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Senior writer turned commissioning editor at The Athletic. Previously spent 20 years at the Guardian and Observer newspapers https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/dominic-fifield/
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Going to watch that BBC montage one more time... for now

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

“It was very moving to see how much it meant to the people of south London — for him to be a part of something historic” What's it like watching your son win the FA Cup? @adamcrafton.bsky.social talks to Carrie and Ken Richards, parents of #CPFC's Chris Richards www.nytimes.com/athletic/637...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Palace's FA Cup win owes itself to Oliver Glasner, to consistency and familiarity, to the fans How they did it, conceding once in the competition & the celebrations #CPFC • Same hotel as SF • Lucky cufflinks • Superstition • Matthews' premonition • Ward's speech www.nytimes.com/athletic/636...

submitted 20 days ago • 9 comments

🚨MONDAY POD!🚨 It’s @mattdaviesadams.bsky.social, @danielstorey85.bsky.social, @slasherrrr.bsky.social & @adrianjclarke.bsky.social: 🦅Palace win the FA Cup with @domfifield.bsky.social 🌳Forest set up final day decider with @nottmtails.bsky.social 👋Goodbye Goodison and Jamie Vardy pod.fo/e/2d7146

submitted 20 days ago • 5 comments

Wembley will shake... and it will be beautiful ✍️ Tim Spiers www.nytimes.com/athletic/636...

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

There have been tears.

submitted 21 days ago • 5 comments

To Wembley.

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

Crystal Palace can beat Manchester City in the FA Cup final – this is how Analysis from @mattwoosie.bsky.social and @thom-harris.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/633...

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

“You have one chance to be part of history at a club. Those Palace players, if they win that cup… people would still remember them in 50 years.” Jason Puncheon, the last man to score for #CPFC in an FA Cup final, talks to @mattwoosie.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/634...

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

'Sir Alex Ferguson used to say if you can’t win the league, just win something just to tick along. That’s what City are trying to do. But this is life-changing for #CPFC. This is a line in the sand moment. It isn’t just ticking on. It is everything' ✍️ Rebecca Lowe www.nytimes.com/athletic/633...

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

Adam Wharton's passing playbook: Quick switches of play and a natural eye for progression The England international is the risk taker at the heart of the #CPFC midfield, and key to their approach Analysis from @thom-harris.bsky.social and @anantaajith.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/635...

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Jean-Philippe Mateta: My Game In My Words “I don’t just want to be, ‘JP scores when he makes the run in behind’. I can dribble, I can shoot first touch, I can score with my left or right, and more with my head" @mattwoosie.bsky.social @liamtharme.bsky.social #CPFC www.nytimes.com/athletic/635...

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

Jean-Philippe Mateta: My Game In My Words “I don’t just want to be, ‘JP scores when he makes the run in behind’. I can dribble, I can shoot first touch, I can score with my left or right, and more with my head" @mattwoosie.bsky.social @liamtharme.bsky.social #CPFC www.nytimes.com/athletic/635...

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

Rob writes about his sister, grief and the hope he has for Saturday’s FA Cup Final. www.patreon.com/posts/there-...

submitted 24 days ago • 4 comments

Adam Wharton's passing playbook: Quick switches of play and a natural eye for progression The England international is the risk taker at the heart of the #CPFC midfield, and key to their approach Analysis from @thom-harris.bsky.social and @anantaajith.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/635...

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

'Sir Alex Ferguson used to say if you can’t win the league, just win something just to tick along. That’s what City are trying to do. But this is life-changing for #CPFC. This is a line in the sand moment. It isn’t just ticking on. It is everything' ✍️ Rebecca Lowe www.nytimes.com/athletic/633...

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

“You have one chance to be part of history at a club. Those Palace players, if they win that cup… people would still remember them in 50 years.” Jason Puncheon, the last man to score for #CPFC in an FA Cup final, talks to @mattwoosie.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/634...

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Crystal Palace can beat Manchester City in the FA Cup final – this is how Analysis from @mattwoosie.bsky.social and @thom-harris.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/633...

