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Abbey Saints Youth »
Vinefields, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Male, Female, U10
Afc Brickmakers »
5 Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Afc Holbrook »
Ipswich Road, Holbrook, Ipswich
Adult Male
Afc Maidenhall »
Ancaster Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Allport »
Adult Male
Ambassadors »
5 Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Barnes Group »
Adult Male
Barons »
Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Adult Male
Barons Youth »
Vinefields, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Male, U13
Bowler »
Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Adult Male
Breckland Wanderers »
Croxton Road, Thetford, Norfolk
Adult Male
Brickies Veterans »
Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Bs Celtic »
Hollow Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Adult Male
Bury Rangers Youth »
Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Male, U16
Bury Rovers »
Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Adult Male
Bury Town 95 Youth »
The Haberden, Bury St Edmunds
Male, U18, U15
Bury Town Youth Girls »
Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Female, U16
Chantry Phoenix »
Adult Male
Churchill »
Adult Male
Clapgate »
5 Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Copleston Sports College Ladies »
Copleston Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Female
Coplestonians U18 »
Copleston Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Male, U18
Csd »
Adult Male
Fat Cat »
5 Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Felixstowe & Walton United »
Dellwood Avenue, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Adult Male
Felixstowe & Walton United Youth »
Dellwood Avenue, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Male, Female, U18, U16, U15, U14, U13, U12, U11, U10, U9, U8, U7
Felixstowe Dolphins »
Garrison Lane, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Adult Male
Felixstowe Hawks Youth »
Off Cornwall Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Male, U13
Feltwell Social Club »
Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk
Adult Male
Ferryboat »
Recreation Lane, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Adult Male
Framlingham Town »
Badingham Road, Framlingham, Woodbridge
Adult Male
Framlingham Town Youth »
Badingham Road, Framlingham, Woodbridge
Male, Female, U18, U15, U14, U13, U12, U11, U10, U9, U8
Glc United »
5 Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Hadleigh Otto Campanelli »
Highlands Road, Hadleigh, Ipswich
Adult Male
Holbrook Hawks »
Adult Male
Horringer Social Club »
Grafton Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Adult Male
Ipswich Athletic »
Halifax Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Ipswich Eagles »
5 Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Ipswich Lions Youth »
5 Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Male, U14
Ipswich Rangers »
Wherstead Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Ipswich Revolution Veterans »
Lindbergh Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Ipswich Royals Youth »
Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Male, U16
Ipswich Thistle »
5 Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Ipswich Town Community Trust (Staff) »
Portman Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Ixworth Pykkerell »
High Street, Ixworth, Bury St Edmunds
Adult Male
John Bull Exiles »
Dumbarton Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Kelsale Social Club »
Off Church Lane, Kelsale, Saxmundham
Adult Male
Kes United Youth »
Twelve Acre Approach, Kesgrave, Ipswich
Male, U15
Kesgrave Athletic »
Sidegate Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Kesgrave Kestrels Youth »
Millennium Way, Kesgrave, Ipswich
Male, Female, U16, U15, U14, U13, U11, U10
Kesgrave Social Club »
Garrison Lane, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Adult Male
Kesgrave United »
Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich
Adult Male
Labas »
Croxton Road, Thetford, Norfolk
Adult Male
Lakenheath Casuals »
Lakenheath, Brandon, Suffolk
Adult Male
Leiston Orient »
Off Victory Road, Leiston, Suffolk
Adult Male
Leiston St Margarets »
Abbey Road, Leiston, Suffolk
Adult Male
Locomotive »
5 Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Mildenhall Town »
Recreation Way, Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds
Adult Male
Murray Rangers »
Copleston Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Norfolk Terriers »
Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Adult Male
Northgate High School (Staff) »
Adult Male
Priors »
C/O Abbeycroft Leisure Centre, Beatons Way, Bury St Edmunds
Adult Male
Queens »
Off Levington Lane, Bucklesham, Ipswich
Adult Male
Ransomes Sports Youth »
Sidegate Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk
Male, Female, U16, U14, U13, U12, U10
Re United 86 »
Ipswich Road, Holbrook, Ipswich
Adult Male
Real Bse »
Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Adult Male
Red Hawk »
Stoke Park Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Royal Oak, The »
5 Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Rushmere Silkirk »
Dumbarton Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Sizewell & Knodishall Youth Girls »
Off King George's Avenue, Leiston, Suffolk
Female, U15, U13
Sizewell Sports & Social Club »
Off King George's Avenue, Leiston, Suffolk
Adult Male
Sole Bay United Youth »
Male, Female, U12, U11, U10, U9, U8, U7
Sporting 87 Youth »
Nowton Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Male, U16, U15, U14, U13, U11
Sproughton Sports »
Church Lane, Sproughton, Ipswich
Adult Male
St Clements Hospital »
Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
St Johns »
5 Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
St Johns Youth Girls »
5 Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Female, U15
Suffolk New College Ladies »
5 Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Female
Tacket Street Boys Brigade Old Boys »
Twelve Acre Approach, Kesgrave, Ipswich
Adult Male
Taydal »
Halifax Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Male
Thetford Sports & Social Club »
Mundford Road, Thetford, Norfolk
Adult Male
Tollgate Inn »
Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Adult Male
Tornadoes Youth »
Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Male, U16
Tostock »
Norton Road, Tostock, Bury St Edmunds
Adult Male
University Campus Suffolk Women »
5 Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Adult Female
West Suffolk College Girls »
Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Female, U19
Westbury United »
Off The Street, Great Barton, Bury St Edmunds
Adult Male
Westhall 07 »
Hall Road, Westhall, Halesworth
Adult Male

