The return of Whispering Claude and friends forced to fight against each other

England's golden summer and fifty shades of Demarai Gray

Tottenham’s Champions League coming of age, chickens, and Comic Sans

City sensational (again), Bilic sacked (at last) and Seagulls soar (of course)

An ode to Pirlo, racketeering, and a big beautiful German man

End of the road for Northern Ireland, end of the nightmare for Blackpool, and why Silva is gold

Fragrant encounters, 90s icons and fax machines

Pulis P45-ed, narrative busters and Dulwich Hamlet’s Toilets Opposite Stand

Liverpool’s unwanted threesome and Darren Fletcher’s pearly whites

Everton’s non-holistic approach, the Hertfordshire Globetrotters and a derby for the ages