Walsall can banish the promotion ghosts of 2024/25 and it's just as well

Sadler’s Saddlers are leading the way in League Two again. Will they be scarred or battle-hardened by last season’s collapse?

Oct 7 • 

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September 2025

Strife on the Solent as Southampton and Portsmouth go back into battle in the Championship

Southampton and Portsmouth haven’t met in the league for 13 years. On Sunday, they renew hostilities on the south coast.

Sep 9 • 

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August 2025

Sheffield United have picked the worst season to implode and it could leave them in one hell of a crater

With three defeats in three games, the former Premier League club have given themselves a major problem

Aug 28 • 

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Summer woes for Aston Villa and Newcastle United show that transfers have finally broken football

Profit and sustainability rules are just the beginning as Premier League dies a competitive death at the altar of transfers

Aug 5 • 

Chris Nee

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July 2025

England's mighty EURO Lionesses are growing the game in real-time

Sarina Wiegman’s European champions are fully fledged stars and women’s football will reap the rewards

Jul 29 • 

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Hinterland

The late summer purgatory of the non-league football diehard

Jul 22 • 

Chris Nee

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Samurai Blues: The Japanese duo reunited as Birmingham City target the Premier League

Kyogo Furuhashi and Tomoki Iwata are together again for Birmingham’s Championship return

Jul 8 • 

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June 2025

Why Manchester United remains the best place for Kobbie Mainoo

We don’t talk about Mainoo as much as we used to but his potential is still worth protecting

Jun 25 • 

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How beloved Aston Villa skipper Jack Grealish became a problem with no solution

The former Villa captain put himself in a tricky position and there's no easy way out

Jun 17 • 

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Football in the West Midlands: a regional health check

What’s the state of play for the Premier League and EFL clubs in the West Midlands?

Jun 4 • 

Chris Nee

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May 2025

Football is community: the St Mirren supporters paying it forward in Paisley

Never underestimate the gift of the game

May 20 • 

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How football in Yokohama was defined by a malicious merger and a supporter revolution

The story of three inextricably linked teams in one fractured football city

May 6 • 

Chris Nee