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Jose Mourinho was initially linked with a move to Everton by bookmakers after the sacking of Sean Dyche was confirmed - but he isn't a good fit for a relegation scrap
» PSG ready to deal Chelsea and Liverpool hammer blow over Khvicha Kvaratskhelia transfer
PSG are pushing hard to sign Napoli winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia but the Georgian attacker could now become a player of real interest to Premier League clubs as it appears he could now be available this month
» Sean Dyche's Everton axe clears way for David Moyes to make final journey to spiritual home
The timing looked odd but The Friedkin Group have acted decisively and a former manager now seems an obvious choice to spearhead the owners' bold, new era
» Everton owners' reason for rejecting Jose Mourinho as David Moyes set for emotional return
Everton have sacked Sean Dyche and former Toffees boss David Moyes is their top target to replace him, with Jose Mourinho not in contention for a Premier League return
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The Toffees are considering bringing their former manager David Moyes back after new owners, The Friedkin Group, decided to sack Sean Dyche and talks will take place on Friday
» Do FA Cup third round games go to extra time or replays? Competition rules explained
There will be no replays in the third round of the FA Cup after the Football Association agreed a controversial deal with the Premier League over scheduling
» Arsenal and Man Utd to use different ball to everyone else in FA Cup after Mikel Arteta moans
Arsenal's FA Cup third round match against defending champions Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday will be played with a special edition match ball made by Mitre
» Amad signs new Man Utd deal as winger rewarded for fine start under Ruben Amorim
Amad, who has made 50 appearances for United, has been one of the players who has impressed most under new boss Ruben Amorim.
» Chelsea legend Petr Cech played key role in Tottenham's Carabao Cup win over Liverpool
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» Next Everton manager odds: Who is favourite to take over from Sean Dyche?
The search begins to replace Sean Dyche as the former Toffees boss was shown the door just hours before Everton's FA Cup tie with Peterborough United
» Sean Dyche SACKED by Everton after wretched run leaves Toffees in relegation mire
Sean Dyche's time as Everton manager has come to an end after two years, with the relegation-threatened club's new owners The Friedkin Group giving him his marching orders
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» Mikel Arteta's transfer conundrum as desperate Arsenal plan suffers double blow
Mikel Arteta is already facing problems with his plans for the January transfer window as he looks to revive Arsenal's stuttering Premier League title challenge
» Liverpool's familiar problem causes fresh headache for Arne Slot as boss forced into U-turn
Liverpool's preparations for Saturday's FA Cup third round clash against Accrington Stanley suffered a blow during their journey back from the Carabao Cup defeat to Tottenham
» Ruben Amorim told he only has two Man Utd leaders after contract extension decision
Manchester United have suffered from a lack of leadership during their struggles this season and one former player believes Ruben Amorim can only call upon two players to exert influence
» Man Utd ready to fight Arsenal for £40m Premier League star - but must wait until summer
Manchester United and Arsenal both have their eyes on Brentford star Bryan Mbeumo, who won't be going anywhere in the January transfer window but could make a move this summer
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» Premier League club WILL keep picking star accused of rape after major update
Metropolitan Police this week confirmed an evidence file had been passed onto the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to a Premier League star accused of rape
» 'Pep Guardiola raved about me - now I could join Man Utd in a January swap deal'
Pep Guardiola has got little wrong as manager of Manchester City, but a player he let go could be on the verge of joining Manchester United in January
» 'My agent had secret meeting with Liverpool boss over transfer but I joined Man Utd instead'
Sofyan Amrabat's agent had a secret meeting with former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp at the beginning of 2023 before Manchester United secured his signature instead
» Bayern Munich star Kingsley Coman finally reveals why he supports Bolton Wanderers
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» 'Alexander Isak won't join Arsenal now - I think he has transfer agreement in place'
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» Everton v Peterborough, Fulham v Watford, and more: FA Cup third round – live

Fulham: Benda, Castagne, Andersen, Cuenca, Sessegnon, Andreas Pereira, Lukic, Smith Rowe, Traoré, Rodrigo Muniz, Iwobi

Subs: Leno, Bassey, Diop, Reed, Cairney, King, Godo, Wilson, Jiménez

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» Dyche dismissal is a risk that puts Everton’s need to stay up in sharp focus | Jonathan Wilson

Manager’s sacking is no shock given his dour football but successor has a perilous task. Could Moyes be the right fit?

It was life, but was it living? Everton have lost only four of their past 16 games in all competitions. They have kept five clean sheets in their past eight games and in the past month have frustrated Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City. They’ve taken 17 points from 19 games this season, which the past decade of the Premier League would suggest, if repeated in the second half of the season, would leave them right on the edge of relegation.

Given the trend is for the relegated three to get fewer and fewer points, the sense is that, even with Wolves and Ipswich showing signs of improvement, they would probably have survived if Sean Dyche had stayed.

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» Ange Postecoglou’s lone crusade to save sanctity of English football

Tottenham manager is wondering why nobody else is standing up to increasing role of technology in game

In Ange Postecoglou’s words, uttered a few weeks back, he is not the messiah, just a “naughty little boy”. It was actually not his own work, rather a riff on the famous line from Monty Python’s Life of Brian but the point was well made.

Despite his commitment to doing things differently on the tactical front, to providing exhilaration, even escapism, the Tottenham manager does not want to put himself on a higher plane; to be preachy, holier than thou.

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» Why Manchester City are looking to go big and sign Omar Marmoush

The versatile Egyptian forward has scored 18 goals and laid on 11 assists for Eintracht Frankfurt this season

By Ben McAleer for WhoScored

Manchester City fans are breathing a sigh of relief after back-to-back league wins. A run of one victory and nine defeats in 13 games was cause for concern for the defending champions, but they ended 2024 with a win at Leicester and kicked off 2025 with a home victory over West Ham. New year, new City.

Even in those victories, City do not look like the team they were. Leicester, who have lost their last five games, enjoyed a greater share of possession and West Ham, though they ended up losing 4-1, had 17 shots to City’s 10. If Pep Guardiola has the chance to bolster his squad in January, he should take it.

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» Amad Diallo signs new five-and-a-half-year deal at Manchester United
  • 22-year-old has had breakout season at Old Trafford
  • Ivorian says: ‘I fully believe that we are on the right path’

Amad Diallo has signed a new long-term deal with Manchester United, committing to the club until June 2030. The agreement comes as the 22-year-old is enjoying a breakout season at Old Trafford, despite the team’s poor campaign overall.

Diallo has six goals and seven assists in all competitions this term, including scoring the winner for United at local rivals Manchester City last month and netting again to secure a draw at Anfield last weekend. His previous deal had been due to expire at the end of the season.

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» Graham Potter calls for unity at West Ham in ‘ruthless’ Premier League
  • Manager wants everyone ‘going in the same direction’
  • Back in work after spell at Chelsea ended in April 2023

Graham Potter has checked in at a troubled West Ham with the message that only a united approach will keep them afloat in a “ruthless” Premier League.

