De Zerbi, the 24/7 obsessive who tells his players: "I'm breaking your balls for a reason". And why his appointment has angered many Spurs fans after his support of Mason Greenwood. sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/de-zerbi-t...

De Zerbi, the 24/7 obsessive who tells his players: "I'm breaking your balls for a reason". And why his appointment has angered many Spurs fans after his support of Mason Greenwood. sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/de-zerbi-t...

De Zerbi, the 24/7 obsessive who tells his players: "I'm breaking your balls for a reason" sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/de-zerbi-t...

he Play The Game piece on the World Cup on the @sportingintel website. With thanks to @samindrakunti.bsky.social Nick McGeehan of @fairgameuk.bsky.social and the many other contributors. sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/fifa-world...

FIFA World Cup 2026: In Trump’s America, nothing can be ruled out. A piece for @playthegame_org about this summer's tournament. www.playthegame.org/news/fifa-wo...

Almost two years ago, readers of Sporting Intelligence voted for the best sports documentaries ever. Here's that piece and the top 20 back then. Any you would add since? sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-20-bes...

The Champions League was unprecedented this week. Why, and what does it tell us? sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-champi...

An easily explained Champions League last-16 enigma? PLUS: "Here we go!" - Fabrizio Romano, part II sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/an-easily-...

Rather lovely to see the fraud/shill Fabrizio Romano being dragged over hot coals, thanks to @sportingintel.bsky.social following on the great work by @troelsbager.bsky.social and others. Here's what I wrote (en français) on the subject in June of last year. www.eurosport.fr/football/tra...

"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/here-we-go...

Re-upping this from March last year after confirmation the Premier League will start a direct to fans TV offer, initially in Singapore, which I first reported on in 2020 just before the Pandemic ruined it that time around sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/premflix

Bodo/Glimt produced one of the biggest upsets in Champions League history as they knocked out last year's finalists Inter to reach the last 16 for the first time. Piece from last September about the secrets of their success sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-miracl...

Why Real Madrid's Super League "defeat" is a mere blip on the way to the rich getting richer sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/headline-i...

The most extraordinary result in the Champions League tonight was Bodø/Glimt 3 Inter 1. I wrote about the miracle of Bodø back in September sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-miracl...

Chatted to someone recently about Ted Lasso, a show I (almost) unreservedly loved that returns with season 4 this year. It polarised opinion. Last year I wrote 2,000 (mostly) paywalled words about it. After my recent chat, I've un-paywalled it: sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/ted-lasso-...

Saints are only 140 years old and already they've won a match from 3-0 down. There's now a whole piece about this, including stats for all the clubs currently in England's top two divisions. Such comebacks are EXTREMELY rare, for anyone. sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/southampto...

Southampton's miracle win at Leicester after trailing 3-0 at H-T: a historical perspective sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/southampto...

EXPOSED: the rise of illegal and unregulated betting companies in international cricket Brilliant piece by @stevemenary.bsky.social sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/exposed-th...

EXPOSED: the rise of illegal and unregulated betting companies in international cricket Brilliant piece by @stevemenary.bsky.social sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/exposed-th...

A piece about the complicated and controversial life and times of Mo Farah, who I first met when he was 16, and the challenges of reporting on that, fairly and accurately, in the face of PRs and lawyers sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/mo-farah-a...

A piece about the complicated and controversial life and times of Mo Farah, who I first met when he was 16, and the challenges of reporting on that, fairly and accurately, in the face of PRs and lawyers sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/mo-farah-a...

@sportingintel.bsky.social have you seen this? All the files, emails, photos, flights, organised in a Google Workspace style to search and read. Technology at its greatest and most useful www.jmail.world

Mo Farah: a case study of asking difficult questions to a lauded sportsperson you admire sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/mo-farah-a...

The Epstein files and sport: postscript No1 sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-epstei...

