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Premier League 2022-23 review: gripes of the season

by el-admin - July 18, 2023 050

Short-term thinking Surely we are at the stage where we do not need to constantly criticise players who have not reached the level a fan wants them to in the first few months of the season? We can all now look at Jack Grealish being integral to Manchester City’s title-winning side

Women’s World Cup 2023: your guide to all 736 players

by el-admin - July 17, 2023 064

Jump to another team New Zealand Jump to another team Jitka Klimkova New Zealand’s World Cup record so far reads 15 games played, won none, but a warm-up win over

Moving the Goalposts | After an eight-year break, Ireland’s Sinead Farrelly is World Cup-bound

Uncategorized by el-admin - July 16, 2023 00

Comebacks are synonymous with football. The media are full of stories of athletes fighting the odds to regain their place at the top. You would, however, be hard to find one as satisfying and welcome as that of the Republic of Ireland’s Sinead Farrelly. The 33-year-old is heading to her first

Dominik Szoboszlai: the complete player set to impress at Liverpool

by el-admin - July 13, 2023 076

As Liverpool set about reinforcing their midfield this summer, they first opted for the Premier League-proven Alexis Mac Allister from Brighton, paying £35m for Argentina’s World Cup winner. The Anfield club’s next move was to sign Dominik Szoboszlai, who at 22 is already captain of Hungary. Liverpool paid RB Leipzig his

Declan Rice arrives at Arsenal as driving force to unify Arteta’s midfield reboot

by el-admin - July 13, 2023 071

It is a far cry from the inefficient, uncertain Arsenal people had come to know. When Mikel Arteta takes his squad to the Adidas training facilities in Bavaria this week he can reflect that, a few further tweaks aside, he is working with the group he believes can win the

Football clubs were born to represent communities and fans, not owners | Jonathan Wilson

by el-admin - July 11, 2023 042

What is a football club? It’s one of those questions that seem simple but turn out to be extremely difficult to give an answer to. Not all clubs are the same, and not all people will view a club in the same way, but – and this is perhaps especially

Premier League 2022-23 review: the season’s best photos

by el-admin - July 10, 2023 062

August The season began with Manchester City’s new £51m signing, Erling Haaland, scoring … a lot. The Norwegian struck twice on his Premier League debut at West Ham, scored another against Newcastle where City rescued a 3-3 draw, and then racked up back-to-back hat-tricks against Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest. Contrast

Vera Pauw counts injury cost as Ireland announce Women’s World Cup squad

by el-admin - July 9, 2023 080

The Republic of Ireland manager, Vera Pauw, says it was “impossible” for injury victims Aoife Mannion and Megan Campbell to have made her Women’s World Cup squad. The defensive pair, who play for Manchester United and Liverpool respectively, were not included on the 23-player list named by Pauw on Wednesday for

Craig Brown: a Scotland legend – video obituary

by el-admin - July 8, 2023 045

Craig Brown, the much-loved former Scotland manager, has died at the age of 82. After a playing career with Rangers, Dundee and Falkirk was cut short by a knee injury, Glasgow-born Brown moved into management with Clyde in 1977. He managed at both club level and internationally, leading the national

International stand-offs and the WSL 2022-23 best bits – Women’s Football Weekly

by el-admin - July 4, 2023 076

On today’s pod: are you suffering from football withdrawal? Fear not, we’ll catch you up on all the latest from the past week including resolutions in the Spain squad - kind of – contract signings and World Cup squad announcements. And we promised end of season awards so you