This semester in “Soccer Politics” at UVA, students worked on projects focusing on football clubs around the world, including their history, financial structure, and fan cultures. You can read the different projects below. AC Milan Arsenal Barcelona Chelsea Clubs in the Shadows (Borussia Dortmund, Westham United, Valencia FC) Global Football Tour (Iconic Clubs Around the… Read More »
Le championnat des Pay-Bas de football vient d’annuler la saison sans déclarer un champion. Les Néerlandais croient que jouer les matches seront impossible avant du début de la prochaine saison ou potentiellement l’hiver. Une des grandes raisons pour laquelle les ligues européennes comme le championnat des Pays-Bas doivent prendre ces décisions est le fait que… Read More »
The final whistle blows, and I am seven years old again. I’ve got a cheap black jersey tucked into a pair of shorts that are too big for me, and double knots on the tiniest pair of cleats you’ve ever seen. It’s my third season in the Salvation Army rec league, and by now my… Read More »
In a recent article posted on ESPN, it was announced that the newly created XFL has laid off nearly all its staff and currently has no plans to return in 2021. The XFL is an American football league whose inaugural season was cut short by the emergence of COVID-19. The financial impact of having its… Read More »
Cuando uno habla de la Premier League de Inglaterra, varios equipos legendarios son mencionados: el Arsenal que ganó 49 partidos sin ser vencidos, el Manchester City que obtuvo 100 puntos en una sola temporada, el Liverpool que quedó campeón de Europa el año pasado y estaba a punto de romper varios records antes de que… Read More »
The major football clubs in London are not particularly fond of each other. Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham and Tottenham are the Premier league clubs to all call London home, and the hatred that these clubs’ supporters have for one another is real. This phenomenon is not exclusive to London, however. Many cities have multiple clubs… Read More »
By now, most people understand that we are in the midst of a global pandemic the likes of which we have not seen in many years. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the highly infectious virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that many people are now becoming familiar with. While I… Read More »
There are only two reasons in this world where a night owl like me might decide to voluntarily be awake at 6:30 in the morning on a weekend. The first is if I simply haven’t gone to bed yet from the night before. The second, and undoubtedly more justified reason, is to experience the mesmerizing… Read More »
On February 14th, Manchester City, one of the best teams in the English Premiere League was banned from the Champions League for the next two seasons. The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), fined Manchester City $33 million and banned them from the Champions League for two seasons as a result of Manchester City violating… Read More »
It has been a little over 70 days and 13 games across all competitions since Mikel Arteta took on the role of managing Arsenal. He has the tough job of trying to patch the many holes that riddle the hull of the ship that is Arsenal at the moment. In the short 3 months… Read More »
