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Martin Cloake

Lost in transmission — why Jürgen Klopp and Des Kelly are arguing about football on telly

The weekend’s spat between Liverpool FC manager Jürgen Klopp and BT Sport’s Des Kelly has shone fresh light on the complex relationship…

5 min readNov 30, 2020

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Lost in transmission — why Jürgen Klopp and Des Kelly are arguing about football on telly

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Martin Cloake

What could the reform of English football governance look like?

I wrote last week about why it was important to seriously consider reform of the way football is run in England, and to get to grips with…

7 min readNov 26, 2020

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What could the reform of English football governance look like?

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Martin Cloake

What do fans of English football want?

Earlier this week, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden gathered the stakeholders of English football together in what was dubbed a Football…

6 min readNov 19, 2020

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What do fans of English football want?

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Martin Cloake

Review: Getting Carter

“If Ted Lewis had been born in France or America… he would occupy a place similar to Jim Thompson, Raymond Chandler and the rest of the…

8 min readJan 5, 2018

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Martin Cloake

Review: Savage Enthusiasm, A History of Football Fans

One of the themes quickest to emerge from Paul Brown’s ambitious social history is that, when something goes wrong at a football match…

5 min readJan 5, 2018

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Martin Cloake

The fifth estate needs to beware mirroring the media it deconstructs

There can be no doubt that a full-blown battle of ideas is now raging across the media and political landscape. Its apparent intensity…

10 min readJun 18, 2017

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Martin Cloake

Rules of the game change in politics and communication

Understanding the change

9 min readJun 11, 2017

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Martin Cloake

Remembering Quinns, a proper London pub

I’ve always been a pub person. Proper pubs, untarted about with but with good beer and good company. If you’re lucky, you sometimes find a…

7 min readJan 27, 2017

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Martin Cloake

Spurs at Wembley. It’s not complicated

So it’s match day, and can any fan want anything else but a win? For Spurs fans today, if you take soundings in some quarters, it’s one of…

5 min readDec 7, 2016

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Martin Cloake

The Lane

As the clock ticks down on Tottenham Hotspur’s time at White Hart Lane, it’s time to draw your attention to a book that I hope captures the…

3 min readDec 6, 2016

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The Lane

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Martin Cloake

Martin Cloake

Writer and editor using the space to develop thoughts and debate ideas without affiliation, and sometimes just get it off my chest

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