https://boards.footymad.net/ General football news, rumours and gossip. Keep it friendly! en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:33:20 GMT vBulletin 60 https://boards.footymad.net/images/misc/rss.png https://boards.footymad.net/ https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386073&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:00:02 GMT * PSV hold 17-point lead to clinch title with five games left * Inter edge towards winning Serie A with Roma thrashing PSV Eindhoven were crowned on Sunday as Dutch champions for the 27th time, with five matches left of the season, after second-placed Feyenoord?s 0-0 draw with Volendam. PSV hold an unassailable 17-point lead at the top of the table after bouncing back from successive defeats with a 4-3 victory against Utrecht (https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/apr/05/west-ham-v-leeds-buildup-plus-scottish-premiership-and-womens-fa-cup-matchday-live) on Saturday. Continue reading... (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/05/european-football-psv-eindhoven-eredivisie-champions-inter-roma-serie-a) More... (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/05/european-football-psv-eindhoven-eredivisie-champions-inter-roma-serie-a)

• PSV hold 17-point lead to clinch title with five games left
  
• Inter edge towards winning Serie A with Roma thrashing

PSV Eindhoven were crowned on Sunday as Dutch champions for the 27th time, with five matches left of the season, after second-placed Feyenoord?s 0-0 draw with Volendam.
PSV hold an unassailable 17-point lead at the top of the table after bouncing back from successive defeats with a 4-3 victory against Utrecht on Saturday.
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More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386081 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386089&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:00:02 GMT *West Ham 2-2 Leeds a.e.t (2-4 on penalties): *Lucas Perri was the hero as Leeds reached the last four in dramatic fashion More... (https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/west-ham-leeds-fa-cup-result-score-semi-final-draw-b2952183.html) West Ham 2-2 Leeds a.e.t (2-4 on penalties): Lucas Perri was the hero as Leeds reached the last four in dramatic fashion


More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386089 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386074&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:00:02 GMT Nu Stadium?s first game of any kind saw the South Florida club accomplish a long-held goal barely under the deadline Lionel Messi may have scored, captained the side and had a quarter of the new building named in his honor, but this was unmistakably Inter Miami co-owner Sir David Beckham?s night. The inaugural game at Nu Stadium in Miami ? an entertaining 2-2 draw with Austin FC ? was the culmination of the former England captain?s arduous, thirteen-year odyssey to first establish an MLS team in Miami, then fill it with superstars, win major honors and, critically, build a world class arena for the team to play in. Continue reading... (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/05/inter-miami-lionel-messi-david-beckham-nu-stadium-opener) More... (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/05/inter-miami-lionel-messi-david-beckham-nu-stadium-opener) Nu Stadium?s first game of any kind saw the South Florida club accomplish a long-held goal barely under the deadline
Lionel Messi may have scored, captained the side and had a quarter of the new building named in his honor, but this was unmistakably Inter Miami co-owner Sir David Beckham?s night.
The inaugural game at Nu Stadium in Miami ? an entertaining 2-2 draw with Austin FC ? was the culmination of the former England captain?s arduous, thirteen-year odyssey to first establish an MLS team in Miami, then fill it with superstars, win major honors and, critically, build a world class arena for the team to play in.
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More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386074 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386082&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:00:02 GMT Chelsea, Manchester City, Southampton and Leeds United are through to the final four of the FA Cup, with the semi-final ties confirmed on Sunday afternoon More... (https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/fa-cup-draw-updates-live-36972000) Chelsea, Manchester City, Southampton and Leeds United are through to the final four of the FA Cup, with the semi-final ties confirmed on Sunday afternoon

More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386082 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386090&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:00:02 GMT The title chasers had Marc Leonard sent off late on in a 2-2 draw against the Scottish Premiership?s bottom club More... (https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/hearts-livingston-result-score-scottish-premiership-b2952149.html) The title chasers had Marc Leonard sent off late on in a 2-2 draw against the Scottish Premiership?s bottom club


More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386090 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386075&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:00:02 GMT * Don Garber spoke to reporters at Miami?s stadium debut * ?It?s going to be a premier event and premier pricing? The commissioner of Major League Soccer, Don Garber, said Fifa has been ?smart? about its ticket pricing strategy for this summer?s World Cup, the effect of which has raised prices significantly across all games of the tournament to be held in the US, Mexico and Canada this summer. Garber made the comments in Miami, where he attended the inaugural fixture at Inter Miami?s Nu Stadium and spoke to reporters before kick-off. Asked by the Guardian whether high prices resulting from Fifa?s dynamic pricing model undermined the domestic league?s efforts to grow the game and attract new fans, Garber reasoned that the cost attached to tickets matched the event?s exclusivity, and said Americans were used to that. Continue reading... (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/05/fifa-world-cup-tickets-mls-commissioner-dynamic-pricing) More... (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/05/fifa-world-cup-tickets-mls-commissioner-dynamic-pricing)

• Don Garber spoke to reporters at Miami?s stadium debut
  
• ?It?s going to be a premier event and premier pricing?

