Carl Anka The Premier League returns today (Friday), bringing thrills, spills, refereeing controversy and, hopefully, some high-quality football. As is tradition, our team of writers at The Athletic have created a comprehensive series of previews for 2024-25. Readers can also enjoy our most recent roundtable, where several of us made our big predictions for the […]
Written by Carl Anka
Michael Walker Some will disagree with this geographic categorisation, but for the purpose of this article, ‘the North’ begins at Sheffield. Stoke City are included in the Midlands and Watford counts as being in London, as it’s inside the city’s M25 orbital motorway. Clubs such as Ipswich Town, Portsmouth and Southampton, Reading, Swansea City and […]
Written by Michael Walker
Tim Spiers What’s in a nickname? That is a question The Athletic will be answering this week as we trace the origins of football clubs’ monikers in England, Germany, Italy, France, Spain and the rest of the world. First up, England… English football has a rich and varied history when it comes to nicknames, most […]
Written by Tim Spiers
Luke Bosher Follow live coverage of Aston Villa vs Arsenal in the Premier League today Premier League teams do not have long to recover between matchweeks 14 and 15 of this Premier League season, with only a few days of rest afforded between rounds as we enter the busiest period of the campaign. The next […]
Written by Luke Bosher
Philip Buckingham Manchester United and Chelsea share a problem they cannot hope to run away from. Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge might be able to narrate storied chapters of the Premier League’s history, but neither can project a compelling future. At least not in their current states. The famous homes of Manchester United and Chelsea […]
Written by Philip Buckingham
Gregg Evans Football shirts are not just fashion accessories for diehard supporters — they are seriously big business. With the Premier League’s popularity continuing to grow exponentially, and a global audience eager to buy into the ‘product’, a replica team jersey emblazoned with the name and squad number of a star player is an ideal […]
Written by Gregg Evans
Luke Bosher The final international break of 2023 is over and that means almost non-stop Premier League action for the next four months. But with injuries before and during the domestic break, numerous clubs are likely anxious about the fitness of crucial players leading up to the 13th matchweek of the 2023-24 season. The weekend’s […]
Written by Luke Bosher
Jacob Whitehead, David Ornstein and more There was less than two minutes until the scheduled 10.30am start time of the Premier League shareholders’ meeting when Newcastle United co-owner Amanda Staveley rushed into The Churchill Hyatt Regency hotel. This was a gathering which had her club at its heart and her arrival fit that narrative — […]
Written by Jacob Whitehead, David Ornstein and more
The Athletic UK Staff As the Premier League gets bigger and bigger, so – it seems – do the stadiums that play host to it. The vast majority of clubs in the top flight have either drawn up plans to expand their grounds to service the overwhelming demand or are poised to open gleaming new […]
Written by The Athletic UK Staff
The Athletic Staff But as the breakdown shows, both Manchester United and Newcastle United have had the worst luck with injuries this season. This probably explains why both have struggled for form, sitting sixth and seventh in the Premier League table respectively. There is a caveat to this, though, with Manchester United and Newcastle among the […]
Written by The Athletic Staff
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