By Far The Greatest Team

The story that dominated the last week of Premier League football didn’t come from the pitch, but rather from Mike Dean’s appearance on the podcast Jamie Vardy’s Having a Party. On it, the 58-year-old former referee, whose more than two decades as a Premier League official ran from 2000 to 2022, told us all that he used to play a private game with himself ov...

Manchester City’s 2026-2027 season has started well enough under Enzo Maresca, with the 46-year-old Italian having replaced Pep Guardiola as manager in June. The Spaniard had enjoyed a decade at the Etihad, winning six Premier League titles, one Champions League and 20 trophies in total during that period. What has not started, finished or moved an inch in that time is the in...

The Premier League’s opening weekend has reached its conclusion, with one result arguably standing out more than any other. Yes, Manchester United’s loss to Hull City was really funny for all but the Old Trafford faithful, yet it is Aston Villa’s 4-0 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion that will have many people sitting up and taking notice.

Unai Emery’s side, the reign...

Anfield’s Kop end has lent its name to more than just a stand. It’s become shorthand for a way of watching football — loud, collective, and a little superstitious — that Liverpool fans have carried with them long after they’ve had to give up their seat behind the goal for a spot on the sofa. Matchday for a Red rarely starts at kickoff, and it almost never truly ends at full t...

The Premier League season begins on Friday, the 21st of August, with the traditional curtain-raiser of the Community Shield having taken place this weekend. It was bad news for 46-year-old Enzo Maresca, the Italian who was handed the job of succeeding Pep Guard...