Alex Thomson
‘We in the police got it wrong’: PCC Alan Billings on Hillsborough
Alan Billings cannot deny that with Orgreave, Hillsborough and Rotherham, the force he is paid to hold to account has some unique accounting to do.
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8m
Paul Stewart: abuse allegations
Interviews with Paul Stewart, a former England footballer who came forward this week detailing his own allegations of the years of abuse he suffered as a young player, and Tom Perry, from the Mandate Now charity.
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4m
Police receive more football abuse allegations
The scale is only just becoming clear: now the national inquiry into child sex abuse says it could start looking into allegations by former footballers that they were abused within the sport.
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5m
The USA, Mexico, the wall and football
President-elect Trump’s Mexican Wall and the future relationship with Mexico – are one of the bigger issues facing his new administration. Hard on the heels of the shock election result there were more prosaic issues involving the two countries last night – a world cup qualifying football match.
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Alex Thomson
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12m
Hillsborough: Liverpool fans unlawfully killed
Earlier today, a jury at Warrington coroner’s court decided by a majority verdict that the 96 victims of the Hillsborough stadium disaster had been killed unlawfully.
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Michael Crick
Why it’s time for Louis Van Gaal to go
I don’t know a United fan who thinks he should stay. Frankly, almost anyone right now would do a better job than Louis Van Gaal.
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Alex Thomson
Rangers cheated at football: the fraudulent silverware must go
After the biggest organised cheating scandal in the history of Scottish football, the former Rangers owners now face at last paying the British state the tax and NI they dodged for all those years.
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Alex Thomson
Rangers: what happens now after court decision?
HMRC is adamant there is money in there to be had and the court now says the state is owed what will be a substantial sum – barring any appeal process, of course.
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Alex Thomson
Big Sport: let the crowds make the noise, not Blastmusic
All Big Sport seems hellbent on killing the occasion by deadening the atmosphere with Blastmusic whenever they can.
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Keme Nzerem
Fifa latest: a bluffer’s guide
The politics behind the latest manoeuvring at the highest levels of football are fiendishly complicated. Keep ahead of developments with this handy guide.
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Keme Nzerem
When will Fifa finally hit the iceberg?
Fifa has almost certainly broken it’s own statutes. Imposing emergency measures now might just be the massive lifeboat world football so badly needs.
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Keme Nzerem
Fifa allegations: now questions are mounting for Michel Platini too
The Swiss authorities are investigating a payment made by Fifa boss Sepp Blatter to Michel Platini.
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Keme Nzerem
Fifa: don’t think it’s all over, there’s more to come
The most interesting thing to emerge from today’s FIFA briefing by a country mile – there is more to come.
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Alex Thomson
How football is tarnished and damaged by ignoring free speech
Gratifyingly, with the new season and the new rash of clubs busy censoring the media, the Great Banning Debate is now very much alive. Good.
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Alex Thomson
How can it be normal to ban journalists from the football?
There are football clubs in England and Scotland who feel it is perfectly normal to ban any journalist guilty of perpetrating journalism they disapprove of.
