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Analytics are incredibly useful but at Grimsby we have learned they tell only half the story of a club’s on-pitch fortunes I accidentally stumbled into the world of entrepreneurship and the internet in the late 1990s. We created businesses that relied on data and upended a marketing orthodoxy made famous by John Wanamaker when he said: “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” In that new digital realm we measured our marketing spend in real time, to the penny, and were able to calculate the return on that spend immediately. This precision mentality, coupled with genuinely meritocratic cultures, created workplaces that have changed the business landscape beyond recognition. The culture pioneered at places such as lastminute.com and match.com are now commonplace but 20 years ago were unique. When we came to football ownership 18 months ago I was interested to understand how a similar focus on the relative importance of culture and dat...

Greg Taylor celebrated his 100th game for Celtic with a stunning goal in a comprehensive 3-0 win over Livingston at the Tony Macaroni Arena. The 24-year-old Hoops defender set up Japan striker Kyogo Furuhashi to fire in his ninth goal of the season in the 10th minute of a game that the visitors dominated. Taylor, signed from Kilmarnock in 2019, had an effort saved by debutant keeper Jack Hamilton just after the break but found the net in the 53rd minute with a thunderous drive from 25 yards. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/30/scottish-premiership-livingston-celtic-match-report

Graham Potter insisted he has 'nothing to apologise for' after Brighton fans booed the Chelsea manager on his return to the Amex Stadium. Potter admitted he ended up looking 'a bit of a fool' after his return to Brighton ended in a 4-1 defeat for Chelsea and said his decision to use Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic as wing-backs had backfired. Brighton raced into a commanding half-time lead, with own goals from Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Trevoh Chalobah compounding Potter's misery following Leandro Trossard's early opener. Graham Potter admits he looks ‘a bit of a fool’ after Chelsea’s defeat to Brighton Rampant Brighton ruin Graham Potter’s return by thrashing sorry Chelsea Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2022/oct/30/graham-potter-has-nothing-to-say-sorry-for-after-chelseas-defeat-to-brighton-video

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Ethical, logistical and financial concerns see supporters staying away, despite it being their team’s first World Cup since 1958 Imagine being a Wales fan and not going to the World Cup. It is the first time they have qualified since 1958, which was so long ago that the goal that knocked them out was scored by an unknown teenager called Pelé. Sixty-four years later and it is Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey and Rob Page looking to set the world on fire. What a time to be alive! Except, for some Wales fans, they are going to pass, thanks very much. Some of the same supporters who found themselves in tears of ecstasy in Zenica, on their way to Euro 2016 despite defeat by Bosnia-Herzegovina, or who phoned home to delay their return one more time as Chris Coleman’s team became the sensation of the finals in France, are choosing to sit this one out. If anyone has reckoned with the complicated issues surrounding this much-maligned tournament, it is them. Continue reading... from Football | The...

Portland win 2-0 over upstarts Kansas City in NWSL final Sophia Smith scores early and earns player of match honors Thorns add record third title to previous 2013 and 2017 wins The Portland Thorns are National Women’s Soccer League champions for a record third time after winning 2-0 over the Kansas City Current before a near-sellout crowd at Audi Field in the nation’s capital on Saturday night. The brace of goals came from burgeoning US star Sophia Smith and an own goal early in both halves. And while the threats from the west coach giants were varied and relentless – overshadowing any from middle-America surprise package Kansas City – the start, middle and end of the momentous match were marked in particular by Smith. It was a fitting end to a season notable for just the same. The 22-year-old newly minted NWSL Most Valuable Player – the youngest in the 10-year-old league’s history – made her mark early with a fourth-minute goal on a match that would prove notable for her perform...

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Aaron Danks, Gary O’Neil and Steve Davis have stepped up well. Mário Zagallo and Roberto di Matteo would be proud By Richard Foster for The Football Mine Not many people beyond the staff at Aston Villa would have heard of Aaron Danks before he took over from Steven Gerrard last week. Following a dismal 3-0 defeat to Fulham, Danks was put in charge and had just two days to prepare for a meeting with another west London side. Villa’s 4-0 victory over Brentford was one of the most striking examples of a new-manager bounce in recent times. Danks could barely contain his delight in his post-match press conference. “It’s been a really exciting experience,” he said. “I’m absolutely shattered and exhausted now because it’s been three really tough days.” His managerial reign was over the following day as Unai Emery was appointed as permanent manager at Villa Park . Danks can walk away with his head held high, with an impressive albeit brief record. Continue reading... from Football | Th...

The ground’s current leaseholders, Wasps, have entered administration in the latest crisis to hit the stadium On Thursday afternoon Coventry City told their supporters that they would fulfil Saturday’s Championship fixture against Blackpool and that the venue would be the Coventry Building Society Arena. Confirming a home fixture 48 hours before kick-off is not the sort of thing a football club usually has to do, especially not one that has experienced a remarkable rebirth these past half-dozen years. But when you are a tenant at England’s most cursed stadium, you should never take anything for granted. Legal action, rent strikes, extended exile and, this autumn, the collapse of one of the country’s leading rugby clubs: the CBS (formerly Ricoh) Arena has seen it all. Little of it has been pretty. The question people in the city are now asking is: does the future hold the prospect of anything better? Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/footb...

