Dr Claire-Marie Roberts was working for Coventry City when she received an unexpected call asking if she knew the proportion of oxygen in the air. As performance director, tasked with helping players fulfil their potential, she was familiar with sales pitches for supposedly groundbreaking products. Some weeks, as many as 50 LinkedIn messages arrived promoting […]
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Ask someone to name a career in football and they will probably mention a player, manager, referee, or coach. But the sport also offers less obvious opportunities, including working as a personal chef, security specialist, or barber. These are just a few of the many roles behind the scenes, helping players stay healthy, remain safe, […]
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Ben Haines and Ellen White join forces in the studio to review an eventful weekend of domestic football and look ahead to the return of European competition! The discussion begins with Manchester City preserving their perfect start to the WSL season and Lauren Hemp’s impressive performances. The pair then assess Tottenham’s commanding win over a […]
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STRUCK DOWN BY THE SEAGULLS … A rare defeat just before an international break can be especially painful for an elite coach accustomed to winning. With most of the squad immediately departing to represent their countries and collect yet more air miles, there is no quick opportunity to respond on the pitch. This unusually long […]
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Today’s podcast focuses on Manchester City, the only team to have won every Premier League match so far, following Arsenal’s convincing defeat to Brighton. Was it premature to consider Mikel Arteta’s team champions-elect? They had no answer to the Seagulls’ relentless intensity. Elsewhere, Spurs sit at the foot of the table as the panel examines […]
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Rick Edwards teams up with former Premier League forward Clinton Morrison and The Telegraph’s Northern Football correspondent Luke Edwards to review the weekend’s action. They examine another frustrating outing for Manchester United, who narrowly escaped a third consecutive defeat at Craven Cottage. Arsenal suffered a heavy setback against Brighton at the Amex, raising questions about […]
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Former England winger Andros Townsend joked that playing away at Stoke “wasn’t so bad after all” after an unusual incident in Thailand in which a pitch roller knocked him over. The 35-year-old former Tottenham and Crystal Palace forward, now playing for Thai League 1 club PT Prachuap, attracted attention on Saturday night when footage shared […]
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Freiburg passed up the opportunity to reclaim first place in the Bundesliga after drawing 2-2 away to Eintracht Frankfurt. Bayern Munich’s emphatic 7-0 victory against Union Berlin on Friday had moved the Bavarian club above Freiburg, who surrendered points for the first time this campaign and stayed in second position. Several recent additions to Germany […]
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Michele Kang says London City Lionesses’ proposed training complex will raise the bar for women’s football and offer better facilities than those available to most men’s Premier League teams. During the summer, Kang made a major investment in strengthening the Women’s Super League squad, including the arrival of two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas. Kang […]
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For nearly four years, Matan Segal led Kick It Out Israel, an anti-discrimination campaign that shared similar objectives with the identically named English organisation but had no formal connection to it. He stepped down several months ago. Racism has been a persistent problem in Israeli club football, with Beitar Jerusalem supporters among those most widely […]
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