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1. You seem to be writing off all English football pre-Premier League. You say nobody was interested in who won the league in 1960 but that era has given English football some of the most iconic team, from the Busby Babes, Bill Nicholson's double-winning Spurs side, the great Wolves side led...

For anyone interested in American sports, one of the big attractions is that in any given season there are usually a dozen sides in contention of winning the whole thing. I know there are reasons for that, but the sheer openness of competition is refreshing and exciting. Contrast that with...

I'm coming round to the idea that maybe the Big 5 should all f*ck off: 1. Of the previous 55 domestic trophies over 19 years the Big 5 (Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Man Utd, Man City) have won 47 (and 23 of the last 25). 2. Of the rest of the Prem clubs only Leicester (2) and Spurs have won...

I am pleased that the ESL baby was strangled at birth, but what it has highlighted is a whole hosts of systemic problems with the organisation of the game, domestically and in Europe. The starting point is the lack of effectiveness of both the 'fit and proper' test and Financial Fair Play...