The Premier League, 2026-27 - The Circus is Back in Town
It’s been a summer of managerial change in the Premier League, but who will sink and who will swim in the shark-infested waters of 2026-27?
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The Monday Almanac: Moving On From Late-Stage Pepitalism
Manchester City have replaced Mister Pep with a looky-likey, but the early signs from Sunday's Community Shield defeat to Arsenal were not especially encouraging.
The Weekend Match: Leighton Town 2-1 Worcester City - Up The Wooden Hill to Bedfordshire
The new EFL season has started, to there are random shirts dotted all over London, but on this particular weekend I'm headed north out of the city.
Match of the Past: 1983-84 - Evolution, not revolution
The 1983-84 season kicks off with the Charity Shield match, which occupies the exact midway point between being a piece of silverware to be won and a pre-season friendly.
The EFL Championship is like a thought experiment designed to drive football clubs round the twist
The EFL returns this weekend, and if there's one thing we can guarantee about the season to come, it's that it will be enjoyably manic.
Ebbsfleet United are sailing close to the wind, to be able to start their 2026-27 season
There was an empty space in the National League South's opening weekend schedule, and there'll be another one again this weekend. How bad are finances in the non-league game right now?
The Weekly Almanac: The Premier League's going to look *weird* next season, while there's shenanigans in Scotland
The start of a new Monday piece that will be pondering on... something or other, that happened over the weekend. This will usually be for paying subscribers, but the first one is free for all.
The Weekend Match: Cockfosters 2-2 Potton United - Drink It Warm, Mate
155 years on from the first edition of the FA Cup, it's time to get that show on the road yet again, and that means a trip to the end of another underground line.
Single Parenthood & I: ...Until We Meet Again, Some Sunny Day
It was time to say goodbye to somebody very special, so we were determined to give him the send-off he deserved.
The Weekend Match: Newhaven 1-1 Crawley Down Gatwick - Once More in the Name of Love
The start of the new season comes at the end of a period of big change in my life, but non-league football is one constant that helps to keep everything else in line.