Football

  • Intramural Sport – Nottingham’s Best Kept Secret

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    May 7, 2021 14:08
    Josh Collins The journey to the game, pre-match tunes hyping the players up. The team talks focussing on group unity and playing as a tight-knit team. The intense 90 minutes of long balls, tackles galore and the subs bench acting as manager. A far cry from the Champions League,...

  • Could English Football Clubs Adopt A 50+1 Rule?

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    April 30, 2021 14:28
    Josh Collins The fallout from the failed European Super League project has led for increased calls for clubs in England to adopt the so-called ‘50+1 rule’ which would see fans owning a majority of their football clubs. The rule, which has been in place in the German Bundesliga since...

  • Forest Green Rovers: World’s First Carbon Neutral Football Club

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    April 18, 2021 11:11
    Joe Holmes-Milner What do a Chilean biofactory, a mangrove conservation project in Sri Lanka, and a football club from Gloucestershire have in common? No, this is not the set-up to an awful joke. The answer is that they have all won a United Nations ‘Momentum for Change’ climate action...

  • Gambling In Football: A Growing Epidemic

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    April 10, 2021 14:34
    Cam  McAdam TW: This article discusses suicide. You’ve probably seen them before. Whether it’s on the illuminated advertisement boards, on the club kits, or even on your screen during half time. Betting adverts are everywhere when you watch football, with 9 Premier League clubs currently having a betting sponsor...

  • Multiple Football Clubs To Protest Online Abuse With A Social Media Boycott

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    April 9, 2021 18:55
    Josh Collins Rangers, Swansea City and Birmingham City have all announced that they will boycott platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram from Thursday evening to protest the lack of action of social media companies against online abuse. The move, which is hoped will be followed by others, is a...

  • Football’s Coming Home? UK Government Back 2030 World Cup Bid

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    March 16, 2021 09:58
    Matthew Cotter Following Boris Johnson’s announcement that the government is keen to see the 2030 FIFA World Cup be hosted across the five nations of the British Isles, we take a somewhat light-hearted look at what such a tournament would look like.  The UK government has pledged £2.8m to...

  • Champions League: 5 Things We Learnt From The First Leg Of The Knockout Stages

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    March 2, 2021 13:27
    Ewan James Ewan James picks out the takeaways from the half-way stage of the Champions League Round of 16… Out With The Old In With The New? While we are so used to watching Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo dominate on the European stage, in this first leg of...