Barney Ronay
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Felt a bit soft at the time. Looking back he grabbed his arm. So it’s just a foul and that’s that. No idea why shay given kept calling it “controversial“ on match of the day, other than being a bad tv analyst
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VAR offers up Arsenal’s title-deciding moment for digital mess generation | Barney Ronay
Multibillion stage of title-relegation stagger boiled down to a referee in front of a screen decoding a raised forearm
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/may/10/west-ham-var-offers-up-title-deciding-moment-for-arsenal-and-digital-mess-generation?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Reel life. it’s happening very quickly. nobody asked for it. It destroys all other forms. We really need to stop pumping this shit into young people’s heads
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Into the Ronaldo-verse: sludge of content is eating up sport and the adults are to blame | Barney Ronay
Cristiano Ronaldo has 664 million Instagram followers but his boring presence highlights how reel-life destroys what it touches
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/may/09/into-the-ronaldo-verse-sludge-of-content-is-eating-up-sport-and-the-adults-are-to-blame
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My 5-step plan for beating PSG (perfect defence, perfect defence, perfect defence, goal from a corner, perfect defence)
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Kvaratskhelia is perfect attacking scalpel for PSG’s surgical brilliance. Arsenal, beware | Barney Ronay
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s trickery and imagination in Munich gave a reminder of the challenge facing Arsenal in the final
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/may/06/khvicha-kvaratskhelia-paris-saint-germain-psg-champions-league-bayern-munich-luis-enrique
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Bizarre we're in a place where this is seen as ok for public chat/"analysis". Sometimes it can seem odd that people hate The Media so much. Not when you look at things like this
add a skeleton here at some point
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This game can't end like this. Simeone doesn't just lose 1-0 and go home. Something horrible will have to happen
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Arteta and Arsenal were presence off stage for the first time really in a City game. He deserves some praise for this
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Thierno Barry provides human touch with fresh twist in title race full of uncertainties | Barney Ronay
Manchester City did not choke at Everton to hand Arsenal the advantage but it was another reminder the Premier League’s random qualities are still key
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/may/05/manchester-city-arsenal-premier-league-pep-guardiola-mikel-arteta
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Drag me to Hull
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Millwall’s party in the sun lasts three minutes but Lions take pride in playoff prize
Millwall had to settle for a place in the Championship playoffs despite finishing the regular season with a comfortable 2-0 victory over relegated Oxford
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/may/02/millwall-forced-to-settle-for-championship-playoffs-despite-win-over-oxford
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On the bus in New Cross, bloke just sat next to me carrying the entire contents of a Sainsbury’s Local salmon shelf, tried to sell his wares to fellow passengers. Just great to see local fishermen thriving
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The great county reconnect. Yeah, I’ll start by being out of the country for half the season. you do have to admire the levels of fuck-you-all
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...
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Cricket’s George Costanza: McCullum makes himself look vital by not turning up | Barney Ronay
England head coach survived Ashes review but going missing for 43% of the county season is straight out of Seinfeld
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/may/02/brendon-mccullum-missing-nearly-half-county-cricket-season-england
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In defence of the Premier League, which is not a one-club monarchy or a state project, and isn’t spending eight months limbering up for April
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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PSG and Bayern’s box-fresh talents or Premier League title tussle: you can only have one | Barney Ronay
The Premier League isn’t as fun and fizzy as PSG v Bayern but that’s the price of the twice-weekly churn that rewards discipline and sacrifice
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/29/psg-bayern-munich-premier-league-analysis
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Clarence Seedorf, what a guy
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PSG and Bayern’s box-fresh hyper-talents or Premier League title tussle: you can only have one
Premier League isn’t as fun and fizzy, but that’s the price of the twice-weekly churn that rewards discipline and sacrifice
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/29/psg-and-bayerns-box-fresh-hyper-talents-or-premier-league-title-tussle-you-can-only-have-one/
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Football, bloody hell
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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PSG edge breathless 5-4 classic as Bayern Munich rally after Dembélé’s double
Ousmane Dembélé and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia both scored twice for PSG before Bayern Munich hit back to reduce the deficit to 5-4 in a magnificent semi-final first leg
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/28/psg-bayern-munich-champions-league-semi-final-first-leg-match-report
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Football, bloody hell
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PSG edge breathless 5-4 classic as Bayern Munich rally after Dembélé’s double
