Competitions around Europe are beginning to postpone games, play games behind closed doors and even suspend their seasons due to the spread of the coronavirus. The most noticeable example is the case of Italy. Serie A has suspended it’s season until April 3rd as the entire country lays in quarantine and there has been more…
Barcelona President, Josep Maria Bartomeu On April 9th, six members of Barcelona FC’s board resigned. It was just the latest incident in 2020 shining a spotlight on Barcelona’s hierarchy. Football Today spoke with La Liga expert, Sid Lowe (The Guardian, ESPN.com, The Spanish Football Podcast) to analyse ‘Barcagate’ and what it means for the club….
According to multiple reports owner Mike Ashley has agreed to sell Newcastle to the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia. In our latest episode we Jon broke down the deal with Gulf researcher for Human Rights Watch, Nicholas McGeehan. You can listen to the episode below. Jon Mackenzie: Tell us a little bit about…
For more than a month, The Tollington pub has been empty. It’s an unfamiliar sight for anyone whose passed the pub since 2006 when it opened. Normally, on a gameday, the pub is swarming with around 2,000 Arsenal fans singing, talking and drinking. However, like thousands of pubs around the UK, The Tollington is closed…
In 2018, France stood atop the football world after it won its second World Cup in 20 years. It wasn’t a surprise to many as they are the second best nation at exporting talent according to the CIES Observatory. Yet despite their tremendous track record at producing players, they’ve been less successful at producing successful…
May 4th, 2020 marked the two-year anniversary of Rangers hiring legendary Liverpool player, Steven Gerrard. Since he’s taken over he’s averaged 2.16 pts/game in the Scottish League (60% win pct) and has led Rangers to the last 16 of the Europa League. To examine his two years with Rangers, we spoke with BBC Sport Scotland…
The following transcript is Jon Mackenzie’s chat with Dr. Rob Wilson, a Football Finance Expert at Sheffield Hallam University. It has been truncated and edited for the purposes of the article. The full interview can be heard in podcast below. Wilson is the co-author of the paper, ‘Parachute Payments in English Football: Softening the Landing…
On the 15th April 1989, Hillsborough was the scene of the worst disaster in British football history. That day, 96 people tragically lost their lives, crushed in two small standing areas in the stadium. Thirty years later and the issue of standing at football remains contentious. The Taylor Report, an inquiry into the question of…
On March the 11th, a historic Bundesliga game was played: Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Köln 2-1 behind closed doors in a bid to avoid infection from the coronavirus. But as the virus continued its relentless march across the globe, these Geisterspiele – or ghost games – were themselves judged to be too risky. Last week, the…
On Wednesday, PSG beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 (3-2 on aggregate) to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Amongst the stars on the field, Kylian Mbappé, Neymar, Jadon Sancho, Erling Braut Haaland was 17-year-old Giovanni Reyna. Reyna has been the only 17-year-old to play in the knockout rounds beside FC Barcelona’s Ansu Fati. So…