By Andrew Warshaw
November 12 – Former Everton and Wolves footballer Michael Branch, who was once also on loan to Manchester City, has been sentenced to seven years in jail after pleading guilty to drugs offences.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 9 – Fabrice Muamba, the Premier League footballer who suffered a massive cardiac arrest and almost died during a cup game at Tottenham Hotspur in March, made an emotional return to the club’s White Hart Lane stadium for the first time yesterday.
By Emily Goddard
November 6 – Manchester United have announced today, to mark Sir Alex Ferguson’s 26 years in charge of the club, that the statue of Britain’s most successful manager will be revealed at Old Trafford on November 23.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 6 – Mark Clattenburg, the referee at the centre of English football’s latest storm, is being stood down for a second successive round of Premier League action next weekend as an investigation continues into allegations that he used “inappropriate language” towards a Chelsea player during last month’s controversial 3-2 defeat by Manchester United.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 2 – Police have launched an investigation into an apparent racist gesture by a fan who attended Chelsea’s League Cup win over Manchester United on Wednesday (October 31).
By Andrew Warshaw
October 30 – The English Football Association (FA) has launched an official investigation into allegations against FIFA referee Mark Clattenburg for allegedly using bad language towards two Chelsea players in Sunday’s (October 28) explosive Premier League clash with Manchester United.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 30 – Aston Villa have become the first English Premier League club to publicly back a supporters’ campaign to bring back safe standing areas on a limited and experimental basis – but look certain to encounter strong opposition.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 29 – The English Premier League, already the richest in the world, has now signed a massive three-year deal with NBC to televise games in the United States starting next season.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 29 – English football’s domestic racism problems, which appeared to be gradually subsiding, have been plunged into fresh controversy with Premier League leaders and European champions Chelsea lodging a formal complaint of “inappropriate language” by referee Mark Clattenburg during yesterday’s highly charged 3-2 home defeat by Manchester United.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 19 – Simone Farina, the Italian footballer turned match-fixing whistle-blower, has at last found a job after being recruited as a community coach at Aston Villa.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 19 – Former England captain John Terry has chosen not to appeal against the four-match ban and £220,000 ($353,000/€271,000) fine imposed on him for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand of Queens Park Rangers a year ago – and has apologised for his comments.
By Tom Degun
October 19 – Manchester United’s chief executive David Gill has been appointed as a vice-chairman of the English Football Association (FA).
By Mike Rowbottom
October 16 – Singapore will be getting live coverage of Barclays Premier League matches for the next three seasons, starting in August 2013, following a deal in which telecommunications company SingTel has acquired broadcast rights.
By Mike Rowbottom
October 16 – The decision over whether West Ham United will move into the London Olympic Stadium has been postponed, the club has confirmed.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 16 – Fabrice Muamba, the footballer who miraculously recovered from a mid-match cardiac arrest, is contemplating a career in football politics and is set to meet FIFA President Sepp Blatter at the end of this month.