Premier League updates from the 12.30pm BST kick-off And you can email Barry or tweet @bglendenning Leicester City: Ward, Justin, Amartey, Faes, Soyuncu, Castagne, Dewsbury-Hall, Tielemans, Barnes, Maddison, Vardy Subs: Iversen, Albrighton, Iheanacho, Perez, Daka, Mendy, Ndidi, Praet, Thomas Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2022/oct/29/leicester-manchester-city-premier-league-live-score-updates

England defender on her fellow footballer cousin, studying accountancy and why a serious knee injury brought benefits It is five years since Gabby George became Everton Women’s first full-time professional footballer but, sometimes, that watershed moment feels more like five decades ago. “With everything that’s happened recently, 2017 seems like quite a long way in the past,” says a left-sided defender harbouring realistic hopes of inclusion in England’s Australia-bound 2023 World Cup squad. “But it was a dream come true. I remember getting a text from the club and, literally overnight, football became a job.” Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/29/everton-gabby-george-jesse-lingard-accountancy

‘They are incredible and we are delighted to have Darwin’ Klopp fined £30,000 for red card against Manchester City Andy Robertson has said it is unfair to compare Darwin Núñez with Erling Haaland and that the Liverpool striker’s goals ratio represents an impressive start. The Uruguay international has scored in his past four starts for Liverpool, including Wednesday’s win at Ajax that secured a place in the Champions League knockout stage. Núñez has six goals from 13 Liverpool appearances, although he has made only seven starts because of suspension and injury. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/27/darwin-nunez-erling-haaland-helps-andy-robertson-liverpool-jurgen-klopp

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Group running tournament praises Socceroos for raising awareness of human rights but does not address issue of same-sex relationships Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Qatari organisers of the 2022 World Cup have responded to the Socceroos’ criticism of the country’s human rights record, praising the group of players for raising awareness of issues ahead of the tournament while admitting that “no country is perfect”. Sixteen Australian players raised their concerns about the “suffering” of migrant workers and the inability of LGBTQ+ people in Qatar “to love the person that they choose” in a collective video released on Thursday. Sign up for our free morning newsletter and afternoon email to get your daily news roundup Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/oct/28/world-cup-organisers-in-qatar-respond-to-australian-players-criticism-saying-no-country-is-perfect

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Graham Potter returns to Brighton, crunch time again for a Leeds manager at Anfield and Forest eyeing another shock Brendan Rodgers revived? Five matches in October have brought three wins, just one defeat, and four clean sheets. Picking off fellow strugglers Leeds and then Wolves in a resounding 4-0 win lifted Leicester out of the bottom three but there is plenty of work to be done. Rodgers’ immediate target is to reach the World Cup break clear of the relegation zone, though facing Manchester City is likely to be unhelpful. Leicester’s newfound defensive strength has been widely attributed to the form of Wout Faes but the aggressive, tousle-haired Belgian might be saved the ultimate test against Erling Haaland given that he’s a doubt with the foot injury that prevented him playing the second half at Borussia Dortmund . Leicester have occasionally been a troubling opponent for Pep Guardiola. His first visit to the King Power in October 2016 ended in a Jamie Vardy-inspired 4-2 loss ...

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Rangers’ sobering Champions League campaign continued on its downward trajectory with a 3-0 defeat against Napoli in the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. A 7-1 defeat by Liverpool at Ibrox in their last Group A outing had shocked the Light Blues and their fans and it looked ominous when striker Giovanni Simeone scored twice in the first 16 minutes for the dominant home side. The second half was more encouraging for the visitors but the defender Leo Østigård headed in a third from a corner in the 80th minute to seal the win and leave the Serie A leaders with five wins out of five in the group. By contrast, Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s side have lost all five games, conceding 19 goals and scoring one, and he will now find himself under more pressure. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/26/napoli-rangers-champions-league-match-report

Sixteen Australia players call for change in video Workers and LGBTI+ rights the focus ahead of World Cup The Socceroos, including their captain Mat Ryan, have issued a strong collective statement of protest over the human rights record of Qatar, the country which will controversially host the tournament starting next month. The Australian men’s national team released a video on Thursday morning with 16 players delivering their message line by line, raising concerns about the “suffering” of migrant workers and the inability in Qatar of the LGBTI+ people “to love the person that they choose”. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/27/socceroos-make-collective-statement-to-speak-out-about-qatars-human-rights-record

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Plus: Caretaker managers lasting longer than their replacements and some more club stalwarts Mail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU “César Azpilicueta is up to his 10th manager at Chelsea,” tweets Stu Wilsher . “ Is there a record for the most managers played under at the same club?” Well, Stu, we make it nine managers and one caretaker, but the answer is, of course, yes, which puts that one to bed. Oh! You’d like to know who? OK, here we go. 16 – Troy Deeney , 15 permanent managers and one caretaker 15 – Craig Cathcart , 14 permanent managers (13 as a permanent player, one as a loanee) and one caretaker 13 – Tom Cleverley, 12 permanent managers (11 as a permanent player and one as a loanee) and one caretaker 12 – Christian Kabasele , 11 permanent managers and one caretaker 12 – Lloyd Doyley , 12 permanent managers 11 – Ben Foster , 10 permanent managers (nine as a permanent player and as a loanee) and one caretaker 11 – Adrian Mariappa , 10 permanent managers ...

