a tough test in their last-16 tie

When football came home: Euro ’96 through the eyes of a 10-year-old

Germany are turning to technology to get even better at penalties

Pieces of Hate: The England Band

How a new, almost humble, Zlatan reinvented himself at PSG

Cultural architect or cultural prisoner: it is time for Hodgson to choose

Nedved, Berger and Bamber Bridge: how the Czech Republic warmed up for Euro ’96

Euro 2016 Betting with The Set Pieces

Partying with Ronaldo in Bolivia at Copa America ’97

Life Kinetik: What can it bring to Liverpool next season?

Before Football Manager, there was play-by-mail fantasy football

Viktor Fischer profile: A talented forward on the path to redemption

Riyad Mahrez at St Mirren: the diamond in the rough who became the jewel in Leicester’s crown

New York’s Hudson River Derby: You don’t need history to have hatred

The Long Road Back For Crystal Palace

Sheffield Wednesday: A season out of the ordinary

Pieces of Hate: Football kit unveilings

League Two’s Leicester City: The unexpected rise of Accrington Stanley

Fantasy, failure and taxi fares: The story of Sonny Pike

The curious existence of minute-by-minute football commentary

Vox In The Box: Matt Stanger, new editor of The Set Pieces

Vox in the Box: Andy Brassell

Sheffield FC: The Oldest Football Club In The World

Statement

The Column: B Teams in the JPT

If You Know Your History (1979/80)

Luciano Spalletti’s Return to Roma

Women’s Super League Preview

If You Know Your History (1978/79)

The Watford Effect

A Day With The Traders

Pieces of Hate: Charlie Stillitano

If You Know Your History (1977/78)

Power Shifts In The Manchester Non League Scene

How To Get Better At FM16 (Part II)

If You Know Your History (1976/77)

The Future of Football

The Column: The TV Appearance That Broke Leeds

If You Know Your History 1975/76

25 Years of Stonewall FC

Keegan Goes To Hamburg

If You Know Your History (1974/75)

China: The Past

China: The Now

The Column: Why Are Spurs Doing So Well?

If You Know Your History 1973/74

The Column: Where Did It Go Wrong For Bolton?

If You Know Your History (1972/73)

Wimbledon’s Move To Ireland

The Column: It Wasn’t Always Like This For Sunderland

If You Know Your History (1971/72)

Pieces of Hate: Deadline Day

The Column: Joining The Press Pack

The Column: What Do Liverpool Need?

If You Know Your History (1970/71)

David Farrell: Back In The Game

Column: How Many More Lower League Stars Are Out There?

Our Man In…erm…Rome

If You Know Your History (1969/70)

Football on the Radio

The Column: Is This Arsenal’s Year?

The Column: A Year of Alex Neil

Torn In Two

The Set Pieces’ Christmas List

Brazil: Eighteen Months On

Pieces of Hate: Tarnished Heroes

Second Glance: Preston 1952/53

The Briefing (30/11/15)

Shifting to Neutral

The Miracle That Could’ve Happened…To Derby County

Pieces of Hate: Injury Vines

Our Man In Cologne (12/11/15)

Yes, It’s Five Things We Learned (About FM16)

El Mister: British Managers in Spain

Pitch to Pixel

Pieces of Hate: Poppy Fascists

Focus: Watford

The Long Read: Football’s New Holy War

Focus: England
