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It's been a bad week for English clubs in Europe, but a fifth Champions League spot is not impossible – Aston Villa are the only hope

The Football Association (FA) has defended its decision to scrap FA Cup replays and insisted an increase in games being broadcast in the early rounds will help offset any loss of revenue for lower-league clubs. It was announced on Thursday replays from the first round proper were being scrapped from the 2024-25 season in a six-year agreement to restructure the competition.  The decision was called “frustrating and disappointing” by the English Football League (EFL) chief executive Trevor Birch, while a number of EFL clubs were also critical of the move due to the financial...

There is much to ponder for Moyes and the West Ham board in the closing weeks of the season

The FA Cup has scrapped replays from the first round proper from the 2024-25 season in a six-year agreement to restructure the competition. The 2025 FA Cup final will be played on the Saturday of the weekend of the Premier League’s matchday 37 — the penultimate round of fixtures — with league fixtures not played on the Friday night or Saturday to give exclusivity to the event, with the Football Association confirming the changes on Thursday. Additionally, there will be no further midweek rounds in the competition. This season’s FA Cup final will take place on May 25 at Wembley...

The West Ham forward passed away in April 2014 at age 20 after living with cancer for three years – family, friends, and coaches pay tribute

The 19-year-old midfielder was taken to hospital after a horrible clash - but should still get his chance to shine for West Ham

West Ham United midfielder George Earthy has been discharged from hospital after suffering a head injury on his Premier League debut. Earthy, 19, had replaced Michail Antonio in the 82nd minute for West Ham against Fulham on Sunday but collided with team-mate Edson Alvarez, then needing treatment on the pitch. After a delay, the teenager was taken off the pitch on a stretcher with an oxygen mask and a neck brace. Earthy was conscious as he left the London Stadium in an ambulance with his family after the match. He was discharged from hospital on Monday and will now follow FA and Premier League...

Chelsea's lasting agent commitments, the other clubs who spent big, how Spurs kept theirs relatively low

David Moyes had few attacking substitutes to fight back against Leverkusen. West Ham are paying the price for not recruiting in January

Premier League clubs have unanimously agreed in principle to introduce new financial fair play regulations at a meeting in London on Thursday. The profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) that have capped how much money clubs can spend over the last decade are set to be scrapped from the start of the 2025-26 season and replaced with a similar “squad cost control” rule to the one UEFA adopted in 2022. The new system, which must still be fully ratified at the Premier League’s annual general meeting (AGM) in June, will work as a shadow to the existing PSR regime next season.

Premier League clubs have unanimously approved the use of semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) for the 2024-25 season. The English top fight will use the same cameras and software that UEFA uses in the men’s Champions League. That is slightly different from the technology which FIFA has used, where a match ball with a chip inside provides an array of data. The Premier League confirmed in a statement that it believes the SAOT will be ready to use following one of the autumn international breaks. The league is already in talks with several companies about providing the technology the...

The long-serving Michail Antonio has earned the trust of three West Ham managers across four eras - wherever he has played

Jarrod Bowen has been ruled out of West Ham United’s Europa League quarter-final first leg against Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday. The forward had to be substituted 54 minutes into West Ham’s 2-1 victory at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday after hurting his hip in a collision with defender Joao Gomes. West Ham manager David Moyes said after the match he hoped the injury was “not too bad”, but Bowen’s condition has not improved and he will now miss the trip to Germany. The 27-year-old has scored 19 goals in all competitions for West Ham so far this season and...

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Gary O’Neil described the decision to disallow Wolverhampton Wanderers an equaliser in their 2-1 defeat to West Ham United as “possibly the worst I’ve ever seen”. Wolves thought they had salvaged a last-gasp point after Max Kilman headed home in the 98th minute. But the goal was disallowed after the VAR advised referee Tony Harrington to reverse his on-field decision after replays appeared to show Tawanda Chirewa standing in an offside position in front of goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski. “I’m guessing the officials will tell me it’s the correct decision, and...