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Jun 7, 2025 • Jack Holmes
Mikel Arteta is in grave peril
The Arsenal manager has transformed the club and made them contenders, but he surely cannot survive a self-immolation.
Feb 21 • Jack Holmes
"Today, everything is different. There's no action!"
Henry Hill of 'Goodfellas' was a fanatical football fan working a 9-to-5.
Feb 14 • Jack Holmes
Surfing the Trollscape
Arsenal fans get trolled online more than any other football fanbase. Are the victims to blame?
Feb 6 • Jack Holmes
How to get Premier League match tickets that don't suck
A football tourist's guide, compiled by a frequent flyer.
Jan 31 • Jack Holmes
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The fire and flair we've lost: Arsenal v Man United
Thierry Henry was playing streetball. He was grinning, spinning, slaloming through opponents, stopping and starting and gliding and darting.
Jan 23 • Jack Holmes
ESPN commentator Jon Champion on calling Wrexham's FA Cup triumph
Plus: TFW on Tour.
Jan 16 • Jack Holmes
The FA Cup Third Round is magic
Macclesfield F.C. will host defending champions Crystal Palace at a ground built in 1891.
Jan 9 • Jack Holmes
The Paris rebel club
The author of a new book on Red Star Paris joins The Football Weekend to explain why it's such a special institution.
Jan 2 • Jack Holmes
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Bologna's Football Cathedral Is a Layer Cake of Contradictions
It's a fascist monument that's beloved in a lefty town, and soon it will be transformed once more.
May 29, 2025 • Jack Holmes
Has Anfield Lost Its Formidable Atmosphere?
I can only speak to my own experience under the lights in Liverpool on a Tuesday night.
Mar 19, 2025 • Jack Holmes
What Everton Will Leave Behind at Goodison Park
Ahead of the last Merseyside derby at Everton's home since 1892, a requiem for "the last of the great signature old stadiums."
Feb 12, 2025 • Jack Holmes
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