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Football Culture

Fashion, music, food, friendships, off-pitch stories that are still very much football.

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Stuart Ripley: from title-winning winger to solicitor

Stuart Ripley spent the best part of two decades tearing down the flank for Middlesbrough, Blackburn Rovers and Southampton, picking up a Premier League winner's medal along the way.

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Dembélé and Hernández: Barça and Bayern royalty, together at PSG

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Why Messi never judged himself on goals alone

Do you have a high football IQ? — Week 38, 2026
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Do you have a high football IQ?

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Gareth Bale's transfer to China that never happened

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Joe Cole: what he's doing now

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Ramon Vega: from Wembley cup finals to boardrooms

Football's new pitch: talk about the pain — photo: nytimes.comCULTURE

Football's new pitch: talk about the pain

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João Félix & Robert Lewandowski: Barcelona's Odd Couple

Do you have a high football IQ? — Week 37, 2026CULTURE

Do you have a high football IQ?

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Jay-Jay Okocha's forgotten Hull City chapter

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Marcus Stewart: one great season, then a long life in football

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Berbatov's Lecce move that collapsed after the medical

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The countries where football is actually free to watch

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Darren Bent: from Wembley to the airwaves

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Curtis Woodhouse: from Birmingham's midfield to the boxing ring

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9 managerial records that will never be beaten

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Paulinho & Philippe Coutinho: Spurs and Liverpool, together at Barça

Do you have a high football IQ? — Week 36, 2026CULTURE

Do you have a high football IQ?

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Why football stats on TV don't always add up

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Aaron Lennon: Where Is He Now?

Do you have a high football IQ? — Week 35, 2026CULTURE

Do you have a high football IQ?

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Empty parks, full phones: why Italy's talent pipeline dried up

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De Zerbi is right: you cannot buy mentality in the transfer market

When the World Cup party got political — photo: The Athletic — FootballCULTURE

When the World Cup party got political

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Simulation light: why overreacting to contact remains a winning tactic

Newcastle United v Zulte Waragem, 2007 (2) — Photo: User:Responsible? via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)CULTURE

Michael Owen: the one player every fanbase ended up resenting

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What makes a football match simulation actually realistic?

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The quiet giant: why Marquinhos is one of football's great one-club trophy hunters

Carlos Kaiser: How Much of the Legend Survives Checking?CULTURE

Carlos Kaiser: How Much of the Legend Survives Checking?

Ronaldinho's 23-goal game: claimed, confirmed, never documentedCULTURE

Ronaldinho's 23-goal game: claimed, confirmed, never documented

Ali Dia, Graeme Souness, and the call nobody can traceCULTURE

Ali Dia, Graeme Souness, and the call nobody can trace

Süle scores, loses 7-2 on Kreisliga debut for SV TiefenbachCULTURE

Süle scores in 7-2 Kreisliga loss on amateur debut for Tiefenbach

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TNT Sports at £31: what the price is actually buying you

The Basque club quietly shaping the Premier League — photo: ESPN FC
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The Basque club quietly shaping the Premier League

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The clubs that fell furthest: how Portsmouth's decline became historic

The referee the US turned away — photo: ESPN FC
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The referee the US turned away

The kit with 1,000 sponsors — photo: Footy HeadlinesCULTURE

The kit with 1,000 sponsors

Mourinho's Netflix doc: legend vs. reality — photo: nytimes.comCULTURE

Mourinho's Netflix doc: legend vs. reality

The referee the World Cup left behind — Photo: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)CULTURE

The referee the World Cup left behind

The Hand of God ball has a price tag — photo: Foot MercatoCULTURE

The Hand of God ball has a price tag

Wonderwall: England's World Cup soundtrack — photo: The Athletic — FootballCULTURE

Wonderwall: England's World Cup soundtrack

Dan Burn's bench campaign is actually something — photo: BBC Sport — Football
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Dan Burn's bench campaign is actually something

He sold his dad's ring for Villa — photo: BBC Sport — Football
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He sold his dad's ring for Villa

The $105 train ride nobody asked for — Photo: Hatter69 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)CULTURE

The $105 train ride nobody asked for

Forty years of football's most brutal lottery — photo: BBC Sport — Football
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Forty years of football's most brutal lottery

James Richardson is back on Serie A duty — photo: BBC Sport — Football
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James Richardson is back on Serie A duty

Le Mans FC's extraordinary climb back — photo: BBC Sport — Football
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Le Mans FC's extraordinary climb back

Abstract Flagside cover: Football Culture — Salah's journey: village to Anfield icon
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Salah's journey: village to Anfield icon

Abstract Flagside cover: Football Culture — The Davids at Barnet story, revisited
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The Davids at Barnet story, revisited

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The Golden Generation doc is coming

Abstract Flagside cover: Football Culture — Why Sunderland away still stings United
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Why Sunderland away still stings United