by Adam Williams | Jan 28, 2020 | Articles
An England star injures himself in the run-up to an international tournament. He rushes his recovery in order to make the final 23. Manifestly unfit, he hobbles and winces his way through the competition as a passenger, the television cameras panning theatrically...
by Adam Williams | Jan 17, 2020 | Articles
Over 200 career goals, the England captaincy, and on course to becoming the all-time leading scorer for both club and country — by almost any metric, these achievements should be enough to shape even the most eminent of careers. Why then, aged just 26, does it...
by Adam Williams | Dec 31, 2019 | Articles
Until mid-2018, the 2010s threatened to be the worst decade in half a century for the England national team. The 1970s – when England failed to qualify for four major tournaments in a row – were an uncontested nadir, the deepest darkest depths of abject...
by Adam Williams | Dec 30, 2019 | Articles
When a close friend and footballing mentor began to lose his battle with Alzheimer’s earlier this year, it was the inability to remember players’ names he’d watched week in week out which hammered home the cold indifference of this merciless disease....
by Adam Williams | Dec 18, 2019 | Articles
While Britain’s political class bumble, stumble and disgruntle in Europe, its footballing representatives continue to be first past the post. Nine entered the Champions League and Europa League group stages, nine have progressed to the next round of...
