Football

Cole Pearce After an emphatic 4-0 win over Ukraine on Saturday night, Gareth Southgate’s men faced Denmark at Wembley in what would be their second consecutive semi-final under Southgate’s tutelage. After a turbulent start, England rallied to victory, defeating the Danes 2-1 after extra-time. The result places them in...

Matthew Cotter The world’s oldest professional football club will once again be forced to languish in the abyss of non-league football after suffering a devastating semi-final defeat to Torquay United. It took extra time to settle the bout but, in the end, the challenge was seemingly too great for...

Josh Collins The full-time whistle of Nottingham Forest’s final-day 2-1 loss to Preston signalled the end of a rocky campaign that saw a relegation battle, a managerial change and, ultimately, a disappointing lower mid-table finish. But the 17th place that Forest eventually achieved does not tell the full story...

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,...

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...

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...

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...