Football Leagues
Football Leagues
The club season across the Premier League, the Champions League and the rest of Europe's top divisions: title races, promotions, relegation fights and the sackings behind them. Every entry is checked against two sources before it goes up, the same standard as the rest of the desk. New wraps are tracked day by day through the season, not just on match days.
Monday · 5 October 2026 · 2 min readManchester United Women have won four in a row, and Julia Zigiotti Olme needed six minutes to beat LiverpoolJulia Zigiotti Olme scored in the sixth minute as Manchester United Women beat Liverpool Women 1-0 in the Women's Super League at Leigh on Saturday 3 October 2026. It was their fourth win in a row in all competitions and their first back-to-back league wins since February.- Wednesday · 30 September 2026 · 2 min readManchester City's former chairman says the club "cannot stay in the league", and the appeal deadline is FridayAn independent commission found Manchester City guilty of serious breaches of the Premier League's financial rules, the league confirmed on Tuesday 29 September 2026. City say they are innocent and have until Friday 2 October to appeal. No sanction has been set.
- Saturday · 26 September 2026 · 2 min readManchester City reported guilty on 114 charges, and Manchester United's 2012 title loss is back in the argumentAn independent commission has found Manchester City guilty on 114 of the 115 Premier League charges, per The Athletic, with Reuters and ABC News carrying the same report. No sanction has been set, City are expected to appeal, and the Premier League has not published the ruling.
- Wednesday · 23 September 2026 · 2 min readTwo NWSL records can fall in one match on Sunday, and Canada's Cloé Lacasse holds half of the chanceAshley Sanchez has 19 goals for the North Carolina Courage, one short of the league's single-season record. Cloé Lacasse shares the assists record on 10. Utah Royals host North Carolina on 27 September.
Monday · 21 September 2026 · 2 min readTwenty-six shots and no goal before half time, and two men who were both at Craven Cottage cannot agree what they watchedLisandro Martinez put through his own net on 63 and Matheus Cunha equalised on 89 off a deflection. Manchester United have five points from five games, their joint-fewest at this stage of a Premier League season.
Sunday · 20 September 2026 · 3 min readManchester United go to Craven Cottage with seven conceded in four and a head coach who says the back line is not the problemMichael Carrick calls the defending a collective problem. The table says Manchester United have not finished a Premier League game this season without conceding.- Saturday · 19 September 2026 · 2 min readMichael Carrick calls his Manchester United future 'not on the radar' before Fulham, as Luke Shaw and Carlos Baleba get 'a chance'Two days after the boos at Old Trafford, the Manchester United head coach talked about the job, the crowd and the team for Craven Cottage.
- Friday · 18 September 2026 · 2 min readFabrizio Romano says Manchester United trust Michael Carrick, and Ben Jacobs says the club is doing its due diligenceTwo reporters, three days apart, with a League Cup collapse in between. Fulham away on Sunday is the next piece of evidence.
- Thursday · 17 September 2026 · 2 min readManchester United led Brighton and Hove Albion 2-0 inside ten minutes and lost 3-2, and Michael Carrick says that is on himOut of the League Cup in the third round, and beaten at Old Trafford from two goals up for the first time since 1976.
Tuesday · 15 September 2026 · 2 min readHoward Webb says the VAR had tunnel vision on Haaland's derby winner, and the officials sit out until after the breakPro Ref's chief refereeing officer says the VAR focused on Erling Haaland and missed Enzo Fernandez. The VAR team will not officiate again until after the international break.
Earlier entries
- The referees say Haaland's derby winner should not have stood, and Manchester United still have four points
- Arsenal went top on Saturday night, and the Manchester derby decides how far clear they stay
- Elliot Anderson called Manchester City the kings of Manchester, and Michael Carrick will not use the phrase
- Manchester United beat Sabah FK 4-0 with Patrick Dorgu at left-back and Luke Shaw rested
- Manchester United host Sabah FK tonight, and three previews cannot agree who plays left-back
- Liverpool host Atletico Madrid as the Champions League league phase opens, and Manchester United return on Thursday
- Can Cole Palmer lead Chelsea into the Premier League top four in 2026/27?
- Premier League matchweek 3 opens on Friday, and Manchester United go to Everton having won once.
- Hull City beat Manchester United 2-0 on the opening day of the 2026-27 Premier League season
- Coventry City waited 25 years for a Premier League match and were two down inside 23 minutes.
- The Premier League starts tonight, and Hull City have never beaten Manchester United in it.
- Ruben Amorim faces Manchester United again, with nothing at stake.
- The Premier League returns one week from today.
- Manchester United 1-1 Leeds United: Bruno Fernandes misses, Noussair Mazraoui settles the shootout at Croke Park
- Croke Park hosts its first club football match tonight.
- Newcastle United are rebuilding, not reshuffling.
- Eddie Howe has left Newcastle United, five years after ending a 70-year wait
- Manchester United start the 2026-27 Premier League season at Hull City
- Arsenal say they have made three offers for Bruno Guimaraes. Newcastle United say none arrived.
- Lionel Messi is on the MLS All-Star roster and will not play.
- The Community Shield goes to Cardiff because Wembley is booked.
- Chelsea break the British record for Morgan Rogers.
- Chelsea break the British transfer record for Morgan Rogers.
- Barcelona reclaim the Women's Champions League, beating Lyon 4-0 in Oslo.
- The way-too-early 2026-27 Premier League projection.
- Coventry, Ipswich and Hull come up.
- The Champions League map for 2026-27.