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What the insurable value of Scotland's national team says about their 2026 World Cup fate
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What the insurable value of Scotland's national team says about their 2026 World Cup fate
There are many different ways to gauge a football team's chances of success, from rankings to bookmaker odds to form. Here we consider the players' insurable values
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January 9, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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📝Today on Nutmeg FC: Nick uses his method to predict Scotland’s chances in the USA (hint: there’s some good news).

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January 9, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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What the insurable value of Scotland's national team says about their 2026 World Cup fate
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What the insurable value of Scotland's national team says about their 2026 World Cup fate
There are many different ways to gauge a football team's chances of success, from rankings to bookmaker odds to form. Here we consider the players' insurable values
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January 9, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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And the Premier League title winners in 2025-26 will be … sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/and-the-pr...
And the Premier League title winners in 2025-26 will be …
Todaay we're looking ahead to the major events in global football in 2026, and bringing to your attention some football stories that will garner headlines this year
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January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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The Christmas Day episode of The Rest is History pod, about the Christmas Day WW1 truce of 1914, is absolutely magnificent.
Just listened to it on dog walk. Informative, extremely moving, thought-provoking, and funny. Here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
Or wherever you get your pods.
WWI: The Christmas Truce
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is History · 25/12/2025 · 55m
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December 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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And the team of 2025 is … Manchester City
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And the team of 2025 is … Manchester City
Pep Guardiola's side have won more Premier League points per game in this calendar year than any other team in England's top division. But what does it mean?
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December 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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MCFC have been punished, twice, for egregious financial cheating (2014, 2020). They await a verdict on 115+ more counts, on which their lawyers are stalling. There is NO doubt they're a brilliant team with an all-time great manager. But they are cheats.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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REVEALED: Manchester City legal letters where the main aim was to get me sacked
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REVEALED: Manchester City legal letters where the main aim was to get me sacked
In 2023, I wrote an investigative feature for the Mail on Sunday about the behaviour of multi-club ownership groups, focussing on Man City's owners. They didn't like it!
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December 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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REVEALED: Manchester City legal letters where the main aim was to get me sacked
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REVEALED: Manchester City legal letters where the main aim was to get me sacked
In 2023, I wrote an investigative feature for the Mail on Sunday about the behaviour of multi-club ownership groups, focussing on Man City's owners. They didn't like it!
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December 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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From the company he keeps to his disregard for football, Infantino is worse than Blatter
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From the company he keeps to his disregard for football, Infantino is worse than Blatter
Sepp Blatter oversaw some terrible misconduct and was far from perfect. But he asked world leaders: "What can you do for football?". Infantino asks what HE do for THEM.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Sliding doors: the story of my great lost opportunity to be a giant of podcasting
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Sliding doors: the story of my great lost opportunity to be a giant of podcasting
When Goalhanger diversified from TV production to podcasting, I was among the first they asked to get involved. What happened next? A huge phenom - not involving me!
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December 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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From the company he keeps to his disregard for football, Infantino is worse than Blatter
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From the company he keeps to his disregard for football, Infantino is worse than Blatter
Sepp Blatter oversaw some terrible misconduct and was far from perfect. But he asked world leaders: "What can you do for football?". Infantino asks what HE do for THEM.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Sliding doors: the story of my great lost opportunity to be a giant of podcasting
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Sliding doors: the story of my great lost opportunity to be a giant of podcasting
When Goalhanger diversified from TV production to podcasting, I was among the first they asked to get involved. What happened next? A huge phenom - not involving me!
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December 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Some massively wealthy football club owners are litigious because they think the world revolves around them. Others aren't ... because they accept free and open media is a good thing. Chelsea v MUFC - a case study sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/revealed-a...
REVEALED: the Abramovich and Glazer legal playbooks, from threats to total nonchalance
Two stories from 2023 elicited markedly different responses from two massive Premier League football clubs. One was threatening, the other took actual facts into account
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November 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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REVEALED: the Abramovich and Glazer legal playbooks, from threats to total nonchalance open.substack.com/pub/sporting...
REVEALED: the Abramovich and Glazer legal playbooks, from threats to total nonchalance
Two stories from 2023 elicited markedly different responses from two massive Premier League football clubs. One was threatening, the other took actual facts into account
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November 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Some massively wealthy football club owners are litigious because they think the world revolves around them. Others aren't ... because they accept free and open media is a good thing. Chelsea v MUFC - a case study sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/revealed-a...
REVEALED: the Abramovich and Glazer legal playbooks, from threats to total nonchalance
Two stories from 2023 elicited markedly different responses from two massive Premier League football clubs. One was threatening, the other took actual facts into account
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November 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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REVEALED: the Abramovich and Glazer legal playbooks, from threats to total nonchalance open.substack.com/pub/sporting...
REVEALED: the Abramovich and Glazer legal playbooks, from threats to total nonchalance
Two stories from 2023 elicited markedly different responses from two massive Premier League football clubs. One was threatening, the other took actual facts into account
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November 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Hats off to Andy Robertson, not for Scotland's remarkable win for but his searing honesty
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Hats off to Andy Robertson, not for Scotland's remarkable win for but his searing honesty
Scotland pulled of a remarkable win against Denmark this week to qualify for the World Cup, but the outstanding moment was the captain's love for his late team-mate
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November 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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REVEALED: The Blackburn files, from secret contracts to legal threats from a major agent
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REVEALED: The Blackburn files, from secret contracts to legal threats from a major agent
Blackburn Rovers were bought by the Rao family from India (aka Venky's) in late 2010. Within months the club was in chaos, and secretly being run by a now defunct agency
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November 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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REVEALED: The Blackburn files, from secret contracts to legal threats from a major agent
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REVEALED: The Blackburn files, from secret contracts to legal threats from a major agent
Blackburn Rovers were bought by the Rao family from India (aka Venky's) in late 2010. Within months the club was in chaos, and secretly being run by a now defunct agency
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November 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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What do the world's best footballers DESERVE to earn, measured by their performance data? Plus a deep dive into football salaries since the 1990s.
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What do the world's best footballers DESERVE to earn, measured by their performance data?
The CIES Football Observatory in Switzerland has produced a new report that lists the 100 players who should be earning most due to their talent. It's great debating material
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November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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What do the world's best footballers DESERVE to earn, measured by their performance data? Plus a deep dive into football salaries since the 1990s.
sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/what-do-th...
What do the world's best footballers DESERVE to earn, measured by their performance data?
The CIES Football Observatory in Switzerland has produced a new report that lists the 100 players who should be earning most due to their talent. It's great debating material
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November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Yep. Probably the best hour of TV drama ever. IMO
November 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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With the sacking of Will Still by Southampton this evening, 52 of the 92 clubs in England's top four divisions (56.5%) have changed manager at least one in the past year.
November 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Yep. And have you watched 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'?
November 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM