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The football mine
A collection of sports writing by
Richard Foster
15 July 2024
Euro 2024: the big quiz of the tournament
How much do you remember about the 24 teams, 51 matches and 117 goals over the last 31 days?
4 July 2024
Why have there been so many own goals at Euro 2024?
There have been nine own goals at this tournament – as many as the first 15 European Championships combined
14 June 2024
Euro 2024 quiz: 24 football trivia questions before the tournament
Test your football knowledge, from Antonín Panenka to Cristiano Ronaldo via Alan Shearer and Zinedine Zidane
21 May 2024
The big Premier League quiz: 22 questions on the 2023-24 season
How much do you remember about the last nine months, 380 games and 1,246 goals?
17 May 2024
Sean Dyche, Vincent Kompany and Burnley’s surprising red card stats
Burnley went 119 league games without a red card under Sean Dyche. They’ve picked up seven in 37 games this season
8 February 2024
George Best’s inglorious post-Manchester United career, 50 years on
Half a century after his final match for United at the age of 27, a look at the final years of star’s footballing journey
23 December 2023
Winners, losers and cup runs: test your knowledge of club football in 2023
How much can you recall from the calendar year in the Premier League, EFL, Champions League and beyond?
6 December 2023
Football Beyond Borders: 10 years of using sport to change young lives
Over the last decade, the charity has taught thousands of young people life lessons on the pitch and in the classroom
20 November 2023
Boro, buyouts and a brawl: points deductions in the English top flight
Everton have followed in the footsteps of Sunderland, Manchester United, Arsenal, Middlesbrough and Portsmouth
16 October 2023
The scout using Football Manager to find players for Guinea-Bissau
Jack Coles works for Coventry City in his day job. In his spare time, he helps an African country tap into their large diaspora
19 September 2023
Love over money: footballers who have gone home to finish their careers
Sergio Ramos, Ángel Di María and Santi Cazorla turned down lucrative deals and went back to where their hearts lay
9 August 2023
In praise of Roy Hodgson as he celebrates his 76th birthday
Hodgson’s energy and effectiveness in the short-term world of football management is more impressive every year
19 July 2023
Women’s World Cup quiz: how much do you know about the tournament?
The ninth Women’s World Cup is kicking off in Australia and New Zealand. How well do you recall the previous eight?
9 June 2023
The big European Cup final quiz
Manchester City meet Inter in Istanbul on Saturday. How much do you know about previous finals?
2 June 2023
When Manchester City escaped the third tier – as United won the treble
Manchester City won a final in May 1999 after scoring two impossibly late goals. Sound familiar?
31 May 2023
The big Premier League quiz: 23 questions on the 2022-23 season
It was a long season. How much do you remember about it?
17 May 2023
When Hugo Sánchez hit 38 goals for Real Madrid – all with his first touch
Erling Haaland is deadly for Manchester City, but Real Madrid once had a striker who took brutal efficiency to another level
31 March 2023
The big EFL Trophy final football quiz
Bolton and Plymouth meet at Wembley on Sunday in the Papa Johns final. How much do know about the competition?
16 March 2023
Grimsby join select group of fourth-tier heroes with fairytale FA Cup run
The Mariners are only the fifth team from the fourth division to reach the quarter-finals, and the first since Cambridge in 1990
24 February 2023
The big League Cup final football quiz
Manchester United and Newcastle meet at Wembley on Sunday. How much do know about previous finals?
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