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

• King’s Indian Attack • Sitting back and building behind a deep, solid pawn structure • A penchant to fianchetto • “Boom, boom, boom, boom” celebrations • A blunder rate of 1.2 per cent Conor O'Neill analyses #CPFC forward Eberechi Eze’s chess game www.nytimes.com/athletic/634...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Sunderland, Coventry and Bristol City are play-off semi-finalists with a history. Which is why, 48 years on from a peculiar furore, there may be chants directed at Jimmy Hill from the away end at Coventry tonight. 📝 @mwalkerfoot.bsky.social 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/634...

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Afghanistan's women's football team is not recognised by football's authorities. Their players live in exile. The Taliban ruined their dreams, but hasn't broken their spirit. Their struggle to play together again continues. @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

Went to Goodison with my dad for the last time on Saturday. Was a chance to reminisce & say a proper farewell Goodison has always been about much more than just the football. For me, it's been a second home & a connection to generations of family www.nytimes.com/athletic/633...

submitted 34 days ago • 11 comments

𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗣𝗢𝗗!🚨 👨‍🌾 #CFC take care of Djurgården w/ @sjohnsonsport.bsky.social 🏆 #CFCW are champions (again) w/ @meganferinga.bsky.social 🔴 Liverpool in town 🤩 The triumphant return of Sam Parkin 💙 Our tributes to Paul Lagan @mattdaviesadams.bsky.social & @domfifield.bsky.social too 👊 pod.fo/e/2cfd54

submitted 37 days ago • 2 comments

Oliver Glasner has had a transformative effect at #CPFC, just as he did with Eintracht Frankfurt. But what is his game-plan and how does he have his players implement it? @mattwoosie.bsky.social and @liamtharme.bsky.social on the how Glasner made Palace his own www.nytimes.com/athletic/629...

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Daniel Munoz, #CPFC's Running Man By @mattwoosie.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Daniel Munoz has run so far this season that he could almost make it to the Etihad. Or, given Palace's heavy defeat there, cover the distance back to Selhurst High-intensity sprints and boundless energy such a key part of his game & underpin Glasner's system #CPFC www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

Borussia Dortmund are a bit lost as a club and as a football team. Their reputation as Europe’s finishing school is well out of date now. Article, for @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/627...

submitted 54 days ago • 2 comments

Moyes was at Pride Park on Tuesday to watch Harrison Armstrong in action. 18 yr old midfielder has taken to Championship level with ease "He's going to have a huge future, I'm sure," Derby manager John Eustace told me after the game www.nytimes.com/athletic/626...

submitted 59 days ago • 3 comments

How Union Saint-Gilloise perfected the art of the selling club — and why that has been about more than data and spotting talented players. @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/624...

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

The video that shows Harry Redknapp describing Thomas Tuchel as a “German spy” and saying “he has been sent over to f*** us up” is too ignorant to be taken seriously. It’s worthy only of disdain. There are still contexts in which Germans are subject to infantile innuendo. ✍️ @sebsb.bsky.social

submitted 72 days ago • 7 comments

RB Leipzig have established their reputation for helping young careers develop, but have been less successful in creating their own players. I went to meet Manuel Baum, their head of youth development, who is trying to change that. @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/623...

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

😱 How it would 'go berserk' if #CPFC won the FA Cup 🇦🇹 The Glasner effect ☝️ Bible classes in the Palace dressing room 🇺🇸 #USMNT ambitions 🏠 Investing in Birmingham Legion FC, Alabama's first pro soccer club Greg O'Keeffe speaks exclusively to Chris Richards www.nytimes.com/athletic/622...

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

This is a question asked rather than a statement made: it’s complex, layered and often answers bring further questions. There is talent coming through. Can it be matched organisationally? www.nytimes.com/athletic/621...

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

With commitments from Daniel Jebbison and Promise David secured, could Owen Goodman be next for Jesse Marsch and the #CanMNT? @mattwoosie.bsky.social quoting the goalkeeper's father that his int'l allegiance lies with “Canada, all day long": www.nytimes.com/athletic/619...

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

There are two things people really want to believe about England in 2025: 1) that Tuchel will be more adventurous than "cautious" Southgate; 2) that this talented squad is sufficiently "battle-ready". Tuchel's recall for Jordan Henderson at 34 suggests neither is true www.nytimes.com/athletic/620...

submitted 85 days ago • 11 comments