Football and the Death of British Pubs?

Coronavirus, Football and the Death of British Pubs?

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…

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Clayton Stanley and His Wife Kristin Celebrated Their Wedding at the Stunning Lanikuhonua in 2013

Retired American volleyball player Clayton Stanley and his wife Kristin Stanley tied the knot on September 29, 2013, marking over a decade of marital union. Born to parents Jon Stanley and Sandra Haine on January 20, 1978, he grew up alongside five siblings in Hawaii. Clayton Stanley is a former United States men’s national volleyball…

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4 Reasons There Aren’t More French Coaches in Europe

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…

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How Parachute Payments Are Damaging British Football

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…

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Tarik Skubal’s Wife Jessica Valandingham Skubal Surprised Him with a Car for His 28th Birthday

Tarik Skubal and his wife Jessica Valandingham fell in love while attending Kingman High School in Arizona, which led to their marriage. Pitcher Tarik Skubal plays professionally for the Major League Baseball (MLB) Detroit Tigers. In 2020, the Tigers selected Skubal in the ninth round of the 2018 MLB draft, which led to his Major…

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Were All-Seater Stadiums Built on a Lie? Why Terraces Were Really Abolished

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…

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Gio Reyna: The Best 17-Year-Old in the World?

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…