Away days
Twelve hours on a bus for ninety minutes in the rain
The fans who make the trip every other week, and what they told me about the club they love and the owners they don’t.
October 26, 2026 · 6 min
Why everyone suddenly wants a left-footed centre-back
It started in Bangkok and spread to Jakarta. A short history of the most copied idea of the year.
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Ten years after the academy opened, where did the first intake go?
I found eleven of them. Three play professionally. All of them still talk about the same coach.