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The Playmaker from Tortoise - one story every day to make sense of the beautiful game. Tortoise is a news start-up devoted to slow journalism. We take news slowly. We tell stories that reall...
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Chloe Beresford and Andrew Butler continue to reflect on the 2021/2022 season. In this final episode of the Playmaker they discuss club owne...
Chloe Beresford and Andrew Butler reflect on the 2021/2022 season. In part one they discuss the return of fans to stadiums after Covid restr...
17-year-old Jake Daniels has become the first male footballer in the UK to come out as gay in 32 years. So how has the journey to get here t...
Seven years ago, neither of Milan’s clubs made the top four in Italian football. Now, they’re vying for the Serie A title. How have the good...
Yasir Sufi is the award-winning integration and development manager at Blackburn Rovers. His work is making a huge difference to a town wher...
Diego Maradona’s infamous ‘Hand of God’ shirt has sold for over £7million – and in the process has made former England midfielder Steve Hodg...
Angel City FC sold out its first ever match in the US National Women’s Soccer League. But it aims to be more than just a success on the pitc...
Athletic Bilbao forward Iñaki Williams has set the standard for playing time in Spain, having played more consecutive matches than any other...
Jorginho was Chelsea’s star penalty taker. But recently he hasn’t been able to convert. What happened to the penalty king? Hosted on Acast....
Football is awash with stories that describe one player’s improbable rise through the ranks to sporting fame. But none quite come close to M...
Bury FC have been bought out of administration three years after their league expulsion. But the hard work in starting again has more hurdle...
Reports suggest that Paul Pogba will leave Manchester United this summer. He’s often been an unpopular figure at Old Trafford, but has he re...
Newcastle looked doomed to almost certain relegation when Eddie Howe took over in November. But in the end they achieved safety with games t...
The worlds of football, cryptocurrencies and their associated industries have collided more this season than ever before. What can we expect...
This season has seen the emergence of NFTs and other crypto products in the world of football. So where do clubs and the wider game go next...
Manchester City and Liverpool have been dominating the Premier League for the last few years. Is this fixture becoming England’s El Clasico?...
Unpopular owner Abdullah Lemsagam has seen his club Oldham relegated out of the football league for the first time in their history. Can the...
Erik Ten Hag will be the Manchester United manager from next season. But if the team needs “open heart surgery,” will he be given the space...
Karren Brady has paved the way for women in leadership roles in football. But 30 years after she took over at Birmingham City, why are there...
Erling Haaland has been described as the ‘perfect’ footballer, and has reportedly told Manchester City he wants to sign for them. So just ho...
Northern Ireland Women’s manager Kenny Shiels caused controversy when he claimed that female players are more emotional than their male coun...
Relegation-threatened Burnley shocked the world of football by firing long serving manager Sean Dyche with just eight games to go on his con...
England is hosting the Women’s Euros this summer. With hundreds of thousands of tickets already sold, new captain Leah Williamson has an imp...
Aleksander Mitrovic recently broke the Championship record for most goals scored in a season. What more does he need to do to prove himself...
Qatar has consistently denied that migrant workers involved in preparations for this year’s World Cup have suffered human rights abuses. But...
Neil Warnock has retired from football management after a record-breaking 41 years. There have been plenty of funny moments, but he will be...
Sports stars will no longer be allowed to advertise gambling products in the UK from October. But there’s more to this rule change than you...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in parliament that English football should have an independent regulator. But will it ever actually happen...
Manchester City and Liverpool fans are unable to travel by train to Wembley for their FA Cup semi-final because of planned engineering works...
It’s been a bumpy ride so far for new Spurs managing director of football Fabio Paratici, but together with fellow Italian Antonio Conte he...
After voting against the introduction of five substitutes on three separate occasions, the Premier League has now agreed to the new rule fro...
During the month of Ramadan, those who observe it cannot eat or drink from dawn until sunset. How do you cope if you’re a Muslim footballer...
Canada has qualified for the World Cup for only the second time in their history – and it’s all been made possible by their English manager,...
Financial Fair Play was brought in by UEFA in 2011, but now it’s being scrapped in favour of a new financial monitoring system for clubs. Wh...
Bukayo Saka says sometimes players need more protection from being fouled, but ex-players like Steven Gerrard disagree. Who is right? The Pl...
Tammy Abraham has quickly become a hero among Roma fans. But how has he adapted to life abroad so well when others have failed to do so? The...
Five years ago, Luton Town were sixth in the fourth tier of English football. Now, they stand on the brink of the Premier League. The Playma...
Lionel Messi’s arrival at Paris Saint-Germain was supposed to be the icing on the cake for the French club. He’s now getting booed. What’s g...
Trinity Rodman is setting her own precedents in the US Women’s Soccer League, but her role model isn’t who you might think. Hosted on Acast....
Everton has made huge financial losses under owner Farhad Moshiri. What would relegation mean for the club? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...
Andriy Yarmolenko was given compassionate leave when his home country of Ukraine was invaded by Russia. Now, he’s led West Ham to an histori...
Plans to redevelop Manchester United’s iconic stadium include the option to knock it down completely and build a new ground, but fans are re...
Amidst Newcastle’s takeover and sanctions against Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, what can League Two club Forest Green Rovers teach us abou...
What will the sanctions against Roman Abramovich, Chelsea’s owner, mean for Emma Hayes and the women’s team? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
When Yaroslav Rakitskyi moved from Shakhtar Donetsk to Zenit St. Petersburg, he was dropped from the Ukrainian National team. Why did it tak...
Cristiano Ronaldo has broken the record for the most goals scored in football history. But some say his competitors have scored more than ha...
Government sanctions mean that Chelsea can only spend £20,000 on away trips. How much does it cost to take a football club abroad? Hosted on...
The attempt to launch a European Super League fell flat on its face last year. But rumours of it returning are getting increasingly hard to...
Footballers are three and half times more likely to develop neurodegenerative diseases later in life. So why aren’t policy makers acting? Ho...