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It is 25 years since the former England and Arsenal captain founded the Sporting Chance Clinic, helping athletes with addiction problems Oliver Kay56 Wrexham, Wycombe and the day League One's promotion race flipped on its head - again Richard Sutcliffe40 The Business of Football: Premier League cuts £75m in funding, Reading in crisis Matt Slater47 How to produce 1, 698 matches in a season - inside the EFL's global broadcast hub Dan Sheldon32 Ranking every team in England’s top four divisions based on their performance in 2024 Anantaajith Raghuraman56 Advertisement Unless you're Manchester United, you're unlikely to see many goals being scored direct from corners – but here experts explain how to do it Nick Miller107 New ownership, data-led recruitment and a bright young manager have turned the club into the most in-form side in the country Tom Burrows50 Former Wycombe Wanderers owner Rob Couhig’s attempt to buy Reading has stalled following the breakdown of talks between the American lawyer and the League One side’s current owner Dai Yongge.
Couhig and his business partner Todd Trosclair had hoped to complete the deal in August — and have already lent the club more than £5million ($6. 6m) — but a series of deadlines to sign the agreement have passed, with the most recent coming and going on Friday.
The news will come as a huge blow for Reading’s supporters who have been protesting against Dai’s ownership for more than a year. The. .. Matt Slater22 Sir Keir Starmer's Labour back football governance bill, Mark Goldbridge turning a tidy profit and brighter days lie ahead for Reading Matt Slater23 Advertisement Nnamdi Ofoborh had two heart operations in three years out of football. He has returned against the odds – but it has been a painful journey Jordan Campbell20 Wycombe Wanderers sporting director Pete Couhig has shared abuse he has received on social media following his club’s purchase of Bearwood Park from fellow League One side Reading.
The sale of the Bearwood Park training facility was confirmed on Thursday, following The Athletic’s report a day earlier. A statement last Sunday confirmed that Reading owner Dai Yongge was open to the sale of the £50million facility in order to “secure sufficient funding until new ownership is confirmed”.
Following Thursday’s announcement, Couhig shared screenshots on social media of messages he had. .. Luke Bosher17 Reading owner Dai Yongge has agreed to sell the club’s Bearwood Park training ground to local rivals Wycombe Wanderers, less than five years after the state-of-the-art facility was opened.
The former Premier League side were in the Championship then and only two years into the Chinese businessman’s tenure as owner. The 2019 move to the £50million site, set in 120 acres of picturesque woodlands only five miles from the club’s stadium, was meant to signal Reading’s ambition to return to the top flight.
That ambition is in tatters now, as relegation to League One last season has been. .. Matt Slater74 We run through the most interesting stories from another weekend of EFL action - including some long-awaited revenge for AFC Wimbledon Richard Amofa22 Kieran Sadlier has featured for the EFL Trophy-winning side in each of the last two seasons but is yet to feature in the Wembley final Nancy Froston4 A health check on the large number of EFL teams that have been invested in by Americans Nancy Froston25 Advertisement A roundup of all the goings on, quirky stories and on-field action from another fascinating weekend in the EFL Richard Amofa14 The West Ham loanee speaks about adapting to League One football and what it felt like to be on the bench for final against Fiorentina Roshane Thomas16 The anticipation of a sell-on clause being activated will continue to offer hope to many clubs throughout the pyramid Nancy Froston29 If dazzling feet and daring wing play are your thing, add watching the Albania international to your list this season. He's a talent Nancy Froston and Mark Carey9 The Championship might be the second tier, but there is still plenty of money flowing through the division Joey D'Urso18 A report on club finances in English men’s football has provided a frank assessment of the state of play, finding that most clubs are “heavily reliant” on their owners to provide cash injections on a regular basis.
It adds that many sides owe other teams “significant amounts — resulting in a risk of a ‘house of cards’ systemic failure”.
The report comes from LCP, a leading business consultancy based in London which developed Transfer Lab — the player scouting tool used by clubs and agencies — in partnership with football data company Analytics FC.
It found that the. .. Luke Bosher240 Advertisement Wrexham have been drawn at home to Wigan Athletic in the first round of the Carabao Cup.
Wrexham, promoted from the National League last season, will welcome a Wigan side who suffered relegation to League One last term at the Racecourse Ground in their first League Cup fixture since 2007.
Leeds United have been drawn at home to Shrewsbury Town, while Leicester City travel to Burton Albion.
In the southern side of the draw, Southampton will travel to Gillingham and there is an all-Championship tie between Queens Park Rangers and Norwich City.
The Carabao Cup first-round fixtures will be played. .. Ali Rampling7 They have helped fund AFC Wimbledon’s home and Norwich City’s academy - but are football club bond schemes worth the risk for supporters? Philip Buckingham and Michael Bailey15 What the EFL's new deal with Sky means for streaming and broadcast of Championship, League One and League Two matches Dan Sheldon69 Gamble everything to go up or risk relegation by being sensible? That's the choice for second-tier sides - drastic action is needed Philip Buckingham83 See More