Weeks of speculation over Julen Lopetegui’s future ended on Wednesday with his replacement by Potter, who returns to management after 21 months away. Potter was sacked by Chelsea in April 2023 and joins what is, on the face of things, a similarly turbulent West Ham environment. The technical director, Tim Steidten, who would in theory be expected to work closely with Potter, could leave amid unhappiness about his transfer record and fraught relationships with previous managers.

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» Rob Edwards leaves Luton with club 20th after four straight defeats
  • Edwards earned ‘legendary status’, says chief executive
  • Hatters currently in danger of relegation to League One

Rob Edwards has left his job as Luton’s manager by mutual consent with the club in danger of relegation to League One after four straight defeats.

Edwards led Luton to the Premier League in 2023 but they came down after one season and are only two points above the bottom three in their battle to avoid a second straight relegation.

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» Men’s transfer window January 2025: all deals from Europe’s top five leagues

All the latest Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Serie A deals and a club-by-club guide

After financial fair play concerns limited spending last January, this could be a busier window for Europe’s biggest clubs. In the Premier League, Liverpool are flying high but are yet to secure new contracts for Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk or Trent Alexander-Arnold – with all three now able to speak to other clubs about pre-contract agreements.

Behind them, Arsenal are weighing up whether to boost their attacking options, and Manchester City could recruit a new midfielder with Rodri’s absence derailing their title hopes. Further down the table, Manchester United may need to clear players out before Ruben Amorim can make signings, but Ange Postecoglou is planning to bolster his underachieving Tottenham squad.

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» Women’s transfer window January 2025: all deals from Europe’s top five leagues

Every deal in the WSL, Liga F, Frauen-Bundesliga, Première Ligue and Serie A Femminile as well as a club-by-club guide

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» ‘All good, guys’: Bentancur offers positive update after collapse at Spurs
  • Midfielder taken off on stretcher against Liverpool
  • Uruguayan thanks wellwishers from hospital

Tottenham’s Rodrigo Bentancur has provided a positive update on his health after a worrying collapse against Liverpool led to his removal from the pitch on a stretcher.

Bentancur collapsed under no challenge when hunting the ball at a corner in the first half. After lengthy treatment, he was manoeuvred carefully on to a stretcher and Spurs reported at half-time of the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg that the midfielder was conscious and talking. He was taken to hospital.

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» Four Women’s Championship clubs to trial letting fans drink alcohol in stands
  • Drinking in view of pitch banned in top five men’s leagues
  • If trial works it may lead to wider rollout in women’s game

The Women’s Championship clubs Birmingham, Bristol City, Newcastle and Southampton will take part in a trial permitting fans to drink alcohol in the stands while watching games. It will start this month and run until the end of this season but apply to league fixtures only.

Drinking alcohol in view of the pitch is banned in the top five men’s leagues in English football, in accordance with the Sporting Events Act of 1985, but it is understood the women’s game is not tied to that legislation and therefore government approval is not required. If the trial is successful then, after further consultation, the concept could be rolled out more widely across the Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship.

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» Renée Slegers in the frame as Arsenal Women’s search for manager nears end
  • Interim head coach has overseen 10 wins from 11 matches
  • Numerous coaches from around the world considered

Arsenal’s interim head coach, Renée Slegers, is among the candidates in the final round of interviews as the club’s recruitment of a permanent successor to Jonas Eidevall nears its conclusion.

The Dutchwoman has overseen 10 wins from 11 unbeaten matches since stepping into the role after Eidevall’s resignation on 15 October. According to multiple sources, Arsenal could conclude their recruitment process before their next Women’s Super League fixture, at home to Crystal Palace, a week on Sunday. Slegers is preparing the side to host Bristol City in the Women’s FA Cup fourth round this Sunday and has never ruled herself in or out when asked in press conferences.

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» ‘A massive draw’: Salford ready for their biggest game at Manchester City

Karl Robinson’s side have won six games in a row and travel to the Etihad with a chance to put themselves on the map

Salford City are in the middle of their finest spell as a Football League club on the pitch as they prepare for the biggest game in their history. The Ammies travel less than five miles on Saturday to face Manchester City in a pivotal spell that could shape their future.

Karl Robinson’s side have won six matches in a row without conceding to thrust them into the League Two automatic promotion spots and have reached the FA Cup third round for the first time. Salford won four promotions in five seasons in the aftermath of the Class of 92’s purchase a decade ago but have plateaued in the fourth tier since 2019. After three mid-table finishes and a playoff semi-final, Salford finished 20th last season and the 15-year ambition to reach the Championship by 2029 seems more fantastical than when Gary Neville announced it.

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» Charlton’s Miles Leaburn: ‘People were saying I was only there because of my dad’

Forward’s father was a club hero and his mother looks after the squad but 6ft 7in youngster is thriving on his own merit

There is rarely a quiet evening in the Leaburn household, especially if Tracey is cooking jerk chicken. “She’s like a mother to everyone – I’m pretty sure some of the lads call her mum,” Miles Leaburn says with a laugh.

The Charlton forward is reflecting on his family’s unique position at the club. His father, Carl, played almost 400 games for them and remains a cult hero. Tracey, his mother, has been the head of first-team player care for a decade, and a couple of hours at the training ground in south-east London illustrate that she is the heartbeat of the League One club, who travel to the Championship side Preston in the FA Cup on Saturday.

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» Slot and Van Dijk criticise decision not to send off Bergvall before Spurs winner
  • Liverpool captain: ‘Ref made a mistake … I told him that’
  • Postecoglou bemoans VAR announcements by referee

Arne Slot bemoaned Liverpool’s ill fortune as they slipped to a last-gasp 1-0 defeat at Tottenham in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final; a rare setback in an otherwise serene season.

Liverpool were expecting to see a second yellow card for the Spurs midfielder, Lucas Bergvall, after he cut through Kostas Tsimikas, who was forced off for treatment. But the referee, Stuart Attwell, spared Bergvall and, with Tsimikas still off the pitch, Bergvall ran on to a Dominic Solanke pass to score the decisive goal.