Piece tells you how to access now defunct "document dump" about Russian doping; Football Leaks; USADA docs on Lance A; a spreadsheet of 12,000 blood tests on track & field athletes from 2001-12; and some Fancy Bears stuff

As the Epstein case shows, "document dumps" are both a journalistic blessing and a curse. Five examples from sport show why sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/as-the-eps...

Piece tells you how to access now defunct "document dump" about Russian doping; Football Leaks; USADA docs on Lance A; a spreadsheet of 12,000 blood tests on track & field athletes from 2001-12; and some Fancy Bears stuff

As the Epstein case shows, "document dumps" are both a journalistic blessing and a curse. Five examples from sport show why sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/as-the-eps...

Proving to be the most popular read of 2026 so far, with all the engagement you'd expect from Man City fans especially, taking the time and effort to tell me how much they don't care about this AT ALL.

So many Man City fans seem to think the 115 case is the first time they've been accused of financial misconduct and don't recall multiple previous cases and €90m of fines, later reduced to "only" €30m. Hope this Q&A refreshes memories

So many Man City fans seem to think the 115 case is the first time they've been accused of financial misconduct and don't recall multiple previous cases and €90m of fines, later reduced to "only" €30m. Hope this Q&A refreshes memories

A dozen questions about the end game of Manchester City's "115" case, and its aftermath sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/a-dozen-qu...

In elite club football, you get what you pay for, unless the owners are incompetent or geniuses sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/in-elite-c...

In elite club football, you get what you pay for, unless the owners are incompetent or geniuses sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/in-elite-c...

Infantino isn't just a worse FIFA president than Blatter (sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/from-the-c...), he's an abysmal human. His continued obsequious behaviour towards a demented, dangerous clown like Trump is woeful. A "board of peace" with Putin, Orbán and Lukashenko is an utter farce.

As a one-off gesture in the name of transparency and to perhaps help some City fans see what their club have done, I've un-paywalled this article. Skip to the point where you can download and read a set of documents that tell you what happened. sportingintelligence832.substack.com/publish/post...

As a one-off gesture in the name of transparency and to perhaps help some City fans see what their club have done, I've un-paywalled this article. Skip to the point where you can download and read a set of documents that tell you what happened. sportingintelligence832.substack.com/publish/post...

Macclesfield's record FA Cupset and why it was such a phenomenal result. Plus: the world's best academies; PL attendance record incoming; and WC ticket prices. sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/macclesfie...

One of my sports writing heroes. Read him at the Indy in my student days when I had no inkling I might follow in his footsteps. RIP JR, the best of us

REVEALED: FA targets low-hanging fruit for illegal betting as game drowns in gambling ads sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/revealed-f...

John Roberts, writer and author, RIP sportingintelligence832.substack.com/publish/post... A short piece on JR's life and work, and links to some of his brilliant work.

More than 200 non league players and staff charged by the FA for betting offences since 2015 - 3/4 of all charges. Why is the FA going after easy targets? On Substack for @sportingintel.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/sporting...

Brilliant piece by Steve Menary for Sporting Intelligence today. Steve knows this world inside out.

REVEALED: FA targets low-hanging fruit for illegal betting as game drowns in gambling ads sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/revealed-f...

What the insurable value of Scotland's national team says about their 2026 World Cup fate sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/what-the-i...

📝Today on Nutmeg FC: Nick uses his method to predict Scotland’s chances in the USA (hint: there’s some good news). open.substack.com/pub/nutmegfo...

What the insurable value of Scotland's national team says about their 2026 World Cup fate sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/what-the-i...

And the Premier League title winners in 2025-26 will be … sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/and-the-pr...

The Christmas Day episode of The Rest is History pod, about the Christmas Day WW1 truce of 1914, is absolutely magnificent. Just listened to it on dog walk. Informative, extremely moving, thought-provoking, and funny. Here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w... Or wherever you get your pods.

And the team of 2025 is … Manchester City sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/and-the-te...