On 2 November 2016, Sports Shorts wrote about the English and Scottish Football Associations’ request for their players to wear armbands featuring poppies. On Friday, the two teams ignored FIFA’s guidance and decided to play with the armband anyway. Our blog post on this issue noted the thorny intersection between sports and politics and the … Continue Reading
Before the start of this year’s football season, West Ham’s much discussed move to the London Stadium has proved controversial for a number of, already well-publicised, reasons. And following a number of West Ham’s first fixtures at their new home, the London Stadium has once again shown its capacity to provoke debate. Instead of chronicling … Continue Reading