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Late penalty earns 1-0 victory for Vincent Kompany’s team Burnley extend unbeaten league run to 14 matches Jay Rodriguez scored his eighth goal of the season for Burnley as his penalty against Norwich sent Vincent Kompany’s side to the top of the Championship. Burnley were handed the chance as Grant Hanley blocked Manuel Benson’s cross with his elbow with just eight minutes left, and when it seemed Norwich might hold out for a second successive draw to halt their slide. But Norwich remain outside the playoff spots after extending their winless run to six matches. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/25/championship-rodriguez-sends-burnley-top-after-win-over-norwich

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has sung the praises of  Borussia Dortmund 's Jude Bellingham before the two sides meet in the Champions League on Tuesday. Guardiola also suggested Bellingham's development may not have been possible at one of the Premier League's 'big six' clubs. The 19-year-old has cemented a place as an England regular and has scored against Manchester City in their past two meetings with Dortmund, albeit in losing causes, and will be out to cause City more problems in Germany. ‘The whole package’: Pep Guardiola hails Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2022/oct/25/manchester-city-pep-guardiola-praises-jude-bellingham-video

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If you want a child to make this list, you better make sure he is born as soon as possible after 1 September Last month the Guardian released Next Generation 2022 : 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubs. As with previous years it selected “the best youngsters at each club”, this time among those born between 1 September 2005 and 31 August 2006, an age band known as “first-year scholars”. As in earlier seasons it makes for interesting reading. But the brain works in mysterious ways, and I did something different this year: I looked at the month of birth of these players. Thirteen were born in the first semester of the selection year (1 September 2005 to 28 February 2006) and seven in the second semester (1 March 2006 to 31 August 2006). Almost twice as many were from the first half. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2022/oct/24/next-generation-2022-why-scouts-select-players-based-on-the-relative-age-effect

Brentford manager: ‘There are a lot of rumours out there’ Villa may pay £27m clause for Sporting manager Ruben Amorim Thomas Frank stopped just short of ruling himself out of the running for the vacancy at Aston Villa following Brentford’s 4-0 defeat against the Midlands side. The Brentford head coach, one of several names believed to be under consideration by the Villa board after Steven Gerrard’s dismissal on Thursday, repeated he is happy in west London but chose his words carefully. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/23/thomas-frank-stops-short-of-ruling-himself-out-of-aston-villa-vacancy

Cardiff’s Callum Robinson’s red card helps Swansea in 2-0 win Watford three points from a play-off place after 4-0 Luton rout Russell Martin felt that the Cardiff forward Callum Robinson was guilty of making an “easy mistake” for the seventh-minute red card that allowed Swansea to continue their dominance of the South Wales derby. Ollie Cooper and Michael Obafemi were on target as Swansea ran out comfortable 2-0 winners to secure a sixth win in eight derby meetings. Cardiff have won just once in that time and their fate on Sunday was sealed when Robinson reacted to Ben Cabango’s early nudge by throwing the ball in to the face of the Wales defender. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/23/championship-roundup-cardiff-make-it-easy-for-swansea-watford-near-play-offs

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Manchester United manager happy with point at Chelsea Game marred by homophobic chants from United fans Erik ten Hag saluted his Manchester United players for channelling the spirit of Fergie Time to end a turbulent few days on a high. The manager watched Casemiro head a stoppage-time equaliser at Chelsea before once again addressing the issue of Cristiano Ronaldo, who was not at Stamford Bridge but remained in the thoughts of everybody. Ten Hag suspended Ronaldo after the striker refused to enter as a late substitute in Wednesday’s 2-0 home win over Tottenham and stormed off down the touchline. Ten Hag wants to hear contrition from Ronaldo before he invites him back into first-team training on Monday. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/22/right-culture-ten-hag-wants-united-to-have-right-values-amid-ronaldo-storm

Goals from the midfield duo Lia Wälti and Frida Maanum helped to take unbeaten Arsenal past Liverpool and back to the summit of the Women’s Super League – albeit with Manchester United kicking off later in the day. This could have been a banana-skin game for Arsenal, sandwiched between two tricky Champions League group-stage fixtures, the first of which was a trip to the reigning champions Lyon. Matt Beard’s Liverpool side had stunned Chelsea on the opening weekend of the season , with two Katie Stengel penalties cancelling out Fran Kirby’s spot-kick in the third minute. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/23/liverpool-arsenal-womens-super-league-wsl-match-report

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Nearly four years on from his last England appearance, the 26-year-old showed why he could yet make the World Cup squad A quick quiz question: can you name each of the six players who played in midfield for England at the 2018 World Cup? Dele Alli and Jesse Lingard, with their goals, perhaps spring most immediately to mind. Then there was the penalty that Eric Dier converted in the shootout against Colombia and the one that Jordan Henderson did not. That’s the easy(ish) four, but a special bonus prize to anybody who recalled Fabian Delph’s two starts against Belgium or the fact that when Alli was injured against Tunisia he was replaced by Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who retained his place for the group games against Panama and Belgium and then started the third-place play-off as well. It has been Loftus-Cheek’s fate to exist on the periphery of English football’s consciousness. His talent was obvious, a brooding grace encapsulated in a muscular 6ft3in frame but denied pitch-time by the super...

