Luis Suarez and the prelusory goal
Charlie Robinson on 5 February 2013
When players cheat to gain an advantage in football, is that morally acceptable? When they do so, are they even participating in the game at all?
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Steven Gerrard: A beautiful contradiction
Jake Farrell on 25 January 2013
Stevie G is a man that combines technical purity with a hair cut usually reserved for the kind of 15-year-olds that wear astro-turf trainers with jeans.
Waiting for The Click
Nicol Hay on 19 December 2012
An incoming manager, upon taking a new job, is always waiting, praying for one thing. The Click.
Preempting the Big Four Storyline
Steven Maloney on 26 November 2012
The Big Four is the Big Four, and that's that. Rather than moaning about how to break it up, why not enjoy other elements of the game, asks Steven Maloney?
Bayesian officiating: A chance for improvement
Steven Maloney on 23 October 2012
Could a simple matter of Bayesian thinking furnish us with far better refereeing performances?
The great lost goals
Nicol Hay on 22 October 2012
Germany's goals were all forgotten about because of the manner of Sweden's comeback last week. Nicol Hay looks at some other great forgotten goals.
Falling off the diving bandwagon
Liam Twomey on 9 October 2012
If a player wants to be able to make the most of contact, then he needs to learn that there are subtleties involved.
Twittery fingers and angry worlds
Max Grieve on 28 September 2012
Too often to football supporters use the anonymity of the internet to say things that are completely unacceptable. It's got to stop.
Who is the Premier League’s most effective striker?
Dan Barnett on 27 September 2012
Using Opta data, Dan Barnett looks at who the best top-scoring striker in the Premier League was last season.
In search of Rafa
Liam Twomey on 15 September 2012
Just why has Champions League winning manager Rafa Benitez been out of a job since leaving Internazionale at the end of 2010?
Gerrard and Lampard: Persistence is futile
Chris Nee on 9 September 2012
Against Moldova, Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard played in the same England midfield for the 51st time. What's the point?
The players that time forgot
Nicol Hay on 3 September 2012
Some players are rendered almost completely obsolete by nothing more than the evolution of the game itself.
