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Richard Jolly

Richard Jolly

English Football Correspondent
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Greater Manchester, England
A football writer for The National since 2008, Richard also writes for The Guardian and The Observer. He contributes to ESPN FC and was their Manchester correspondent for three and a half years. He has also written for The Daily Telegraph, Sunday Express, the Straits Times, FourFourTwo.com and The Blizzard. Richard has covered more than 1,300 games in the flesh.
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Scotland manager Steve Clarke during training as his side prepare to face Russia. Reuters
Scotland's Euro 2020 struggles an unwanted reminder of a calamitous past

Steve Clarke's side face Russia battling to avoid a new low

FootballOctober 09, 2019
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli, left, on the bench during their Premier League defeat to Brighton on Saturday, October 5. EPA
Euro 2020 qualifiers: the rise and fall of England outcast Dele Alli

Once key player in Gareth Southgate's side, the out-of-touch Tottenham Hotspur midfielder could now find himself left out of the squad for next year's finals

FootballOctober 09, 2019
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 06: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Manager of Manchester United waves to the fans at full-time after the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Manchester United at St. James Park on October 06, 2019 in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)
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United need more from Solskjaer than a nostalgia project

The Norwegian manager clearly knows the club's ethos but perhaps lacks the skill to implement it

FootballOctober 07, 2019
Manchester City's German midfielder Ilkay Gundogan (L) vies with Wolverhampton Wanderers' Portuguese defender Ruben Vinagre during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on October 6, 2019. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / AFP / Lindsey Parnaby / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications.
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Gundogan rues Man City's self-inflicted setbacks but refuses to give up title hope

Reigning Premier League champions are eight points behind the leaders after just eight games

FootballOctober 07, 2019
Soccer Football - Premier League - Newcastle United v Manchester United - St James' Park, Newcastle, Britain - October 6, 2019 Newcastle United's Matthew Longstaff celebrates scoring their first goal Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith EDITORIAL USE ONLY. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. Please contact your account representative for further details.
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Longstaff, Traore put the boot in on Manchester clubs: Premier League team of the week

Brighton inflict more misery on Tottenham with 3-0 win at the Amex Stadium

FootballOctober 07, 2019
Adama Traore, of Wolverhampton Wanderers, celebrates after scoring his team's first goal at Manchester City on Sunday. Getty
City stunned as Wolves claim shock win at the Etihad

Traore double leaves reigning Premier League champions eight points behind leaders Liverpool after eight games

FootballOctober 06, 2019
Fernandinho has plugged a gap at centre-back for Manchester City to cover injuries to Aymeric Laporte and John Stones. EPA
Makeshift Manchester City defence up to the task ahead of visit of Wolves

Midfielder Fernandinho part of a City defence breached only once in five games since injuries to first-choice pairing of Laporte and Stones

FootballOctober 06, 2019
Liverpool celebrate James Milner's winner. Reuters
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Liverpool break Leicester hearts as Rodgers remains Anfield’s nearly man

James Milner scores stoppage-time winner as Liverpool secure eighth straight league victory this season

FootballOctober 05, 2019
Virgil van Dijk, left, said Red Bull Salzburg employed a similar pressing game to Liverpool's on Wednesday. Getty
Van Dijk: no reason for Liverpool to 'panic and stress' despite Euro defensive woes

Dutchman says Red Bull Salzburg's comeback from three goals down was as much down to the opposition's quality as his team's frailty at the back

FootballOctober 04, 2019
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp talks to the media during the press conference for the Uefa Champions League match against Red Bull Salzburg. Reuters
Klopp warns Liverpool not to 'waste time' in getting Champions League points

A 2-0 defeat at Napoli in their first group game has left the defending champions playing catch-up when they host Red Bull Salzburg on Wednesday

FootballOctober 01, 2019
Pep Guardiola has won the European Cup both as a player and manager, but has yet to lift the trophy during his spell in charge at Manchester City. Getty
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Guardiola: it would be no disaster if City do not win the Champions League this season

Spaniard insists there is no pressure from bosses to win the big prize that has eluded the club in his time as manager in England

FootballSeptember 30, 2019
Soccer Football - Premier League - Sheffield United v Liverpool - Bramall Lane, Sheffield, Britain - September 28, 2019 Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk adjusts the captain's armband after receiving it from Jordan Henderson Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine EDITORIAL USE ONLY. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. Please contact your account representative for further details.
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Van Dijk in, no room for De Bruyne: Premier League team of the week

Liverpool maintained their winning start to the Premier League season, although they needed a big slice of luck to register a 1-0 win at Sheffield United

FootballSeptember 30, 2019
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, left, and Arsenal counterpart Unai Emery, right, face off on Monday night at Old Trafford. Getty Images
Man United v Arsenal: Ferguson and Wenger continue to cast long shadows

Until recently the dueling superpowers of English football, they now meet on a Monday night - made possible by their absence from the Champions League

FootballSeptember 30, 2019
Liverpool's Georginio Wijnaldum celebrates scoring his side's first goal of the game with team-mate Roberto Firmino during the Premier League match at Bramall Lane, Sheffield. PA Photo. Picture date: Saturday September 28, 2019. See PA story SOCCER Sheff Utd. Photo credit should read: Richard Sellers/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: EDITORIAL USE ONLY No use with unauthorised audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications.
Lucky Liverpool handed 16th successive league victory

Shocking error by goalkeeper Dean Henderson allows Georginio Wijnaldum to secure victory at Bramall Lane

FootballSeptember 28, 2019
Mason Mount has cemented his place as integral part of Chelsea's midfield this season. Reuters
Mason Mount's rise to Chelsea talisman no surprise to Ashley Cole

Former Chelsea defender Cole remembers a player who caught the eye in youth team and excelled as a teammate at Derby

FootballSeptember 26, 2019
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