Ousmane Dembélé and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia both scored twice for PSG before Bayern Munich hit back to reduce the deficit to 5-4 in a magnificent semi-final first leg
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/28/psg-bayern-munich-champions-league-semi-final-first-leg-match-report
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the extraordinary rise of the bantersphere, the bottle job, meme-war without end. Football in a terminally online world. It really didn’t used to be like this
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Drowning in the banter-sphere: how can the Premier League rivals handle the heat? | Barney Ronay
The current season has become a meme-war without end, an endless rolling wall of gloat and taunt in which players and managers must try to block out the noise
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/26/drowning-banter-sphere-premier-league-arsenal-title-race-manchester-city-spurs-west-ham-relegation
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the extraordinary rise of the bantersphere, the bottle job, meme-war without end. Football in a terminally online world. It really didn’t used to be like this
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Drowning in the banter-sphere: how can the Premier League rivals handle the heat? | Barney Ronay
The current season has become a meme-war without end, an endless rolling wall of gloat and taunt in which players and managers must try to block out the noise
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/26/drowning-banter-sphere-premier-league-arsenal-title-race-manchester-city-spurs-west-ham-relegation
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What I think about what KP thinks about what Alastair Cook thinks about what Jacob Bethell should do (quiz: only one of these things actually matters. Can you guess which?)
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Cricket’s April wasteland: Cook and Pietersen row like barbecue dads in the battle for Bethell | Barney Ronay
In the end it doesn’t matter if you prefer the Indian Premier League or red-ball cricket, or which is better. The war is over
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr/25/cricket-indian-premier-league-england-county-championship-alastair-cook-kevin-pietersen
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Chelsea: what happens when the Smartest Guys In The Room are actually the stupidest
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Liam Rosenior chewed up by BlueCo’s bizarre ChatGPT version of Chelsea | Barney Ronay
While the novice coach was clearly not a good fit, the lesson here is that billionaire owners are not always right after all
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/22/liam-rosenior-leaves-chelsea-blueco-ownership-todd-boehly?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Daily reminder not to stop at the google AI summary. It’s often bollocks. And it’s killing the thing it brainlessly scrapes for actual human thoughts
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Team with slightly better players and manager plus bigger wage bill, also financial charges pending wins. But ... was still also good
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Nico O’Reilly’s fearless quality exposes collapsing Arsenal’s title credentials | Barney Ronay
The deep lying flank-gallop creator is an excellent Manchester City story and once again confirmed why he is England’s best left-back
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/19/nico-oreilly-manchester-city-arsenal-premier-league-title-race
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It’s the final countdown
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Premier League shootout arrives with odd twist for feelings guy Guardiola
Manchester City v Arsenal is a rare late-season title decider and comes with a set of surprising plotlines
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/18/manchester-city-arsenal-premier-league-title-race-guardiola-arteta
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Be like water
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Supercharged GOAT-level swim‑genius Adam Ramsay-Peaty is the Messi of breaststroke | Barney Ronay
The three-time Olympic champion is brilliant, charismatic, relatable, basically the best British athlete of all-time. But he’s also a victim of the decline of minority sports
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr/18/supercharged-goat-level-swimgenius-adam-ramsay-peaty-is-the-messi-of-breaststroke
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Be like water
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Supercharged GOAT-level swim‑genius Adam Ramsay-Peaty is the Messi of breaststroke | Barney Ronay
The three-time Olympic champion is brilliant, charismatic, relatable, basically the best British athlete of all-time. But he’s also a victim of the decline of minority sports
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr/18/supercharged-goat-level-swimgenius-adam-ramsay-peaty-is-the-messi-of-breaststroke
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You can’t blame the fans for feeling confused at times. Even in victory, a good night, clean sheet, this is a genuinely strange spectacle to follow
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Arsenal are painful to watch but maybe this is just how you win things | Barney Ronay
The crowd were getting anxious and players are either missing or off form but they have still reached the Champions League semi-finals
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/15/arsenal-are-painful-to-watch-but-maybe-this-is-just-how-you-win-things
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April, come he will
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Welcome to Pep in April – the serial title avenger with Arsenal in his sights | Barney Ronay
Manchester City’s unbeaten April record in the past four years bodes well for their end-of-season pursuit for glory
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/12/pep-guardiola-chelsea-manchester-city-arsenal-premier-league-title-race
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April, come he will
