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February 2025 - FA Cup, Millwall, Filbert Street, Top Trumps, Club World Cup
Features
Refuse men Why the Premier League’s Rainbow Laces campaign needs a rethink
Look sharp Ademola Lookman’s award-winning rise from south London to Serie A
Highbury haven Studying Arsenal’s black history
Match of the month Two Championship stalwarts meet again as Millwall take on Blackburn
Dug out Wayne Rooney’s managerial ambitions have failed to take off
Foxes’ den Polythene protection and rooftop views at Leicester’s Filbert Street
States of mind There’s little excitement for Gianni Infantino’s revamped Club World Cup
Object lessons A set of unreliable Top Trumps cards Down Dales Derbyshire’s scenic amateur league
Regulars
Editorial Hopes for a new name on the FA Cup
Sidelines Swindon and Dumbarton in turmoil; 3pm blackout under threat; new film on Argentina’s World Cup joy; will season tickets soon be a thing of the past?
Shot! Falmouth Town host Mousehole
Harry Pearson column The dying art of the shoulder barge
The perfect shot Kevin Keegan in his Scunthorpe United days
World view Scandal at the top of the Peruvian FA; Red Bull get their hands on Japan’s Squirrels
Books Oleksandr Zinchenko’s story; tales of Gareth Southgate; non-League exploits
Letters Setting off fireworks on a clear blue day was a supremely pointless exercise…
Season in brief Manchester City’s first second-tier title