Premier League shirt sponsors as ban on gambling firms approaches August 15, 2024 “Who are ya, who are ya, who are ya?” The age-old football chant often rings around about players and teams in the Premier League. But what about the sponsors? England’s top-flight has seen a surge in front of shirt sponsors that are unknown to the vast majority of British fans. But who are they, and [...]
AI-powered semi-automated VAR set for Premier League debut August 14, 2024 The Premier League will partner with Genius Sports Limited to produce AI-powered semi-automatic VAR for the 2024/25 season, it was announced this morning. VAR faced serious backlash last season with a number of key incidents going viral for mistakes. But the Premier League will now introduce AI-powered semi-automatic VAR, similar to the system used in [...]
Amazon Prime top of the table to bag Liverpool documentary rights August 14, 2024 Amazon Prime are in pole position to pick up the UK rights for the Liverpool documentary based on Jurgen Klopp’s last six months at Anfield. City A.M. has learned that Amazon have entered advanced negotiations with the club and production company Lorton Entertainment to show the documentary, which was filmed over the second half of [...]
Every Chelsea signing of the Todd Boehly era August 13, 2024 Pedro Neto became Chelsea’s 35th signing since the club were taken over by a consortium led by Todd Boehly. It has seen the Stamford Bridge side’s squad balloon to 42 players, enough (with the academy) to field four different starting XI’s. The £4.25bn purchase of the London club has already seen four managers – Thomas [...]
AFC Wimbledon best London club for fan engagement, new data reveals August 13, 2024 AFC Wimbledon have been crowned London’s best club for fan engagement despite a monumental rise for Chelsea, new research has revealed. The Fan Engagement Index has ranked The Dons fourth in the country, behind Exeter City, Carlisle United and Lincoln City. The highest ranked Premier League team is Brentford, in 12th, while Chelsea have shot [...]
Community Shield: Prize money, referee and past winners August 10, 2024 The English football season returns on Saturday with the Community Shield, contested between the winners of the Premier League and the FA Cup. Manchester City and Manchester United will clash at Wembley with Pep Guardiola’s side in their fourth consecutive trophy match. But what is the Community Shield, is there prize money and who has [...]
Price of Arsenal debentures hits £25,000 as wealthy fans opt for season ticket shortcut August 9, 2024 Fans face a 10-year wait for a season ticket through official channels after the north London club emerged as Manchester City’s biggest rivals for the Premier League.
Why the summer transfer window has been so quiet – and that may be about to change August 7, 2024 Give Fabrizio Romano a week off, tell the social media teams to stop thinking of ingenious ways to reveal new signings and cue up tiny violins for the agents: this is an unusually quiet summer transfer window for those working in club football. With a little over three weeks until the transfer deadline, Premier League [...]
Ahead of the Game: Treasury cost-cutting to hit Manchester United £2bn stadium plans August 7, 2024 Rachel Reeves could scupper Sir Jim Ratcliffe's more ambitious stadium hopes.
Chelsea manager: Premier League PSR rules must change to ‘protect’ academy players August 6, 2024 The Blues have been criticised for selling off homegrown talent in order to balance the books.