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For 15 months football has been my speculatively diving, slim-fitted, continental companion. But with Leagues Europa and Champions out of the way, this superest of superseasons is at an end. There's a break in front of us, pals, and, not counting MLS, it lasts exactly 11 days.
Read MoreGloved headers and beamed tasers. It was a weekend of memorable goals, pals, so let's not waste any time.
Read MoreEver been relegated? Me neither. I mean, emotionally I have, but never actually, never competitively. The teams in this list were formally relegated in the last few weeks. Some players will lose their jobs. Some will be playing in League One. I'm not sure which is worse, but I know that I'd give my right leg to play in League One.
Read MoreIt’s time to throw out some respect to Manchester United fans. Managing to have a semi-pivotal league fixture with your club’s greatest rival postponed is notable and uncommon. After a demonstration at the team’s hotel, and again outside of its stadium, a significant Unitedist faction stormed the field at Old Trafford - apparently via a gate that was “left open” by a steward - to shoot off flares, and sing Oasis songs (one assumes).
Read MoreThis is how the money is made under the big top, pals. And this is why the Glazers, Agnelli, Henry and the rest of their pudwhacking pals think they stand a chance with the Super League.
Read MoreIt isn’t the clubs who’ve pushed for this move so much as it is their owners: hedge-funded, petroleum-greased, auto-hawking nabobs who’ve used their means to collect the proposed participants as assets, and now wish only to see a return.
Read MoreThis year it’s felt like every time a black or otherwise coloured player has done something to “cost” their club or its fans something - a throw-in; a foul; possibly the loss of a game- the attendant response has been to shell them with racial abuse on one platform or another.
Read MoreThe Jeaner takes a peek at a few jerseys for the MLS 2021 season, the highlights of which are more interesting than they've been in some time.
Read MoreSpurs’ 2-0 win over Aston Villa stood out mostly because Spurs played in a game where they generated actual scoring chances, some of which they converted into real life goals .
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