by Adam Williams | Sep 9, 2020 | Articles
After Mason Greenwood and Phil Foden burst England’s COVID-19 bubble, a philosophy-affirming victory would have been welcome for Gareth Southgate tonight. Instead, his side delivered a goalless draw and one of those performances which will leave him asking the...
by Adam Williams | Sep 6, 2020 | Articles
Nations League Group 2 Iceland 0:1 England (Sterling pen 90+1). Sent off: Walker, 70’’, Ingason, 89’’ Hello you. It’s been a while. England played a football match this evening – their first in ten months. The...
by Adam Williams | Aug 9, 2020 | Articles
It has been just shy of nine months since England last played a football match. In that time, you could – if you were feeling particularly buoyant in the wake of the national team’s 4-0 victory over Kosovo on 17 November 2019 – have conceived,...
by Adam Williams | Jul 31, 2020 | Articles
Bang. Darkness, then light. Nothing – then everything at once. That was how it all started, with the totality of all there ever was and all there ever will be exploding into being. The original New Normal. Suddenly, there was everything to play for and...
by Adam Williams | Jul 17, 2020 | Articles
Thirty years of hurt never stopped them dreaming. This was a triumph for unity and for innovation. It was a triumph for calculation, for critical distance, for fist-pumping. For throw-in coaches, for sci-fi pitches, for shrewd transfer policy. For Mane, for Bobby, for...