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» Bergvall gives Tottenham edge in Carabao Cup semi-final to fury of Liverpool

Tottenham feared they had found a novel way to feel a kick where it most hurts, something entirely in keeping with the moment they are in. There were 77 minutes on the clock, this Carabao Cup semi-final first leg had finally started to bubble and Dominic Solanke thought he had put them in front.

It was not only a fine finish from Pedro Porro’s searching through-ball but a goal of rich narrative strands. This was the striker, remember, who could not make it happen during a spell at Liverpool earlier in his career.

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» Maeda leads Celtic past Dundee United and to 16-point lead at the top

Goals from Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate sent Celtic 16 points ahead of Rangers in the Premiership as the champions beat Dundee United 2-0 in a nostalgia-tinged night at Parkhead.

Maeda netted on the rebound midway through an utterly one-sided first half as Celtic increased their lead, at least until Rangers face Dundee at Dens Park on Thursday.

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» Investors boost Crystal Palace by announcing exclusivity deal with co-owner John Textor
  • Sportsbank Group fronted by two Crystal Palace fans
  • Firm set to invest £230m in Eagle Football Holdings

Sportsbank, a group of investors fronted by two Crystal Palace supporters, has announced that it has signed an exclusivity agreement with John Textor’s Eagle Football Holdings – the south London club’s co-owner – and intends to make a “significant financial investment”.

A statement on Wednesday from Sportsbank, which is led by Zechariah Janjua and Navshir Jaffer and is understood to include investors mainly from the United Arab Emirates but also North America, Canada and Europe, confirmed that it has entered a period of exclusivity while due diligence is conducted. It is understood that they have agreed to invest around £230m in Eagle Football, which owns a 45% stake in Palace as well as French club Lyon, Brazilian side Botafogo and RWD Molenbeek in Belgium.

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» Met police hand over ‘full file’ to CPS on Premier League player accused of rape
  • Unnamed 31-year-old player has been on extended bail
  • Police decided to take no action over June 2021 incident

The Metropolitan police have handed a “full file” of evidence on a Premier League footballer accused of rape to the Crown Prosecution Service.

The player, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was first arrested on suspicion of rape in July 2022 at an address in Barnet and was rearrested while in custody following allegations of two more incidents of rape, taking place in April and June 2021, by another woman. Since then he has been released on bail, which has been repeatedly extended, and was questioned further in November. Meanwhile, the police confirmed a technicality meant it would be taking no further action over the incident that took place in June 2021.

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» Barcelona able to field Olmo and Víctor after Spain’s sports council intervenes
  • Sports council grants players temporary registration
  • Barcelona beat Athletic to reach Spanish Super Cup final

Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor will be able to play for Barcelona after Spain’s supreme sports council (CSD) granted them temporary registration while it investigates an appeal lodged by the club against the removal of their licences by La Liga.

Registration did not arrive in time for Olmo or Víctor to play the semi-final of the Super Cup in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday night, but they will be available for Sunday’s final against Real Madrid or Real Mallorca.

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» How the tell-nothing sport documentary craze failed its viewers

Wayne Rooney’s exit was a reminder of how common the fly-on-the-wall club documentary has become. The age of perpetual content is upon us, and it is viciously uninteresting

Won’t someone think of the streaming platforms? Wayne Rooney’s departure from Plymouth Argyle, after seven months and a winless run that left the club bottom of the Championship, not only suggests the former England star’s managerial career has reached its end – it’s also a signal of how contentious the fly-on-the-wall documentary has become in modern football. Rooney was the driving force behind Plymouth’s announcement last November that it would produce a behind-the-scenes documentary about the club’s battle to stay in the Championship. This was a scheme cooked up in the fires of the post-Welcome to Wrexham content jamboree, which has made seemingly every sub-top flight club across England eager to spin its struggles to stay afloat – amid deindustrialization, post-Brexit economic malaise, the stresses and joys of small-city life, and the slog of the English Football League – into streaming gold. The plan was to sell the finished product to a streaming service like Amazon or Netflix, thereby boosting the club’s coffers and stamping Plymouth Argyle on the cultural map with a force that games away to Preston and Oxford United alone can’t quite muster. Now, however, the plan is dead: with Rooney dispatched, the club has scrapped the documentary, which it feared could become a distraction as the team fights relegation. Neither decision has been lamented by the club’s fans, who never warmed to Rooney and reviled the idea of the documentary from its inception.

Plymouth’s abandonment of this sweaty content “play” points, perhaps, to a broader indecision among professional teams across Europe about the benefits of flinging open the training ground gates to the corporate documentarian’s camera. Amazon’s All or Nothing is the series most emblematic of the modern soccer club’s need to “tell its story”, but it appears to have lost much of the momentum it had a few years ago, after the success of its seasons featuring Tottenham and Arsenal. This may have something to do with the overwhelmingly negative perception of these documentaries among players: former Spurs captain Hugo Lloris, for instance, was withering about the Amazon series in his recent autobiography, describing it as a muzzle on the players’ freedom of speech and movement (“We had to be careful all the time,” he wrote). It may also be the product of simple cost-benefit analysis: Spurs and Arsenal each reportedly hauled in around £10m for their respective stints on the All or Nothing merry go round, and while that sum is nothing to be sneezed at (it’s good enough for a decent back-up defender, say, or an under-the-radar prospect from the lower reaches of Ligue 1), it’s perhaps not quite enough to justify the disruptions and reputational risks involved.

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» Mallorca’s Cyle Larin: ‘Some players dive with the pressure but I like it’

Club’s top scorer has his sights set on the Spanish Super Cup but harbours ambitions of playing in the Premier League

“Pair of extra socks, pair of extra boxers”, and that, Cyle Larin says, is pretty much that. Well, it is normally. This time, it is a little different. There is a smile and Real Mallorca’s top scorer this season, Canada’s top scorer of all time, says: “Win that first game and you got to stay longer.”

More boxers, more socks, maybe more history too. Win that first game, Thursday night’s Spanish Super Cup semi-final, and they will still be there on Sunday night, 5,000km from home and 90 minutes from the third trophy in their 108 years.

