Posts by Rob Conlon
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TrendingA 16-year-old has just schooled PSG to their first defeat of the season
What were you doing when you were 16?
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TrendingRoberto Firmino isn’t Liverpool’s false nine, he’s their perfect nine
He's not a false nine, he's the perfect nine.
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In Depth‘The Football League’s corrupt’: The self-fulfilling prophecy of ‘Dirty Leeds’
We all hate Leeds scum, right?
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TrendingThe ups & downs seeing your Football Manager wonderkid develop in real life
We're excited about Jesus Vallejo.
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In Depth‘He doesn’t know how to play football’ – How Gareth Bale proved Spain wrong
The end of a relationship is always messy.
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NostalgiaA forensic analysis of David Batty bullying Sampdoria just for fun
A tribute to the most rock’n’roll footballer ever.
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In DepthThe Joy Of…the elastico: From Sergio Echigo to Ronaldo & Ronaldinho
The skills has stranger origins than you may know.
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NostalgiaThe greatest goals never scored: Fernando Torres vs Real Madrid, 2009
It takes something special to ruin Cannavaro.
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TrendingIf England can’t always be the best, at least they can be the weirdest
Southgate was meant to make England more sensible.
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In DepthAlexis Sanchez & the tragedy of seeing great players reduced to punchlines
Believe it or not, Sanchez is a good footballer.
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TrendingJames Milner and Jurgen Klopp are the ultimate proof opposites attract
They are both very different & very similar.
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Quick ReadsRanking every Leeds United season since relegation from the Prem
Lots of Leeds fans only know the bad and mediocre.
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NostalgiaThe story of Leeds 2-1 Bristol Rovers: ‘All the best getting off this f*cking pitch’
A day of redemption for Leeds United.
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NostalgiaA tribute to Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink: Complex, controversial, clinical
It was always eventful when Jimmy was around.
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NostalgiaThe curious case of Matteo Brighi, once rated FIFA’s best player in the world
One of football's enigmas.
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In DepthHospitals, secret police & the English explorer who managed an African state
Justin Walley is the Indiana Jones of football.
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In DepthA tribute to Pablo Escobar, football’s greatest cult hero you never knew
Your new favourite cult hero you never knew.
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NostalgiaJohan Cruyff: An incredibly cool footballer, a terribly uncool musician
Even Johan Cruyff made mistakes.
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In DepthSimon Grayson: Ken Bates didn’t have ambition to get Leeds Utd promoted
"We were *that* close to getting there."
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NostalgiaThe inside story of Man Utd 0-1 Leeds: ‘We had players who could mix it’
One of the great FA Cup upsets.
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NostalgiaA celebration of peak Joe Cole: ‘A special player, full of fantasy’
We've got an enormous amount of love for Joe Cole.
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Quick ReadsThe story of the Norwegian referee who cursed a team to relegation
Don't f*ck with Sami shaman.
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In DepthI went to the World Football Summit & heard two agents broker a transfer
I didn't expect this as I ate my cheese toastie.
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In Depth‘This is year zero’ – Why we’re set to see a revolution in football shirt design
2018 could be a landmark year.