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Manchester United is not a football club
Maybe, Pavan Mano suggests, the reason Manchester United persistently fails to behave like a functioning football club is that it isn’t a football club.
Author: Pavan Mano
Pavan Mano is a writer based in London, UK. With every season that passes, he seeks greater refuge in the conviction that it's better to be a has-been than a never-was.
Saint Sepp Blatter
Sepp Blatter’s first press conference since announcing his resignation was dramatically interrupted – and that wasn’t even the most interesting part, writes Pavan Mano
On professional football – or: in praise of illusionary love
Professional football is promoted as the pinnacle of the sport, but does it bear any true relation to the game we love, asks Pavan Mano.
(S)lumbering giants
Pavan Mano muses about Manchester United and its players quality in the aftermath of the Stoke defeat.
Strangers on the field
Pavan Mano on what it is like to be a goalkeeper, and why it is possibly the most important role in the game.
Qui vs. Quoi: When the “who” is more important than the “what”
Pavan Mano considers why David Moyes has found himself firmly in the harsh glare of the spotlight this past month.
The Frenchman of Dar as-sina’ah
Pavan Mano charts the fictional narrative of Dar as-sina’ah – a company that had it all, and then went on to lose it all; or, a metaphorical account of one football club’s tumble from the top.
Build ’em up, then tear ’em down: the allure of the flawed genius
Why the obsession with finding something wrong in someone who seems so right, asks Pavan Mano.
Manchester United, Sir Alex, and me
Pavan Mano’s personal tribute to, and memories of, Sir Alex following his decision to call it quits after 26 years in charge of the world’s biggest football club.
Arsene Wenger’s ode to disappointed love
Pavan Mano puts himself in Arsene Wenger’s shoes, and pens a song to his former Gunner, Robin van Persie.