The commissioner of Major League Soccer, Don Garber, said Fifa has been ?smart? about its ticket pricing strategy for this summer?s World Cup, the effect of which has raised prices significantly across all games of the tournament to be held in the US, Mexico and Canada this summer.
Garber made the comments in Miami, where he attended the inaugural fixture at Inter Miami?s Nu Stadium and spoke to reporters before kick-off. Asked by the Guardian whether high prices resulting from Fifa?s dynamic pricing model undermined the domestic league?s efforts to grow the game and attract new fans, Garber reasoned that the cost attached to tickets matched the event?s exclusivity, and said Americans were used to that.
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More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386075 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386083&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:00:02 GMT Former Miss Great Britain Danielle Lloyd was wrongly stripped of her crown after she was involved in a Playboy scandal and accused of bonking a Manchester United legend judge More... (https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/danielle-lloyd-teddy-sheringham-missgb-36971460) Former Miss Great Britain Danielle Lloyd was wrongly stripped of her crown after she was involved in a Playboy scandal and accused of bonking a Manchester United legend judge

More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386083 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386091&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:00:02 GMT *Dundee 1-2 Celtic: *The Nigeria striker scored his first goal in six months as Celtic closed the gap to Hearts More... (https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/dundee-celtic-result-score-scottish-premiership-kelechi-iheanacho-b2952186.html) Dundee 1-2 Celtic: The Nigeria striker scored his first goal in six months as Celtic closed the gap to Hearts


More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386091 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386076&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:00:02 GMT Bernardo Silva is set to leave Manchester City this summer when his contract expires after assistant manager Pep Lijnders delivered a message to fans about the veteran midfielder More... (https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/breaking-bernardo-silva-manchester-city-36972251) Bernardo Silva is set to leave Manchester City this summer when his contract expires after assistant manager Pep Lijnders delivered a message to fans about the veteran midfielder

More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386076 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386084&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:00:02 GMT Assistant boss Pep Lijnders has indicated the Portugal midfielder?s time with the club is nearing an end. More... (https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/pep-lijnders-bernardo-silva-manchester-city-portugal-pep-guardiola-b2952232.html) Assistant boss Pep Lijnders has indicated the Portugal midfielder?s time with the club is nearing an end.

More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386084 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386092&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:00:02 GMT Brighton knocked out the 14-time winners out with an excellent win at Meadow Park More... (https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/womens-fa-cup-quarter-finals-brighton-arsenal-liverpool-charlton-b2952130.html) Brighton knocked out the 14-time winners out with an excellent win at Meadow Park


More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386092 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386069&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:00:02 GMT The familiar London Stadium rush for the exit has never been so misjudged. A lot of West Ham fans decided they had seen enough when Dominic Calvert-Lewin put Leeds 2-0 up and within touching distance of a first FA Cup semi-final since 1987, but how wrong they were. The non-believers reckoned without their side forcing extra time and were not allowed back in to see a ridiculous game go the distance. It ended with Finlay Herrick, a 20-year-old goalkeeper whose experience of senior football extended no further than 10 games during a loan spell with National League side Boreham Wood earlier this season, coming on for his West Ham debut after Alphonse Areola went off injured just before penalties. Talk about a baptism of fire. Herrick is West Ham?s No 3 goalkeeper and it seemed he was about to steal the headlines when he opened the shootout by saving a tame effort from Jo?l Piroe. Continue reading... (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/05/west-ham-leeds-fa-cup-quarter-final-match-report) More... (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/05/west-ham-leeds-fa-cup-quarter-final-match-report) The familiar London Stadium rush for the exit has never been so misjudged. A lot of West Ham fans decided they had seen enough when Dominic Calvert-Lewin put Leeds 2-0 up and within touching distance of a first FA Cup semi-final since 1987, but how wrong they were. The non-believers reckoned without their side forcing extra time and were not allowed back in to see a ridiculous game go the distance.
It ended with Finlay Herrick, a 20-year-old goalkeeper whose experience of senior football extended no further than 10 games during a loan spell with National League side Boreham Wood earlier this season, coming on for his West Ham debut after Alphonse Areola went off injured just before penalties. Talk about a baptism of fire. Herrick is West Ham?s No 3 goalkeeper and it seemed he was about to steal the headlines when he opened the shootout by saving a tame effort from Jo?l Piroe.
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More... ]]> Football News Footymad https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386077 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386085&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:00:02 GMT The midfielder will depart at the end of the season after nine years at the club More... (https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/bernardo-silva-manchester-city-future-b2952099.html) The midfielder will depart at the end of the season after nine years at the club


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