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A bizarre history of loans: Where did it really all begin?

In the era of Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) loans are a handy mechanism for clubs without bottomless pits of money, but how did it all start?

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Ken Bates: Outspoken owner of Chelsea and Leeds who was loved and loathed

Ken Bates turned Chelsea from a second-tier also-rans in a ramshackle stadium into a top-flight force, and made both friends and enemies along the way

Evening Standard

When is the Championship play-off final? What to know after ‘Spygate’ appeal verdict

Southampton's appeal against their expulsion from the Championship play-off final has been rejected, upholding the EFL 's disciplinary action. It means Middlesbrough, whom Southampton defeated in the semi-finals, will now replace them in the play-off final against Hull City at Wembley on Saturday, May 23, with the game due to…

The Independent UK

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The Greatest FA Cup Underdog Stories of All Time

The FA Cup is famous for its underdog stories and shock results, producing fairytale runs season after season.

Sports Illustrated

Rochdale return to Football League in shootout after Boreham Wood thriller

Mani Dieseruvwe equalised seconds from the end of added time then Rochdale beat Boreham Wood 3-1 on penalties after a 2-2 draw

The Guardian - UK

How Rochdale and York stole the Premier League’s thunder with a title decider for the ages

NATIONAL LEAGUE D-DAY: Rochdale and York are both centurions, having amassed a combined total of 212 points - but only one will earn Football League status when they meet on the final day of the National League season. Will Castle previews one of the most tantalising match-ups in English football’s…

The Independent UK

Harrogate running out of time to preserve hard-earned Football League status

The league’s lowest scorers continue to punch above their weight in the fourth tier but found Notts County too strong

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When is the earliest a team has been relegated in English football?

Sheffield Wednesday's relegation from the Championship could be confirmed this weekend when they travel to rivals Sheffield United

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Up-and-coming referee is BROTHER of Everton hero with hundreds of Premier League appearances

This Football League referee is the BROTHER of Everton hero with over 400 Premier League appearances

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Ekitiké joins another red family: prematurely disrobing before an early bath

In today’s Football Daily: A daft Red and other daft reds

The Guardian - UK

The Championship returns, Palace v Liverpool at Wembley and tennis in Cincinatti

Here’s how to follow along with our coverage – the finest writing and up-to-the-minute reports

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Newcastle fan Sam Dalling hates pre-season friendlies, so why has he taken his ten-month old to Leyton Orient vs Watford?

How football, family and friends can make a 350-mile round trip to watch someone else's club totally worth it

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Field Notes: The birth of the playoffs, English football’s biggest weekend

The concept of an end-of-season tournament to determine the final promotions was borne of trial and error

The Guardian - US

Goodison Park: Farewell to the Grand Old Lady

Just shy of its 133rd birthday, Goodison Park hosts its final Everton match – English football's last link to a bygone era will go with it…

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The Guardian - UK

Brownhill edges Burnley towards promotion with win at nine-man Watford

Josh Brownhill scored the winner in Burnley’s 2-1 Championship victory at nine-man Watford to move his team close to promotion to the Premier League

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Burnley close on promotion with win at Watford: football – as it happened

Burnley fought back to win 2-1 and close on a Premier League return on a day of drama in the Championship and beyond

The Guardian - UK

Are Ipswich, Leicester and Saints on course to be worst ever bottom three?

Plus: surnames that begin with the same letter, Gil Scott-Heron’s dad and Bradford Park Avenue’s unwanted record

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Wycombe Wanderers forward Richard Kone named as our League One player of the season: ‘Even as I was signing the contract to join the club, I was like “I’m going to wake up soon!”’

Chairboys striker wins our fan vote, as we unveil FourFourTwo's best 50 players in the Football League during 2024-25

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Norwich City’s Borja Sainz voted best player in EFL in FourFourTwo’s annual fan poll – Wycombe Wanderers striker Richard Kone wins League One award, Dan Crowley of MK Dons named best in League Two

Trio take the honours as we unveil our list of the best 50 footballers in the Football League this season

The Guardian - UK

Preston and Burnley’s FA Cup clash evokes memories of a golden age

Two founder Football League members reconvene in the fifth round on Saturday, adding to a long history of Cup rivalry

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‘Someone said it was like driving a Ferrari, and halfway through the drive I’d pull the wheel. As a manager, would I have wanted me sitting behind me? No’: Robbie Savage reveals how first forray into management is going

Robbie Savage offers a glimpse into life as a manager of Step Three side Macclesfield FC

The Times of India

Rishi Kapoor, ex-Delhi footballer, passes away

NEW DELHI: Rishi Kapoor, the first Delhi footballer to win a national football league title, passed away in a city hospital on Monday. He was 49 and had reportedly been suffering from liver-related issues.

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'Let’s find Woody Allen and do the draw in black and white – or Robert De Niro': Donald Trump was only third choice to do the Rumbelows Cup draw in 1991/92

Donald Trump conducted the 1991/92 Rumbelows Cup, but organisers actually wanted two other names beforehand

The Guardian - UK

Leeds 1-1 Blackburn, Burnley 0-0 Stoke, and more: Football League – as it happened

Leeds and Burnley held, Windass scores a worldie for Wednesday, managerless Plymouth scramble a late draw, WBA demolish Preston and more …

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Former Football League clubs

A look at some of the sides who once played in the top four tiers of English football

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