https://boards.footymad.net/ General football news, rumours and gossip. Keep it friendly! en Sun, 24 May 2026 15:55:36 GMT vBulletin 60 https://boards.footymad.net/images/misc/rss.png https://boards.footymad.net/ https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390902&goto=newpost Sun, 24 May 2026 15:50:08 GMT Marcus Rashford has been on loan at Barcelona and made it count with some big performances, but Spanish media have been critical of the forward after his final game as the Catalans weigh up a ?26m permanent move More... (https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/marcus-rashfords-barcelona-loan-ends-37199849) Marcus Rashford has been on loan at Barcelona and made it count with some big performances, but Spanish media have been critical of the forward after his final game as the Catalans weigh up a ?26m permanent move

More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390902 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390903&goto=newpost Sun, 24 May 2026 15:50:08 GMT The Manchester United star has passed elite company on the final day of the Premier League season, bringing up his 21st assist to pass Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne More... (https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/bruno-fernandes-premier-league-assist-record-how-many-b2982784.html) The Manchester United star has passed elite company on the final day of the Premier League season, bringing up his 21st assist to pass Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne


More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390903 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390900&goto=newpost Sun, 24 May 2026 15:10:16 GMT A scorching hot model who was once linked to Real Madrid superstar Jude Bellingham has showed off her drop-dead looks with her latest Instagram snaps More... (https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/jude-bellingham-laura-celia-valk-37199737) A scorching hot model who was once linked to Real Madrid superstar Jude Bellingham has showed off her drop-dead looks with her latest Instagram snaps

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More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390901 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390898&goto=newpost Sun, 24 May 2026 14:40:09 GMT With Sam Dalby?s second-half overhead kick, Bolton could start to plan their return to the Championship, a division they left in 2019 as a club in turmoil. After administration, last-minute sales, emergency loans, points deductions and a spell in League Two, they have found their way back. Stockport, themselves a club on the rise following financial trouble that took them down to the sixth tier, were game opponents in Bolton?s second League One playoff final in three years but were overpowered at Wembley. With the score level at 1-1 after an hour, Steven Schumacher sent on Sam Dalby and by the 81st minute the substitute had stretched Bolton?s lead to 3-1 with a picture-book goal. R?ben Rodrigues?s late penalty against 10 men added gloss to the scoreline. Continue reading... (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/may/24/stockport-bolton-league-one-playoff-final-match-report) More... (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/may/24/stockport-bolton-league-one-playoff-final-match-report) With Sam Dalby?s second-half overhead kick, Bolton could start to plan their return to the Championship, a division they left in 2019 as a club in turmoil. After administration, last-minute sales, emergency loans, points deductions and a spell in League Two, they have found their way back.
Stockport, themselves a club on the rise following financial trouble that took them down to the sixth tier, were game opponents in Bolton?s second League One playoff final in three years but were overpowered at Wembley. With the score level at 1-1 after an hour, Steven Schumacher sent on Sam Dalby and by the 81st minute the substitute had stretched Bolton?s lead to 3-1 with a picture-book goal. R?ben Rodrigues?s late penalty against 10 men added gloss to the scoreline.
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More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390898 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390896&goto=newpost Sun, 24 May 2026 14:00:17 GMT A Manchester United megaflop was part of a star-studded side that was dumped out of the top tier on the final day of the season after failing to win More... (https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/man-utd-megaflop-suffers-career-37199388) A Manchester United megaflop was part of a star-studded side that was dumped out of the top tier on the final day of the season after failing to win

