The Ugly Face of the Beautiful Game
The best weekend in the English football calendar is among us. Yes, it’s time for commentators up and down the land to dust off their book of cliches, time for pundits to crank their condescension switches to maximum, and supporters of every club outside the top six to begin dreaming of a heroic run to […]
Read More Losing My Favourite Game: ‘Que Sera Sera’ with KetchAll good things must come to an end and, as proven by the final knockings of this absolute binfire of a decade, all bad things must too. The 2010s have been tumultuous, with worldwide divisions and fractious tribalism spurred on by the rise of social media and a loss of trust in our mainstream news […]
Read More Losing My Favourite Game: ‘Like Father Like Son’ with Mat HodgsonIt’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, and no we’re not talking about the festival of gluttony, the endless flatulence, or the Queen’s fifteen minutes of meaningless platitudes. No, Christmas time means a festival of football, with games coming thick and fast and managers of mult-million pound squads trotting out their annual excuses for […]
Read More Losing My Favourite Game: ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ with Freddie FarrellWhilst most of the country have been busying themselves with thoughts of Christmas, along with the Worst General Election of All Time, a handful of lower and non-league football teams have been spending the cold dark December nights attempting to secure their places in the best weekend of the English football season - the FA […]
Read More Losing My Favourite Game: ‘Cruel English Dramas’ with George ElekAs football fans we’re all losers at one time or another. But far from just being another awful thing in a world of never-ending misery, if you look closely you can find the positives in defeat. Perhaps it can spell the end for an unpopular manager, or finally break the spell of a life of […]
Read More Losing My Favourite Game: ‘El Loco Motion’ with Ryan QuinnCrystal Palace 3-3 Liverpool Premier League 5th May 2014 “ THAT slip. If you Google the term “football slip” the most prominent image on the page is of Liverpool captain, Steven Gerrard splayed out on the pitch with Demba Ba bounding past him for a 2-0 Chelsea victory. The heartbeat of this […]
Read More Losing My Favourite Game: ‘Full Force Gayle’ with Sian WallerContrary to unpopular opinion, for many of us football isn’t just about twenty-two people kicking a bag of air back and forth for ninety minutes every week until the end of time. For some it’s an opportunity to spend quality time with friends and family, shouting obscenities at the referee and drinking unwise amounts of […]
Read More Losing My Favourite Game: ’10th of October, Ninian Park’ with Russell Todd.We’ve all got those moments in life that we often look back on with regret. That girl you should have asked to dance at a school disco when you were thirteen; That exam you should have crammed a little harder for before you left school with pitiful qualifications; That customer you should have told to […]
Read More Losing My Favourite Game: ‘Let’s Go See Raúl’ with Kartik KrishnaiyerSo far this season we’ve heard stories from fans that have supported their clubs since birth, others who’ve adopted a local team after settling away from home, and patriots who’ve proudly followed their nation abroad only to watch on helplessly as they get soundly pumped. We’ve covered matches from the Champions League final and major […]
Read More Losing My Favourite Game: ‘It’s Wider Than Yours’ with Tom NealWe’re back once again with another edition of Losing My Favourite Game, the feature that encourages reflection on past dejection from the great and good both inside and outside the world of football. And if you were looking for something cheery and lighthearted to distract from military manouvres in the Middle-East, Boris’ Brexit balderdash, or the […]
Read More Losing My Favourite Game: ‘The Blues are Still Blue’ with Richard Wilson