Thanks to Wolves who allowed me access all-areas for several days of their US tour to detail how pre season comes together: head coach, sport scientists, chef, nutritionist, kitman, operations all spoke to The Athletic | Football. So much stuff I never knew! nytimes.com/athletic/56782…

"I can’t say how I'll feel when the Match of the Day tune starts, but I know it will be tough. "I’m heading into my first season without Dad and it’s a void which can’t be filled. It is very raw." Alan Shearer on football, family and not wanting to leave important words unsaid.

What happens when Conte goes full Conte in week one? Napoli "melted like snow in the sunshine" in Verona and lost 3-0. They're yet to move Osimhen and reunite their coach with big Rom 🌋 Piece on a quiet and uneventful weekend... nytimes.com/athletic/57083…

John Textor’s Eagle Football Group has made a final bid to take over Crystal Palace. The group fronted by the U.S. businessman, which owns an existing 45 per cent stake in Palace, launched an offer which they say placed a valuation on the club “that far exceeds levels of prior

Sven Goran Eriksson, who has died aged 76, was calm, dignified and positive. But, behind the polite smile and owlish spectacles, he burned with competitive desire. No one could have worked in football as long as he did without that steely edge. Obituary by @DTAthletic.

▪️ FIFA, Google and the Streisand effect ▪️ Searching for Manchester City's legal fees ▪️ Mark Goldbridge turning a tidy profit ▪️ Labour pushing through football governance bill ▪️ Brighter days ahead for Reading @MJShrimper's latest Business of Football column ⤵️

Archibald Leitch, Berto’s cafe, a ghost, Kilravock House, Coppell's office above a chippy, the Flatterer, a curse, Enzo's barber shop, Tasty Jerk, the Zaha mural, 51,000, “Peanuts forra sixpence”, Lasso Daniel Taylor on the Colosseum, Selhurst Park, at 100 nytimes.com/athletic/57240…

Who’s going to show some love to Selhurst Park on its 100th anniversary? Special report – and special occasion – on one of English football’s least appreciated grounds. ⁦The Athletic | Football⁩ #CPFC nytimes.com/athletic/57240…

Selhurst Park is ramshackle, chaotic and crumbling. But in an age of identikit stadiums, it has a unique charm — not to mention a ghost, a drowned ten pin bowling alley, Ted Lasso, amazing jerk chicken and 100 years of defiant, noisy history. 📝 Daniel Taylor

100 Years Of Selhurst Park Get 10% off until midnight with the discount code: THE-PALACE Shop now: matthewjiwood.com/shop?tag=cryst… Prints available in A4, A3, A2 & A1 with optional framing #CPFC HLTCO LaFive Year Ploix - A CPFC Podcast Dominic Fifield Giles Paley-Phillips The Eagles Beak

𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗣𝗢𝗗! 🚨🎙️ Get it now while it's still (moderately) hot... 👉 Scraping by Servette 👉 Deadline day hijinks 👉 14 wins in a row v #CPFC?! Matt Davies-Adams, Simon Johnson, Dominic Fifield & Liam Twomey in Geneva! 👇 #CFC pod.fo/e/2640ce

Football left its mark on Sol Bamba, and he did the same. He was easy to love — a veritable diamond. Strong, brave and with that glorious smile. Phil Hay pays tribute to his friend after the former defender died at the age of 39.

𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗣𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗗! 🚨 Matt Davies-Adams, Liam Twomey & Dominic Fifield on duty to look back at the 1-1 draw with #CPFC and round up all the transfer deadline day dealings 🦅💰 Listen here 👇 #CFC pod.fo/e/264f63

■ Sterling out, Sancho in ■ Why Osimhen and Olise didn't happen ■ The double signing of 'Net-Felix' ■ Gallagher's multiple flights to Madrid ■ Attempts to offload 'bomb squad' ■ The club's plans to break even Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey unpick Chelsea's transfer window

Hakan Sukur’s name has been scrubbed from Turkish society. Edited out of films, removed from stadia, a TV commentator taken off air just for saying it. I interviewed HAKAN ŞÜKÜR 👑, with Enes Kanter FREEDOM, as he approaches a decade in exile in America. nytimes.com/athletic/57148…

I’m running the Great North Run for Sir Bobby Robson Foundation as part of Sir Bobby’s Team - writers who admired, loved or worked with the great man, wearing football style tops. Hope he would be tickled by that. Cancer can do one. Donations v gratefully received! justgiving.com/campaign/sirbo…

Première titularisation pour 𝑀𝐼𝒞𝐻𝒜𝐸𝐿 𝒪𝐿𝐼𝒮𝐸 en Bleu ! 🔵 🇫🇷🇮🇹 | #FRAITA | #FiersdetreBleus

I found Kerlon nytimes.com/athletic/57391…

Our big The Athletic | Football read on the Chelsea ownership situation: how and why the Clearlake-Boehly marriage got to this point, what happens next and how it could impact the club. With Simon Johnson and Adam Crafton. 👇 #CFC nytimes.com/athletic/57530…