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» Bravery of Tottenham tyros breathes life back into Angeball | Jacob Steinberg

Archie Gray and Antonin Kinsky lead the way in defeat of Liverpool to give Ange Postecoglou hope for the future

A hard-earned, robust, counterpunching 1-0 win against the team who put six past us last month? It’s just who we are, mate. It is of course classic Angeball to kick and hassle opponents into errors, to irritate and snarl in midfield, and to find a ruthless edge just when it seemed that the first leg of this Carabao Cup semi-final was beginning to turn Liverpool’s way following the introduction of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Luis Díaz and Darwin Núñez after an hour of surprising ineptitude from the Premier League leaders.

This was a different Tottenham Hotspur from the one that collapsed against Arne Slot’s team 17 days ago. Implausibly, with Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven still missing in central defence, there was snap and aggression from start to finish. There was Yves Bissouma, who walked a tightrope after an early booking, finding it within himself to dominate Liverpool’s midfield. There was Djed Spence filling in for Destiny Udogie and keeping Mohamed Salah quiet. And there was, perhaps only fleetingly, a sense that life remains in the Ange Postecoglou project, no matter how precarious it has felt for much of a trying campaign.

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» Tyra Mills: ‘My football videos got a lot of views … hate and bullying comes with it’

Former Tottenham Under-23s player has been open about her battles and is determined not to let the trolls win

Tyra Mills is in reflective mood. She may only be 24 years old but it feels as if she has been on a journey already that some may not experience in a lifetime.

Mills is a multitalented content creator and rose to popularity when she started posting videos of football tricks, skills and crossbar challenges during lockdown. At the time she was playing for Tottenham Under-23s but had also started to put on weight and in the end did not feel comfortable continuing. Cyberbullying didn’t help: she became a target as soon as her first football video went viral.

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» Lopetegui bequeaths identity-free West Ham and major challenges for Potter | Jacob Steinberg

Spaniard was always the wrong choice and Potter is walking into a job where surgery is required alongside a clear vision

Julen Lopetegui was always the wrong choice. West Ham were warned against appointing him last May, but they pressed ahead and have paid the price. They are seven points above the bottom three after spending more than £100m last summer, the football has been drab, supporters are disengaged and the only surprise is that it has taken this long for West Ham to part with the Spaniard.

So much for a fresh start. West Ham were ready to move on from David Moyes, whose reign ran out of steam last season, but they have made a spectacular hash of the succession plan. Lopetegui was not the coach to oversee a style revolution.

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» Which football teams have won the league without a shirt sponsor? | The Knowledge

Plus: non-football athletes wearing football crests on their kit; and teams who were sponsored by news organisations

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“Chelsea are firmly in the title race despite what their manager says,” wrote Will Nichols before Christmas. “But who was the last team to win the English top flight without a shirt sponsor? Has it been done more recently in another country?”

Chelsea’s conscious uncoupling from the title race doesn’t change the fact that this is a cracking question. Let’s start with the English top flight. Knowledge regular Dirk Maas has trawled the brilliant True Colours website – which, if you are the type of person who reads this column, is likely to be an endless source of serotonin – to find the answer: Aston Villa in 1980-81. Not content with using only 14 players (if you’re under the age of about 40, let that sink in) all season, they didn’t have a shirt sponsor either.

Brighton & Hove Albion British Caledonian

Coventry Talbot

Everton Hafnia

Liverpool Hitachi

Middlesbrough Datsun Cleveland

Nottingham Forest Panasonic

Southampton Rank Xerox

Stoke Ricoh

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» The 100 best male footballers in the world 2024

Rodri has beaten Vinícius Júnior and Erling Haaland to top our ranking of the most talented players in the world this calendar year

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» Rodri stands tall on top of the world after year of glory and pain

The Manchester City midfielder becomes the sixth player to top our ranking of the world’s best 100 male footballers

One of the worst things about seeing Rodri in agony on the pitch against Arsenal in September – and the subsequent news that he had ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament – was that in the buildup to the injury he had criticised the workload being put on players. It was as if he knew something bad was about to happen.

In April, after an epic 3-3 draw at Real Madrid the Manchester City and Spain midfielder said: “I do need a rest.” He added: “Let’s see how we speak, how we live the situation. Sometimes it is what it is. I need to adjust. It [rest] is something we are planning, yes.”

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» The 100 best female footballers in the world 2024

Aitana Bonmatí finishes top of our rankings for a second consecutive year, with Caroline Graham Hansen second and Sophia Smith third

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» Aitana Bonmatí on top of the world again but England close gap on Spain

The Spanish midfielder wins for a second consecutive year on a fast-moving list that sees 15 players appearing for the first time

Aitana Bonmatí emulates her Barcelona and Spain teammate Alexia Putellas and takes back-to-back wins in the Guardian’s 100 best female footballers in the world list.

The double Ballon d’Or winner received votes from all 99 of this year’s judges, finishing 667 points clear of her club teammate Caroline Graham Hansen, the Norwegian climbing to her highest ranking after a superb individual year for both club and country.

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» Arteta sings virtues of ‘versatility’ as Arsenal overcome sickness bug to win – video

Mikel Arteta praised his players’ ­fortitude after a patched-up Arsenal side overcame a sickness bug in the squad to defeat Brentford 3-1 and keep up the pressure on Liverpool. Arteta gave Ethan Nwaneri his first league start more than two years after he became the youngest player in Premier League history at the same ground. The 17-year-old played a part of Arsenal’s second and third goals and Arteta said he deserved his opportunity.

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» 'Every coach is in danger': Amorim thriving on pressure after latest Manchester United loss – video

Ruben Amorim knows his job will be at risk if Manchester United's results do not improve but said he enjoys the pressure. 'The manager of Manchester United can never, no matter what, be comfortable, and I know the business that I’m in,' Amorim said after a third consecutive defeat and fifth in seven games. 'You can say I am here one month and I’ve had four training [sessions], but we are not winning. That is the reality and I’m quite comfortable with that.'

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» 'I was happy the sixth one went in': Slot warns against complacency despite Liverpool win – video

Arne Slot urged his players to keep their foot on the accelerator after Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to four points with a wild 6-3 victory against Tottenham. Although the manager felt his team produced their best attacking performance in an away game under him, he was not happy with a drop in intensity at 5-1 that gave Spurs brief hope of a comeback. The score was pulled back to 5-3 and Liverpool, who ended up capitalising on Chelsea’s draw with Everton earlier in the day, were reminded that they must maintain their focus if they are to win the league.

