- OTD in 1947, a severe winter saw the latest ever finish of a League season until Covid came along. In one of the seven final-day League matches Stoke needed a win to pip Liverpool for the League title but they lost 2-1 at Sheffield United. https://thesetpieces.com/latest-posts/the-longest-season-why-1946-47-dragged-on-and-on/ 5 comments soccer
- Does signing a long-term contract demotivate players like Aubameyang and Alli? https://thesetpieces.com/latest-posts/signing-long-term-contract-demotivate-players/ 64 comments soccer
- The case of Loris Karius, and why sports psychology is so important in the modern game https://thesetpieces.com/features/the-case-of-loris-karius-and-why-sports-psychology-is-so-important-in-the-modern-game/ 51 comments soccer
- ‘Sweeper’ by Steve Bruce: A review https://thesetpieces.com/features/sweeper-steve-bruce-review/ 3 comments soccer
- Did you know that Wolves substitute Max Kilman has 25 England caps... at futsal? https://thesetpieces.com/interviews/meet-the-premier-league-new-boy-who-represents-england-at-futsal/ 104 comments soccer
- When a rampant Bayern Munich tore up the script at Cruyff's Ajax farewell https://thesetpieces.com/features/when-a-rampant-bayern-munich-tore-up-the-script-at-cruyffs-ajax-farewell/ 3 comments soccer
- Why Michael Essien should be held in higher esteem https://thesetpieces.com/features/on-closer-inspection-why-michael-essien-should-be-held-in-higher-esteem/ 26 comments soccer
- Jürgen Croy is one of Germany's greatest ever players. So why have so few fans heard of him? https://thesetpieces.com/features/jurgen-croy-is-one-of-germanys-greatest-ever-players-so-why-has-no-one-heard-of-him/ 15 comments soccer
- Tim Vickery explaining why so many Brazilian footballers are supporting the racist Bolsonaro https://thesetpieces.com/features/jair-bolsonaro-is-a-throwback-to-the-dark-days-of-brazils-military-dictatorship-so-why-do-so-many-footballers-support-him/ 92 comments soccer
- Claudio Marchisio, Andres Iniesta and football fans’ false memories | The Set Pieces https://thesetpieces.com/features/marchisio-iniesta-and-football-fans-false-memories/ 6 comments soccer
- ’90s Heroes: Chris Waddle https://thesetpieces.com/features/90s-heroes-chris-waddle/ 11 comments soccer
- Match vs Shoot: The battle for supremacy in the mid-90s teenage football magazine market https://thesetpieces.com/features/match-vs-shoot-the-mid-90s-battle-for-supremacy-in-the-teenage-magazine-market/ 6 comments soccer
- How Zinedine Zidane’s flawed genius defined the 2006 World Cup https://thesetpieces.com/features/how-zinedine-zidanes-flawed-genius-defined-the-2006-world-cup/ 30 comments soccer
- [The Set Pieces] Danny Bergara: The pioneering trailblazer who became England’s first ever foreign coach https://thesetpieces.com/features/danny-bergara-the-pioneering-trailblazer-who-became-englands-first-ever-foreign-coach/ 3 comments soccer
- How SV Babelsberg 03, 4th-tier club, are leading the fight against racism in German football https://thesetpieces.com/world-football/how-a-fourth-tier-club-are-leading-the-fight-against-racism-in-german-football/ 12 comments soccer
- Andy Gray on modern football punditry https://thesetpieces.com/interviews/andy-gray-modern-football-punditry/ 27 comments soccer
- Millwall’s fight to remain at The Den isn’t over https://thesetpieces.com/interviews/millwalls-fight-remain-den-isnt-yet/ 3 comments soccer
- Duncan Jenkins, the original ITK https://thesetpieces.com/features/duncan-jenkins-original-itk/ 8 comments soccer
- Celebrating the uninspiring journeyman signing http://thesetpieces.com/features/celebrating-uninspiring-journeyman-signing/ 6 comments soccer
- Safe Standing: Coming soon to a stadium near you http://thesetpieces.com/features/safe-standing-coming-soon-stadium-near/ 2 comments soccer
- Meet the university student supplying football kits to Africa’s biggest underdogs http://thesetpieces.com/interviews/meet-university-student-supplying-football-kits-africas-biggest-underdogs/ 3 comments soccer
- The Brain at Work: How two Germans are changing football fitness through 'neuroathletics', changing the body's subconscious processes http://thesetpieces.com/interviews/brain-work-two-germans-want-change-football/ 3 comments soccer
- “You couldn’t write a worse story”: The fight for Leyton Orient’s future http://thesetpieces.com/features/couldnt-write-worse-story-fight-leyton-orients-future/ 13 comments soccer
- ‘DEFENDER!’ by Steve Bruce: A Review http://thesetpieces.com/features/defender-steve-bruce-review/ 16 comments soccer
- This review of Steve Bruce's book had me pissing on the tube http://thesetpieces.com/features/sweeper-steve-bruce-review/ 34 comments soccer
- Leeds Uni professor/AZ Alkmaar data analyst explains the difficulty in utilising analytics for football http://thesetpieces.com/interviews/rise-analytics-football/ 28 comments soccer
- Crap 90s football: a celebration of the brilliantly awful http://thesetpieces.com/interviews/crap-90s-football-celebration-brilliantly-awful/ 5 comments soccer
- Far-Flung Adventures: Meet the only British footballer in South America http://thesetpieces.com/interviews/far-flung-adventures-meet-british-footballer-south-america/ 123 comments soccer
- Beating the system: How Wales planned their seeding success on a calculator http://thesetpieces.com/world-football/beating-system-wales-planned-seeding-success-calculator/ 11 comments soccer
- A Review of Steve Bruce's Crime Novel Sweeper! http://thesetpieces.com/features/sweeper-steve-bruce-review/ 5 comments soccer
- Transfer window myth-busting http://thesetpieces.com/features/transfer-window-myth-busting/ 6 comments soccer
- The top 10 moments from hit 90s documentary 'Graham Taylor: An Impossible Job'- One for the England fans by Adam Hurrey http://thesetpieces.com/features/top-10-moments-hit-90s-documentary-graham-taylor-impossible-job/ 3 comments soccer
- A lower-league perspective on B-teams in the JPT http://thesetpieces.com/features/7692/ 8 comments soccer
- "Charlie Stilitano doesn’t understand. He doesn’t understand the notion of the underdog. If Stilitano directed Die Hard, he’d replace bare-footed John McLane with one of the giant robots from Pacific Rim." http://thesetpieces.com/features/charlie-stillitano-pieces-of-hate/ 159 comments soccer
- Pieces of Hate Poppy Fascists http://thesetpieces.com/features/pieces-of-hate-poppy-fascists/ 89 comments soccer
- Wales continue to impress in Euro 2016 qualifying. http://thesetpieces.com/features/focus-wales/ 6 comments soccer