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It’s been a summer of change at St James’ Park. Manager Eddie Howe left following a very successful period in charge of the Magpies that included two Champions League campaigns and a domestic trophy for the first time in 70 years.

On the back of a gruelling season which ended in a disappointing 12th place finish, Howe felt he could take the team no further

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After nearly 40 odd days of action-packed football across three countries, the World Cup is finally done and dusted, with Spain beating defending champions Argentina 1-0 in the final. The new Premier League season is however only about a month away, and we’ll see Arsenal, coached by Spaniard Mikel Arteta, defend the crown they won last season.

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There are few more thankless tasks in football than succeeding a manager who has defined an era. David Moyes found that out the hard way at Manchester United in 2013 when he replaced the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson. Whoever steps into Pep Guardiola’s shoes at the Etihad Stadium- now that it’s confirmed that he is leaving the club, will face a version of the same challenge, and one magnified by the scale of what the Spaniard has achieved during his tenure with the Citizens.

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A peculiar kind of ennui takes over the moment the referee blows for halftime. It’s an opportunity for the players on the field to go down the tunnel and hear a tactical breakdown. However, the “Half-Time Huddle” is only getting started for the thousands of spectators in the grandstand or the people crammed three deep at the local pub’s bar. The strain of the game and the hectic speed of contemporary life collide in this fifteen-minute blur.

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Their hopes of a quadruple might have been shattered by a disappointing League Cup final defeat to Man City at Wembley a few days ago, but Arsenal are still very much alive in the other competitions, and April could make or break their season. It’s been a very promising campaign so far for the Gunners, but could all come to nothing if results don’t go their way in the next few weeks.

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Another round of Premier League action is done and dusted, and we had some very interesting results in Week 31. There were eight games played (City and AFC didn’t feature because of the League Cup final)

Toffees dream of Europe

After surviving relegation by the skin of their teeth over the last few seasons, even the most die-hard Everton fans wouldn’t have expected their team to push for Europe this campaign. However manager David Moyes has engineered quite the turnaround at the club and striker Beto’s brace saw them convincingly beat Chelsea 3-0 at home.

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Here is a look at the 2025-26 current season Premier League table as it stood on 1st January 2026 (on New Year’s day).

This was also the PL log at the half-way stage of the current 25/26 season (19 of 38 rounds had been played at this stage of the campaign)

Premier League standings on 1st Jan 2026 (New Year PL log)

Arsenal league position on New Year’s Day 2026

Arsenal were top of the Premier League table on January 1, 2026, four points ahead of second-placed Manchester City at the half-way stage of the 2025-26 league season.

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Liverpool’s stuttering league campaign took another turn for the worse as they were beaten at home by Nottingham Forest in Week 12. Forest have already changed managers twice this season, but the third one in the hot seat- Sean Dyche, orchestrated a stunning 3-0 away win for the visitors.

For Liverpool, things have continued to go pear-sharped since Week 5, and this 3-0 reverse represents their heaviest home defeat under Arne Slot. The Reds had 75% of possession and 20 total shots, but it all amounted to nothing on the scorecard as goals from Murillo, Savona and Gibbs-White gave Forest a famous victory and pulled the visitors out of the drop zone.

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The 2024/25 Premier League season was one to forget for both Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. United endured their worst-ever league finish, slumping to 15th place, managing just 9 wins. Their campaign was a catalogue of misfires, humiliating losses, a lack of goals, and tactical confusion. In one standout statistic, United only managed to score just over 40 goals- champions and bitter rivals Liverpool netted nearly twice as many as the Red Devils!.

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The new Premier League season is just upon us and that means discussions are already underway on who will score the most goals in the upcoming league campaign.

Last season, Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah scored 29 goals to win his fourth Golden Boot award. However, will the Reds forward be able to retain his title? We look at who the four favourites are to win the Golden Boot this season.

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Few would’ve expected Chelsea to emerge winners at the Club World Cup this summer in the US, but Enzo Maresca’s side defied the odds and became the first side to be crowned World Champions under the new expanded tournament format.

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Expectations were low at Anfield at the beginning of last season when Arne Slot took over as new manager from the outgoing Jurgen Klopp. At a high-profile club like Liverpool, there’s always a bit of time that players take to get used to a new coach. However, the Dutch gaffer slotted in pretty seamlessly and took the Reds to the league title in his very first season at the club.

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Struggling Ipswich Town will lock horns with high-flying Nottingham Forest for the second time this month, but this time around at Portman Road in their final league game of the month before the international break.

The two sides met at the City Ground in the FA Cup earlier this month, with Forest prevailing in the shootout after the game had ended 1-1 in normal time.

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