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» Amorim says Manchester United players and fans are suffering after Bournemouth defeat – video

Ruben Amorim said Manchester United's players and fans were 'suffering' after a damaging 3-0 Premier League loss to Bournemouth at Old Trafford. Dean Huijsen exposed United's frailties from set pieces with a first-half header before Justin Kluivert and Antoine Semenyo added goals after the break to secure three points for the visitors

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» Pep Guardiola defends Haaland after latest Manchester City defeat – video

Pep Guardiola has defended Manchester City striker Erling Haaland after his team fell to their ninth defeat in 12 matches. CIty have now lost six of their past eight Premier League games following a 2-1 loss to Aston Villa. After the game, in which he failed to find the back of the net, Haaland told TNT Sports that he hadn't been scoring his chances and that he needed to do better.

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» Own goals and bicycle kicks: the best and worst football moments of 2024 – video

In 2024 the world of football was filled with incredible skill as well as some unique moments. From stunning strikes to own goals and animals on the pitch, here are some of the most entertaining moments the sport had to offer.

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» Sérgio Conceição sees instant impact in Milan’s Supercoppa derby triumph

New Rossoneri coach is regarded as a hard, emotionless taskmaster but Monday’s win prompted cigars and hugs

Sérgio Conceição warned us on Friday that “I don’t like to give out hugs”, but sometimes a moment gets the better of you. In Milan’s changing room on Monday night he danced, smoked a cigar and, yes, gave Théo Hernández a squeeze on camera. If ever there was a time to break character, it might be after winning your first trophy with the club you took charge of a week ago.

Has there ever been a footballing speed-run like this one? Hired to replace Paulo Fonseca as Milan’s manager – a transition so poorly handled that his predecessor wound up announcing his own sacking from a car window – Conceição led his first training session last Monday and flew with his new team to Riyadh a day later. Since then, he has produced come-from-behind wins over Juventus and Inter, delivering Milan their first silverware in three years.

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» PSG denied Monaco a trophy but Adi Hütter is making them a force | Eric Devin

Monaco’s hearts were broken by Ousmane Dembélé’s last-minute winner but they are going places under Hütter

By Eric Devin for Get French Football News

Heartbreak, again, for Monaco. Despite another nip-and-tuck match against Paris Saint-Germain​ – much​ like their meeting in Ligue 1 three weeks ago – ​Monaco were cruelly felled at the death in the Trophée des Champions.​ Ousmane Dembélé scored the only goal of the game in the 92nd minute, finally beating Monaco’s second-choice goalkeeper Philipp Köhn, who put in a fantastic display. The real star of the show though – as has been the case all season – was ​Monaco manager Adi Hütter.

Given his goalkeeper’s strong performance, and the fact his side missed out on what would have been their first trophy since ​​they won the league in 2017, it may sound strange to pick out the manager for praise, but Monaco would be nowhere near​ PSG​’s level without the Austrian. It’s an opinion shared by ​the club’s hierarchy, who extended his contract​ this weekend, no small matter given the number of managers they have churned through since Leonardo Jardim left in 2018. From Thierry Henry, to Jardim’s return, to Robert Moreno, to Niko Kovac and Philippe Clement, the club have lacked stability (and defensive solidity) for nearly a decade.

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» Pellegrini rewards Ranieri’s call with starring role in Derby della Capitale | Nicky Bandini

The midfielder has been linked with a move away from boyhood club Roma but answered his critics against Lazio

Claudio Ranieri does not have all the answers. It can seem as if he does: the man who steered Leicester to a Premier League title and who long before that built a reputation in Italy as the first person to call when a top team was failing. In case of emergency, do not break the glass, just dial Claudio instead.

He had retired after leading Cagliari to an improbable escape from relegation last season, but Roma lured him back. The club – his club, the one he grew up supporting – was in shambles: 12th in the table despite an almost €100m summer transfer splurge and now seeking a third manager of this season. How could he say no, even at 73 years old, to his first footballing love?

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» David Squires on … bold predictions for Australian football in 2025

Our cartoonist on the coaches, clubs, characters and collective crises set to define the new year

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» Mikel Oyarzabal: ‘Not going to the World Cup made me win the Euros’

Euro 2024 champion reflects on sealing Spain’s triumph and how a team without big names were stronger together

After breakfast on the morning of the Euro 2024 final, a small group of players stayed in the dining room on the first floor of Spain’s hotel on Marlene-Dietrich-Platz and talked. They had sat together most days over the five weeks spent at their Der Öschberghof HQ outside Donaueschingen and all round Germany, from Gelsenkirchen to Düsseldorf, Cologne to Stuttgart and Munich, a bunch of friends chatting about everything and nothing, but 14 July wasn’t most days. Back in Berlin where it had all begun, this was the last. It was also the best day of Mikel Oyarzabal’s life and theirs, too. And somehow they knew.

“There was some feeling inside,” Oyarzabal recalls five months on, strolling across the pitch at Zubieta, Real Sociedad’s training ground, and into the warmth of a small office. “Álvaro Morata says I’m going to score. Álex Remiro too. And that morning the five of us from la Real were sitting at the table: Remi, [Mikel] Merino, Zubi [Martín Zubimendi], Robin [Le Normand] and me. We would always hang about after eating and chat. I’d been saying it for a while and I said it then: one of us was going to be important, we would have our moment.”

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» Atalanta show their mettle at Lazio to keep in-form Inter off Serie A summit
  • Marco Brescianini scores in 88th minute to earn 1-1 draw
  • Martínez ends drought in Inter’s 3-0 win at Cagliari

Atalanta’s 11-match winning streak in Serie A ended with a 1-1 draw at Lazio, but Marco Brescianini’s 88th-minute equaliser kept them top of the table.

Fourth-placed Lazio dominated the first half in Rome and were rewarded in the 27th minute when Nicolò Rovella played a high through ball to Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, who cut inside the box and sent a bouncing volley into the net to break. But Gian Piero Gasperini’s relentless side kept pushing and earned a draw in a thrilling finish to the game.

