#Bamous feels exciting, prescient and overdue. A genuinely subversive and grown-up comedy show that is undeniably black and uniquely British. But if the BBC doesn’t commission a full series, it will feel like another kick in the teeth.

5 years ago

Diego Maradona is a testament to broken greatness. And let’s face it, that makes him so much more enthralling and irresistible than just plain perfect.

5 years ago

In Mikel Arteta, Arsenal fans have a manager they can believe in. But his honeymoon period at the club is very much over.

5 years ago

For pure aesthetic beauty, it rivals THAT sensational Brazil goal finished off by Carlos Alberto in the 1970 World Cup final.

5 years ago

Boris Johnson is deep in the throes of a perverse Churchillian role play fetish – and a willing media is feeding into that dangerous narrative.

5 years ago

On one level ‘Inshallah’ simply means ‘God willing’. On another, it is one of the most versatile and multi-faceted words around. It’s like a linguistic Swiss army knife.

5 years ago

It was dynamite TV. Jamie Carragher could have acted as Scouse diplomat at any point in the altercation but thought, ‘Fuck that!’ Why ruin the unravelling spectacle of Roy Keane getting his comeuppance?

5 years ago

Ever wondered what it’s like to the chief negotiator at a club like Manchester United? Wonder no more – here’s completely unreal insight into life at Old Trafford

5 years ago

Manchester United can’t keep blaming the coronavirus pandemic when all the clubs around them are busy doing incredibly shrewd business.

5 years ago

It makes no sense and yet all the sense in the world. Real Madrid desperately want rid of Gareth Bale. Manchester United yearn a marquee signing…

5 years ago

How the hell can this government tell us to respect the law over lockdown when they are so happy break international law over Brexit?

6 years ago

It’s actually happening. James Rodríguez is joining Everton from Real Madrid. But how will he settle in at Goodison Park. Here are our predictions…

6 years ago

First of all, happy birthday Keanu Reeves! Secondly, how the hell is he 56 years old? Take our picture quiz to guess his age through the years

6 years ago

Manchester City are committed to basing their kit designs on various Mancunian themes. So we decided to offer a few suggestions of our own…

6 years ago

So… Messi to Manchester City? Let’s face it – regardless of all the speculation over where Lionel Messi could ultimately end up, there’s only two realistic outcomes: he’ll either stay at a Bartomeu-less Barca, or go to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. Some would argue that far too much has happened already this week to make […]

6 years ago

Through the use of alternate timelines, chaos theory and Community, we can see that deduct that Arsenal did not miss out on *this* Serge Gnabry

6 years ago

Take our highly scientific personality test to find out which PSG legend you most relate to. Zlatan, Neymar, Ronaldinho, etc – who is your kindred spirit?

6 years ago

To judge where Manchester United currently stand in terms of progress under Solskjaer is a matter of expectation and perspective. @BeardedGenius looks at how they can improve.

6 years ago

Can you identify these iconoclastic fashion-forward footballers just by their stylish attire? Get full marks to prove you’re a dedicated follower of fashion

6 years ago

Why do so many football fans around the world seem to have a problem with Neymar? Why is he so widely reviled instead of loved?

6 years ago

It’s finally here! We’ve morphed Neil Warnock’s face with various celebrities and you have to figure out who those celebrities are. It’s the Neil Warnock face-based quiz you’ve been waiting for!

6 years ago

‘On the surface, ‘Cruel Summer’ is an anthemic paean to doomed love, combining swirling synth-pop with a crushing sense of romantic fatalism. But scratch a little deeper and it says something profound about the latest transfer gossip.’

6 years ago

Arsenal fans are to be applauded for not rising to the bait. They have far more empathy for those affected than the club give them credit for, and they staunchly refuse to blame the players.

6 years ago

Saturday will be remembered as the ‘Aubameyang final’, but it was Emiliano Martinez’s tears that captured something more profound.

6 years ago

Good fucking riddance to an absolute fucking shit show from start to finish. Good riddance to a mirage that took months of cruel hope to fade away.

6 years ago

Jose Mourinho is being mocked by the celebration police – but are they missing the point?

6 years ago

‘There is a difference between #blacklivesmatter protests and going to the beach. It is a false and unfair equivalence. It is the difference between wanting to leave your own home, and being afraid to.’

