
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.
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.
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
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.
Pavan Mano muses about Manchester United and its players quality in the aftermath of the Stoke defeat.
Pavan Mano on what it is like to be a goalkeeper, and why it is possibly the most important role in the game.
Pavan Mano considers why David Moyes has found himself firmly in the harsh glare of the spotlight this past month.
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.
Why the obsession with finding something wrong in someone who seems so right, asks Pavan Mano.
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.
Pavan Mano puts himself in Arsene Wenger’s shoes, and pens a song to his former Gunner, Robin van Persie.