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Award-winning football blog by Neil Jensen. Established 2012. New book, The Summer of Total Football, World Cup 1974. Published by Pitch. www.gameofthepeople.com
Italian footballers to take a 25% pay cut if they get relegated from the top flight? Can you imagine the stampede before the end of the season to get out of a club before there drop?
August 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Italian footballers to take a 25% pay cut if they get relegated from the top flight? Can you imagine the stampede before the end of the season to get out of a club before there drop?
Everton have only averaged 50,000 once in their history, in 1962-63. Record crowds in 2025-26?
August 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Everton have only averaged 50,000 once in their history, in 1962-63. Record crowds in 2025-26?
Sad to hear of Peter McParland's passing.
Last member of the 1957 Villa side to win
the FA Cup. An impressive career: 34 caps
for NI, FA Cup and FL Cup medals, played
in World Cup 1958.
Last member of the 1957 Villa side to win
the FA Cup. An impressive career: 34 caps
for NI, FA Cup and FL Cup medals, played
in World Cup 1958.
May 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Sad to hear of Peter McParland's passing.
Last member of the 1957 Villa side to win
the FA Cup. An impressive career: 34 caps
for NI, FA Cup and FL Cup medals, played
in World Cup 1958.
Last member of the 1957 Villa side to win
the FA Cup. An impressive career: 34 caps
for NI, FA Cup and FL Cup medals, played
in World Cup 1958.
Relegation is not the end of the world,
but it needs to be acknowledged. gameofthepeople.com/2025/04/28/n...
but it needs to be acknowledged. gameofthepeople.com/2025/04/28/n...
Non-League Notebook: Enjoying a season of failure
MY local non-league team, Hitchin Town, have been relegated from the Southern League Premier Central in really quite disastrous fashion. The margin between themselves and failure was 15 points, a d…
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May 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Relegation is not the end of the world,
but it needs to be acknowledged. gameofthepeople.com/2025/04/28/n...
but it needs to be acknowledged. gameofthepeople.com/2025/04/28/n...
Another setback for MUFC, but they didn't just let in four, they scored three.
May 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Another setback for MUFC, but they didn't just let in four, they scored three.
It says everything about the modern game when the prize money for winning a competition dominates the narrative rather than the achievement of lifting the silverware. Manchester United could win the Europa, but the talk is of the £ 100 million a season in the Champions League earns a club.
May 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It says everything about the modern game when the prize money for winning a competition dominates the narrative rather than the achievement of lifting the silverware. Manchester United could win the Europa, but the talk is of the £ 100 million a season in the Champions League earns a club.
If Spurs and Man United do reach the Europa final, it will be the sixth all-English European final:
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An all-England final it could be, but it can only save one club from a miserable 2025
IT is looking increasingly likely the UEFA Europa League final in Bilbao will be between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, which will be the sixth time two English clubs have met in a major …
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May 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If Spurs and Man United do reach the Europa final, it will be the sixth all-English European final:
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Had to feel sorry for Harry Kane yesterday when Leipzig grabbed that last-ditch equaliser #Bundesliga
May 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Had to feel sorry for Harry Kane yesterday when Leipzig grabbed that last-ditch equaliser #Bundesliga
50 years ago, the great Dutch side were beaten by Franz Beckenbauer and co. Read about it in book....
www.amazon.co.uk/Summer-Total...
www.amazon.co.uk/Summer-Total...
Amazon.co.uk
www.amazon.co.uk
December 19, 2024 at 9:03 AM
50 years ago, the great Dutch side were beaten by Franz Beckenbauer and co. Read about it in book....
www.amazon.co.uk/Summer-Total...
www.amazon.co.uk/Summer-Total...
The situation at Swindon Town. gameofthepeople.com/2024/12/10/t...
The storm above Swindon and what it could mean
SWINDON TOWN gave English football one of its most heartwarming images of the 1960s – Don Rogers and his teammates running around Wembley with the Football League Cup in 1968-69. They beat Arsenal …
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December 10, 2024 at 3:44 PM
The situation at Swindon Town. gameofthepeople.com/2024/12/10/t...
Our latest European round-up
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European Round-up: Serie A lead changes, Zagreb crisis, Spurs let it slip, PSG held
ATALANTA have taken over at the top of Serie A following their 2-1 win over AC Milan in Bergamo on Friday night. The winning goal was scored by Ademola Lookman (pictured), his eighth in the league …
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December 10, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Our latest European round-up
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The FA have reservations about Saudi Arabia's human rights record and are thinking over whether they will endorse the World Cup bid. They will, of course.
December 6, 2024 at 10:42 PM
The FA have reservations about Saudi Arabia's human rights record and are thinking over whether they will endorse the World Cup bid. They will, of course.
I was at Anfield yesterday and it was impressive. You would, however. Think this was a one club city.
December 6, 2024 at 11:22 AM
I was at Anfield yesterday and it was impressive. You would, however. Think this was a one club city.
Luke something from a TV game show.
December 6, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Luke something from a TV game show.
Spurs-Roma game was excellent. But Mr Levy, do you really need to charge £ 10 for bagdrop - exploitation around a rule you have made for your stadium. A4 bag is designed to ensure you don't bring your own food or drink into the ground. Disgusting. #Tottenham #EuropaLeague #Spurs
November 29, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Spurs-Roma game was excellent. But Mr Levy, do you really need to charge £ 10 for bagdrop - exploitation around a rule you have made for your stadium. A4 bag is designed to ensure you don't bring your own food or drink into the ground. Disgusting. #Tottenham #EuropaLeague #Spurs
Our preview of the #copalibertadores final gameofthepeople.com/2024/11/26/c...
Copa Libertadores: Botafogo’s lone star nearly men face the Atlético rooster
BOTAFOGO and Atlético Mineiro travel to Buenos Aires for the Copa Libertadores final on November 30, the fourth all-Brazil clash in the six years that South America’s premier club competition has b…
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November 26, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Our preview of the #copalibertadores final gameofthepeople.com/2024/11/26/c...
Want to know about the most notable football teams in history, see our ongoing 1001 Floodlit Dreams section
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1001 Floodlit Dreams
A Aberdeen 1983-84: Jim Leighton, Stewart McKimmie, Alex McLeish, Willie Miller, Doug Rougvie, Neil Simpson, Gordon Strachan, Doug Bell, Neale Cooper, Ian Angus, Peter Weir, Billy Stark, Mark McGh…
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November 26, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Want to know about the most notable football teams in history, see our ongoing 1001 Floodlit Dreams section
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Are Botafogo blowing it again? Palmeiras are top in Brazil now while Botafogo are drawing games. They have the Copa Libertadores on November 30 against Atlético Mineiro. Is this affecting their league form?
November 24, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Are Botafogo blowing it again? Palmeiras are top in Brazil now while Botafogo are drawing games. They have the Copa Libertadores on November 30 against Atlético Mineiro. Is this affecting their league form?