Arriving in Sheffield set the gifted Italian, now 51, on a path via Aston Villa and Bradford to being a huge cult hero in the game Walking into a small cafe in Bermondsey, south London, Benito Carbone looks like the sort of man who has never made a mistake in his life. Only a certain type of person can pull off the pinstripe that adorns his tailored suit. But any illusions of pomp and grandeur are quickly swept aside: from the first handshake Carbone is disarming, warm – insisting that I call him “Benny” – and happy to admit that when it comes to mistakes, he has made a few. Perhaps that is not surprising for a player who had 18 clubs across a career that spanned four decades, including spells at Torino, Napoli, Internazionale, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa, Derby County, Middlesbrough, Bradford, Parma and even Sydney FC. Remarkably, Wednesday are the only club he played at for more than two seasons and it is where he is most fondly remembered in England. And yet Carbone concedes ...

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Khadija Shaw’s brace and another goal from Lauren Hemp helped Manchester City make it back-to-back wins in the Women’s Super League with a 3-0 victory at Tottenham. Gareth Taylor’s side had started the new campaign with consecutive defeats but followed up last weekend’s dismantling of Leicester with a clinical display in the capital. Shaw struck either side of half-time at Brisbane Road to take her tally for the season to seven before Hemp grabbed a late third on a difficult day for Spurs, who saw Ellie Brazil leave the pitch on a stretcher. Tottenham and City had fought close battles during their WSL fixtures last season but the start of this clash was overshadowed when Brazil suffered a potentially serious injury in the third minute. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/22/khadija-shaw-at-the-double-as-manchester-city-blow-away-tottenham

Ronaldo not part of Manchester United squad to face Chelsea ‘When you are in top sport you get judged by the moment’ Erik ten Hag believes Manchester United fans would be justified in turning on Cristiano Ronaldo after the forward refused to come on as a substitute and walked off down the tunnel during Wednesday’s win over Tottenham. Ten Hag has suspended the 37-year-old from Saturday’s trip to Chelsea and ordered him to train with the club’s under-21s, explaining that as the manager he has a responsibility to “set standards and values” at the club. He said Ronaldo could have no complaints if there were a backlash, but first outlined that the Portugal international had merited the adulation built from his supreme success. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/21/erik-ten-hag-cristiano-ronaldo-manchester-united-suspended

Chelsea’s general manager Paul Green hailed Chelsea’s 1-0 win at Paris Saint-Germain and said it was “unthinkable” not so long ago that English teams would come to France and beat the top two sides, following Chelsea’s win and Arsenal’s 5-1 demolition of champions Lyon in the first round of group games in the Women’s Champions League. “It shows how far the English league has come, that ourselves and Arsenal have come to the top two teams in France and got two victories,” he said. “Yes, English teams have won in these last two evenings but there’s a long way to go in the groups and a long way to go in the competition but I do think it’s a really positive thing for the English league and does show how far it’s come when in years gone by it was probably unthinkable that English teams would come to France and win these types of games.” Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/20/paris-saint-germain-arsenal-womens-champions-league-...

Matches at the Etihad and Goodison Park kick off at 3pm BST 10 things to look out for this weekend in the Premier League Share your thoughts with Barry via email or on Twitter Forest have taken the lead! Selected today ahead of Brennan Johnson, Taiwo Awoniyi has fired his side ahead against Liverpool. Rob Smyth has the latest from the City Ground … Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2022/oct/22/man-city-v-brighton-everton-v-palace-clockwatch-live

Minute-by-minute updates on the action at Brisbane Road Any comments? You can email Sarah or tweet Sarah The players will be out shortly and will be ready for this one! Are you excited for this clash? I know I am. Ashleigh Neville will make her 50th WSL appearance this morning for Tottenham! Overlooked in the England set-up but very much a valued part of Spurs. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2022/oct/22/tottenham-manchester-city-womens-super-league-live

Calls for tougher sanctions against those who abuse or attack match officials as the number of incidents continues to rise “At half-time as I was standing in the centre circle, the player I had [sent off] during the first half approached me, started shouting in my face: ‘Why don’t you start fucking getting decisions right and you’re fucking useless.’ I replied: ‘Move away from me.’ He then pushed me three times in the chest and said: ‘What are you going to fucking do about it?’ I asked him to leave the pitch now. He then started throwing punches at me which he connected with me twice hitting me on the back of the head. I have evidence of contact.” The above testimony formed part of a Football Association disciplinary hearing in August. It came from a referee in the Cumberland County League who had taken charge of a fixture between Whitehaven Miners Social First and Cleator Moor Celtic reserves and was assaulted. The hearing ended with Cleator Moor’s Adam Meagan being banned from all ...

