Chelsea title defence suffers blow on women’s football weekend March 26, 2023 Chelsea’s Women’s Super League title defence suffered a blow today with the Blues losing 2-0 to rivals Manchester City at the Academy Stadium. Filippa Angeldahl and Lauren Hemp scored in the first half to give Gareth Taylor’s side a 2-0 victory over Emma Hayes’s Chelsea. The result – combined with Manchester United’s dominant 4-0 victory [...]
The making of a mayor: What powers do they actually have? May 2, 2024 In England and across the world, mayors have wildly disparate powers. So how do they stack up? Lucy Kenningham explains
Newport County and the value of an FA Cup run for lower league football clubs January 27, 2024 What do football clubs really earn from doing well in football's oldest cup competition?
Hayes denied Wembley wave off after Chelsea lose in FA Cup April 14, 2024 Chelsea manager Emma Hayes was yesterday denied a Wembley wave-off after her side were beaten 2-1 by Manchester United in the semi-final of the FA Cup. Already out of the Conti Cup and with the Champions League final being held on the continent this year, departing boss Hayes’ last game at Wembley would have been [...]
Taxman doubles amount of unpaid tax recovered from UK football clubs October 2, 2023 HMRC more than doubled the amount of unpaid tax that it recovered from UK football clubs in the past year as part of a crackdown on the sport.
Champions League draw: Best and worst case scenarios for Man City, Man Utd, Arsenal and Newcastle August 30, 2023 On the face of it, Thursday’s Champions League draw will be just like any other: a gathering of club suits for a glossy and unnecessarily long ceremony peppered with former stars of European football and stilted banter. But there will be something unique about this year’s draw: it will be the last to follow the [...]
Haringey Council hands Tottenham Hotspur huge financial ‘Beyonce boost’ August 21, 2024 Tottenham Hotspur are set for a major financial boost after Haringey Council extended the club’s licence for hosting major non-football events, such as concerts from the likes of Beyonce, from 16 to 32 a year. The club’s commercial income has already trebled from £70m to £228m since their move from White Hart Lane in 2019, [...]
UK climate group secures £3m investment from Barclays November 6, 2023 The cash injection was provided by Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital, a programme set up by the bank to invest £500m in startups by 2027.
FA Cup: Fifth round recap and quarter-final draw March 2, 2023 This week has seen a number of upsets in the world of football as the fifth round of the FA Cup took place across Tuesday and Wednesday. There were epic scenes last night as League Two Grimsby knocked Premier League Southampton out of the famous knockout competition while Sheffield United beat Tottenham on Wednesday, too. [...]
Record revenue and profit are ‘validation’ of Man City approach, says Al Mubarak November 15, 2023 Despite record revenue and profits, City made an operating loss of £35.6m.