Barney Ronay

theguardian.comBavuma’s nine-hour masterpiece was art we risk losing in Test cricket’s great purge | Barney RonayT20 franchise cricket is trash sport and killing the red-ball game is cultural vandalism. What would George Orwell have made of this?

Best story of the week. By miles. so why is no one actually watching? www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/o...

theguardian.comBavuma’s nine-hour masterpiece was art we risk losing in Test cricket’s great purge | Barney RonayT20 franchise cricket is trash sport and killing the red-ball game is cultural vandalism. What would George Orwell have made of this?

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Best story of the week. By miles. so why is no one actually watching? www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/o...

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theguardian.comParis Saint-Germain sparkle on the pitch while the city of light burns around them | Barney RonayPSG, the pet project of the state of Qatar, expresses the dualism of the city, a place of deprivation where the centre is perfect

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Paris, PSG, overclass, alienation, spectacle and unrest. All the same game www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comParis Saint-Germain sparkle on the pitch while the city of light burns around them | Barney RonayPSG, the pet project of the state of Qatar, expresses the dualism of the city, a place of deprivation where the centre is perfect

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Paris, PSG, overclass, alienation, spectacle and unrest. All the same game www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.comElite-level incompetence is Manchester United’s problem – not Michael Carrick | Barney RonayGetting rid of Michael Carrick is not going to solve the problems that led to his appointment. Perhaps it’s worth, for once, doing something different

Only when every single working football manager has been hired and fired by man utd will this club finally be healed www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.comSavaged by Simon Jordan – and thanks to the algorithm I want to be savaged again | Barney RonayThe former Palace chair seeming very angry indeed about others’ opinions is just par for the course as football’s age of rage ramps up another level

It‘s egregious. it’s preposterous. It’s delicious. savage me baby. bring me to life www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comSavaged by Simon Jordan – and thanks to the algorithm I want to be savaged again | Barney RonayThe former Palace chair seeming very angry indeed about others’ opinions is just par for the course as football’s age of rage ramps up another level

It‘s egregious. it’s preposterous. It’s delicious. savage me baby. bring me to life www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.comBuilding of the Pep supremacy is an era that will be defined by sham-ballWhat Pep Guardiola knew at Manchester City relates to the true nature of the club and more basic things like spectacle and human nature

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Pep: now officially a bald fraud www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comBuilding of the Pep supremacy is an era that will be defined by sham-ballWhat Pep Guardiola knew at Manchester City relates to the true nature of the club and more basic things like spectacle and human nature

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Pep: now officially a bald fraud www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comBurnham’s booze ruse is a non-starter: just keep doing your drinking in the pub | Barney RonayThe prime minister, a life-long football fan, was just restating a personal opinion about having a drink in the stands, not trying to make policy

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Burnham is stuck in the 80s on this. Support your local pub instead www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comThe age of asterisk: Manchester City’s glittering era of success is tainted now | Barney RonayFriday’s verdict against Manchester City changes everything we understood about their era and Premier League title triumphs

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Unreal City www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comWe wanted to let Max Dowman bloom in the shadows but he has become hard to ignore | Barney RonayThis most modern and well-honed of footballers will not be able to escape the spotlight in an age of constant scrutiny but looks equipped to handle it

19 Sept

Dowmania www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.comFootball lends voice to message worth relaying: men should talk about their pain | Barney RonayPremier League’s sponsorship of the Together in Suicide campaign is helping to convey simple, blunt and essential messaging

12 Sept

Football does a good thing. Men: get it out there www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comFootball lends voice to message worth relaying: men should talk about their pain | Barney RonayPremier League’s sponsorship of the Together in Suicide campaign is helping to convey simple, blunt and essential messaging

12 Sept

Football does a good thing. Men: get it out there www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.comWild opening salvo against Chelsea hints at exciting times for Arsenal fans | Barney RonayThe home side’s response to Chelsea’s early goal was to play breathless attacking football

6 Sept

Arsenal: a new energy www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comWild opening salvo against Chelsea hints at exciting times for Arsenal fans | Barney RonayThe home side’s response to Chelsea’s early goal was to play breathless attacking football

6 Sept

Arsenal: a new energy www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comUefa legal case may be beginning of the end for Infantino as Trump’s support evaporates | Barney RonayThe order of discovery related to Fifa’s failed plan to sell the World Cup will worry the American president, a situation that tends to end badly for the culprit

5 Sept

I think Gianni is now done. You can do anything. But never go against the family www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.comPremier League money has lost all meaning amid chaotic spectacle of excess | Barney RonayThe transfer window has broken all rational rules and limits, leaving us to marvel and, ultimately, pick up the bill

2 Sept

Other people’s money. The mega window www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comPremier League money has lost all meaning amid chaotic spectacle of excess | Barney RonayThe transfer window has broken all rational rules and limits, leaving us to marvel and, ultimately, pick up the bill

2 Sept

Other people’s money. The mega window www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.comWelcome to Ozball, the low-key story of a low-key England summer | Barney RonayOllie Robinson’s metronomic medium-nip represents the new age – sometimes, you just get the heroes you need

30 Aug

Hot Ollie Robinson summer www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...

theguardian.comWelcome to Ozball, the low-key story of a low-key England summer | Barney RonayOllie Robinson’s metronomic medium-nip represents the new age – sometimes, you just get the heroes you need

30 Aug

Hot Ollie Robinson summer www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...

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theguardian.comArcher illuminates fading summer as Pakistan’s marzipan men melt away | Barney RonayThe tourists offered little but Jofra again invited us to marvel at what he is and mourn what could have been

28 Aug

The joy of Jof www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...

theguardian.comArcher illuminates fading summer as Pakistan’s marzipan men melt away | Barney RonayThe tourists offered little but Jofra again invited us to marvel at what he is and mourn what could have been

28 Aug

The joy of Jof www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...

theguardian.comBrydon Carse incident points to a darker truth about life as a professional cricketer | The Secret Cricket CoachCricket is a brutal game – you are basically being judged all the time. It’s no wonder players seek out ways of coping

26 Aug

Very good on Carse, booze, pain and the madness of being a cricketer www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...

open.spotify.comFaux Cricket, Foam HandsSquare One Podcast · Episode

19 Aug

Cricket podcast, in which Rob Ferley gives a very interesting, if grudging, insight into what it’s like to play under Englands new head coach, and what he might say to Harry brook open.spotify.com/episode/2fSr...