Paul Ince might be the first British black manager in the Premier League, but does that really solve the institutional block to black managers in the English game?
Why the race to the Premier League might be fool’s gold for the winner of last weekend’s Championship play-off.
North American soccer fans often hope the structure of English football might some day be introduced into American soccer. Yet ironically, it’s actually somewhat more likely that the reverse will happen: might the Premier League adopt playoffs?
The prospective owner of Mansfield Town wants to rename it after a team in an English soap opera. No, really.
A week has passed since Pitch Invasion published an article largely based on an interview with the head of Section 8 Chicago that criticised the decision of Toronto FC to only offer around 100 tickets to visiting Chicago Fire fans for their upcoming game in October. A firestorm has erupted since. We look at the reaction so far, and the next steps for MLS.
When MLS and Bundesliga tied up a partnership last season, most people saw it as a good thing. MLS would learn from the Bundesliga and every forward thinking international football fan recognised MLS had picked perhaps the most supporter-friendly league in Europe to partner with. But now it looks like the transatlantic influence will push the other way, as Los Angeles-based Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) push for a change that could transform the Bundesliga, and probably for the worse from a supporters’ perspective.
Who will “own” Liverpool this time next year? Since controversy erupted at Anfield over the club’s ownership, two supporter-run schemes have emerged to try and take back some control of events. We look at the progress so far of Share Liverpool FC and AFC Liverpool.
Jack Warner and FIFA at it again.
What lessons from the NFL will the Premier League take?
