September 25 – The AFC is committing to a deeper and more engaged digital engagement strategy for its new club competition following the record numbers achieved for its national team competitions this year.
September 24 – Having pulled out of a deal to buy Everton on July 22, two months later The Friedkin Group has now reached an agreement to buy Farhad Moshiri’s majority 94% stake in the club.
September 24 – LaLiga’s Real Betis has received €125 million in a deal brokered by Goldman Sachs to restructure its debt and provide financial stability.
September 24 – Leeds United have announced plans to increase the capacity of their stadium to accommodate 53,000 supporters.
September 24 – A Zurich court has dismissed FIFA’s lawsuit against Google over the alleged defamation resulting from a website appearing in Google’s search engine.
September 24 – Australia first qualified for the World Cup finals in 1974. It was a momentous achievement for a team of mainly immigrants, playing the game as part timers, who were written off as no-hopers.
September 24 – The English FA has launched an investigation into claims that Preston forward Milutin Osmajic bit Blackburn’s Owen Beck during their Championship match on Sunday.
September 24 – UEFA has admitted that the decision not to award a penalty for Marc Cucurella’s handball during Spain’s 2-1 extra-time victory over Germany in the Euro 2024 quarter-final was a mistake.
September 24 – Welsh club The New Saints, the first team from the Welsh leagues to ever qualify for European club competition, will play their league phase matches in the 2024/25 UEFA Conference League in England at the 9,875 capacity Croud Meadow, the home of Shrewsbury Town who play in England’s League 1.
September 24 – Manchester United are set to appoint architecture firm Foster + Partners to develop a ‘masterplan’ for the Old Trafford Stadium District, covering the club-owned land that surrounds the existing stadium.
September 24 – Bulgaria’s CSKA Sofia has begun the second stage of the reconstruction of the Bulgarian Army stadium in Sofia. Following the levelling of the old stadium, the club is now preparing for the construction of the new.
September 24 – Torrential rain has forced League 2 AFC Wimbledon’s Carabao Cup third-round tie against Newcastle United to be postponed due to a sinkhole caused by heavy flooding at the club’s Plough Lane stadium.
September 23 – North Korea’s return to international football post-pandemic has been nothing short of spectacular with the defeat of Japan 1-0 in the final of the U-20 Women’s World Cup to claim the tournament for a third time.
September 23 – The new company overseeing the top two tiers of English women’s football and title sponsor Barclays have agreed the biggest deal in the history of the domestic game.
September 23 – When FIFA announced the expansion of the Club World Cup, causing a widespread backlash from elite players and their unions over potential burnout, it slipped many peoples’ minds that a totally separate competition with a similar format to the old CWC was also on the calendar.