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September 2024 - new season preview, Euro 2024 review, Swansea, half-and-half scarves, Morocco
NEW SEASON SPECIAL!
How will you do? What one act changed your club’s fortunes? What should you sell in the club shop?
Premier League, EFL, National League, Scottish Premiership, WSL, Women’s Championship
Features
Style council Pep Guardiola’s approach has killed what drew many of us to the game
Scintillating form Have your say on England, Scotland, pundits, podcasts and much more in our post-tournament survey
Object lessons The half-and-half scarf with meaning
Way down by the sea How home advantage counted at Swansea’s ugly, lovely Vetch Field
Bad romance Our 2024 writers’ competition winner on a failed date that led to doing the 92
What’s important Our writers’ competition runners-up: drawing up designs to save a stadium; how to finalise a football bucket list
Euro 2024 review
Comfort zone Few of the BBC’s pundits risked straying beyond the predictable
Plain speaking ITV’s referee expert may have left more questions than answers
Young blood With tiki-taka a thing of the past, Spain dominated in Germany
Voted out A disjointed France fell flat amid the backdrop of election drama
Bad smell Cristiano Ronaldo’s presence is now holding Portugal back
Sobering thoughts While the Tartan Army took over, their key players didn’t show up
Berlin got blurry The final throes for Gareth Southgate’s revived England
Regulars
Editorial Racist abuse by players this summer cannot be excused by cultural context
Sidelines Morecambe and Fleetwood fears but relief at Southend; betting hypocrisy; Scunthorpe ironed out; the ownership risk for women’s teams; Bath’s time
Shot! Caernarfon Town take on Crusaders
Harry Pearson column Not all groundstaff are created equal
World view Gregg Berhalter finally gets the boot; strict stadium rules benefit Morocco
Letters Are there other examples of premature pitch invasions that backfired?
Season in brief A grim winter made 1946-47 the longest ever Division One season
