Feature: O2 Arena Made Me Take Off a Palestine Football Shirt to Watch Lorde
Chloe Laws
Exclusive: The O2 will review its procedures after two attendees of a Lorde concert were ordered to take of their FC Palestina t-shirts.
Tag: football
Novara Live: 11 Arrested at Protests As Maccabi Tel Aviv Play Aston Villa
The much politicised Aston Villa football match against Maccabi Tel Aviv has gone ahead with fans of the Israeli team absent from the event. 11 people have been arrested at protests surrounding the event. Plus: Four British prisoners accused of offences related to Palestine Action are on hunger strike over the conditions in which they […]
Report: Pro-Zionism Protesters Turned Out for Israel’s Most Racist Football Club
Simon Childs
Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestine protesters descended on Birmingham as Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were banned from visiting Aston Villa. Simon Childs reports from Birmingham.
Feature: The Fifa Museum Is a Masterclass in Reputational Whitewashing
Juliet Jacques
Handing world cups to fascist dictatorships, brown-nosing Trump, endless corruption scandals – there’s an awful lot of history on display at Fifa’s Zurich museum and absolutely none of it that explains why fans hate the organisation, writes Juliet Jacques.
Report: Arsenal Sued For Unfair Dismissal of Employee Who Supported Palestine
Polly Smythe
Legal team of Arsenal kit manager of 22 years who was fired on Christmas Eve argue the club prioritised a perceived PR risk over the right to political expression. Polly Smythe reports.
Feature: Meet the Super-Rich Property Mogul Who Just Got Made Reform UK’s New ‘Life President’
Simon Childs
Sir John Hall, once dubbed ‘King of the Geordies,’ has been made ‘North East Life President’ of Reform UK after making a reportedly ‘vast’ donation.
Opinion: Maccabi Tel Aviv Thugs Made Israeli Apartheid Relatable
Rivkah Brown
Come to a foreign country gaming for a fight, receive street justice and have the world leap to your defence – if you didn’t know a thing about Israel and Palestine last week, you do now, writes Rivkah Brown.
Pro Revolution Soccer: Can English Football Escape the Iron Grip of the Big Five?
Next in our Euro 2024 series, Juliet Jacques explains how we ended up with a Premier League that's stuck in a rut.
Novara FM: The People Vs Football
Juliet Jacques and Tom Williams unite to discuss football as a site of political struggle, from Cairo to Clapton FC.
Pro Revolution Soccer: Where Do We Go From Here?
Tom and Keir are joined by David Wearing to put forward a vision of football as a force for good.
Report: Trade Union General Secretary Accused of Taking Qatari Bribes to Ignore Human Rights Abuses
Polly Smythe
As the world slams Qatar’s human rights abuses, the ITUC has stood by the Gulf state. Belgian prosecutors smell a rat. Polly Smythe reports.
Pro Revolution Soccer: Why Do We Love Football So Much?
Keir and Tom wonder why playing a game feels so important, with Juliet Jacques and Polly Smythe.
Pro Revolution Soccer: Should You Support Your National Team?
Keir and Tom are joined by David Goldblatt, author of The Ball Is Round, to talk about football as a national culture.
Pro Revolution Soccer: What Does Qatar Want?
Why do Gulf petrostates pour billions into football? Kate Mason and Ali Reda join our World Cup podcast.
Pro Revolution Soccer: Should We Boycott the Qatar World Cup?
Keir Milburn and Tom Williams launch a football podcast that doesn't leave politics at the turnstile.
Opinion: My Stepfather Became My Dad the Day He Took Me to My First Football Match
Tom Williams
Football helped Tom Williams build a relationship with his stepfather, pulling him away from the darker side of what it means to ‘be a man’. Breaking down barriers to the game has never been more important, he argues.
Analysis: Could the Rise of Women’s Football Mean Greater Player Power?
Jessy Parker Humphreys
High-profile women footballers such as Beth Mead and Magda Eriksson have been amongst those most vocally opposed to the Qatar World Cup. Could the growing platform for the women's game lead to greater player power within the sport?
Long Read: ‘Levelling Up’ is Encouraging Gulf States to Buy Northern Football Clubs
Ali Reda & Philip Proudfoot
The Tories have welcomed oil sheikdoms buying up football clubs in England’s cash-strapped post-industrial north as part of their ‘levelling up’ agenda. Philip Proudfoot and Ali Reda explain.