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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Barney Ronay, Jonathan Wilson and Jacob Steinberg to discuss the final day of the Premier League season Tottenham survive after narrowly beating Everton, while West Ham’s win over Leeds proves meaningless as they are relegated from the Premier League after 14 years in the…

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Data analyst Opta looks at the numbers to provide its own Premier League team of the season.

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Manager’s deal allows for summer parting of ways Scott Parker and Gary O’Neil of interest to West Ham West Ham are expected to part ­company with Nuno Espírito Santo this week after their relegation from the Premier League. The manager has been called in for talks with the board and discussions are likely to end wit…

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Luna and Zavier Gozo’s World Cup dreams ended with a Friday email from US Soccer Real Salt Lake coach Pablo Mastroeni was in disbelief. The US roster for the World Cup would include neither his team’s star playmaker Diego Luna nor their head-turning youngster, Zavier Gozo. While the uncapped Gozo was a late long sho…

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Maddison and Gallagher pay tribute to coach’s impact Spurs expected to sign Senesi and Robertson on frees Tottenham would probably have ­suffered the disaster of relegation from the Premier League if it were not for the decision to bring in Roberto De Zerbi for Igor Tudor, ­according to James Maddison and Conor Gall…

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St Mirren defender Alex Gogic and Partick Thistle counterpart Cammy Logan explain how much it means to them to win the second leg of Monday's Scottish Premiership Play-off final.

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In today’s newsletter, how quick starts, keeping the ball and banking on the bench will help the finalists beat the high temperatures and humidity Graeme Souness is one of the toughest footballers of all time, a midfield titan for Liverpool and Scotland in the 1970s and 1980s. He was occasionally outwitted by subtle…

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The most infuriating things, including mayhem at set pieces, daft jerseys and a largely ignored video game You will almost certainly be aware that there have been a load of set-piece goals this season, and an extraordinary proliferation of long throws. At times the self-styled greatest league in the world has drowne…

The league has been awash with youthful talent, led by a Manchester City converted midfielder who is already filling his medal cabinet There have never been as many good young players in the world as there are now, so we have limited this list to those aged 21 and under at the time of writing. And, though both are e…

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Who were the surprise package in the Women's Super League this season? And who failed to meet expectations?

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Dominic Calvert-Lewin has discovered a new lease of life in Yorkshire while Adrien Truffert made a big impression Considering the cost of signing elite Premier League strikers, Calvert-Lewin deserves a spot because he cost absolutely nothing. Plenty played a part in other clubs deciding the centre-forward was not fo…

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From Wissa’s solitary goal for Newcastle to Postecoglou’s brief reign at Forest, it’s been a campaign to forget for some Newcastle’s year-long chase to sign Yoane Wissa from Brentford felt like it would never end until they paid £55m for his services in September. The Democratic Republic of the Congo forward arrived…

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Last summer, 33 BBC pundits - plus AI and Opta's 'supercomputer' were asked to pick which teams would finish in the Premier League's top four, and in which order. How did they get on?

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Strikes by Dominik Szoboszlai and Alex Iwobi redefined what is possible, but Leandro Trossard’s mattered most With most free-kicks, we’ve a decent idea where the taker can put them, which is why Dominik Szoboszlai’s effort against Arsenal , though it was a brilliant late winner, hasn’t been picked here: the executio…

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BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty reviews every team's Premier League - and looks back at his pre-season predictions.

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From the experience of Emery to European-bound Le Bris there are a handful of managers whose work stood out Promoted through the playoffs, Sunderland began the season as white-hot favourites to go straight back down but never once flirted with relegation and a win over Chelsea on the final day secured Europa League…

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Rangers reportedly can sign Lawrence Shankland for free from Heart of Midlothian, but Celtic's talks about a permanent move for Marcelo Saracchi from Boca Juniors are said to have stalled.

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Two deadly strikers, two creative forces and an all-but unbeatable goalkeeper make up our picks for the season The adulation offers a fine indication of how good the Manchester United captain has been this season. At the start, he was dragging Ruben Amorim’s interpretation of a team through matches and spent the pas…

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The club’s largest shareholder has ignored warning signs since 2022 and need only look at the fate of Leicester to see what may be in store West Ham jumped on the relegation train in 2022. Bereft of vision at the top of the club, they failed to realise where they were heading. One internal figure was worried but his…

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Hearts captain Lawrence Shankland seems on his way to Rangers while Celtic do the double.

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Argentina star Lionel Messi was substituted during Inter Miami's Major League Soccer game on Sunday due to "muscle fatigue" in his left hamstring.

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