Why is it called soccer in America? Explaining the English roots of the American word for the world's game

How did a sport codified in England end up with a nickname that divides the Anglophone world? The surprising history of ...
The New York Times

English football finances in ‘precarious position’ as report finds most clubs ‘heavily reliant on owners’ funding

A report on club finances in English men’s football has provided a frank assessment of the state of play, finding that most clubs are “heavily reliant” on their owners to provide cash injections on a ...
Yahoo! Sports

English FA’s ban on transgender women contrasts with history of inclusion in women’s football

The Football Association’s change to its transgender policy, stating that transgender women and girls will no longer be allowed to play affiliated women’s and girls’ football in England and Scotland ...
Daily Mail on MSN

Ian Ladyman: The biggest lesson English football can learn from this World Cup? How to use VAR!

IAN LADYMAN IN NEW JERSEY: Who would have thought that this tournament - with all its unforgivable excess, expense and ...
The New York Times

The geographic shift of English football: From a game for the north to southern dominance

If a visitor to England asked you to drop them off somewhere convenient for watching Premier League football, you probably wouldn’t instinctively drive them to North Kilworth. The Leicestershire ...
THE WEEK

Where are all the English football managers?

The last English men's football manager to lift a trophy above his head at Wembley was Harry Redknapp, when he won the FA Cup with Portsmouth in 2008. Until yesterday – when Eddie Howe's Newcastle ...
Yardbarker

Notable English football players who aren't in the Premier League

If your domestic football league is of a lesser quality, generally speaking, odds are you won’t stick around there long. Erling Haaland isn’t about to ply his trade in Norway, for example. Solid ...