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1 week ago | 
nytimes.com | Nancy Froston |Ed Mackey
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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Nancy Froston |Gregg Evans
The Easter weekend has a way of straightening things out in the Championship. Two matches for each team in a four-day period can make or break a season. It has happened before, and this year was no different for a batch of promotion-chasing hopefuls in England's unpredictable second tier. Leeds United, Burnley and Sheffield United knew this was the period when automatic promotion could be settled.
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Nancy Froston |Max Mathews
Here we are then, at the penultimate match of this season's Carabao Cup. Yesterday, we saw Newcastle United beat Arsenal in the first semi-final, and today it's the turn of Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur to see who will join them at Wembley. Can Tottenham hold on to the narrow lead they controversially eked out in north London nearly a month ago? Will Liverpool, as the favourites, overturn the deficit and push themselves closer to manager Arne Slot's first trophy at the club?
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Nancy Froston |Michael Bailey
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Nancy Froston |Michael Bailey
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Nancy Froston |Michael Bailey
The January transfer window for English clubs opened on New Year's Day and runs into February but it doesn't close at the same time in all countries. Here are the deadlines for men's clubs across Europe's big leagues to buy and register players this winter:Monday, February 3: England (11pm GMT), France, Germany, Spain. Tuesday, February 4: Italy, Netherlands. Tuesday, February 11: Turkey The registration window for clubs in Saudi Arabia closes a little bit later on January 31.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Nancy Froston
The EFL has long been a fruitful market for the best and brightest young players in English football. Jarrod Bowen, Adam Wharton and James Maddison are all among the recent success stories as players who have traded the lower leagues for the Premier League - but what of the next generation? From the Championship to League Two, the pool of players worth monitoring as future stars of the top flight has never been bigger.
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Nancy Froston
Leeds United ensured they remained the Championship leaders as they began 2025 with a 1-1 draw against Blackburn Rovers. The hard-fought result against John Eustace's side featured two late goals, a Pascal Struijk penalty and a Danny Batth goal from a corner, as the sides shared the points. Rovers maintain an impressive recent record against Daniel Farke's Leeds, having beaten them earlier in the season and in April 2024. The Athletic picks out the key talking points.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Nancy Froston
"Score some goals. Make some assists. Don't fall over so easily. Then we can talk. MOT."When The Athletic asked back in the summer if there was a way back for Brenden Aaronson at Leeds United, one reader provided the above response. It had just been confirmed that, after a season out on loan at Union Berlin in the Bundesliga following Leeds' relegation from the Premier League, Aaronson would be returning to the club for another crack at English football, this time in the Championship.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Nancy Froston
Michael Carrick's side promised to be a tough test after knocking Leeds out of the Carabao Cup at Elland Road earlier in the season and when Max Wober 's own goal cancelled out Willy Gnonto's opener, it looked like a repeat was looming. But goals from Daniel James and Brenden Aaronson eased any home nerves as Daniel Farke's side edged closer to a perfect nine-point week in the league. The Athletic breaks down the key talking points from the game. Ampadu is back - so who must make way?
