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12 January 2022
Anne: Hillsborough and the fight for justice
Kevin Sampson's short TV series portrays the crusade for justice by the family of one of the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster's victims
10 November 2021
John Barnes on class and capitalism. What's missing?
Book review: The Uncomfortable Truth About Racism: 'The Uncomfortable Truth About Racism', by former footballer John Barnes, makes some valuable points
13 October 2021
Newcastle United takeover - no to billionaire Ashley or Saudi despots
For working-class control of football: The vast majority of Newcastle United fans were overjoyed on 7 October at the news that the 14-year reign of Mike Ashley, of Sports Direct infamy, was finally over.
9 October 2021
Newcastle United takeover: No to billionaire Ashley or Saudi despots
The Saudi Public Investment Fund owns 80% of the club.
28 April 2021
No trust in billionaire football owners - kick them out and reclaim the game
Super League defeated: Socialist Party members Lenny Shail, who is a Chelsea fan and was at the Stamford Bridge protest, and Leeds fan Ian Pattison said:
21 April 2021
No trust in billionaire owners - kick them out and reclaim the game
The withdrawals from the Super League are celebrated
31 March 2021
Football abuse scandal: Reclaim the game for justice and democracy
Four years after the explosive and powerful testimony of ex-footballer Andy Woodward, an independent review into child sexual abuse in football between 1970-2005 has been published by the Football Association (FA).
2 December 2020
Diego Maradona - Working-class rebel, football genius
Diego Maradona, the greatest footballer the world has ever seen, sadly passed away aged 60 last week.
14 October 2020
Beware the billionaires bearing gifts
'Project Big Picture' is a plan put forward to offer the football industry stability
23 September 2020
TV: The English Game - how the working class made football the people's game
The English Game tells the story of how football was transformed in the 19th century. It was revolutionised from the Southern-dominated amateur, public school sport, dominated by individualistic, dribbling
3 June 2020
Football in the time of coronavirus - reclaim our game!
Football played a part in spreading the pandemic. Northern Italy was the ground zero for coronavirus in Europe, and then Spain became the second most infected country after Italy.
27 May 2020
Going viral - Socialist comments and letters
The Covid-19 pandemic is a world social crisis which touches every aspect of life. The iniquities and failings of the capitalist system are being exposed
4 December 2019
In a second trial against David Duckenfield, after the first jury failed to reach a verdict, the former match commander stood accused of gross negligence manslaughter of 95 Liverpool fans in the Hillsborough football stadium disaster in 1989.
23 October 2019
Boot racism out of football - reclaim the game!
Football fans were shocked and disgusted when play was stopped twice during the Bulgaria v England Euro 2020 qualifying match on 14 October due to racist chanting from a section of Bulgarian fans.
4 September 2019
Bury expelled from football league: Boot out the bosses ruining our game
After 134 years, two FA cups and three league titles, Bury Football Club has been expelled from the football league and is teetering on the edge of existence.
26 June 2019
Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors. Platini's red cards, key workers' homes, heroic Eleanor Marx
10 April 2019
Gateshead FC crisis: save our Heed!
Socialist Party members have suggested Gateshead Soul organise a protest in the town centre and have also raised the possibility of fans' ownership of the club
3 April 2019
Letters to the Socialist's editors including racism in football, cuts in Liverpool and imperialism at Oxford uni.
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