Football is from the players
I would have welcomed Sol Bamba as the chairman of Leeds United, and not just because he was a lovely guy with a solid baseline of decency. But because he was a player, a footballer.
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If the Champo is worth winning
Outsiders might ask what the fun would be having a Premier League ready squad in the Championship and winning it by Easter while breaking records on easy mode. Leeds fans would answer that you shouldn't knock it until you've tried it.
Comme ci comme ça: Leeds United's summer of non-communication
The advantage fans have is that everything in football, whether it's comms or money or community, must ultimately be expressed with high visibility on grass.
Georginio Rutter and the peak of the Brighton model
Things may not actually be that bad. But they're bad enough to have me thinking about Peter Ridsdale, Professor McKenzie, Ken Bates and the parallels. So that is bad enough.
Cry-laughing through history with Leeds United AFC
Leeds United have a lot of things to put right at the top level. Not just so that the club can have a successful future, but so it can make peace with its past.
Crysencio Summerville is on his own path
Football clubs can write whatever they want into players' contracts, but they still end up dealing with a big group of twenty-something manifest destinies with Instagram accounts.
The midfield angle of Gary McAllister
Gary McAllister is gliding. The tacklers are in his wake.
Uruguay, Canada, coping and the Copa: football and a four hour dirge
"The head coaches have power, the owners of the clubs have power, the media have power and the fans have power. But they don't use it."
Eight years later, Sam Byram is the future again
The old guard are supposed to hand down to the people who came after them, but next season is a stage for younger lads with longer stories.
Failure is inevitable when no one is allowed to fail
Marcelo Bielsa says football is getting worse because of the pressure and the scrutiny and the blame and the accusations. Or to put it another way, Lee Dixon's commentary.