Jordan Pickford is criminally underrated
The Everton and England No 1 has been at peak performance for almost half a decade and makes my top 10 list of all-time Premier League goalkeepers
Jordan Pickfordβs consistent excellence is still a little overlooked, I reckon. This year he will likely become the longest-serving undisputed England No. 1 in history. Heβs been at peak performance for almost half a decade.
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02.03.2026 11:02 β
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The Score: Chelsea's bad boys, Man Utd's big winner and a sour mood at Newcastle
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
The Score - Premier League club-by-club review
- Narrow Aston Villa
- Jimenez the latest Bournemouth talent
- Howe can't keep saying the same thing
- Semenyo a dual threat attacker
- Raya in the form of his life - Spain No. 1?
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02.03.2026 08:01 β
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John Terry's entitlement knows no bounds
Former Chelsea captain is 'frustrated' after being overlooked for coaching job
John Terry wants to be Chelsea manager but nowhere else. His post-playing career is a weird lesson in one-club reputation and entitlement.
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I went on the longest away day in English football history
At 914 miles, Gateshead to Truro is a trip like no other. Our chief football writer Daniel Storey went along for the ride
Gateshead to Truro City is the longest away trip in English league football history.
I went along for the ride for a piece on loyalty, Supporters' Trusts and what really makes English football special.
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I went on the longest away day in English football history
At 914 miles, Gateshead to Truro is a trip like no other. Our chief football writer Daniel Storey went along for the ride
Gateshead to Truro City is the longest away trip in English league football history.
I went along for the ride for a piece on loyalty, Supporters' Trusts and what really makes English football special.
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25.02.2026 07:59 β
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Sheffield Wednesday have perfected the art of misery
Years of gross mismanagement led to the ultimate insult: relegation at Bramall Lane
I went to watch Sheffield Wednesday get relegated at Bramall Lane yesterday, the worst end to the worst story. This season hasn't even been sport, simply a long lesson for English football.
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The Score: Milner's milestone, Forest's new problem and worrying signs for Spurs
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
The Score - club-by-club Premier League weekend review
- A Spurs formation that made no sense
- Aston Villa's slow starts at home
- Let Ngumoha off the leash
- Why keep Glasner any longer?
- Chelsea, red card and ceded leads
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23.02.2026 07:59 β
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Five problems strangling Arsenal's title bid - and only one is their 'bottle'
Bottlejobs? That's far from the only reason Arsenal are dropping points
Arsenal are teetering, fear becoming a self-inflicting weapon. And I donβt think that their problems are only psychological.
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Nobody seems to enjoy going to football anymore - I think I know why
We are witnessing a rising epidemic of the angry, desperate fan
Football supporters are angrier at matches than I can ever remember. Why does it feel like lots of people donβt like the game they love?
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How Brighton spent Β£310m and got worse
Embattled head coach Fabian Hurzeler is proving a useful distraction from a recruitment methodology that has made its first significant missteps
This season was Brightonβs biggest chance yet to bruise the noses of the elite on a consistent basis. It is ending with serious doubts about the manager and growing questions over recruitment.
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18.02.2026 08:01 β
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Yeah, but when you're semi-regularly putting in hundreds of thousands just to make sure everybody gets paid on time...
17.02.2026 10:21 β
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Newport County have lost sight of who they are
A long and unexpected funk has set in at Rodney Parade
Newport County are caught in a trap: for extra investment they need to be better; to be better they need extra investment.
A piece on life at the bottom of the Football League and a failing plan
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17.02.2026 08:02 β
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Nottingham Forest deserve to be relegated after sacking Sean Dyche
The irony does not so much ring here as explode
Nottingham Forest and existential crisis fit together like hand in glove. It is exhausting and unhelpful, but entirely self-inflicted. And it might well end in relegation.
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12.02.2026 12:21 β
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The Championship is about to change forever - and not in a good way
Radical plans to expand the play-offs pose a huge risk to the integrity of the competition
To me, the Championship playoffs are English football in perfection: drama, desperation, chaos and heroism.
They're probably going to change. And that scares me a bit.
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12.02.2026 07:58 β
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A huge honour to be nominated for The Hugh McIlvanney Award for Sports Journalist of the Year at the annual Press Awards.
Everybody who starts writing about football (and is older than they would like) knows that name as one of the absolute greats.
11.02.2026 18:24 β
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Wigan Athletic and a new kind of crisis
The Latics have arrived at another crossroads after years of fighting to be normal again
Wigan Athletic survived the crisis years. The problem: becoming 'ordinary' can be just as hard. And thatβs mostly going wrongβ¦
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The Score: Arsenal's big issue, West Ham's dual threat and poor Harvey Elliott
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
The Score - club-by-club review of the Premier League weekend:
- Bournemouth's fresh attack
- Summerville the dual-threat winger
- Leeds the floodlight kings
- Are Brighton drifting?
- Nothing is working at Newcastle
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How Rochdale became a town and football club reborn
After a long period of sustained investment in Spotland to make it a community provider, its football team are top of the National League with two games in hand
No team in Englandβs top six tiers has more league points than...Rochdale.
A club has been rebuilt, a team reborn and a community re-engaged. They're on the way back and this is the good stuff.
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How Rochdale became a town and football club reborn
After a long period of sustained investment in Spotland to make it a community provider, its football team are top of the National League with two games in hand
No team in Englandβs top six tiers has more league points than...Rochdale.
A club has been rebuilt, a team reborn and a community re-engaged. They're on the way back and this is the good stuff.
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Leicester City's rock bottom is just around the corner
A sword of Damocles hangs over the King Power Stadium
Leicester City are facing their rock bottom and they don't even know when the news will land. Brutal change is needed, but will it come..?
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Cristiano Ronaldoβs ego is out of control
Ronaldo has been left with nothing but his ego
Cristiano Ronaldo earns Β£488,000 a day and is on strike because Saudi Arabiaβs PIF havenβt bought his club enough new players. Welcome to football dystopia.
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Cristiano Ronaldoβs ego is out of control
Ronaldo has been left with nothing but his ego
Cristiano Ronaldo earns Β£488,000 a day and is on strike because Saudi Arabiaβs PIF havenβt bought his club enough new players. Welcome to football dystopia.
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The Score: Newcastle's Howe error, Man Utd's happy habit and the Moyes outrage
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
THE SCORE - club-by-club Premier League weekend review
- Man City's second halves
- Villa's low block issues
- MGW's pressing
- Ekitike's shot conversion
- West Ham's ceded leads
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02.02.2026 07:57 β
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The Millwall way is back, and it is glorious
Something special is building at The Den
Millwall are enjoying their best season in an age. The football makes sense for the club and the owners are creating a legacy in response to tragedy. You really canβt ask for any more.
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A 'sideways and backwards' virus has infected English football
Fans are railing against this grim and increasingly common style of play
βSideways and backwards, everywhere we goβ is the new football ground hit.
Supporters are getting sick of risk-averse football that they believe goes nowhere and achieves nothing.
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Oh yes
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