The soundtrack of the women’s Euros was happiness … and some men can’t cope | Barney Ronay
Familiar tones of rage, pain and betrayal that envelop men’s football were missing during England’s joyful run to glory
“You can’t stand their voices? ALL women’s voices?” “Yes.” “Are you married to a woman?” “I am. And she feels the same.” Hmm. To be fair to Dave from Egham, whose name has been changed to protect the confused, the whole setup here was pretty bleak. It was Dave’s destiny a week on from England’s victory at Euro 2025 to find himself going viral after an appearance on LBC radio.
In the clip Dave objects to the sound of all women’s voices, even if they’re Adele or Billie Holiday. Specifically he objects to women talking about women’s sport, which Dave hates because it is being thrown down his throat, and thrown down his throat to the extent he has to ring up a radio station and talk about the women talking about the women’s sport, simply to disentangle its tendrils from his throat, to steal a few gargling, sputtering final breaths.
Forest Green tickets on prescription to improve patients’ mental health
Dale Vince’s team are giving away seats to a local doctor to be prescribed as an alternative to antidepressants
Dale Vince, the green energy entrepreneur and owner of Forest Green Rovers, has been mixing football and social causes for years. And so it’s perhaps not surprising that he is one of the partners in an initiative where GPs can prescribe a day out watching his National League team as an alternative to antidepressants.
“Our country’s facing a difficult time,” Vince says. “We’ve got extreme poverty at one end and extreme wealth at the other end, and football is the thing that binds us, it’s the thing that brings us together every week with a common purpose and a common cause. Modern life has stripped a lot from us as people and led to a mental health crisis. Football could help put that right.”
Son Heung-min takes ‘most difficult decision’ and confirms Tottenham exit
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Spurs captain reveals intention to leave this summer
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He says it is the ‘most difficult decision’ of his career
Son Heung-min has confirmed he has taken the “most difficult decision” to leave Tottenham during this summer’s transfer window after 10 years at the club.
The 33-year-old made the announcement during Spurs’ pre-season tour of Asia, where he was speaking at a press conference in Seoul in his native South Korea.