Pair also reported to have received threatening lettersAbdallah Lemsagam has said he is in talks to sell clubGreater Manchester Police have begun an investigation after bullets and threatening letters were reportedly sent to Oldham’s owner, Abdallah Le…
Crouch review a genuine landmark for football with possibility of real change | David Conn
The contents mulls over the same glaring issues and structural dysfunctions as previous reports with one huge differenceFor the many lovers of football who have long campaigned for reforms to the game’s modern mega-commercialisation, the contents of Tr…
Reading agree six-point deduction with EFL for breaching financial rules
Club fall to 19th in Championship, four points above drop zoneReported £41m wage bill in 2018-19 equated to 194% of turnoverReading are to be deducted six points for breaking the English Football League’s financial regulations. The Championship club ag…
Why we at the EFL are launching a scheme to fight the climate crisis | Trevor Birch
The league’s chief executive says football must do more to protect the planet and outlines an initiative to help clubsThe climate crisis is one of the biggest issues facing mankind and its impact on the lives of people in this country and around the gl…
How Forest Green Rovers are doing things differently – and thriving
League Two leaders’ head coach, Rob Edwards, sang before team’s win last week and a groundbreaking coach trip beckonsIt is a sunny Tuesday afternoon and Forest Green Rovers’ scholars, in a striking zebra-pattern strip partly made from bamboo, are in ac…
Derby fall to last place with 12-point deduction for entering administration
Rooney’s team six points adrift at foot of ChampionshipAdministrators invite interested parties to come forwardDerby have been docked 12 points by the English Football League, sending them to the foot of the Championship, after confirming the appointme…
AFC Wimbledon: set-piece kings aim to make Arsenal dance to their tune
League One club head into Carabao Cup tie with specialist coaches in restarts, performance mindset and substitutionsIt is Monday morning at AFC Wimbledon’s training base and as the squad filter up the clubhouse stairs to the sound of the 80s before a t…
Barrow hope to blow Aston Villa off course in Carabao Cup | Ben Fisher
Mark Cooper’s side host Premier League opposition for the first time in their history in Tuesday’s second-round tie“We’ve been described as the last outpost of the British Empire. It is a 40-mile cul-de-sac,” the Barrow chairman, Paul Hornby, says of t…
Championship 2021-22 season preview
The relegated teams appear well placed, Hull are back with a bounce but outlook is bleak for Blackburn, Reading and DerbyLeague One preview | League Two previewLast season two relegated teams shot straight back up to the Premier League and it is diffic…