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Meet the Blackburn Fan Standing Up to Venky’s at the General Election

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For the Rohingya Football Club, Just Existing Is a Political Statement

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By RJ Vogt
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Clough, Shankly, Busby, Ferguson: The Golden Age of the Socialist Manager

11.10.16

By Will Magee
Sports

The Day England’s Footballers Gave the Nazi Salute

05.12.16

By Jim Weeks
Sports

The Palestinian Schoolboy Dreaming of an International Soccer Career

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By Mat Nashed
Sports

The Journalist Fighting to Expose Qatar’s World Cup Crimes

05.13.15

By Brian Blickenstaff
Sports

Have football fans been recognised as a political force?

05.05.15

By Graham Ruthven

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