Doing the 92 is Daniel Storey’s odyssey to every English football league club in a single season. This is club 74/92. The best way to follow his journey and read all of the previous pieces is by subscribing here We’re starting at a toilet block and I...
Myles Lewis-Skelly‘s first taste of senior international football couldn’t have been much sweeter. The 18-year-old scored a debut goal against Albania, earned two caps as a starter, and advanced his case to fill a problem position for England after e...
Has there ever been a club in a situation as unique as one Liverpool find themselves in these final, “clutch” weeks of the Premier League season? Twelve points clear and with a fixture list that suggests they can stroll to only their second title in ...
It’s long been established that football executives largely lack the capacity for shame. Maybe it’s genetic, maybe just an industry requirement. Shame is not conducive to a job so public-facing and yet inherently unlikeable. Which brings us, in a rou...
Jacob Murphy is targeting an England call-up and a long career at Newcastle United, insisting the city has to “get used to” regular trophy parades. On Saturday an estimated 300,000 supporters gathered to celebrate a Carabao Cup win that has prompte...
Aston Villa have been drawn against Crystal Palace in the FA Cup semi-finals after swatting aside Championship side Preston 3-0 at Deepdale. Marcus Rashford scored his first two goals in a Villa shirt, adding a penalty five minutes after sharply fini...
It was just after half past three in the febrile city centre of Newcastle when two men in hard hats appeared on the top of the Sandman Hotel. On the streets below, the atmosphere had been fizzing with anticipation all day as fans young and old, from ...
Wayne Rooney called Nuno Espirito Santo’s decision to rest key Nottingham Forest players for the FA Cup quarter-final tie at Brighton “beyond belief”. Both Anthony Elanga and Callum Hudson-Odoi have been named on the bench for the match, which kicked...