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The awkward question facing Chelsea's 'football nursery' Strasbourg fan protests reveal uncomfortable truths about multi-club ownership

Strasbourg are a success story with the youngest team in Europe. Strasbourg are also owned by BlueCo and are a "sister club" of Chelsea.

I went to the city to try to square a circle that now defines this club. I don’t know if you ever can.

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The Score: Man Utd’s new thing, Wolves' main issue and why Liverpool are spooked Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action

The Score - Premier League weekend review column

Includes:
- First-half Manchester United
- Direct passes against Liverpool
- Bruno Guimaraes' consistency
- Bournemouth's midfield energy
- Wolves and West Ham doomed?

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British Journalism Awards 2025: Finalists revealed Press Gazette is proud to reveal the shortlist for the British Journalism Awards 2025, with links to all of the winning work.

Absolutely blown away to have been nominated for Sports Journalist of the Year at the British Journalism Awards 2025, amid some frankly ridiculous competition.

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Reinforced toilets, a scramble for noodles and the sight of 400lbs wrestlers on Lime bikes

@kat-lucas.bsky.social finds out how London has welcomed the Grand Sumo Tournament: trib.al/MeXNR3l

I went to meet the Sumos at the Albert Hall - this is the best sport in the world Reinforced toilets, a scramble for noodles and the sight of 400lbs wrestlers on Lime bikes - how London has welcomed the Grand Sumo Tournament

🚽 Reinforced toilets
🍜 A scramble for noodles
🚲 400lbs wrestlers on Lime bikes

@kat-lucas.bsky.social reveals how London has welcomed the Grand Sumo Tournament 👇

Southend and Scunthorpe: phoenixes from the football 'bin fire' Six years ago, Southend and Scunthorpe met in League One. Now they meet again in very different circumstances. Daniel Storey went along to tell their stories

Southend United and Scunthorpe United were both almost destroyed by their former owners. Now, in non-league, new life and new hope.

I went to watch a resurrection derby to tell their stories and show why being saved matters so much.

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Southend and Scunthorpe: phoenixes from the football 'bin fire' Six years ago, Southend and Scunthorpe met in League One. Now they meet again in very different circumstances. Daniel Storey went along to tell their stories

🎶 On the road again... 🎶

@danielstorey85.bsky.social goes to Southend vs Scunthorpe - football's resurrection derby ⚽️

#SUFC #UTI #IRON
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No JT or Lamps? My Golden Generation XI that would've won England the World Cup No Steven Gerrard? Ledley King over John Terry at centre-back? Kevin Garside picks his ultimate England XI of players from the 'Golden Generation'

Golden wonders 🌟

@kevingarside.bsky.social picks the England XI that would have won the World Cup (probably) 📝

#EnglandFootball

Hearts, Hibs and the promise of a new dawn for Scottish football The Old Firm may have a tight grip but the Edinburgh derby showed me change really is in the air

Hearts and Hibs are both now part-owned by Premier League clubs.

So I went to the first Edinburgh derby of a new era to ask: is this the game changer Scottish football needs?

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Why Jordan Henderson is '100 per cent' in line for England's World Cup squad Henderson's inclusion may be controversial but those who have seen him behind the scenes at Brentford think Thomas Tuchel could be onto something

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 So what's the real reason Jordan Henderson keeps getting in the England squad?

I spoke to people who have worked with him to find out.

⚪️ Training ground 'unseens' revealed
⚪️ 'He even manages the referees'
⚪️ 'Always last in the gym'

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Coventry City and the most incredible fever dream Coventry's brilliant new age is a lesson for every football club

The Coventry City success story is here: get through the worst years of your existence, find a rich, benevolent, local owner, rebuild the club, back a manager and watch things soar.

This is a brilliant tale of what a club can be…

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The Score: Arsenal's heavy price, Semenyo shines and Newcastle's new dimension Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action

🚨 The Score🚨

Premier League club-by-club weekend review:
- Semenyo the best counter-attacking player
- Liverpool's full-backs
- Thiaw settling in brilliantly
- Ange now playing Nunoball?
- Burnley's shots against
- Malen as the everyman forward

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The Score: Arsenal's heavy price, Semenyo shines and Newcastle's new dimension Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action

🚨 The Score 🚨

🤕 Arsenal's heavy cost
🌠 Semenyo shines
⏰ The end is nigh for Ange
🌌 Newcastle's new dimension

@danielstorey85.bsky.social gives his verdict on every #PremierLeague team after Gameweek 7 👇

The Score: Liverpool's Wirtz nightmare, Chelsea implode and Leeds' game-changer Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action

🚨THE SCORE 🚨

Club-by-club Premier League weekend review:
- All hail Glasner
- Longstaff's multifunctionality
- Doku's chances after dribbles
- Maresca's substitutions
- Arsenal's good chaos
- Sunderland's defensive structure

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The Score: Liverpool's Wirtz nightmare, Chelsea implode and Leeds' game-changer Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action

🚨 The Score 🚨

😱 Liverpool's Wirtz nightmare
💥 Chelsea implode
⚽️ Leeds' game-changer

@danielstorey85.bsky.social gives his verdict on every #PremierLeague team after Gameweek 6 ⏬
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Nottingham Forest fans waited 29 years for this moment. It was all a bit strange Forest's first game back in Europe since 1996 evoked conflicting emotions

"Europe again, olé olé"

Nottingham Forest supporters waited 29 years to see their team play in Europe again. I went with them to Seville for the days they always dreamt of.

