Archive - The Football Weekend

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

January 2026

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

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

December 2025

Look how they massacred my Boxing Day

The Premier League has betrayed us on English football's High Holy Day, so we'll make our own program.

Dec 26, 2025 • Jack Holmes

It's been one hell of a year

The Football Weekend's 2025, wrapped.

Dec 18, 2025 • Jack Holmes

Nobody knows nothin' in the Premier League

Pundits, Supercomputers, Substackers ... everybody gets overconfident in those balmy days of the early season. Now we're in the cold dark of winter.

Dec 12, 2025 • Jack Holmes

FIFA just gets worse

Pining for Sepp Blatter at the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw.

Dec 8, 2025 • Jack Holmes

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