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More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390897 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390895&goto=newpost Sun, 24 May 2026 13:30:13 GMT ? 4pm BST kick-offs | Tottenham v Everton ? live (https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/may/24/tottenham-v-everton-premier-league-final-day-live) ? Live scores (https://www.theguardian.com/football/live) | Latest table (https://www.theguardian.com/football/premierleague/table) | Top scorers (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/sep/15/premier-league-top-scorers-2025-26-who-is-leading-race-for-golden-boot) | Email Simon (simon.burnton@theguardian.com) So, today is the day. No more procrastination, an end to doubt and vacillation. The single remaining relegation spot is by a margin the most significant position to be decided, and the crux of it is this: West Ham will go down if they don?t beat Leeds at home. They will also go down if Tottenham beat Everton at home, or if Spurs draw and West Ham win by fewer than 12 (twelve) goals. (The biggest margin of victory in the history of the Premier League is 9-0; in the history of the entire Football League there have been four victories by a margin big enough to save West Ham should Spurs win today, the most recent 80 years ago). Meanwhile, though we know that Arsenal will finish first, Manchester City second and Manchester United third, no other position in the entire league is already determined. Liverpool need a point to seal a Champions League place, but if they beat Brentford at home and fourth-placed Aston Villa lose at Manchester City they would go to fourth, Villa drop to fifth and, thanks to Villa?s Europa League victory, a sixth Champions League spot will open up. Continue reading... (https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/may/24/west-ham-leeds-champions-league-arsenal-trophy-pep-guardiola-goodbye-premier-league-finale-live) More... (https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/may/24/west-ham-leeds-champions-league-arsenal-trophy-pep-guardiola-goodbye-premier-league-finale-live) ? 4pm BST kick-offs | Tottenham v Everton ? live
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So, today is the day. No more procrastination, an end to doubt and vacillation. The single remaining relegation spot is by a margin the most significant position to be decided, and the crux of it is this: West Ham will go down if they don?t beat Leeds at home. They will also go down if Tottenham beat Everton at home, or if Spurs draw and West Ham win by fewer than 12 (twelve) goals. (The biggest margin of victory in the history of the Premier League is 9-0; in the history of the entire Football League there have been four victories by a margin big enough to save West Ham should Spurs win today, the most recent 80 years ago).
Meanwhile, though we know that Arsenal will finish first, Manchester City second and Manchester United third, no other position in the entire league is already determined. Liverpool need a point to seal a Champions League place, but if they beat Brentford at home and fourth-placed Aston Villa lose at Manchester City they would go to fourth, Villa drop to fifth and, thanks to Villa?s Europa League victory, a sixth Champions League spot will open up.
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More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390895 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390894&goto=newpost Sun, 24 May 2026 13:30:13 GMT ? 4pm BST kick-off | Premier League clockwatch ? live (https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/may/24/west-ham-leeds-champions-league-arsenal-trophy-pep-guardiola-goodbye-premier-league-finale-live) ? Live scores (https://www.theguardian.com/football/live) | Latest table (https://www.theguardian.com/football/premierleague/table) | Top scorers (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/sep/15/premier-league-top-scorers-2025-26-who-is-leading-race-for-golden-boot) | Email Scott (scott.murray.casual@theguardian.com) *Oh Tottenham.* How has it come to this? Champions League finalists in 2019, and Europa League winners just 12 months ago, one of the grandest clubs in England are now possibly 90 minutes plus fingernail-and-artery-bothering add-ons away from relegation to the second tier for the first time in nearly half a century. *Ah but let?s leave those questions for later.* And they?ll be a lot less pointed should Spurs escape the executioner this afternoon. The maths are simple: beat Everton and they stay up. A draw will almost certainly be enough, unless West Ham beat Leeds 12-0, which, given that scoreline would tie a top-flight record set 134 years ago* and matched only once since, 117 years ago?, is not going to happen. But a defeat ? hoo boy. Continue reading... (https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/may/24/tottenham-v-everton-premier-league-final-day-live) More... (https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/may/24/tottenham-v-everton-premier-league-final-day-live) ? 4pm BST kick-off | Premier League clockwatch ? live
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Oh Tottenham. How has it come to this? Champions League finalists in 2019, and Europa League winners just 12 months ago, one of the grandest clubs in England are now possibly 90 minutes plus fingernail-and-artery-bothering add-ons away from relegation to the second tier for the first time in nearly half a century.
Ah but let?s leave those questions for later. And they?ll be a lot less pointed should Spurs escape the executioner this afternoon. The maths are simple: beat Everton and they stay up. A draw will almost certainly be enough, unless West Ham beat Leeds 12-0, which, given that scoreline would tie a top-flight record set 134 years ago^* and matched only once since, 117 years ago^?, is not going to happen. But a defeat ? hoo boy.
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More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390893 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390888&goto=newpost Sun, 24 May 2026 12:10:05 GMT ? Championship spot on offer at Wembley (1pm BST) ? McBurnie sinks Boro and sends Hull up (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/may/23/hull-middlesbrough-championship-playoff-final-match-report) | Mail Emillia (emillia.hawkins.casual@theguardian.com) We?re under way at Wembley Stadium! *The teams are out! *Kick-off is just a few moments away! Continue reading... (https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/may/24/bolton-wanderers-v-stockport-county-league-one-playoff-final-live) More... (https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/may/24/bolton-wanderers-v-stockport-county-league-one-playoff-final-live) ? Championship spot on offer at Wembley (1pm BST)
? McBurnie sinks Boro and sends Hull up | Mail Emillia
We?re under way at Wembley Stadium!
The teams are out! Kick-off is just a few moments away!
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More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390889 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390890&goto=newpost Sun, 24 May 2026 12:10:05 GMT Tottenham need a point against Everton to confirm their safety after a dismal season - but a West Ham win over Leeds would send them down to the Championship More... (https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-everton-live-scores-results-premier-league-west-ham-leeds-b2982684.html) Tottenham need a point against Everton to confirm their safety after a dismal season - but a West Ham win over Leeds would send them down to the Championship


More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390890 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390886&goto=newpost Sun, 24 May 2026 11:40:01 GMT Arne Slot?s Reds face a battle to secure Champions League football after a difficult season, with all eyes on whether Mohamed Salah will start in his last game for the club More... (https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/liverpool-brentford-live-score-result-premier-league-salah-b2982687.html) Arne Slot?s Reds face a battle to secure Champions League football after a difficult season, with all eyes on whether Mohamed Salah will start in his last game for the club


More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390886 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38390883&goto=newpost Sun, 24 May 2026 08:40:01 GMT Pep Guardiola's last game kicks off today as Man City play Aston Villa and we've found a way to bag a 99% discount on this season's training jersey

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