Paul Hayward
Contributing Editor
Paul Hayward has been chief sportswriter at The Guardian, The Observer and Daily Telegraph and is a five-time Sportswriter of the Year. He is the author of England Football – The Biography, a 150-year history of the England men’s team, and has co-written books with Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Bobby Robson and Kevin Sinfield. He is also the co-host of the sports history podcast, How It All Played Out.
Paul Hayward
Contributing Editor
Paul Hayward has been chief sportswriter at The Guardian, The Observer and Daily Telegraph and is a five-time Sportswriter of the Year. He is the author of England Football – The Biography, a 150-year history of the England men’s team, and has co-written books with Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Bobby Robson and Kevin Sinfield. He is also the co-host of the sports history podcast, How It All Played Out.
Where the heart wants to be: England’s happy Ashes exodus
Jamie Vardy: The last underdog
Sunderland is a team reborn in the Premier League
Abramovich complains about his money, but he is winning, even as a pariah
The audit: Brentford
West Ham fans protest against a stadium that never felt like home
The Premier League’s big data clubs threaten the big money
The audit: Tottenham Hotspur
Mo Salah’s back with a stunner but not even he can rescue Liverpool
Cathedrals of capital: Europe’s stadium arms race escalates
Aston Villa brighten up a darkening political picture
No-hopers snatch historic wins at Ascot
Australian sledging: the Ashes aperitif that won’t win any awards
Rooney has found his voice – and a strange kind of freedom
Unlocking the mystery of motor neurone disease in athletes
You can rely on women’s teams to perform when it matters most
Pep Guardiola isn’t losing his religion, but tactics have shifted
Brighton enjoy fruits of improvement despite slipping to draw
Majestic ‘Steely’ Hodgkinson sets sights on golden moment
Ricky Hatton, Mancunian everyman and world champion