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Welcome to Pep in April – the serial title avenger with Arsenal in his sights | Barney Ronay
Manchester City’s unbeaten April record in the past four years bodes well for their end-of-season pursuit for glory
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/12/pep-guardiola-chelsea-manchester-city-arsenal-premier-league-title-race
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I conquered the world of gambling: and now you can too with my simple three and half step plan (disclaimer: plan will not, repeat not work)
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Gambling is easy, right? Wrong: it turns out betting on sport is designed to disturb you | Barney Ronay
Could I turn ÂŁ10 into ÂŁ1,000? I thought I could but was undone by the harsh reality and lost a little bit of my soul along the way
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr/11/gambling-betting-on-sport-designed-to-disturb-you-football
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Footballers try hard
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PSG ramp up the style to leave Slot and Liverpool looking like yesterday’s men | Barney Ronay
Another Anfield miracle in the second leg will be talked up, but the gulf in class between the two sides was undeniable
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/09/psg-ramp-up-the-style-to-leave-slot-and-liverpool-looking-like-yesterdays-men
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Footballers try hard
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PSG ramp up the style to leave Slot and Liverpool looking like yesterday’s men | Barney Ronay
Another Anfield miracle in the second leg will be talked up, but the gulf in class between the two sides was undeniable
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/09/psg-ramp-up-the-style-to-leave-slot-and-liverpool-looking-like-yesterdays-men
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Arsenal. It’s all probably fine
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Arteta’s ChatGPT Guardiola-ism is down but history beckons for Gunners
The quadruple dream may be dead but Arsenal are now just four games from achieving an unprecedented nonruple
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/05/mikel-arteta-arsenal-pep-guardiola-manchester-city-quadruple
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Arsenal. It’s all probably fine
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Arteta’s ChatGPT Guardiola-ism is down but history beckons for Gunners
The quadruple dream may be dead but Arsenal are now just four games from achieving an unprecedented nonruple
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/05/mikel-arteta-arsenal-pep-guardiola-manchester-city-quadruple
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Pure Kane sugar
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Harry Kane, England’s Ballon d’Or hopeful, is finally getting the love he deserves | Barney Ronay
Sublime stint at Bayern Munich has made home audiences appreciate a man who isn’t flash or twinkly but is his country’s best footballer
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/03/harry-kane-england-ballon-dor-bayern-munich
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Pure Kane sugar
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Harry Kane, England’s Ballon d’Or hopeful, is finally getting the love he deserves | Barney Ronay
Sublime stint at Bayern Munich has made home audiences appreciate a man who isn’t flash or twinkly but is his country’s best footballer
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/03/harry-kane-england-ballon-dor-bayern-munich
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Tuchel will have head clawing nightmares about that goal. No more fun zippy stuff from here
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The never-ending story of England footballdom: this is why we can’t have nice things | Barney Ronay
Japan’s goal wasn’t Cole Palmer’s fault and Kobbie Mainoo couldn’t track back, but Tuchel will see the scale of what faces him
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/31/the-never-ending-story-of-england-footballdom-this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things
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Tuchel will have head clawing nightmares about that goal. No more fun zippy stuff from here
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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The never-ending story of England footballdom: this is why we can’t have nice things | Barney Ronay
Japan’s goal wasn’t Cole Palmer’s fault and Kobbie Mainoo couldn’t track back, but Tuchel will see the scale of what faces him
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/31/the-never-ending-story-of-england-footballdom-this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things
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Behind the Tudors are other Tudors
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Igor Tudor has gone but Tottenham are still hollow, confused and in deep trouble | Barney Ronay
Relegation battle has exposed Spurs’ institutional flaws but fans aside, few at the club seem to care about going down
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/30/tottenham-igor-tudor-relegation-battle-premier-league
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Behind the Tudors are other Tudors
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Igor Tudor has gone but Tottenham are still hollow, confused and in deep trouble | Barney Ronay
Relegation battle has exposed Spurs’ institutional flaws but fans aside, few at the club seem to care about going down
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/30/tottenham-igor-tudor-relegation-battle-premier-league
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England: maybe they’re just not that good
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Tuchel’s England? Maybe they are just not as good as we would like them to be | Barney Ronay
The Three Lions have not beaten a good side under their coach and no A-list players have emerged since the last World Cup