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It was a night of indignities by the Thames. There was Douglas Luiz making it easy for Marco Silva’s rampant Fulham by letting the side down with a brainless red card. There was rotten defending, a hapless own goal from Tyrone Mings and no shortage of dissent from Aston Villa’s travelling supporters, who were not shy in making it clear that they wanted the board to put them out of their misery and give Steven Gerrard his marching orders . Of course, the romantic take would be to dwell on how Gerrard always fought until the bitter end when he was rampaging around midfield for Liverpool. But management is a lonelier, harsher job. It is hard not to pity Gerrard. He came into the press room after yet another sorry effort from Villa, who were fortunate it only ended 3-0, and insisted he was not a quitter. The club made him talk and then, before the evening was done, they released a 41-word statement announcing that Gerrard had gone after less than a year in the job. Continue reading... ...

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Keep up with Friday’s top-flight team news and previews Ten things to look out for in the top flight this weekend Get in touch: email Luke , tweet him or comment BTL Managers at the World Cup will have the option of doing half-time interviews, with Fifa deciding to follow the Premier League in exploring the possibility of providing greater access to television viewers. It is thought unlikely that many teams will take up such offers but managers such as Gareth Southgate could provide half-time insight in Qatar. “ Gerrard was a disaster ,” writes Spikey78 in the BTL comments. “Tactically inept, inflexible and seems unable to motivate. Other teams are out-running the opposition. Even Leeds who are relatively struggling give everything. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2022/oct/21/weekend-countdown-premier-league-aston-villa-chelsea-manchester-united-live

LAFC win El Tráfico after flurry of goals in final minutes Philadelphia win 1-0 over Cincinnati to reach East finals Cristian ‘Chico’ Arango scored in the third minute of second-half stoppage time and the Los Angeles Football Club advanced to the Western Conference final in the MLS Cup playoffs on Thursday night with a 3-2 victory over rival LA Galaxy in the latest dramatic edition of the rivalry known as El Tráfico . Kellyn Acosta directed a corner kick toward the middle of the box. Denis Bouanga, who scored twice, fired a shot that Galaxy goalkeeper Jonathan Bond saved, but Arango was there for the rebound and scored in the 93rd minute. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/21/mls-playoffs-lafc-la-galaxy-philadelphia-cincinnati

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Liverpool’s midfield are due for another test, Chelsea have a hole to fill and could Saints spring a surprise over Arsenal? It is easy to see why Chelsea were interested in finding cover at right wing-back last summer. Reece James’s knee injury has given Graham Potter a conundrum to solve before his team host Manchester United on Saturday. There is no ready-made alternative to the England international. The experiment of using Raheem Sterling as James’s stand-in was swiftly aborted during Chelsea’s win over Villa last weekend and César Azpilicueta does not have the legs to charge up and down the right flank against top opposition. Ruben Loftus-Cheek is a likelier candidate. The midfielder did well as a wing-back for Thomas Tuchel and has filled in there for Potter. However Loftus-Cheek is not a defender – he had some uncomfortable moments against Brentford in midweek – and his delivery is not as incisive as James. United should look to target that flank. Jacob Steinberg Chelsea v Man...

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A delighted Erik ten Hag praised Manchester United’s  'best team performance' of the season after a 2-0 defeat of Tottenham, but the manager again had to deal with a distraction as  Cristiano Ronaldo walked down the Old Trafford tunnel before the end of the match without his permission. Ronaldo had been dropped for Marcus Rashford and, after Scott McTominay, Anthony Elanga and Christian Eriksen were introduced as second-half substitutes, the Portuguese headed for the United dressing room, as he had done before the end of July’s friendly against Rayo Vallecano.  Erik ten Hag focused on ‘magnificent’ team display and not Ronaldo walk-off Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2022/oct/20/ten-hag-focused-on-magnificent-team-display-and-not-ronaldo-walk-off-video

Manchester United’s popularity across the continent was once unassailable but fans are latching on to the striker’s exploits Manchester City may have won five English Premier League titles since Manchester United’s last triumph in 2013 but the Old Trafford club are still ahead in Asia. Compared to the famous red shirts, sightings of a City top have been relatively rare in the streets of Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Shanghai over the years. It’s starting to change though and in the world’s biggest continent the gap has been closing and now, thanks to Erling Haaland, it is closing quicker than ever. There are a lot of doubtful numbers put forward by European clubs about their followings out east . In 2015, Chelsea claimed a quarter of a billion Asian fans, three years after United had settled on 325m in the Asia-Pacific region. Yet United have had, along with Liverpool, a base of solid support in Southeast Asian heartlands of Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand due to English football being ...