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» Barcelona hope to finally register Dani Olmo after agreeing VIP seating deal
  • Sale of boxes at Camp Nou likely to secure player’s future
  • Barça had to find way to comply with FFP by 31 December

FC Barcelona have reportedly closed a last-minute €100m (£82.9m) deal to sell VIP boxes at the newly renovated Camp Nou to Middle Eastern investors. The club are hopeful the sale will allow them to meet financial fair play rules and finally extend Dani Olmo’s registration.

With the deadline for registration just three days away and Barcelona facing the prospect of Olmo leaving as a free agent just six months after joining on a €55m (£45.6m) transfer, the club president Joan Laporta exercised a sale option on Saturday which the club believe will see the first payment made before 31 December.

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» River Plate women’s players released from prison after arrest for alleged racism
  • Four players were detained after game in São Paulo
  • Match was called off after apparent monkey gesture

A Brazilian judge has ordered the release from prison of four players from River Plate’s women’s football team, all of whom were arrested over an alleged racial slur during a match against Grêmio.

Judge Fernando Oliveira Camargo decided to free the Argentinian club’s quartet of Candela Díaz, Camila Duarte, Juana Cángaro and Milagros Díaz, on condition they remain in Brazil and show up at court in São Paulo every month until the case is concluded.

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» Sporting sack Ruben Amorim’s replacement after just eight games
  • João Pereira sacked on Boxing Day after poor run
  • Rui Borges takes over at Portuguese champions

Sporting have appointed Rui Borges as head coach, after the Portuguese champions sacked João Pereira on Boxing Day. The new head coach has signed a contract until June 2026, with an option to extend a further year.

Pereira, who took over after Ruben Amorim’s departure to Manchester United in November, was in charge for eight matches, of which Sporting won just three, enduring successive Champions League defeats and falling to second in the Primeira Liga behind their rivals Benfica.

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» Enjoy the pain, never tire of the beauty: some advice for football fans in 2025 | Max Rushden

Whoever you support it’s a long year ahead, but here’s a few tips from one of many who should be old enough to know better

Chances are none of you have spent time looking back on my 2024 attempts to produce a column alongside esteemed journalists who actually write for a living. But through the various subjects, from set-piece coaches to VAR, from the dark arts to PSR, the one consistent theme appears to be a fortnightly mid-life crisis published straight on to your Guardian app.

Perhaps the opportunity to stare at a blank document on a laptop while contemplating life once every other week has staved off other more visceral cliches; skinny three-quarter-length jeans, a moustache, a motorbike seem some way off.

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» Wayne Rooney the manager can’t escape his man-cave or his luminous teenage past | Barney Ronay

His managerial ability remains unproven, but the old-school energy Rooney represents ensures he is still fondly regarded

Re-centre your de-centred centre. Thirty-seven new year wellbeing tips on how to simplify your wellbeing tips. I lost seven inches of neck fat without visiting a gym, changing my diet or having any neck fat to begin with.

The problem with this kind of new year newspaper stuff, the endless weekend articles about how to make yourself feel better, is that it is usually quite complicated. There is a need to understand things, balance your energies, interact with a baffling digital world.

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» From Rashford to Esse: 10 players who could be on the move in January

High wages could stop Manchester United reject finding a new club, but lots of Premier League teams want fresh faces

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» Football Daily | Satisfaction and flowers for Spurs after a standout success

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Tottenham get a lot of stick. Even the most hardened Spurs fan, mate, would agree they deserve a fair bit of it. But if you strip back the jokes, the commemorative DVD and T-shirt to celebrate a 1-0 league win over Chelsea in November 2006 (“If you missed it, here is your chance to see what all the fuss is about!”), the websites dedicated to documenting how long it’s been since they last won a trophy, the concept of a cheese room, Richarlison’s back tattoos and getting mugged off by Dulux, there is a very likable club there. The big issue for Spurs is that they just can’t seem to get over the line when it matters. Of course, it’s a fine margin between victory and defeat, between a rooster and a cockerel; just ask Hugo Lloris, France’s World Cup-winning captain.

With respect to football miracle comparisons (Tuesday’s Football Daily), please forgive my pedantry when I point out that Leicester ‘did a Nottingham Forest’ (remember Brian Clough?). So if Forest ‘do a Leicester’ they will actually be ‘doing a Forest’. And ‘doing a Forest’ is better than ‘doing a Leicester’ because ‘doing a Forest’ involves going on to subsequent back-to-back Big Cup successes, whereas ‘doing a Leicester’ involves subsequent relegation” – Mark Brookes (and others).

If you’d like to hear what ‘a straight-to-ITVX buddy-cop drama (with Eddie Howe as the increasingly exasperated police chief)’ would sound like (yesterday’s Football Daily), I’d direct you to back episodes of Bob Mortimer and Andy Dawson’s excellent Athletico Mince podcast, which features script read-throughs of Geordie Heat, a police procedural with DCI Howe and his crack squad of Tyneside heroes solving the big problems faced by their community (mostly Mr Sting from the massive house with the massive gates). In Eddie’s words, I wish you all the best in your future [effin’] endeavours” – Jon Gerrard.

The mention in yesterday’s Football Daily of picking a forward to convert a chance to save your life reminds me of the great Aussie rules commentator Dennis Cometti. When a co-commentator spoke in exactly those terms about an in-form player, Dennis said, if he had to pick someone to kick a goal to save his life, he’d pick his mum. After a pause he added: ‘She’s not much of a kicker, but at least she’d care’” – Chris Mackenzie Davey.

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» A huge night for Spurs in the League Cup: Football Weekly Extra - podcast

Max Rushden, John Brewin, Chris Paouros and Ceylon Andi Hickman discuss Spurs taking a half-time lead over Liverpool in the Carabao Cup semis, and look ahead to the FA Cup third round

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On the podcast today: Spurs beat Liverpool 1-0 in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg. A big win on the elusive quest for silverware and possibly an even bigger one for Ange Postecoglou. The panel debate whether Lucas Bergvall should have been on the pitch to score the winner.

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» Football rumours: Arsenal in for Mbeumo? Everton target Mourinho?

