FootballGravity Special Report
How football’s calendar is experienced in the space between club and country.
A calendar is more than a list of match dates. It creates journeys, changes of environment, recovery intervals and decisions about who remains available. Between Club and Country follows those effects across national teams, clubs and different football geographies.
The series separates what public data can establish—fixtures, minutes, distance and transitions—from what it cannot diagnose, including an individual player’s internal load, recovery or future injury risk.
In this series
PART 1 / CALENDAR GEOGRAPHY
One Less Round Trip
A ten-player model shows what FIFA’s integrated September–October window removes—and why one window can still contain a very long journey.
PART 2 / PLAYER LOAD
When ‘Available’ Does Not Mean Fresh
Haaland’s 337 Norway minutes show why public workload analysis needs to record fatigue signals as well as travel, availability and injury.
PART 3 / THE CLUB RETURN
Back at the Club
Haaland returned to score at Anfield while PSG allowed two internationals more time. The first weekend back brings the club handover into view.
This index will be updated as the 2026 international-window experiment produces new completed-match evidence.