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/29/tuchels-england-maybe-they-are-just-not-as-good-as-we-would-like-them-to-be
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England: maybe they’re just not that good
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Tuchel’s England? Maybe they are just not as good as we would like them to be | Barney Ronay
The Three Lions have not beaten a good side under their coach and no A-list players have emerged since the last World Cup
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/29/tuchels-england-maybe-they-are-just-not-as-good-as-we-would-like-them-to-be
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What is happening in his head? Ooooooh. I wish I knew. I wish I knew
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Tuchel’s chemistry-free team of strangers and second-choicers goes to war with itself | Barney Ronay
England were disjointed against Uruguay but no wonder – the head coach’s team selection was an act of self sabotage
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/28/tuchels-chemistry-free-team-of-strangers-and-second-choicers-goes-to-war-with-itself
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What is happening in his head? Ooooooh. I wish I knew. I wish I knew
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Tuchel’s chemistry-free team of strangers and second-choicers goes to war with itself | Barney Ronay
England were disjointed against Uruguay but no wonder – the head coach’s team selection was an act of self sabotage
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/28/tuchels-chemistry-free-team-of-strangers-and-second-choicers-goes-to-war-with-itself
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A Wembley no-show. Presumably the EFL may consider upgrading this to a 3-0
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Total Pep has fun but Arsenal will worry about display of collective amnesia | Barney Ronay
Finals are supposed to be close but Arsenal’s internal architecture collapsed and Manchester City walked them around in a headlock
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/22/total-pep-has-fun-but-arsenal-will-worry-about-display-of-collective-amnesia
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A Wembley no-show. Presumably the EFL may consider upgrading this to a 3-0
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Total Pep has fun but Arsenal will worry about display of collective amnesia | Barney Ronay
Finals are supposed to be close but Arsenal’s internal architecture collapsed and Manchester City walked them around in a headlock
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/22/total-pep-has-fun-but-arsenal-will-worry-about-display-of-collective-amnesia
about 2 months ago
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Chelsea: the dead hand
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Chelsea’s pathetic fine for Abramovich-era payments puts Tierney row in shade | Barney Ronay
The players’ bizarre huddle and Rosenior’s odd responses should not distract attention from a light punishment that diminishes the Premier League
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/21/chelsea-huddles-transfer-ban-problems
about 2 months ago
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Chelsea: the dead hand
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Chelsea’s pathetic fine for Abramovich-era payments puts Tierney row in shade | Barney Ronay
The players’ bizarre huddle and Rosenior’s odd responses should not distract attention from a light punishment that diminishes the Premier League
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/21/chelsea-huddles-transfer-ban-problems
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Well done to everyone at the club present and past, and to Lewisham council, in particular the brilliant Brenda Dacres
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Ten years of acrimony finally at an end as Millwall get a new lease of life | Barney Ronay
Transformative 999-year deal is a massive moment in the history of the club and the violent cultural push-pull of London
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/20/millwall-lease-new-den-lewisham
about 2 months ago
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Retro Mo
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Salah springs to life and plays retro Mo in his own tribute act for Liverpool | Barney Ronay
The Egypt forward led Galatasaray a merry dance for 17 second-half minutes to Anfield’s delight
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/19/mohamed-salah-liverpool-galatasary-champions-league
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Springtime for Eze and Arsenal
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Eze keeps Arsenal’s shot at history alive with magic moment against Leverkusen | Barney Ronay
Mikel Arteta’s side are 16 games from the quadruple, helped by the forward’s devastating strike in this last-16 second leg
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/17/eze-keeps-arsenals-shot-at-history-alive-with-magic-moment-against-leverkusen
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Springtime for Eze and Arsenal
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Eze keeps Arsenal’s shot at history alive with magic moment against Leverkusen | Barney Ronay
Mikel Arteta’s side are 16 games from the quadruple, helped by the forward’s devastating strike in this last-16 second leg
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/17/eze-keeps-arsenals-shot-at-history-alive-with-magic-moment-against-leverkusen
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From London stadium last night. Maybe the nervous energy that was meant to kill Arsenal is actually the thing that makes them stronger
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Nerves were meant to afflict Arsenal, but Manchester City lack their nervous energy | Barney Ronay
The draw at West Ham shows City trying to create a sense of who they are, but Arsenal know their identity even in bad moments
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/15/arsenal-manchester-city-west-ham-premier-league-title-race
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