Football
History, fans, noise and passion
Football fans know a Proper Club when they see one
Hit the road, Jack
It’s time for Villa fans to let Grealish go
The final Buenos Aires diary
In his tenth diary entry, Dominic Hilton worries that the Argentine capital could become another Miami or Dubai if it were to get its act together
Inside the small town newspaper
How my first editor taught me to report “without fear or favour”
Sing when you’re sinning
Football may be the new religion, but it faces the same challenges as the old
Pitch inversion
Boris Johnson may rue the day he gave a footballer a gong for something other than football
Obsessed by fantasy football
To enter a Fantasy Football season is to be as one with Donald Rumsfeld prior to the Iraq War, but with less insight
The German threat to English exceptionalism
As England prepare to face the “old enemy” at Wembley, its impact on the nation’s mood — and our wider politics — cannot be underestimated
Spare us the virtue-signalling hypocrisy
Footballers who take the knee are participating not in the fight against racism, but in BLM’s double standards
Match of the dull
How Match of the Day needs modernising