This was a frustrating, sapping 95 minutes of football and Steve Cooper did not overly care. For long periods Nottingham Forest played like the disjointed, slung-together set of players they inescapably are but it did not cost them. On the contrary they looked more comfortable as the game progressed against an increasingly exasperated Brighton and fought admirably to earn a point that takes them off the bottom of the table. The robustness of their defending rendered the fact they barely mounted an attack of note irrelevant. If Forest rode their luck for spells of the first half they spent long stretches of the second untroubled, running the clock down expertly and playing on the audible nerves of a home crowd that has seen this all before. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/18/brighton-nottingham-forest-premier-league-match-report

Manchester United manager: ‘We deal with that tomorrow’ Antonio Conte says Tottenham ‘did not start the game’ A delighted Erik ten Hag praised Manchester United’s “best team performance” of the season after a 2-0 defeat of Tottenham, but the manager again had to deal with the distraction of Cristiano Ronaldo walking down the Old Trafford tunnel before the end of the match without the manager’s permission. Goals from Fred and Bruno Fernandes secured United’s sixth win of the campaign. After home wins over Liverpool and Arsenal, three top-six sides have now been beaten at Old Trafford. Ten Hag said: “I am pleased with the team – it was the best performance so far this season so you see a team developing, you already see the last weeks [how] we want to play. We get every day better on the pitch. Not every game will be like today but Spurs is a magnificent team and it was really enjoyable to watch.” Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/footba...

This was a frustrating, sapping 95 minutes of football and Steve Cooper did not overly care. For long periods Nottingham Forest played like the disjointed, slung-together set of players they inescapably are but it did not cost them. On the contrary they looked more comfortable as the game progressed against an increasingly exasperated Brighton and fought admirably to earn a point that takes them off the bottom of the table. The robustness of their defending rendered the fact they barely mounted an attack of note irrelevant. If Forest rode their luck for spells of the first half they spent long stretches of the second untroubled, running the clock down expertly and playing on the audible nerves of a home crowd that has seen this all before. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/18/brighton-nottingham-forest-premier-league-match-report

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Plus: stalwart teammates with 500 appearances for the same club, record starts to the season and more Mail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU “Some teams have their bogey player, who always seems to score against them. Which player has the most career goals against a single opposition, irrespective of who he is playing for?” asks John McDougall. You won’t be surprised by most of the names on this list, but let’s start with a relatively unlikely nemesis. “ David Nugent must be up there against Ipswich,” writes Elliot Rawstrone. “ Fifteen goals in 18 games for Preston, Portsmouth, Leicester and Middlesborough.” Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/19/the-knowledge-footballers-who-are-bogey-players-for-one-particular-club

Left-back says Ten Hag will not use players who are out of form ‘In the past that’s not been the case,’ England defender claims Luke Shaw has claimed the Manchester United team was not always picked on merit under Erik ten Hag’s predecessors and that the new manager’s approach keeps “everyone on their toes”. The England left-back lost his place to Tyrell Malacia after United’s 4-0 drubbing at Brentford in August but has returned to the starting lineup for the past two Premier League games against Newcastle and Everton. Shaw admits he has no issue with being dropped over a loss of form but believes that fair standard of selection has not always been applied. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/17/luke-shaw-manchester-united-team-picked-on-merit-ten-hag

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Since O’Neil took charge in August, Bournemouth are the only unbeaten team in the Premier League By Ben McAleer for WhoScored Had the Premier League season started on 30 August, when Gary O’Neil was appointed Bournemouth manager on a caretaker basis following Scott Parker’s dismissal , the club would be fifth in the table, just five points behind Arsenal. Bournemouth have picked up 10 points from six games under O’Neil. They have drawn four of those games but, since he took over, they are the only unbeaten team in the Premier League. Managing a side that had been expected to drop straight back into the Championship (they may well have done had Parker remained at the helm), O’Neil deserves a lot of praise. After their 9-0 defeat by Liverpool , Parker said he “felt sorry for the players and felt sorry for the fans” as the team was “under-equipped at this level”. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/who-scored-blog/2022/oct/18/gary-o...

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Mikel Arteta’s side have made their best start to a season in 118 years and have a four-point lead at the top. How far can they go? It augurs well when the breaks start going your way. Aaron Ramsdale knew it, judging by his fist-pumping reaction to Patrick Bamford’s penalty miss at Elland Road; Mikel Arteta almost certainly did, if his visible ecstasy at seeing Leeds correctly denied another go in injury time is any measure. For the second time in 72 hours Arsenal rode their luck in navigating a tricky away assignment and with each banana skin avoided the sense grows that they are on to something special. Nine wins from 10 top-flight games bear out that impression. It is Arsenal’s best start to a Premier League season, a point ahead of the Invincibles’ 2003 tally, and their strongest overall in 118 seasons of trying. Even the most jaded among their cohort can allow themselves a glint in the eye. Arteta is asked every week to set a hare running and announce his team are in a title ra...

