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Trickle-down economics won’t help the EFL
Birmingham City owner Tom Wagner says big clubs “have to be protected at all costs”, in order to help the pyramid. I’ll believe that when I see it.
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“It’s payback time” – Kieran Maguire on why the EFL and Premier League are joining forces against Leicester
The football finance expert tells NTT20.COM that the Foxes could face not one but two sets of points deductions...
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Managers: prove yourselves by improving players
EFL clubs are signing a whole new XI every single summer, when the solutions they seek might be in the building already
72 Things I Want To See In The EFL In 2025/26
Things to look out for ahead of the 2025/26 EFL season, from breakout stars to Basque away kits.
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Championship managers: so many names, so little time
This summer, more than half a dozen clubs will rip it up and begin again – but who to choose, from an ever-expanding pool of coaches?
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Wembley ticket prices – what are we doing here?
Sheffield United and Sunderland fans are forking out to watch a Championship play-off final that still doesn't have a kick-off time
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CONTROL: The danger in having it all
Burnley’s risk-averse style is creating less joy, more division, but is it self-defeating as well as dull? And could Birmingham end up going the same…
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How to fix the EFL international window
Postponements in League One are inconvenient for fans and can be all too convenient for clubs – Huw Davies looks for a solution
Is possession overrated?
Huw Davies looks at the teams proving you can win at football without having the football, and asks if we even want short passing.
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Higher or lower: Boro, Bristol City, Norwich, Northampton, Salford & Tranmere
Six clubs are W2 D2 L2 – Huw Davies assesses/guesses which of them will end up on the right side of average
Who won the anti-transfer window?
From Leeds down to Morecambe via Wrexham’s “boring superpower”, retaining players can be as important as signing them
A New Nostalgia: the EFL’s overseas signings
Clubs have brought in players from leagues in 29 different countries this summer – and it’s bloody exciting
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