Football – Sports Gazette

What have England fans been googling during the World Cup?

by Joe Leavey - 29 June 201829 June 2018 0125

Google reveals all. Whilst England’s encouraging start to the World Cup has got many excited, especially with what looks like a comparatively favourable route in the knockout stages, most superstitious England fans would baulk at any sort of lofty optimism regarding their team’s World Cup. Thanks to Google Trends, however,

Arsenal’s Gay Gooners lead the way at London Pride

by Joe Leavey - 26 June 2018 0196

Gay Gooners are true pioneers in English football. Founded in 2013, with over 650 members and counting, the group are football’s largest LGBT fan club. They were also the first to represent a football team at London Pride, and this year’s march on July 7th will be their sixth, helping to

How to run a football club account successfully

by Iman Alaouie - 25 June 20182 July 2018 0140

Sports Gazette asked the founder and CEO of Europe’s leading digital sports agency, Seven League, to reveal the secrets behind running a successful football club account. Using a personal Twitter account is fairly simple: you follow people, and sometimes they follow back. You tweet, retweet, like and comment on matters that

“I’ve found futsal players tend to be easier to talk to and build a rapport with” – FA Referees on differences between officiating football and futsal matches

by Aramide Oladipo - 14 June 201816 June 2018 0146

In a football season where refereeing decisions have dominated the back pages for the all the wrong reasons, Sports Gazette spoke to three FA referees about their experiences in officiating both football and futsal, and why getting involved in the latter should be encouraged to the younger generation. From the introduction

A Day at the Arsenal Museum

by Joe Leavey - 13 June 2018 0154

Despite a tricky couple of years on the pitch, Arsenal fans stand by their history. They became the first London club to win England’s top flight in 1931 and remain the capital’s most decorated side domestically, with 13 league titles and the same number of FA Cups. This history is well

The Asian Football List 2018: why representation matters

by Iman Alaouie - 22 May 201828 June 2018 0430

The Asian Football List recognises individuals across five different categories for their contribution in the football industry. Sports Gazette spoke to three of the winners about their experiences as a minority and why representation matters. When Sonia Randev decided to organise the event, she only had one mission in mind:

Predicting the fate of the NFL’s loaded 2018 quarterback draft class

American Football

by Matt Bowers - 9 May 201816 May 2018 01731

It was just the third time in the modern era of the draft and 21st century that five college quarterbacks were taken in the opening round. This group legitimately have the potential to become the greatest QB class of all time, up there with the famed draft class of 1983 which included

Don’t Crack Podcast: Episode 11 – The Crackies! 🏆🎉

by Adam Samuel - 7 May 20187 May 2018 0350

You are cordially invited to the most prestigious night in the world of sports podcasting! The Crackies have a long and storied history stretching back as far as May 2018! The highlight of this years addition is the ''Alternative team of the year'', which heralds players from outside the Premier League's

“I so believed that we were actually going to get to the top six”: Dean Smith reflects on a frustrating season for Brentford

Football

by Joe Leavey - 5 May 201821 May 2018 0231

TS Eliot famously wrote - in his modernist epic The Waste Land - that ‘April is the cruellest month.’ Whilst the poet is here referencing the degradation of humanity, the line in fact seems cannily relevant to domestic football: April signals what many deem ‘the business end’ of the season. For

Dean Smith and Florian Jozefzoon on Brentford’s Premier League Dream

Football

by Joe Leavey - 27 April 201811 June 2018 0396

As another typically hectic end to the Championship season beckons, with plenty still to play for, Sports Gazette visited playoff hopefuls Brentford to chat to manager Dean Smith and forward Florian Jozefzoon about the final push. With just two games to go in the league this campaign, the Bees sit three