4 h. ago Wrexham boss reveals new plan ahead of transfer talks with Ryan Reynolds

Wrexham secured a third straight promotion - becoming the first side in English football to do so - as they clinched passage to the Championship after their 3-0 win over Charlton, leaving fans to dream of even more success

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10 h. ago Why 20 means everything to Liverpool: Inside the mission to usurp Manchester United as the kings of English football once again

DOMINIC KING: Time has diluted the memory but it's time to remind yourself, now the magical number has been reached, what happened the night their greatest rivals got to 20 first.

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17 h. ago Arne Slot's Liverpool 'fortunate' to win Premier League – but it's 'stunning achievement'

Arne Slot has won the Premier League in his first season in English football, but the Dutchman will count himself fortunate to have done so as the Reds cantered to the title unopposed

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18 h. ago Liverpool win Premier League title and equal Man Utd record to go 'back on perch'

Liverpool have won the Premier League and become the undisputed most successful club in English football ahead of their bitter rivals Manchester United

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41 h. ago Wrexham seal third promotion in a row as Sam Smith double sinks Charlton

The Hollywood scriptwriters have etched another extraordinary chapter in the Wrexham story. The Welsh club made English Football League history by claiming a third successive promotion, becoming the first club to achieve that feat in the top five tiers. The Racecourse Ground is living up to its English name; Wrexham are racing a course through the divisions under the ownership of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.Ollie Rathbone and Sam Smith’s first-half goals put the Reds on the path to League One promotion with a game to spare and consigned Charlton, along with Wycombe and Stockport, to the playoffs. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago EFL footballer handed prison sentence after crashing Mercedes and killing cyclist

Lucas Akins, a footballer who has played a number of games in the English football pyramid, has been handed a prison sentence following an hearing at Leeds Crown Court

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3 d. ago Gary Lineker’s critics have got it wrong. It’s reasonable to talk about more than sport | Max Rushden

The Match of the Day presenter has been challenged again on his views on Gaza and Israel. But can we really expect him to have no opinions about the outside world?The most extraordinary revelation to come from Gary Lineker’s interview with Amol Rajan on the BBC is that he’d sometimes come home from school to find Engelbert Humperdinck playing cards with his dad. Surprisingly, almost all the reaction to the conversation has ignored this bombshell – Engelbert apparently not such a big player in the culture war world; best focus on your Middle Easts, your Bravermans, your impartialities, Brian.Of course the job of news outlets is to pick out headlines but it does appear almost no one has watched the whole programme. It’s essentially a nice wide-ranging interview covering the career of one of the best English footballers and football broadcasters of all time. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Which football managers have followed legends with instant success? | The Knowledge

Plus: footballers who put parenting first, title playoffs in Italy, and relegated Golden Boot winnersMail us with your questions and answers“Arne Slot is going to win the Premier League in his first season after taking over from Jürgen Klopp,” writes Hannah Mitchell. “What examples are there of managers who have had instant success after succeeding a legendary manager?”It’s not unusual for a new Liverpool manager to win the league in their first season. Matt McQueen (1922-23), Joe Fagan (1983-84) and Kenny Dalglish (1985-86) all did so, – but they were established figures at the club, whether in the boardroom, the boot room or the dressing-room. Arne Slot was new to English football, never mind Liverpool, and was succeeding one of the most charismatic figures in the club’s history. In that context, winning the Premier League with (potentially) four or five games remaining is a remarkable achievement. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Liverpool parade plans and how Arne Slot's Premier League title win could be celebrated

Arne Slot's Liverpool are closing in on the Premier League title with the club planning a parade that could be the biggest English football has ever seen

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8 d. ago Man Utd fail to listen to Cristiano Ronaldo advice as Graeme Souness points finger of blame

EXCLUSIVE: Graeme Souness feels the inevitable sight of Virgil van Dijk lifting the biggest prize in English football in the coming weeks suggests that Manchester United dispensed with the wrong people

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8 d. ago Never mind the late drama, Amorim and Postecoglou still face the Ten Hag trap | Jonathan Wilson

The Australian could leave after Spurs win the Europa League, while United may stick with their coach after winning nothingErik ten Hag has gone, but his shadow looms over English football still. The mistake was understandable enough: high on the euphoria of beating Manchester City in the FA Cup final, Manchester United renewed his contract. Three months into the new season, more than £180m spent on summer transfers, Ten Hag was dismissed with United 14th in the table on 11 points from nine games.The sporting director, Dan Ashworth, and various members of Ten Hag’s backroom staff also left, at a total cost of £14.5m. Or, to put it another way, keeping Ten Hag cost United £200m and in effect undermined this season. Nobody wants to be caught in the Ten Hag trap. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Harborough FC ‘surprised’ as 100 Spanish fans turn up to watch game

Fans are subscribers to YouTube channel focused on English football whose founder wants to strengthen links with clubFootball tourism is usually seen at Premier League stadiums such as Old Trafford, Anfield and the Emirates, so fans of Harborough Town, who compete in the seventh tier of the football pyramid, were stunned when 100 Spaniards arrived at Bowden Park to watch them take on St Ives Town.The Spanish fans, who turned up last Saturday, were subscribers to a Spanish YouTube channel, La Media Inglesa (LMI), focused on English football, which has now started arranging overseas trips for its followers. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Liverpool transfer news: Wing wizard on Arne Slot shortlist as midfield duo give answer

Liverpool are heading towards a record-equalling 20th league title but English football's most successful club aren't resting on their laurels under Arne Slot

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1 week ago Luka Modric to buy share in English Championship club as Real Madrid superstar sets sights on retirement plans

The 39-year-old has won it all in the game and has now set his sights on Swansea City

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2 w. ago Hugh Dallas reveals secret cancer battle after bombshell phone call as Premier League chance sees him rip up retirement plan

Dallas is now in charge of training English top flight refs after fighting and beating prostate cancer four years ago

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2 w. ago Fabian Hurzeler: Brighton were too naive and not mature enough against Leicester

Caleb Okoli’s maiden goal in English football snapped second-bottom Leicester’s eight-match losing run.

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2 w. ago Leicester snap losing run after they end goal drought to draw at Brighton

Caleb Okoli’s maiden goal in English football earned the Foxes a deserved point in a 2-2 draw at the Amex Stadium.

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2 w. ago Gary Neville reveals private Pep Guardiola text messages after Manchester derby

Gary Neville has addressed the downside of Pep Guardiola's impact on English football and the messages he received following the non-event that was the Manchester derby

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2 w. ago 'I'm from Chester so I was brought up to hate Wrexham – but now my opinion has changed'

Despite the intense football rivalry between Wrexham and their English neighbours, Chester-born former Liverpool player Danny Murphy has confessed to having a soft spot for the Welsh side

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2 w. ago George Robledo: Newcastle great with a record beyond Salah and Henry

Born in Chile, shaped by poverty and hard graft, the prolific inside forward holds a scoring record unbroken to this dayIt was a question that had everyone in the room stumped, almost to the point of silence. “Who holds the record for the most league goals scored by an overseas player in the top flight of English football in a single season?”I felt as if I should know the answer, having written about sport for the vast majority of my adult life. But I didn’t. There I was, appearing as a guest at the Brighton branch of Sporting Memories, a UK charity which encourages older people to meet and reminisce through talking about sport, and I’d seemingly been exposed as a total fraud. Continue reading...

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