Welcome to football’s age of lawfare – bitter, belligerent and eyewateringly expensive

You might walk past the International Dispute Resolution Centre (IDRC) in central London a hundred times…

Burnley? Detroit. Leeds? Flamingo Land. Fulham? Mongolia: The strange world of football travel tie-ins

What do Wolverhampton and Florida have in common? They both have picturesque, glistening, sandy beaches? Nope,…

Joey Barton: Fearless free-speech champion, outside agitator or a ‘bully’?

Will the real Joey Barton please stand up? The man with that name, that reputation and…

Preston forward Milutin Osmajic given nine-match ban after FA racism charge ‘proven’

Preston North End’s Milutin Osmajic has been issued a nine-match suspension after charges which accused him…

Should Frank bow to The Spurs Way? What do Rice and Caicedo say of transfer fees? How true is the table? – The Briefing

Welcome to The Briefing, where every Monday during this season, The Athletic will discuss three of…

Does it matter if players don’t clap their fans?

If players clap in a stadium full of boos, does it make a sound? Do frustrated…