Buy the book here By Bernadette Hyland The Mary Quaile Club was set up in 2013 to remember a working- class woman who dedicated her life to... Continue reading
The Picasso of our game By Mark Perryman OK England’s relationship with European football didn’t exactly begin well, in1955, the first European Cup. Chelsea, the First Division champions,... Continue reading
Mark Perryman defends the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans at Villa Park At ‘best’ this from Sir Keir is ill-informed, at worst it is naked and... Continue reading
By Mark Perryman Following the death of Palestinian footballer Suleiman al-Obeid, UEFA tweeted sorrowfully: “Farewell to Suleiman al-Obeid, the ‘Palestinian Pelé’. A talent who gave hope to... Continue reading
Mark Perryman measures the impact of England’s Euro 2025 Victory The 2025 sporting summer will forever be remembered for three and a bit weeks in Switzerland and... Continue reading
by Dennis Broe On February 2nd of this year, under cover of darkness, perhaps the strangest trade in the history of the National Basketball Association occurred. Luka... Continue reading
Mark Perryman celebrates the meaning of Bob Marley, whose birthday would have been Thursday 6th February As self-styled ‘sporting outfitters of intellectual distinction’ at Philosophy Football we’ve... Continue reading
I want to argue for the end to international football – or at least radical reform of it. Do you ever felt annoyed or ‘lost’ that club... Continue reading
Mark Perryman gets to grips with Nike v St. George, with image above by Hugh Tisdall “This virtue signalling, namby-pamby, pearl-clutching, woke nonsense must stop now. Any... Continue reading
70 years on, Mark Perryman and Guardian football cartoonist David Squires (see image above) revisit LS Lowry’s greatest painting Reputedly a Man City fan LS Lowry’s 1953 masterpiece Going to the Match depicted not Maine Road... Continue reading