That was the season that was : Picture by @YTJourno AFC Wimbledon 4 Not the greatest of seasons for the Dons, who fell too close to the trapdoor for comfort towards the business end of the season. Johnnie Jackson's men finished only four places above the dotted line after losing nine of their last 11 matches and they managed only two goals in their last eight games. Only Marcus Browne (with 12) managed to get into double figures for goals. And home form was a concern, with on

Wikimedia Commons By Alessandro Schiavone in Leuven World Cup 2027 Qualifiers Belgium 6-0 Luxembourg The manager of the Belgium women's national football team has aimed a dig at England superstar Harry Kane. The striking similarities between Belgium’s all-time record goalscorer Tessa Wullaert and the former Tottenham hitman are well documented on both sides of the Channel. Both belong to the class of 1993. Both score for fun. Both are ageing like fine wine. Both are showing n

Pre kick off at the Puskas Arena ; Picture by @YTJourno Champions League Final Arsenal (1) 1 Havertz 6 Paris Saint-Germain (0) 1 Dembele pen 65 After Extra Time PSG win 4-3 on pens Oh the torment. Undefeated for an entire season of Champions League football, only to have the kick in the teeth of having a penalty decider at the 'away end' with the added pressure of taking the second kick. That seldom ends well and so it proved as Ebe Eze and Gabriel fired wide to kill off hope

Arteta addresses the press on the eve of the final : Picture by @YTJourno Mikel Arteta insists his players are more fired up than ever for tomorrow's showdown with PSG - with the league title success having increased the appetite for more silverware rather than diluted it. The Arsenal boss looked in positive and relaxed mood ahead of what he hopes could be the club's greatest ever night. The Gunners have the chance to enter a new chapter in their storied history if they can f

Scene before kick-off at the Red Bull Arena UEFA Conference League Final Crystal Palace (0) 1 Mateta 51 Rayo Vallecano (0) 0 The Eagles concluded a stunning year and a half of high-octane drama and emotion with a first piece of European silverware to sit alongside their first ever domestic trophies - ensuring a fitting send-off for the man who oversaw it all. To Jean-Philippe Mateta goes the honour of scoring the all important history making goal that means the Eagles become

Last domestic fixture of the season League Two play-off final Notts County (2) 3 Jatta 32, Ness 45, Jones 70 Salford City (0) 0 Sometimes, you just can't beat old money. One of the oldest pro football teams showed their pedigree to win domestic football's last fixture of the season at the expense of one of the EFL's newest additions - and it was fully deserved. Notts County's reward is League One football next season while vanquished Salford must once again try to find a way

Tottenham Hotspur (1) 1 v Everton (0) 0 João Palhinha 43 By Kaz Mochlinski at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Premier League Matchweek 38 Tottenham Hotspur dramatically clung on to their Premier League status on the final day of the domestic season as they just about accomplished what they needed to do in getting a positive result against Everton to relegate West Ham United instead. On a nerve-shredding Sunday afternoon of almost unbearable tension, under cloudless skies in sun

London Stadium. Picture by @CapFootballUK West Ham United 3 Leeds United 0 Wider events of the day, out of their hands, the prospect of relegation to the Championship hovered with the intense heat above the London Stadium. West Ham did all they could do, as it turned out. A 3-0 win over Leeds United is an impressive scoreline on the face of it. As usual though, facts only temporarily disguise a bigger, more morose picture in east London, now that relegation is confirmed. The

Curtain call for Silva after Cottage hosts final game of the campaign Premier League Fulham (1) 2 Diop 20, Cairney 80 Newcastle United (0) 0 Marco Silva collected his 100th win as Fulham head coach but the question after this impressive 2-0 victory against Newcastle United is whether he will be around to add to that milestone. In the past few months, Silva has sidestepped questions about his future with more adeptness than his attacking players, who went into Sunday’s match h

Campeones....the Arsenal bus receiving a rapturous welcome from away fans at Selhurst: Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Crystal Palace (0) 1 Mateta 89 Arsenal (1) 2 Jesus 42, Madueke 48 Arsenal closed out their champagne league season with another win, but his was never going to be a hugely significant afternoon on the pitch - it was all about celebratory vibes and send-offs. Two teams heading to central Europe for finals - the Eagles in Leipzig to play Rayo Vallecano, Ars

A hastily-arranged get together Championship Play-Off final Hull City (0) 1 McBurnie 90+5 Middlesbrough (0) 0 The fixture from a parallel universe with its £200m price tag and threats of litigation all around it ended with Hull City claiming their slot in next season's Premier League. They were last there in 2017 and for much of this impossible-to-call contest did not look much like edging it. Then, in the fifth minute of injury time, sub Yu Hirakawa's cross from the left was

By Alessandro Schiavone at Besiktas Stadium, Istanbul Less than 24 hours after Mikel Arteta's Arsenal clinched their first Premier League title in 22 years, his Emirates predecessor Unai Emery got his hands on his FIFTH Europa League. The Basque was already the record winner of the competition with four medals to his name, one more than Giovanni Trapattoni who last lifted it back in 1993 in the Juventus dugout. With the nerves jangling, ex-Gunners target Youri Tielemans broug

