Daily Football Briefing

Tuesday's football was one night of it, in the women's Champions League, and everything else was a decision: a manager committing himself to a club until 2030, a board backing a manager who had wonder…

Monday's football happened off the pitch. There were no league games in Britain or Europe, and the day's news was the England squad losing five players before it had even met. It also brought a Switze…

Sunday's football ended with Manchester City three points clear at the top of the Premier League, Rangers two points behind Celtic, and no club football in Britain or Europe for three weeks. It also p…

Brighton put three goals past the champions, and the scoreline flattered Arsenal. Coventry ended a 25-year wait for a Premier League win, and Tottenham's worst start to a top-flight season somehow got…

Brentford had not beaten Chelsea at home in the league since 1938. They did it on Friday night, 3-0, and it lifted them to third. Harry Kane set a Bundesliga goalscoring record, Trent Alexander-Arnold…

Bournemouth have been a football club since 1899 and had never played a match in Europe until Thursday night. They won it, away at Real Sociedad. Crystal Palace won 4-0 on their Europa League debut, M…

Wednesday night gave us a two-goal lead that did not hold at Old Trafford, a fourth-tier club in the last sixteen for the first time, and Sunderland's first European win in fifty-three years. Here is…

Tuesday's Carabao Cup third round gave us twenty-four goals in five ties, a stoppage-time strike from twenty-five yards at Anfield, and a sixteen-year-old scoring twice at Ipswich. Here is what happen…

Monday was a one-match night in the Premier League, and Leeds United made it count: three goals in fourteen minutes at Elland Road, a 4–1 win over Newcastle United, and third place in the table. This…

Sunday’s biggest story was the Manchester derby: Manchester City won 1–0 at Manchester United after Erling Haaland’s winner survived a VAR review, then Pro Ref said the goal should not have stood. The…

Saturday did not produce a quiet Premier League afternoon. Seven matches brought a late winner at Selhurst Park, a penalty save at Sunderland, two more draws at Anfield and Tottenham, and enough defen…

Friday had no Premier League match to settle, so the useful stories came from the press room: managers explaining how they prepare for disruption, squads carrying small fitness questions into the week…