6 years ago

‘Like Sancho, Brewster and others, Marcus Rashford is not here to assuage anyone’s guilt or dampen a molten sense of injustice when there is every right – and perhaps duty – to be angry.’ #BlackLivesMatter

6 years ago

‘Funny isn’t it, how certain sections of the press have treated the cases of Professor Neil Ferguson and Dominic Cummings so differently? It clearly points to a new directive: bluebells good, blue balls bad.’

6 years ago

Sander Berge allowed Manchester United fans everywhere to dream again. His accidental gift to the #mufcfamily was the greatest gift of all – that of hope.

6 years ago

Rather than fighting for every inch of real estate on the mythical perch, United have wantonly vacated it like the dead parrot they forgot to take back.

6 years ago

2019 has been a phenomenal year for literal works of every genre. Here’s our picks for the very best books of the year. Everyone a page turner.

6 years ago

In a remarkable year for television, we take on the frankly impossible task of ranking 10 of the very best on offer in 2019

6 years ago

We laughed, we cried, we got angry and felt inspired. We developed a life-long fear of scissors. These are top ten movies of the year, according to us.

6 years ago

What do you think of PC and lad culture? Political correctness is a phrase that divides a lot of opinion in society. Coined decades ago, the phrase has come to represent woke culture, offensiveness and people who are out of touch with modern linguistic norms. What side of the debate you side with depends very […]

6 years ago

“With an appearance that’s somewhere between 70s rocker, WWE wrestler and friendly lion, Sutcliffe is a joyous regaler of tales. Like the funniest, most chaotic member of your circle of friends, he waxes lyrical about his many misadventures.”

7 years ago

“In a grossly unjustified and ignorant attack on Moise Kean’s character, Souness made a series of needless innuendos about how and why the Italian ended up at Goodison Park.”

7 years ago

It remains to be seen if this season will be a success or failure, but you get the feeling it will be in spite of the midfield rather than because of it.

7 years ago

Just as Jacobs alternates from rhetoric to rap with the sound of a beat, he is able to switch from political to puerile just as quickly. One minute he is deconstructing the patriarchal concept of marriage, the next he is spitting rhymes to the strains of Grange Hill.

7 years ago

VAR is the greatest advancement in footballing sh*thousery since the birth of Diego Costa, and we should embrace it for all the emotional anguish it brings

7 years ago

Washington’s aim is neither to educate nor elicit tears, but rather to entertain. Raconteur is essentially an antidote to all the heavy stuff and a safe place to have a laugh.

7 years ago

The joy of Tarot is in the chaotic energy and sweet alchemy of the three on-stage performers. Aided and abetted by the unseen spectre of Kiri Pritchard-McLean, they are otherworldly good.

7 years ago

The phrase ‘brave comic’ is often banded about in the same nonsensical way you’ll hear ‘witty main course’ or ‘compassionate Tory’. But in the case of Jena Friedman, it pretty much sums her up.

7 years ago

In this horny, trippy, side-splitting odyssey for the ages, Burch experiences the mother of acid-fuelled existential crises whilst searching the deserts of Burning Man for spiritual enlightenment and dick.

7 years ago

Akbar is an expert raconteur who always has the audience entertained and on his side. You find yourself rooting for him every step of the way.

7 years ago

Fostekew’s kinetic stage energy and transformations into either her boisterous three-year-old or rasping internal monologue are a joy to behold in this outrageously funny show.

7 years ago

With shades of Frank Capra’s bittersweet It’s A Wonderful Life, Duggan explores his comical capers and melancholy lows via the help of imaginary friends. It is a show of real heart and wit.

7 years ago

This is a massively impressive debut by Harouni – each stellar gag serves a purpose and every emotional punch is undercut with a sharp injection of dark humour.

7 years ago

The beauty of Muggleton’s wickedly close-to-the-bone humour is that he doesn’t discriminate. He’s on the ‘woke’ side of the argument – but certainly not afraid to rip the piss out of the dickheads stood next to him.

7 years ago

The People’s Princess is an examination of class, privilege, gender dynamics and age-gaps all communicated with razor sharp wit and undeniable swagger.

7 years ago