June 2025
2025 TradeMark Berkshire Football Awards
Nominations will be open until midday on Monday 26th May 2025. The Long List will be published on Wednesday 28th May and the Short List on Friday 30th May. Once the nomination window has closed, the nominations in each category will be put before a panel of judges for a decision, the top four announced […]
Worst opening fixtures for the new season
Following this morning’s release of the Premier League fixtures, we now look at the teams and players that, on paper, have the worst opening runs. This covers the period between Gameweeks 1 and 6. As ever, our colour-coded Season Ticker is the primary source for this piece. Using this tool as a Premium Member, you can sort by difficulty, […]
Watch the 2025 Berkshire Football Awards live from Reading
Nominations will be open until midday on Monday 26th May 2025. The Long List will be published on Wednesday 28th May and the Short List on Friday 30th May. Once the nomination window has closed, the nominations in each category will be put before a panel of judges for a decision, the top four announced […]
All the major done deals so far
Wind down those car windows and take the agents off the leash: the summer transfer window reopened today after a very brief period of closure. Clubs had previously been allowed to make moves from June 1-10, to give those competing in the Club World Cup the chance to sign new players for the tournament group […]
2025/26 Emirates FA Cup round dates and prize funds
The Football Association have released the round dates for the full 2025/26 Emirates FA Cup. Starting in August and finishing in May, the FA Cup will feature almost 800 clubs battling it out to reach the Wembley final. The 2025 final was competed for by Crystal Palace and Manchester City with the London side winning 1-0. Related: […]
The Club World Cup Fantasy players who can bag you extra points
In our final bit of pre-deadline content for the FIFA Club World Cup Fantasy game (don’t worry, FPL will be back soon…), we take a closer look at direct free-kick takers. Set-piece takers tend to appeal to Fantasy managers, which is why we’ve put together a list of penalty and corner takers. But there’s an […]
Key dates for 2025/26 FA Cup, Trophy and Vase released
The Football Association has confirmed a series of key dates around the FA Cup, FA Trophy and FA Vase ahead of the 2025/26 season. The round dates are out in full with the FA Cup kicking off on Saturday 2nd August with the Extra Preliminary Round while the Trophy and Vase begin on Saturday 23rd […]
5 of the best FIFA Club World Cup Fantasy 2025 goalkeepers
It’s not long before all the planning has to stop and our FIFA Club World Cup Fantasy 2025 teams have to be finalised. The big kick-off is looming large, with watchlists getting whittled down day by day. We’ve been doing that ourselves as we previewed all 32 nations (the last few of those will be […]
“We want to do more to help them” Reading FC chairman’s first comments on Women’s team
Reading FC were Sold Before They Dai’d, but with new owner Rob Couhig getting his feet firmly under the desk there are plenty of questions fans are waiting for answers. The new Reading chairman featured on the latest episode of The Tilehurst End podcast with Ben Thomas and Ross Webber to answer some of those […]
Ulsan HD – Best players, predicted XI + more
Our FIFA Club World Cup Fantasy 2025 team previews continue with South Korean outfit Ulsan HD. Here we take a look at the pick of their Fantasy assets, as well as an early predicted XI, their top goalscorers, leading assist-makers, set-piece takers and more. Data in this piece comes from Fbref and WhoScored. How to play the FIFA […]