March 19, 2025

International Football: World Cup Qualifiers

It's the international football break this week, which means football fans around the world will be spending some much needed quality time with their loved ones and families.

#international-football#worldcup

March 17, 2025

Slide Rule Pass: Football News - 17 Mar

Welcome to today's edition of Slide Rule Pass, a daily digest delivering concise recaps of the latest football news.

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March 13, 2025

Champions League Round of 16 Roundup

Liverpool Vulnerable Down The FlanksWhen the Liverpool vs PSG tie was announced, I thought this would be a real test for both teams. I expected PSG to target the Liverpool fullbacks with any selection of their wide attacking talents.

March 12, 2025

Slide Rule Pass: Football News - 12 Mar

Welcome to Slide Rule Pass, The False Nine's daily feature delivering concise recaps of the latest football news. Here's what's making headlines today

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March 11, 2025

Moneyball: Liverpool 2023/24 Financial Results

Welcome to the second essay in our Moneyball series, where we take a look at the business side of football. Last week we analysed Arsenal's financials, and today we are diving into Liverpool's numbers.

#moneyball

March 10, 2025

Slide Rule Pass: Football News - 10 Mar

Welcome to Slide Rule Pass, a new feature from The False Nine, where we deliver concise, quick-fire recaps of the biggest football stories across the Premier League and Europe.

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March 6, 2025

Moneyball: Arsenal 2023/24 Financial Results

This is a new series at The False Nine where we explore the financial aspects of the beautiful game. We're kicking off the series with a review of Arsenal's 2023/24 Financial results..

#moneyball#premierleague

February 26, 2025

Pep Guardiola’s Man City: Is This the End of an Era?

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City have been the dominant force in English football for nearly a decade, but the 2024/25 season has cast a shadow over that legacy.

February 17, 2025

Aston Villa's UCL Push And Emery's Offensive Gamble

Caveat: This essay was originally intended to be published a week ago. In that time, Aston Villa have played an FA Cup tie against Tottenham and a Premier League game against Ipswich Town. Last Saturday Aston Villa lost 2-0 to a struggling Wolves side, it was the latest upset in what has been a very underwhelming Premier League campaign for The Villans so far. Off the back of a stellar campaign last season that saw them finish 4th and qualify for the Champions League, they've really struggled...

February 12, 2025

Some Farcaster /Football Channel Lore

A few days ago, prompted by this meme taking a dig at Cameron and his Tottenham loyalties, the football channel took a trip down memory lane.Chukwuka Osakwe on Warpcast@cameron to @kmacb.eth and everyone else who was on that unlonely livestream in a few years.FarcasterKMac does an excellent job of summarising what was going on at that point in the cast below.KMac🍌 ⏩ ツ on WarpcastFor those that don’t know the backstory, it goes something like this: During first interaction of channels the ‘so...