Today’s rumours have themselves a new spot

With two left-footed right wingers out in Bukayo Saka and Ethan Nwaneri, Arsenal are in the market for another. Mohamed Salah might be a little too ambitious, even with the Egyptian’s current contract situation but Bryan Mbeumo would fit the bill nicely, although Brentford would be loathe to let their talisman go halfway through the season. A summer move might be more likely, with Mbeumo’s contract due to expire in June 2026.

One of the most predictable things about Nottingham Forest’s unlikely charge up the table is that the big wigs come knocking for their talent, even at this early stage. Ola Aina, Forest’s lightning-fast and versatile full-back, is on the hitlist for Manchester City.

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» Football quiz: in which minute were these iconic goals scored?

They are some of the most famous goals in history, but do you remember when they hit the net?

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» David Squires on … Thomas Tuchel’s thrilling start to life as England manager

Our cartoonist looks at how the German is filling his time after beginning his new role at FA headquarters

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» Winter mailbag: who will Arsenal’s next manager be? – Women’s Football Weekly podcast

Faye Carruthers is joined by Suzy Wrack, Sophie Downey, and Tom Garry to answer your questions

On the podcast today: the panel answer your questions in a mailbag episode. The winter transfer window is open, and the panel discusses the early moves, including Olivia Holdt joining Tottenham and Kelly Gago heading to Everton. What surprises could this window bring, and which teams need reinforcements the most?

The panel also answers questions regarding Arsenal’s ongoing managerial search, the challenges facing Liverpool this season, and whether the winter break should be shortened to avoid fixture congestion later in the year.

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» Moving the Goalposts | From the Euros to Canada’s new league: women’s football in 2025

Controversially postponed Wafcon will finally take place and Brazil will hope to retain Copa América title

New landmarks, historic wins and the USA gaining Olympic redemption – the last 12 months in the women’s game certainly delivered once again. And 2025 promises to be yet another memorable year as Switzerland host the European Championship, the Africa Cup of Nations finally gets under way and the start of a brand new league brings new hope for Canada.

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» Guess the Premier League season from the nationality of the managers – quiz

The flags signal the nationality of each club’s manager on the final day of the season in the order the teams finished

In some places you may see two flags together. The first represents where the manager was born, the second is the nation the manager represented in their playing days.

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» The Guardian Footballer of the Year Sofie Junge Pedersen: ‘We wanted to send a message’

The Inter and Denmark player wins the award for her climate activism and being behind an open letter to Fifa regarding Saudi Arabia’s human rights issues

The Guardian Footballer of the Year is an award given to a player who has done something remarkable, whether by overcoming adversity, helping others or setting a sporting example by acting with exceptional honesty.

If the football had not worked out, perhaps Sofie Junge Pedersen could have run away to the circus. When her after-school youth club in Aarhus put on its annual week of performances there was one challenge that struck her in particular: the chance to juggle with fire torches and mock knives. “It was quite serious,” she laughs. “We practised a lot beforehand and I thought it would be fun. I just wanted to be the best.” So it proved and there is no evidence that anyone has beaten the time she set, aged 13, for keeping the two airborne simultaneously.

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» Age of tactical ideologues is over as Spain dominates new era of pragmatism | Jonathan Wilson

Coaches such as Arteta, Iraola and Emery play variations of the Guardiola model – flexibility and adaptability are in vogue

Spain are the European champions. Real Madrid won the Champions League. Rodri won the Ballon d’Or and has only come to seem more important since suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Spanish managers won the Premier League, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 last season. No fewer than five Premier League clubs are managed by Spaniards.

It has been another year of Spanish domination but the manager who more than anybody has been the architect of what is now considered the Spanish style is facing the biggest crisis of his career.

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» Proposals, tears and flying pies: my life behind the bar on football’s concourses | Honor Pullman

From the Den to Old Trafford, via Craven Cottage and the Emirates, I saw it all during my years pulling pints for fans

I was 17 when I started working at football grounds for some extra cash on the weekends. As the youngest of three girls, I could easily have followed my older sisters into a Saturday job at a local cafe. Instead, I signed away my life (and social life) to a hospitality agency, in exchange for a tenner an hour, flexible shifts and a variety of unflattering uniforms.

As a diehard Hull City fan, I was no stranger to the concourse, but I wasn’t prepared for the trials and tribulations of working in them. From Millwall to Manchester, I’ve seen it all – proposals, tears (mainly my own) and flying pies.

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» Which Thomas Tuchel will turn up on his first day as England manager?

The coach is faced with the difficult task of preserving Gareth Southgate’s legacy of unity while also turning the team into one that can end a 60-year trophy drought

Volker Kersting, Mainz academy director, sighed. Thomas Tuchel, as of Wednesday England’s new manager, had that look in his eyes. “He just said, ‘Volker’ and I knew what was coming,” Kersting said in Rulebreaker, the Tuchel biography by Daniel Meuren and Tobias Schächter. “I’d been dreading it. He really wanted to go up the mountain and dig up that pin.”

“The pin” was a grubby, small Mainz badge which during a summer pre-season training trip in Austria for Tuchel’s then Mainz under-19s team had assumed almost sanctified status. Alongside four-hour training sessions – something of a shock for teenagers – Tuchel also displayed the gift for team bonding that he will require for the England job. One day in Austria, Tuchel insisted the whole squad hire mountain bikes and ride to the summit of the Simmering mountain, where they had lunch and admired the beautiful views before the head coach demonstrated his rhetorical powers, using the moment to tell the team that their goal was to win the league, something never achieved previously by Mainz’s youngsters. Tuchel wanted a ceremony to mark the covenant between team and coach so made do with Kersting’s Mainz badge, which was solemnly wrapped in a Snickers wrapper and buried at the mountain top. “When we reach our final, we will return to dig up our treasure!” Tuchel told them.

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» Next Generation 2024: 60 of the best young talents in world football

From Franco Mastantuono to Estêvão, we select some of the most talented players born in 2007. Check the progress of our classes of 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 and look at the editions from further back

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» Next Generation 2024: 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubs

We pick the best youngsters at each club born between 1 September 2007 and 31 August 2008, an age band known as first-year scholars. Check the progress of our classes of 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019and look at the editions from further back

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» Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football

From Warren Zaïre-Emery to Endrick, we select some of the best players born in 2006. Check the progress of our classes of 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018

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