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The Long Read: AFC Wimbledon return to Plough Lane

The Long Read: AFC Wimbledon return to Plough Lane

AFC Wimbledon: A fan-owned club, with a home once more. This is the story of an FA Cup-winning, first-tier English team that all but died - but was saved by the loyalty of its fans. The club lost its stadium, its players, its money, its kits, its staff

David Hillier Interview: Life After football

David Hillier Interview: Life After football

David Hillier talks to us openly about his life after football, support from the game, and the realities of being a firefighter He made 143 appearances for Arsenal, helping them win the First Division, the FA Cup and the League Cup; and then he walked away to become a firefighter.

Football Manager: More Than a Game

Football Manager - Stories From 3 People Whose Lives Were Changed By the Game Sometimes it’s right to use a cliché. Football Manager really is more than a game. The ambition, the hope, the pure passion that FM provokes in players is unmatched by any other career-mode football game.

Retro Football Adverts - How Reebok, Nike and Adidas filled their boots in the 90s

Retro Football Adverts - How Reebok, Nike and Adidas filled their boots in the 90s

Retro football adverts - Reebok, Nike and Adidas had great creative adverts in the 90s In this article, Charlie Rowan reminisces about the golden age of great football adverts, the late 1990s and early 2000s. Football adverts have almost always captured the raw emotion, the drama and the passion experienced by

Inter Miami: The Herons and their focus on youth

Inter Miami: The Herons and their focus on youth

Charlie Rowan talks to Inter Miami Director of Player Development, Darren Powell, about he the club are doing things differently to most They call themselves “The Herons” - “a symbol of power, protection and patience”, or so they explain. However, “patience” is certainly not reflective of the club’s ambition and

Bury Football Club - Is this the end? A Football story

Bury Football Club - Is this the end? A Football story

Football Stories: Bury Football Club - The fall, as told by those that were there, and how it might rise again Charlie Rowan returns to The Sporting Blog with a 4 part feature on the fall of Bury Football Club, and the potential second coming through Bury AFC. Charlie has interviewed