Graham Potter, time and Chelsea’s 25 years of hair-trigger tendencies In today’s Football Daily: Chelsea, drama in north London and more The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023
Big Cup knockout football is back, and not a moment too soon for Uefa In today’s Football Daily: Antonio Conte returns to Milan, Pep Guardiola walks it back and Roy Hodgson chills out The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2023
Big Cup tombola, Liverpool rumblings and a distant screeching sound In today’s Fiver: Ball-based drama, uncertainty at Anfield and some vintage Fun and Games in South America The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2022
Europe’s last 16 in the time-honoured reverse-order rundown style In today’s Fiver: A Big Cup rundown, Haaland/Halland and more The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022
Rangers’ unwanted record and ‘a difficult learning curve’ In today’s Fiver: Rangers, Ronnie Radford and a misjudged ad campaign The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2022
VAR sending Antonio Conte’s canopy spinning around at high speed In today’s Fiver: Antonio Conte, human rights and more The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2022
Juventus get their shambolic Big Cup exit out of the way early this season In today’s Fiver: Tough times for the Old Lady, Stuart Pearce’s pep talk and the shirt off Sergio Agüero’s back The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2022
Welcome back Unai Emery, the Rishi Sunak of the Premier League In today’s Fiver: A low bar to clear at Villa Park, Paul Mullin’s boots and Andy Murray does football banter The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022
Liverpool v Rangers, McCoist and Hateley, and three centuries of data In today’s Fiver: The ‘Battle of Britain’, an Xbox injury and much more The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022
A 100% home win rate against Real is a 100% home win rate against Real In today’s Fiver: Big Cup is back, baby. Plus travel news and plenty more The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2022
Arbitrary fiasco ratings and the glorified tombola of European football In today’s Fiver: Big Cup, big mistakes and big days out to postponements The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2022
Scotland have unenviable honour of a World Cup playoff with Ukraine In today’s Fiver: An emotional occasion at Hampden Park, Uefa suits’ obliviousness, and more Beautiful South The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2022
Big Cup chaos, childish tribalism and ‘the forces of law and order’ In today’s Fiver: the Big Cup omnishambles intensifies, Robert Lewandowski wants out and Caitlin Foord finds herself The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2022
Liverpool, Real Madrid and likable doyens of the modern game In today’s Fiver: Big Cup final! Plus late-night Harry Kane and grown men news The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2022
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2022 David Moyes and ill-advised yuks after West Ham’s Euro exit In today’s Fiver: West Ham, tears for Tin Pot and a message from Greenland
The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2022 Villarreal’s Mission: Nigh-on Impossible against Liverpool In today’s Fiver: a big Big Cup night for Liverpool, Tony Khan’s editing ambitions and truth torpedoes
The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2022 For Pep Guardiola it’s the least wonderful time of the year In today’s Fiver: Manchester City failing to heed the rule of all slasher movies
The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2022 The scenes that ‘no one likes to see’ that everyone likes to see In today’s Fiver: The brouhaha at Atlético Madrid v Manchester City
The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2022 Could this be the year for a long-awaited European breakthrough? In today’s Fiver: Submarines, Bayern TV and an inevitable final
The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2022 Lampard, privilege and a seamless segue from Everton to Big Cup In today’s Fiver: promise of devastating incompetence, M|A|R|R|S and more
The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2022 An admission that maybe the Premier League is the ‘best in the world’ In today’s Fiver: Big Cup quarter-final byes, Sean Dyche’s sophisticated advice and ‘Spursy’ v ‘Arsenaling things up’
The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2022 Liverpool and the eerie channelling of that 1981 spirit In today’s Fiver: Big Cup, being taught by a footballer at school and sympathy
The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2022 Worst of all, Chelsea are no longer able to sell a single thing In today’s Fiver: Deepening chaos at Chelsea, corner-kick jingles and plenty of Big Cup fallout
The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2022 Real Madrid, PSG and a dependable source of entertainment for neutrals In today’s Fiver: Belabouring the point, Neighbours and more
The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2022 Antonio Conte and the full Spurs experience In today’s Fiver: Tottenham, Bradford and a Luton Town away-day effort