The Fiver

The Fiver is a daily, mostly humorous [seriously? – Fiver Ed] football email published by The Guardian newspaper's website, theguardian.com. It is delivered to subscribers’ inboxes at (approximately) 17:00 Monday – Friday (hence the name "Fiver") but does not appear in the print edition of The Guardian newspaper. Even though it is published by a UK-based newspaper, The Fiver enjoys a worldwide following. Fiver writers include Paul Doyle and Barry Glendenning and are drawn from the Guardian sportswriting staff.

Usually The Fiver is composed of:

Much of the 'humour' in The Fiver derives from the tongue-in-cheek use of national and regional stereotypes. For example, frequent references are made to The Fiver’s English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish 'cousins': "Sexually Repressed Morris dancing Fiver", "Shortbread McFiver", "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Fiver" and "Theme pub O’Fiver" respectively. 'Family' members are often invented as and when required to portray the press of a given country. In addition the most successful teams of the time are usually on the receiving end of many jokes. The Fiver employs the kinds of jokes and insults used by football fans themselves, combining this with sharp observation, which no-doubt contributes towards its popularity amongst its readers, although that could also be why it is often accused of bias by the fans of the team which happens to be on the receiving end. The Fiver is full of irony - even the name of the publication is somewhat humorous as it often arrives well after five o'clock.

Recurring sources of 'humour' include:

Many football managers are also given nicknames, and once the nickname has stuck, their real names are rarely used.

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