Welcome to the sixth edition of The Alternative Premier League Table, where each Thursday, Anantaajith Raghuraman analyses the entire division through a specific lens. After looking at each club’s time spent leading games last week, this time our qualifier is how the 20 teams use long balls. As usual, the article that follows is long but detailed,…
Published 06:00 24 Sep 2025 GMT+1 Sir Alex was far from impressed. Sir Alex Ferguson was in no doubt when asked who the ‘dirtiest player’ in the Premier League was. The former Manchester United boss retired from football in 2013 after reclaiming the Premier League title from local rivals Manchester City in his final act…
When executives from all 20 clubs gather for the Premier League’s shareholder meeting in London on Tuesday, proceedings will take on a distinctly different feel. Daniel Levy, one of the top flight’s most influential figures over 24 years as Tottenham Hotspur chairman, will be missing after he was removed from his position this month. On…
At the end of a summer when Premier League clubs spent a record £3.11billion ($4.19bn) strengthening their squads, the Championship was left looking like a poor and unwanted relation. Only 14 players moved from English football’s second tier up to the Premier League during the most recent window, down from 20 a year ago and…
By the end of today, we’re going to know who has been crowned the winner of the 2024-25 men’s Ballon d’Or. Whether you consider that golden trophy to be the true marker of the greatest player in the world or a symbol of an individual popularity contest that has eaten modern football, tongues will be…
The Ballon d’Or ceremony is arguably the most glamorous and important event in the football calendar, when the European game’s best players and coaches are recognised in front of a global audience of millions. For many players, winning a Ballon d’Or is among their biggest career objectives, so it is hard to comprehend why Real…
Arsenal super-sub Gabriel Martinelli scored from the bench for the second time in five days to snatch a 1-1 draw for the Gunners against Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday. The Brazilian, who scored 36 seconds after coming off the bench previously, was introduced with nine minutes to play as Arsenal pressed for…
Ryan Gravenberch felt like he was a marked man at the end of last season. Having been so influential in Liverpool’s relentless march towards the Premier League, opponents increasingly targeted him at the base of Arne Slot’s midfield. It was a compliment as they tried to stop him from pulling the strings. The Netherlands international’s…
Manchester United secured a much-needed 2-1 win over Chelsea in an action-packed encounter at Old Trafford on Saturday in the Premier League. The visitors saw goalkeeper Robert Sanchez sent off after just five minutes for a high tackle as last man on Bryan Mbeumo. United made the advantage count, finding the breakthrough in the 14th…
Marcus Rashford’s hope of making a permanent switch to Barcelona next summer has hit a roadblack as the Spanish giants are all set to see their spending power slashed by £100m due to La Liga’s latest constraints. Rashford has regained his old form since moving on loan to Barcelona from Manchester United in the summer…