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The Ever-Changing Picture of Going to the Match
Friday, 01 December 2023 10:45

The Ever-Changing Picture of Going to the Match

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70 years on, Mark Perryman and Guardian football cartoonist David Squires (see image above) revisit LS Lowry's greatest painting Reputedly a Man City fan LS Lowry's 1953 masterpiece Going to the Match depicted not Maine Road but Bolton Wanderers' then ground, Burnden Park. A ground that no longer exists, long…
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Bobby, Frannie and what we have lost
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Friday, 27 October 2023 10:39

Bobby, Frannie and what we have lost

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Bobby Charlton: 1966 World Cup Winner, 1967 First Division Champions, 1968 European Cup Winner. Frannie Lee: 1968 First Division Champions, 1969 FA Cup Winner, 1970 League Cup Winner and European Cup Winners' Cup Winner. The red and the blue halves of Manchester have always been divided, yet for four years…
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England, Scotland, independence and internationalism
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Friday, 20 October 2023 11:24

England, Scotland, independence and internationalism

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What's the connection between England and Scotland Euro 2024 qualification with internationalism? Mark Perryman argues the need to mend the popular-political disconnect England and Scotland have each qualified direct for Euro 2024, with Wales having more than a shot of joining them after the November round of qualifiers. Not Team…
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The Women's World Cup - will it change anything?
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 18 July 2023 08:51

The Women's World Cup - will it change anything?

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On the eve of the tournament opening Mark Perryman has a ponder. Image above by Hugh Tisdale "Italia '90 was a watershed for English football. Post-Hillsborough, post-Heysel, post-awful 80s hooliganism. It wasn't just a working-class sport anymore. It was a national sport for everybody." - Gary Lineker Gary's right. Italia…
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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Monday, 17 July 2023 12:40

Bradman: A Dialectical View of the Don

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As England and Australia continue the age-old clashes for the Ashes this summer, one name always hovers over the collective psyche of both teams as they take the field. Don Bradman is indubitably the greatest Australian cricketer of all time and, in the eyes of many, also the greatest cricketer…
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The beautiful Pelé
Tuesday, 10 January 2023 12:29

The beautiful Pelé

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Mark Perryman goes in search of what the game has lost This week Brazil is recovering from a large crowd of Bolsonaro supporters storming presidential and government buildings in an attempt to overthrow Lula. Despite almost the entire crowd wearing Brazil shirts this was anything but the beautiful game that…
Bolsonaro Lula
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Love Football not FIFA
Thursday, 17 November 2022 11:54

Love Football not FIFA

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Mark Perryman argues that to understand the politics of Qatar, we need to start with how the World Cup has always been political Sunday's Qatar World Cup kick-off approaches. 'Stadiums of Shame' screamed the Guardian back page sports headline on Tuesday, while inside there were two pages of facts and…
Qatar World Cup
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