Day: 6 July 2020

By Tony Attwood “The attempt to damage the club’s reputation is organized and clear.” With that one simple statement from Manchester City, the world of football changed, as did the world of football journalism.  The ramifications for the club, Uefa, and for independent journalism are still reverberating.   And they might well reverberate even more when …

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By Tony Attwood The Daily Mail’s headline comment, “‘They don’t have much to celebrate’: Jose Mourinho bites back at Arsenal tweet mocking their defeat by Sheffield United… but Spurs face a task to finish above their rivals ahead of Everton clash,” reminded me that even the media’s favourites must sometimes slip down the pecking order …

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