Is it time to limit heading to prevent dementia?
Surely we can’t just accept that footballers risk dementia by heading the ball. Time for change?
John Nicholson
Even Liverpool and Man City play long-ball football…
They just don’t call it long-ball football anymore. We have to pretend it’s not brilliant when done well.
Clarke, Big Six and Big Money can, well, get tae f**k
So Clarke knew about Project Big Picture but decided not to tell the other 14? Just let the Big Six go…
Rashford is driving football as a vehicle for societal change
Footballers shouldn’t have a bigger voice, nor be relied upon to force political change. But is this the way forward?
Modern football is all greed and almost no trust
Nobody in football trusts anyone else in football. There’s a lot of hate and greed and cynicism.
What’s premier about Premier League defending?
Surely the Premier League should showcase every element of elite football. Maybe it’s not so elite…
Incensed by PPV? The Premier League is all PPV…
The Premier League is all PPV and we have gone along with it for too long, says John Nicholson.
Everybody Loves… football programmes – a memento to every matchday
Johnny Nic pays homage to matchday programmes and their role in the badly-missed routine of going to the game…
Premier League football and the myth of the 14m viewers
Manchester United and Liverpool defeats helped Sky Sports to its highest ever viewership, did they?
Premier League player exclusive on the goal-fest…
John Nicholson talks to his mystery Premier League footballer for an insight into this new normal.
Everybody loves… Paul Scholes – the peerless, working-class hero
Paul Scholes was the Man Utd player opposition fans disliked the least and the midfielder Xavi wanted to be…
Dyche is wrong: football isn’t just another business
Football just isn’t the same as a hedge fund, and Sean Dyche must know that really.
Handball: The straw that breaks VAR camel’s back?
Handball and VAR get an absolute shoeing from John Nicholson. He is awful angry.
Six ways to save the crumbling Football League pyramid
Premier League players could bail the EFL out. Or should the football community hold a Crowdfunder?
The idea of Big Brands like Bale is better than reality…
Gareth Bale. Lionel Messi. Some get excited about Big Brands but not our Johnny…
Chris Wilder is a coaching enigma already in his top job
Will Chris Wilder ever get to manage one of the elite? Does it matter? Would he care?
Why fans must return to lower leagues next month…
Macclesfield have gone and other clubs will follow without fans in grounds…
When Liverpool v Leeds feels like West Ham at home…
Liverpool v Leeds was brilliant but Anfield was like an abandoned circus. Johnny is sad.
Foden and Greenwood keep a dying industry on life support
Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood gave journalists an excuse to write anything but the football for weeks.
Cut the shirt and make the England kit special again
Why do the FA treat the England shirt like so much dodgy sportswear? Johnny is kitted up and fuming.
Everybody but the Irish and management loves Thierry Henry
Thierry Henry was genuinely unplayable at times. What an absolutely sensational player.
Hate male, woke v blokes: Football’s depressing bigotry war
Remember when the Soccer Saturday panel was replaced with black, lesbian, disabled muslims?
Johnny reviews…Chris Sutton’s new book
John Nicholson likes Chris Sutton so he likes his book. Though he does have one beef…
New? Old? This was Big Money v Big Money
Never mind casting Bayern as righteous underdogs, this was just Money v Money.
There will never be another player or pundit like Roy Keane
Roy Keane was one of a kind as a player and remains precisely as such in the punditry booth.
Why has Joe Hart become such an easy target?
It’s hardly fair that Joe Hart is seen as yesterday’s man; there’s a good goalkeeper in there.
We now want jeopardy in our European football…
We don’t want group stages and two-legged games; we want jeopardy in every game.
Pirlo, Lampard may prove latest coaching fad is double-edged
Andrea Pirlo’s Panenkas and raking diagonals will soon be forgotten if he is no good as a manager.
The shift from People’s Game to game without people is complete
The change from the People’s Game to the game without people has been seamless.
Eric Cantona: A guiding light for those who just don’t fit in…
There are people who don’t like Eric. I know, it is hard to believe, but they’re out there….