Striker became the first Frenchman to win the Ballon d’Or since Zinedine Zidane after inspiring Real Madrid to European glory Luka Modric knew, but then so did everyone else. It was a sunny Sunday afternoon and Real Madrid had just defeated Barcelona in another clásico – Rodrygo had scored, Fede Valverde had scored and Karim Benzema had scored of course – and the Croatian was standing at the side of the pitch, where his teammates were celebrating their return to the top of the table. “We all know what’s going to happen and we all want it to happen and we’re very happy for Karim,” he said. “We hope that tomorrow he will win the Ballon d’Or.” Modric, the winner in 2018, wasn’t there when Benzema boarded a plane at Barajas airport just after 3.30pm the following day, but Benzema was joined by Thibaut Courtois. The club’s president, Florentino Pérez, travelled with them. Luis Figo and Ronaldo Nazário were on board, too. They have three Ballon d’Ors between them. By the time they made t...

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The last thing Steven Gerrard needed was to encounter a goalkeeper who chose this occasion to produce the best performance of his Premier League career. Kepa Arrizabalaga has not had too many afternoons such as this over the past four years but he denied Aston Villa with an outstanding exhibition of his art. Two first-half saves from Jacob Ramsey and Danny Ings took the breath away. Those were far from his only interventions and they meant Graham Potter, whose side put in the worst performance of his tenure to date, could hail a fifth successive win even if Chelsea hardly deserved it. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/16/aston-villa-chelsea-premier-league-match-report

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Sheffield United and Blackpool brawl after 3-3 draw Rampant Burnley put four goals past Swansea Oliver Norwood’s goal at the death rescued a point for Sheffield United in a dramatic 3-3 draw with Blackpool , which ended with four red cards and a mass brawl. The hosts had looked comfortable following goals from James McAtee and Iliman Ndiaye, but Jerry Yates struck twice to make it all-square at the break and Kenny Dougall made it 3-2 to Blackpool early in the second half. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/15/championship-roundup-six-goals-four-red-cards-in-bramall-lane-chaos

Live updates from the 3.15pm BST kick-off Get in touch! Email John or tweet @JohnBrewin_ Sid Lowe, who will be our man in Madrid later , spoke to Luis Figo, someone who embodies the morbo of this eternal rivalry. I had everything in Barcelona, but you think: ‘It’s not like I’m going to a second-rate club.’ If it hadn’t been Madrid, maybe I wouldn’t have gone. It’s a challenge, a decision based on feeling valued, convincing me I was going to be an extremely important piece. It could have been a cagada , a cock-up, but it wasn’t, thank God. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2022/oct/16/real-madrid-v-barcelona-clasico-la-liga-live

Live rolling updates from the 2pm BST kick-offs Aston Villa v Chelsea and Southampton v West Ham also feature Get in touch! Email Daniel or tweet @DanielHarris “Good Afternoon Daniel, good afternoon all round, from a cloudy Lewes,” begins Em Jackson. “In this fixture between Man Utd and Newcastle Utd, I’d pick a hybrid player, a United United player if you will: 50% Roy Keane & 50% Alan Shearer. Would give your side 110% vs the opposition and 120% in fights between themselves. Otherwise I’d go with Nicky Butt.” Meanwhile, Keith Priddle wonders “How about Harry Kane, striker, midfield and goalie. Or Glenn Hoddle can do the same and put gloves on in extremis!” Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2022/oct/16/manchester-united-v-newcastle-leeds-v-arsenal-and-more-clockwatch-live

Live updates from the 1pm BST kick-off Get in touch! Email Sarah or tweet @RendellX We are just under 10 minutes away from kick-off as Walton Hall Park, any predictions for the match? Let me know via Twitter or email! Manchester United have made it 3-0 against Brighton with Leah Galton the latest scorer. A mountain for Hope Powell’s side to climb to get any points from this one. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2022/oct/16/everton-v-chelsea-womens-super-league-live

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New York City FC are looking to defend their title but they will face tough competition from opponents on both coasts Regular season finish: 1st in Western Conference (Supporters’ Shield winners) Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/14/mls-2022-playoffs-ranking-the-teams-from-best-to-worst

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Absurdly wealthy owners with scant regard for the game placating absurdly remunerated players – is this really football? Was there a moment, back in August, when Christophe Galtier wondered what the fuss had been? Did he watch his Paris Saint-Germain team smacking in 21 goals in their first four games of the season and think how easy this all was? Take what is probably the starriest forward line in the history of the game, let them play and watch the brilliant goals stack up. Lionel Messi, after a disappointing first season in Paris, was re-energised. Neymar, playing alongside his mate, was thriving. And Kylian Mbappé … Well, what was Mbappé? He was still impossibly quick. He scored four goals in those first four games of the season, but the signs of discontent were already there. Of course they were, for this is PSG, where discontent is ever-present, a club described by a recent former manager as “a nest of vipers”. Mbappé may have just, thanks in part to the intervention of the pre...

