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News & analysis

Match reports filed within the hour, plus the longer reads: tactics, recruitment and the numbers that actually move.

The stadium rebuild that will take four seasons

Phased construction, a temporary reduced capacity, and the away-end problem nobody has solved yet.

Feature · 8 min read

Why the near-post corner is suddenly everywhere

Six clubs have copied the same routine this season. We charted all 41 attempts.

Tactics · 6 min read

Deadline day, reconstructed hour by hour

Two collapsed medicals, a late loan and the fax that did not need to be sent.

Transfers · 11 min read

Pressing is getting slower — and better

Average PPDA is up across four leagues. That is not a decline, it is a design choice.

Analysis · 9 min read

A derby decided by the two substitutions nobody rated

Both benches emptied inside eight minutes. Only one of them changed the shape.

Match report · 5 min read

Thursday nights are quietly the best product in Europe

Attendance is up 14% and the football is more open than the competition above it.

Opinion · 7 min read

The lower-league side outrunning everyone above them

Most distance covered in the division, third-smallest budget. We asked how.

Feature · 10 min read

What the January window actually cost, club by club

Amortisation, add-ons and the loan fees that never make the headline number.

Finance · 12 min read