Gunners fans in euphoric mood It has been 22 long years but at last the Gunners have shed the nearly-men tag to land the Premier League title last won by the Invincibles. They are the champions. The fact they have done it without playing will be greatly appreciated by their fans, who have had to witness the torment of many narrow nail biting wins in recent weeks. Closing in on that elusive title has felt tortuous and Monday night's desperately grim 1-0 win over Burnley seemed

Once more unto the Bridge. Chelsea hosted their last home game of the season : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Chelsea (1) 2 Fernandez 18, Andrey Santos 67 Tottenham Hotspur (0) 1 Richarlison 74 Never under-estimate Chelsea's capacity to rouse themselves if Spurs are the opponents. No matter how abject they may have been in the past month and a half, the Blues looked eager to shake off their Wembley disappointment by making life as difficult as possible for their north Lo

Images from a season whose outcome has still yet to be determined : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Arsenal (1) 1 Havertz 37 Burnley (0) 0 Yet another desperately agonising night for Arsenal and their fans saw the Gunners just about get over the line for the win that leaves them still in charge of their own destiny. But what ought to have been a euphoric stroll against a relegated team in their last home game of the campaign was anyhting but and turned into an evening fra

Last match at the Gtech : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Brentford (1) 2 Ouatarra 40, 88 Crystal Palace (1) 2 Sarr pen 6, Wharton 52 Adam Wharton bagged his first goal for the Eagles, but a double from Dango Ouatarra rescued a point for Brentford's European ambitions. The Eagles confounded expectations by showing a greater energy and desire than the hosts for most of the game - that in spite of the fact the Bees theoretically had the added motivation of needing points i

Blue afternoon at Wembley : Picture by @YTJourno FA Cup Final Chelsea (0) 0 Manchester City (0) 1 Semenyo 72 A brilliant backheel from Antoine Semenyo - gliding in front of Levi Colwill to reach an Erling Haaland cross - was enough to condemn Chelsea to a fourth defeat in their last four FA Cup finals. It was a goal worthy of settling such a grand occasion and barely reflected the Mancunians' superiority for most of the contest. The Blues did have a few good moments but overa

Exclusive by Alessandro Schiavone in Hoffenheim Vladimir Coufal has lifted the lid on West Ham’s interminable demise, citing the club’s delusion as a key factor. There was a time, not so long ago, when West Ham were regularly playing in Europe. Alongside winning the Conference League in 2024, the Hammers also reached the semi-final and the quarter-final of the Europa League in 2022 and 2024 respectively. Yet a ninth-place finish in 2024 was no longer deemed as good enough f

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium: Picture by @CapFootballUK Tottenham Hotspur's latest battle to survive the dreaded drop to the Championship next season saw stalemate against Leeds United. Spurs have a two point advantage over fellow strugglers West Ham United who were edged out by Arsenal in a dramatic meeting on on Sunday. Both London sides have two more games to bookend their Premier League campaign with relegation issues potentially going to the final day on 24 May. Here, Capti

High stakes at the Den, but there was no happy ending for the Lions : Picture by Richard Cawley Championship play-off second leg Millwall (0) 0 Hull City (0) 2 Belloumi 64 Gelhardt 79 The Championship doesn’t do predictable scripts. Millwall found that out on Tuesday night. After a 0-0 draw on Humberside, the Lions were hot favourites to reach their first ever play-off final at this level. But Hull City, who only moved back into sixth place on the last day of the regulation c

Time to clear away a few clouds. Pre-match at the TH Stadium : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Tottenham Hotspur (0) 1 Tel 50 Leeds United (0) 1 Calvert-Lewin 74pen This felt like the day when the nightmare for Spurs and their fans could have been all-but laid to rest. Having taken the lead and looking set for that all-important win, they somehow contrived to lose their way and conceded an equaliser from the penalty spot. It has been a weird and troubled season for them -

No more time for grey areas : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League West Ham United (0) 0 Arsenal (0) 1 Trossard 83 Arsenal are just two wins away from the title. But how they managed to escape the London Stadium with all three points will haunt the beaten Hammers - whose hopes of beating the drop now hang by a thread. Both sets of fans went through an insanely tense finale as officials debated whether a last gasp Hammers equaliser was legal. The wait for a verdict was almost u

Exclusive by Alessandro Schiavone at PreZero Arena, Hoffenheim Capital Football London travelled to Germany to speak with ex-West Ham United and new Hoffenheim right-back Vladimir Coufal. The Czech Republic international, who spent five years at the London Stadium, is lighting up the Bundesliga and playing a key role in Hoffenheim’s push for Champions League qualification. Following his side’s 1–0 win over SV Werder Bremen on Saturday afternoon, we preview West Ham’s must-win

The runners and riders at the Cottage A goal from flying Brazilian winger Rayan was just enough to give the Cherries all three points at the Cottage after both sides had been reduced to 10 men. The disappointing outcome for Fulham highlighted how both teams are feeling about their respective campaigns, with Bournemouth improbably challenging for a Champions League spot, while the mid-table Whites appear to be resigned to missing out on a European adventure. Rayan’s second-ha