When transfer windows go right, they can set a manager and a team up for a successful season or kick off a new era. When they go wrong,…
Read more ‘Bleak’, ‘Gutting’, ‘Disastrous’: What was your Premier League club’s worst transfer window and why?“Their average age is 26. They’re in the prime of their footballing lives,” Clive Tyldesley, the ITV commentator, said into his microphone as England prepared to kick off…
Read more Wayne Rooney, England’s raging bull at Euro 2004: ‘His movement, his speed… he was not human’Nottingham Forest have been handed a four-point deduction following a breach of the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules (PSRs). Forest were referred to an independent commission in…
Read more Forest handed four-point deduction for breaching Premier League’s financial rulesWhen Wayne Rooney was told his time as Birmingham City manager was up after just 15 games, he was shocked. Having signed a three-and-a-half-year contract, the former England…
Read more Gone in 15 games: Why Wayne Rooney was sacked by BirminghamPeter Storrie can remember visiting the London studio of Herzog & de Meuron, the renowned Swiss architects, and being shown a striking vision of Portsmouth’s future. “It was…
Read more The football stadiums that never wereManchester United and Chelsea share a problem they cannot hope to run away from. Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge might be able to narrate storied chapters of the…
Read more Why are football stadiums so expensive to build?Alejandro Garnacho’s stunning overhead kick helped Manchester United maintain their status as the Premier League’s form team with victory over Everton at a feisty Goodison Park. Everton supporters…
Read more Everton 0 Manchester United 3: Garnacho’s stunning goal, Mainoo and protestsAhead of Wednesday’s autumn statement – one of the UK government’s two annual ‘fiscal events’ where budgets are decided – Liverpool’s council leader, Liam Robinson, and his deputy,…
Read more Punish reckless owners – not the fans or communities their clubs representAs the Premier League gets bigger and bigger, so – it seems – do the stadiums that play host to it. The vast majority of clubs in the…
Read more Every Premier League club’s stadium plans – from new stands to ground moves“I’ll see you in the tunnel.” There was a time when that was more than a throwaway line on the pitch, even if some players found a way…
Read more Bad language, worse jokes and riot police: What really happens in the tunnelThis article is part of The Athletic’s series celebrating UK Black History Month. You can find the full series here. Bob Thomas had no idea he was about to…
Read more John Barnes and a banana: The story behind English football’s most notorious photoWelcome to The Athletic’s Premier League stadium rankings, an exercise in entertainment, creating arguments nobody can win and questionable mathematics. Before we start, we should beg for forgiveness.…
Read more We ranked every Premier League stadium so you could shout at usAveley P P 15:00 Welling United Bath City P P 15:00 Yeovil Town Farnborough 0 0 15:00 St Albans Hampton & Richmond 0 0 15:00 Dartford Hampton &…
Read more Football (Sky Sports)Korona Kielce 0 0 14:00 Zaglebie Lubin Jagiellonia Bialystok 0 0 16:30 Gornik Zabrze RWDM P P 00:00 Union Saint-Gilloise Club Brugge P P 12:30 Genk Sint-Truidense VV…
Read more Football (Sky Sports)Ashton Utd 0 0 19:45 Marske Utd Marine 0 0 19:45 Stafford Rangers Nantwich Town 0 0 19:45 FC United of Manchester Radcliffe 0 0 19:45 Lancaster City…
Read more Football (Sky Sports)Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin speaks to manager Frank Lampard following the Premier League match … [+] at The Emirates Stadium, London. Picture date: Sunday May 22, 2022. (Photo by…
Read more Everton And Calvert-Lewin Find Goals From The Right Place At The Right TimeLIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 09: Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United celebrates after scoring … [+] their team’s second goal during the Premier League match between Everton FC and…
Read more Manchester United Show Character To Secure Important Win At Everton
