I want to argue for the end to international football – or at least radical reform of it. Do you ever felt annoyed or ‘lost’ that club... Continue reading
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Mark Griffiths 
Mark Perryman gets to grips with Nike v St. George, with image above by Hugh Tisdall “This virtue signalling, namby-pamby, pearl-clutching, woke nonsense must stop now. Any... Continue reading
Mark Perryman 
70 years on, Mark Perryman and Guardian football cartoonist David Squires (see image above) revisit LS Lowry’s greatest painting Reputedly a Man City fan LS Lowry’s 1953 masterpiece Going to the Match depicted not Maine Road... Continue reading
Mark Perryman 
Bobby Charlton: 1966 World Cup Winner, 1967 First Division Champions, 1968 European Cup Winner. Frannie Lee: 1968 First Division Champions, 1969 FA Cup Winner, 1970 League Cup... Continue reading
Mark Perryman
As England and Australia continue the age-old clashes for the Ashes this summer, one name always hovers over the collective psyche of both teams as they take... Continue reading
Sean Ledwith 
The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That’s how I see football, that’s how... Continue reading
Mark Perryman 
As part of the Culture for All series, supported by the Communication Workers Union, we’re proud to present a short film about why sport matters, by Michael Roberts. Why... Continue reading
Culture Matters 
Next up in our series of short films about culture and cultural democracy is a film by Martin Cloake on football, followed by the text of his... Continue reading
Culture Matters 
David Douglass review Colliers: Northumberland’s Pitmen and Their Football League Team, by Jon Tait, Rough Badger Press ISBN 9798532247727 The coalfields of the 20’s were a hotbed... Continue reading
David Douglass 
Mark Perryman has been reading up on the sport we’ve lost, and what sport might become, as what seems like a never-ending lockdown gradually eases Way back... Continue reading
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