Phil Hay

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Phil Hay

The Athletic FC ⚽ is The Athletic 's daily football (or soccer, if you prefer) newsletter. Sign up to receive it directly to your inbox . Hello! Bend It Like Beckham? These days it's Launch It Like Delap. On the way:Throwback: Delap used to launch ball into the box - now the trend has returned Before we get to our usual Friday quiz, an early trivia question: which contender for this year's Ballon d'Or was once responsible for taking long throws at Leeds United?

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Phil Hay

The Athletic FC ⚽ is The Athletic 's daily football (or soccer, if you prefer) newsletter. Sign up to receive it directly to your inbox . Hello! It was the Champions League tie with a million sub-plots and more. Football just doesn't get any better.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Phil Hay

The Athletic FC ⚽ is The Athletic 's daily football (or soccer, if you prefer) newsletter. Sign up to receive it directly to your inbox . Hello! It's beer o'clock for Daniel Farke in Leeds. And decision time for Liam Delap in Ipswich. Coming up:💰 EPL's most wanted striker🎨 Why Yamal is like Da Vinci🎉 Leeds paint the town white👀 Victory...

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Phil Hay

The Athletic FC ⚽ is The Athletic 's daily football (or soccer, if you prefer) newsletter. Sign up to receive it directly to your inbox . Hello! Aim for the top corner today. Especially if Gianluigi Donnarumma is in goal. On the way:The Wall: Arsenal can't break through pure shot-stopper DonnarummaIn the pre-match huddle before last night's Champions League semi-final, Arsenal dropped their guard and Declan Rice was overhead shouting: "If we don't have the ball, we die."So it proved.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Phil Hay

The Athletic FC ⚽ is The Athletic 's daily football (or soccer, if you prefer) newsletter. Sign up to receive it directly to your inbox . Hello! It's 20 times for Liverpool. They're Premier League champions once more. Who could resist a good selfie? On the way:Slot machine's jackpot: How Liverpool won title No 20 - with transition from Klopp the keyThe title won by Liverpool in 2020 was unique in a couple of respects.