Premier League Archives - Long Reads: Football

Football’s Free Agents, Part 1: Jack Wilshere

October 31, 2020

At the end of every season, football clubs announce their list of released players. Players can be released for a multitude of reasons, from…

Project Big Picture – The Message Has Been Sent

October 20, 2020

“Never let a good crisis go to waste!” Winston Churchill once famously said. The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a proper one. The…

A look back at Leeds United’s journey into the Primer League after almost two decades of relegation

October 7, 2020

Football fans hear the words Leeds and Premier, and don’t make an association. Why’s that? Well the last time the love-to-hate Yorkshire club hit…

Why are Football Fans so Angry?

September 29, 2020

All over the world, but particularly in the English game, football fans have an enormous reputation for being aggressive towards followers of other clubs….

The 100 Club: Just How Good Were They? 151-170 goals in focus

September 27, 2020

Fresh off the back of the last article where we broke into the Top 10 of the 100 Club list, I return with the…

The 100 Club: Just How Good Were They? 131-150 goals in focus

September 20, 2020

Fresh off the back of the third article about the next four players on the 100 Club list, I return with the fourth instalment…

Tottenham’s ‘sensible summer’ has stalled. What do they need to do?

September 13, 2020

The 2020 summer transfer window began with in an exciting way for Tottenham Hotspur. Early days of the window brought about the reported £15…

Psychological effect of VAR – has Guardiola been permanently damaged?

September 13, 2020

In April of the 2018/19 season, Manchester City played the epic second leg match of the Champions League quarter-finals against Tottenham. Raheem Sterling scored…

The 100 Club: Just How Good Were They? 121-130 goals in focus

September 9, 2020

Fresh off the back of last weeks second article about the next four players on the 100 Club list, I return with the third…

Do We Really Need Stats?

September 7, 2020

Statistics about football matches are rife. There has been a surge in the last few years of new in-depth categories of stats, ones we…