It is 25 years since the former England and Arsenal captain founded the Sporting Chance Clinic, helping athletes with addiction problems

A routine pre-season check revealed a life-threatening issue with the Portsmouth striker's aortic valve. This is his journey back to playing

Mandaric also saw success as the first owner of the San Jose Earthquakes, where George Best later played.

The proposal, which has support from Championship clubs, would see teams from fifth to eighth play additional one-off preliminary games.

Football can move at speed when it wants to - as Matt Slater reports in this week's column

Our EFL experts make their predictions as English football's second tier kicks off a new campaign this weekend

The midfielder talks to George Caulkin about his long Newcastle goodbye and why he would, finally, love to set foot inside the stadium again

Archibald Leitch passed away in 1939 but his legacy is still visible at football stadiums throughout Britain

Five clubs were fighting to stay in the second tier - so The Athletic went to watch them all on the final day of the season

What Matt Slater is hearing about the business side of the beautiful game from the Premier League, EFL and beyond

Manchester United have bold ambitions for their new stadium but it can be a long road to an artist's impression becoming reality

There are rights to be wronged against Millwall and QPR. The timing could not be better.

Eddie Howe eulogised him as 'relentless'. Now winger Ritchie tells George Caulkin how playing for Newcastle unlocked his limitless energy

The Athletic spent an action packed Saturday with the directors, engineers and commentators who bring EFL matches to the world

The numbers that show why Arsenal, Liverpool, Leeds and Wrexham had a very good year, and why Manchester United and Carlisle did not

Schmeichel, James, Cudicini, Leno, Alisson, Hart, Gordon and Pickford are all in the running

Brighton & Hove Albion striker Mark O’Mahony has returned from a season-long loan with Championship side Portsmouth to recover from a side strain.The 19-year-old suffered the injury coming on as a second-half substitute in last month’s 2-2 draw at Swansea. He will resume the loan with Portsmouth in January once he is fully fit again.O’Mahony has scored two goals in five starts and four substitute appearances in the second tier since moving to Fratton Park in the closing days of the summer transfer window at the end of August.The deal was finalised 24 hours after...

Forget physics, medicine, peace and all that serious stuff - it's time to recognise the best uncapped players of each Premier League season

Chelsea midfielder Tino Anjorin is in talks with Empoli over joining the Serie A club in a permanent transfer.Anjorin has progressed through the youth ranks at Stamford Bridge since joining their under-7s and has made five appearances for the senior side.The highly-rated 22-year-old has had loan spells at Lokomotiv Moscow (which included a buy option), Huddersfield Town and Portsmouth over the last three years but his game time has been severely restricted due to injury issues.Anjorin has just one year remaining on his current Chelsea deal and is ready to leave the club in order to get...

The Brentford midfielder believes loans at Forest Green and Portsmouth have done the trick - he now wants to prove himself to Thomas Frank