Southampton beat Leeds in the Championship play-off final in 2023/24 to book their instant return to the Premier League for the 2024/25 campaign. 12 months earlier they had finished rock bottom of the PL to end a lengthy stay in the top tier of English football that stretched all the way back to 2012, whenRead more
Some things in life are certain: fish swim, birds fly, death comes to us all, taxes must be paid, England will extend the years of hurt indefinitely and Manchester City will win the Premier League title. If we are being honest, not all birds fly, if you’re rich enough you possibly don’t pay taxes, andRead more
Betting on football could be viewed as a way to spice up a game you aren’t hugely interested in, whilst some people feel it can make big games even more exciting to watch. It has become a real part of the football ritual for millions of fans. Be it placing a big Saturday acca andRead more
Women’s football is very much on the up, especially in the UK. The Lionesses won the 2022 Euros on home soil in front of almost 90,000 fans, a crowd that would have been unimaginable in this country a decade ago. The women’s team then backed that up by making it to the final of theRead more
Are you even an England fan at all if you haven’t suggested at least 469 different formations for the Three Lions at this tournament? Probably not. Every pundit, commentator, co-commentator, ex-pro and exactly 96.4% of supporters on social media have let the world know how they would set Gareth Southgate’s side up at Euro 2024.Read more
Although the European Championships are not about individual accolades, scoring goals is the best thing any forward can do to help their team’s chances of success. The player who can register the most goals in the tournament will find themselves crowned Golden Boot winner, an award which has most recently gone to Cristiano Ronaldo, AntoineRead more
With Jürgen Klopp having bid his Anfield farewell, it is time to reflect on his long and successful tenure as Liverpool manager. There is no questioning the fact will go down as a true club legend. He’s the man who led the Merseyside club to their first-ever Premier League title, after all. But how doesRead more
As the 2023/24 Premier League season drew to a close, the managerial merry-go-round continued to spin. Roberto De Zerbi called time on his spell at Brighton, Mauricio Pochettino headed for the Stamford Bridge exit, and West Ham United boss, David Moyes, drew a line under his second spell in charge of the Hammers – swiftlyRead more
One of the many things that makes football so magical, so special, is its unpredictability. We’re thinking of things like Leicester winning the Premier League title or, more recently – if less shockingly – Bayer Leverkusen topping the pile in Germany; and on a week-by-week basis sides at the bottom of the table beat supposedlyRead more
As the latest season of English football draws to a close, we already know that Leicester will be going up from the Championship to the PL and Sheffield United will be going down the other way. There is a very small chance that Leeds and Southampton will join the Foxes, and a larger chance thatRead more