Brentford call on police, authorities and Meta for action Toney shared screenshots of Instagram direct message Ivan Toney has revealed he was racially abused after starring in Brentford’s victory over Brighton on Friday. Toney scored both goals in Brentford’s 2-0 Premier League win , and on Saturday morning shared screenshots of an Instagram direct message. “I wasn’t even going to post this but I woke up angry,” Toney wrote on his Twitter account. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/15/ivan-toney-reveals-racist-abuse-on-instagram-after-brentford-win

Fahd Saleh vowed to escape Homs after his apartment block was bombed and has realised a dream in English football For Fahd Saleh, a conversation at the Job Centre sticks in the memory. A couple of years after arriving in Mansfield as a Syrian refugee hoping to land trials at Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea and continue his football career, he was on the receiving end of a cold and quizzical look when asked which vocation he ideally planned to pursue. “I mentioned that I was a goalkeeper and that I’d like to work for a team,” Saleh says. “The lady, and I can still picture the conversation now, she said to me: ‘You are dreaming.’ Now I would really like to see her to tell her that I’m working for a professional team called Mansfield Town and I’m very proud of where I am.” Saleh combines his role as an academy goalkeeper coach at Mansfield with working as a PE teacher at Crescent Primary School in the town. After spotting a local advertisement, he is grateful to have been given...

On the eve of the first clásico of the season the Portugal legend recalls the 2000 transfer that changed the face of football ‘I was a guinea pig,” says football’s first galáctico , the hint of a smile creeping across his face. At his peak Luis Figo was the world’s best player, its most expensive too. Across 20 years, he played more than 900 games, earned 127 caps, scored more than 150 goals and won eight league titles, a European Cup and the Ballon d’Or. He also took his country to their first final , carrying Portugal into a new era. In fact, he carried the entire game into a new era. There’s a case that the super-club age, modern football, starts with Figo: a pioneer, a guinea pig. Cobaya is his word and his was the transfer that changed everything, his 10bn peseta (€60m) move from Barcelona to Madrid in 2000 like something from a thriller, constantly shifting, so astonishing, so dramatic and just so big that it sometimes seems to eclipse everything else. “I’d like more value gi...

Reece James is in danger of missing the  World Cup  after scans revealed the England defender’s knee injury is worst than first feared. James went off during Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Milan on Tuesday and the early signs were that he had not sustained serious damage. However the right wing-back, who has been in outstanding form for club and country, underwent further tests on Thursday and could face an extended spell on the sidelines. Chelsea’s Reece James in danger of missing World Cup with knee injury Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2022/oct/14/chelseas-reece-james-in-danger-of-missing-world-cup-with-knee-injury-video

Manchester United went close to rueing a failure to claim three points before Scott McTominay’s stoppage-time strike retained their hope of winning Group E and avoiding a knockout tie against a Champions League-eliminated opponent. That might be one of Barcelona, Milan, Juventus or Atlético Madrid, none of whom Erik ten Hag’s fledgling team would relish facing. Against Omonia Nicosia ruthlessness was lacking until McTominay’s late intervention, though their goalkeeper was outstanding – Francis Uzoho’s experience particularly bittersweet as he is a United fan. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/13/manchester-united-omonia-nicosia-europa-league-match-report

Arsenal skated on thin ice but survived their expedition to Norway’s far north. They did not exactly produce a spectacle in the land of aurora borealis and, in truth, Bodø/Glimt should have made them pay for a passive second half. Their creative radar was off for the majority of a chilly night but Bukayo Saka’s fortunate first-half goal proved sufficient to end one of the most eyecatching records on the continent. A slick, smart home side had won their last 14 European games here and it was no small achievement for the run to finally be punctured. The hosts burnished their reputation as one of the most progressive clubs, pound for pound, in this competition and it was easy to see why the likes of Celtic, Dinamo Zagreb and, on two occasions, Roma have been humbled here in the last year. Had Runar Espejord, their centre-forward, not skied a glorious chance from eight yards just before the hour they would have scented a further scalp. That was not their only opportunity during a wave of ...

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Campaign to end advertising in the sport organising walk in memory of loved ones lost to gambling-related suicides Kimberly Wadsworth was 32 when she took her own life in 2018. The passionate Leeds fan who worked in marketing was a gambling addict. Having begun on the fixed-odds betting terminals found in any high-street bookmaker she had graduated to online casinos. There she was plied with “free” bets and gained VIP status from the companies she gambled with. They incentivised her to keep playing even when her losses were heavy. Hers is a not unfamiliar story – Public Health England estimates there are 409 gambling-related suicides each year in England – but she is a reminder that gambling addiction is not an exclusively male affliction. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/14/stop-promoting-them-victims-call-for-football-to-end-tragic-link-with-gambling

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Jürgen Klopp’s malfunctioning side were exposed by Arsenal’s pace and youth to continue a surprising poor start to the season It’s never just one thing. Football, whatever the cliche may say, is not a simple game. A team is a hugely complex organism: a malfunction in one area can have profound consequences elsewhere. Everything is connected and contingent; nothing is independent. Jürgen Klopp must feel at the moment as though he is engaged in a game of Whac-A-Mole, bashing at problems here and there, and yet also knowing that these moles are related, that a mole in one corner is breeding moles elsewhere. But let’s begin with the most obvious issue, the great culture war of our time: the Trent Alexander-Arnold Conundrum. Already, it’s one of those issues that has become almost impossible to discuss properly, arguments yielding to meta-arguments as everybody rushes to deeply entrenched positions. Alexander-Arnold is a generational genius and Gareth Southgate should be sent to the Tower...

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