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The summer signing endured a nightmare Premier League debut for Villa in Sunday's 4-0 demolition at Brighton.
24.08.26Matchday
Analysis from The Hawthorns as Albion maintain their 100% record at the start of the Championship season with a comfortable win over Burnley
Despite a good performance at the SMH Group Stadium on Sunday, the newly-promoted Spireites suffered their first loss of the 2026/27 season at the hands of Sutton Coldfield Town Women.
23.08.26Matchday
The Villa striker was not involved at the Amex amid the ongoing uncertainty surrounding his future.
Now that the dust is beginning to settle on Sunderland’s 2-1 opening-day defeat at Portman Road, there is plenty to unpick from what was ultimately a hugely frustrating afternoon in Suffolk. The defeat feels all the more disappointing because Sunderland were more than capable of leaving Ipswich with at least a point.
23.08.26Analysis
Lee Bonis bagged his first goal of the campaign as Chesterfield ran out deserved winners at League Two promotion favourites Salford City on Saturday.
23.08.26Opinion
Brighton made a flying start to their Premier League campaign, sweeping aside Aston Villa 4-0 at the Amex Stadium.
A satisfying and hard-fought win for the O’s in a game that at times lacked quality but was nevertheless enjoyable.
23.08.26News
Unai Emery's side lost 4-0 on the south coast in the opening game of the Premier League season, with Joao Gomes sent off on his Villa debut.
West Bromwich Albion boss James Morrison discussed with the press his side's brilliant performance and result against Burnley at The Hawthorns and his absent personnel
Taking a look at the good and the bad from Wycombe's first home league match of the season against Plymouth Argyle.
West Bromwich Albion swept aside newly relegated Burnley with gusto at The Hawthorns on Sunday
The Wolves head coach was happy with many aspects of Wolves’ display but says there is plenty still to work on after an encouraging win on the road in Lancashire.
The winger sifts through what happened during Blues opener at home and reveals why he's ready to go from the off, as a player who needs rhythm and momentum
Bolton Wanderers secured a battling point in the capital as they drew 0-0 with Queens Park Rangers. Jack Bonham and Chris Forino starred in the defensive performance that saw Steven Schumacher's team deal with waver-after-wave of QPR attacks. From the starting XI to the substitutes, here's our full player ratings.
Leicester City’s first home league game of the season was a very difficult watch as they fell to a dreadful 2-1 defeat to Burton Albion. Rob Hayes has the unenviable task of picking out five things we learned from the defeat.
With the start of the WSL2 campaign just a fortnight away, here’s the fifth instalment of our weekly roundup of Leicester City Women’s pre-season.
The Phoenix hosted our first ever live event this week – An Evening With Michael Doyle and Liam Kelly. They had plenty to say about some of their former teammates...
23.08.26Features
Bolton Wanderers boss Steven Schumacher has confirmed that Luca Stephenson will miss some time, whilst Akin Famewo, who left the pitch at half-time yesterday, will need to be assessed.
AS IT HAPPENED REPORT: Albion strike back in style with three-goal blitz after newly relegated Burnley take the lead in a Championship cracker at a sold-out Hawthorns
The Lisbon-born midfielder collapsed on the pitch during pre-season game for Real Sport Clube and later died in hospital
The Moonraker runs the rule over the individuals performances of the Swindon Town players during their win over Cheltenham Town in League Two.
Gareth Ainsworth says more summer signings are a must as Gillingham look to recover from the sale of two players, and injuries to nine more, at the start of the campaign.
MATCHDAY 2: Gills boss waxed lyrical about the support his team received at Fleetwood as Gillingham picked up their first league point of the season.
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