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Incompetance and lies from Hamilton Academical FC's board mean the club faces expulsion from SPFL. Oliver Kay Henry Winter Jacob Steinberg 🎗️ Jonathan Northcroft John Cross Oliver Holt Daniel Taylor Sam Wallace Matt Law John Nicholson acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc…

Saw Florian Wirtz at Leverkusen v Bayern Munich in February. He was conspicuously the best player on the pitch. Brain and feet quicker than the rest. Joycey quotes him: “Sometimes I suspect or know beforehand what the opponent will do, and then it’s easier to do my own tricks"

European trophies: France: 3 Aberdeen: 2 Well done France 👏

Historically, signing players is an unreliable route to transforming a team Former Liverpool stats guru Ian Graham’s research suggests wheeler-dealer approach does not work and less is more when it comes to buying talent, writes Jonathan Northcroft 🔽 thetimes.com/sport/football…

The Player Development Reward would reallocate at least 5% of Uefa club revenues to teams outside the Champions League who played a part in the development of its players. It would repay clubs for their roles in players’ journeys, writes Jonathan Northcroft thetimes.com/sport/football…

Last night was football joy - it swept me away. Today feels like the hangover. PSG showed us how the game can be played but, sadly, how it's funded too. thetimes.com/article/3131b5…

A message from Philippe Auclair: The reality we at Josimar face is stark. Should we fail to raise 50 000 euro by 1 July, the world’s only investigative media dedicated solely to football will cease to exist. josimarfootball.com/2025/06/03/a-l…

England stars take ‘digital pills’ to measure how bodies react to heat. Story by ⁦Jonathan Northcroft⁩ thetimes.com/article/b80a44…

All roads lead to Yeovil. The debt England owe to a Somerset town. thetimes.com/sport/football…

Sad news about the death at 76 of artist and cartoonist Gordon Reid, who was a popular and prodigious contributor to "The Northern Light", "The Red Final" and the AFC Heritage Trust. He was a passionate Don and the Gothenburg Greats enjoyed his work! pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/obituaries/…

Gareth Southgate brought in the Marines, Thomas Tuchel prefers Pilates Jonathan Northcroft says England head coach has adopted a relaxed atmosphere in his first warm-weather training camp; if they win World Cup, Girona will be where the journey began ⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/football…

Cole Palmer: I don’t know why goals dried up but it will make me better England international tells Jonathan Northcroft about coming through difficult spell, his ambition to win the Champions League with Chelsea and why he is so laid-back on the pitch⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/football…

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🔺NEW: England's paltry 1-0 win over Andorra will go down as their worst victory ever. Full report from Jonathan Northcroft in Barcelona below⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/football…

England head coach Thomas Tuchel is faced with the same issues as Gareth Southgate: how to shoehorn an abundance of talent into a coherent, fluent and effective team capable of overcoming world’s best | ✍️ Jonathan Northcroft thetimes.com/sport/football…

England 1 Senegal 3 England booed off after grim defeat as Thomas Tuchel faces big questions Read Jonathan Northcroft's match report ⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/football…

Liverpool have agreed a deal with Bayer Leverkusen for Florian Wirtz that could set a new British transfer record of £116 million. The fee is split between a £100 million guaranteed payment and then bonuses of up to £16 million. More Times Sport

All those sports bodies including FIFA enjoying the benefit of Saudi state sponsorship via PIF and Aramco maybe have a think about that same state executing another journalist for alleging corruption inside its royal family. abcnews.go.com/amp/Internatio…