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Nottingham Forest fans waited 29 years for this moment. It was all a bit strange Forest's first game back in Europe since 1996 evoked conflicting emotions

🎶 On the road again... 🎶

@danielstorey85.bsky.social went to watch Forest's first game back in Europe since 1996 - it was all a bit strange 🤔

#NFFC
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Fawning over Donald Trump has hit North Korean levels of cringe at the Ryder Cup Team USA's cosying up to the US President could play right into Europe's hands in this liberal corner of New York

Fawning over Trump has hit North Korean levels of sycophancy 🤢

Team USA’s treatment of the President is cringeworthy, writes @kevingarside.bsky.social ✍️

#RyderCup
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Fawning over Donald Trump has hit North Korean levels of cringe at the Ryder Cup Team USA's cosying up to the US President could play right into Europe's hands in this liberal corner of New York

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The Score: Brighton's £100m headache, Sanchez howler and Villa's mini-crisis Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action

🚨The Score🚨

Club-by-club Premier League weekend review column. Includes:
- Tottenham's comeback stats
- Forest's final-third tackles
- Aston Villa's narrowness
- Sanchez's mistakes
- Promoted club points
- Gravenberch's full-pitch majesty

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The Score: Brighton's £100m headache, Sanchez howler and Villa's mini-crisis Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action

🤕 Brighton's £100m headache
🤦‍♂️ Another Chelsea mistake
🦁 Aston Villa's mini-crisis

@danielstorey85.bsky.social reviews every #PremierLeague team after Gameweek 5 👇

Granting Chelsea an Abramovich loophole would set a dangerous precedent The Blues simply cannot be cleansed of the sins of the past

Granting Chelsea an Abramovich loophole would set a dangerous precedent

@ipapersport.bsky.social

Revealed: Abramovich's emails to UK Government over frozen £2.5bn Chelsea funds Official correspondence shows just four meetings have taken place in 20 months

EXCLUSIVE: Emails between government and Roman Abramovich obtained under FOI by @ipapersport.bsky.social reveal struggles to force billionaire to release the £2.5bn proceeds of the Chelsea sale to aid Ukrainian victims of Russia’s war.

Chess, church and creativity: Why Arsenal have uncovered a king piece in Eze The making of the Gunners' 'academic' and 'spiritual' new signing

Chess, church and creativity: Why Arsenal have uncovered a king piece in Eze.

Long read @ipapersport.bsky.social

Crystal Palace and the great sense of injustice Daniel Storey pays a visit to Selhurst Park, where deep pride meets bitter resentment

I went to Crystal Palace, who must be the most fascinating Premier League club right now. Vast resentment towards authority, questions about their own ambition and the best manager they have ever had.

It all feels…hard to process.

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I went to Morecambe for a football match that didn't happen - it must be a lesson The Shrimps' dance with death should serve as a warning to the wider game

I went to Morecambe, because Morecambe FC have been saved.

It is a victory for those who fought hardest but we must also ask: what does being saved look like?

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The absurdity of supporting Leeds In few places do the winds of change blow through more fiercely than Elland Road

I went to Leeds to try to understand the psychological head*ck of supporting Leeds United, a club where expectation and reality punch each other in the face.

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The Score: Arsenal's cheat code, Chelsea's new star and concern for Man City Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action

🤖 Arsenal's cheat code
🌠 Chelsea have a new star
Ⓜ️ We need to talk about Man City

@danielstorey85.bsky.social reviews every #PremierLeague team after Gameweek 2 👇

The Score: Liverpool's obvious flaws, hope for Man Utd and abysmal West Ham Our chief football writer reviews every Premier League team after Gameweek 1

📣 The Score is back for a brand new season! 📣

❓ #LFC's obvious flaws
🙏 Hope for Man United?
😬 West Ham are abysmal

@danielstorey85.bsky.social gives his verdict on the Premier League's opening weekend 👇

I'm going On The Road to tell the stories that matter most to football fans Fresh off the roaring success of Doing The 92, Daniel Storey will be expanding his travels to the rest of Britain, Europe and the world, while continuing to highlight the best and worst of England's f...

📣 Exciting news!

@danielstorey85.bsky.social is going on the road to tell the stories that matter the most to football fans ⚽️

Find out more here ⤵️

#OnTheRoad