Tom Burrows

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[Tom Burrows @TBurrows16]

I spent four months in the company of #Millwall captain Jake Cooper

It was an eventful period that ended with a painful defeat in the playoffs this week

This tells the story of that time and what life looks like for an EFL footballer

(Free to read)

https://t.co/XFFLdp5BkN

[Laurie Whitwell @lauriewhitwell]

Emotional exit by Michael Carrick as fans sing his name. A farewell?

Supporters turn on players once Carrick down tunnel.

#MUFC

[Tom Burrows @TBurrows16]

🔺 Gabriel’s importance to Arsenal
🔺 Odegaard in outstanding form
🔺 How Gyokeres fared on his first PL start this campaign
🔺 Arsenal’s first set piece goal this season

The key takeaways from Arsenal’s 2-0 victory over Everton with @ArtdeRoche

https://t.co/QiGF6DY3KU

[Tom Burrows @TBurrows16]

A fitting tribute to Arsenal life president Ken Friar before today’s match at the Emirates

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Who should win the men’s Ballon d’Or?

That's the question our reporters asked 100 people in football — players and managers, past and present, coaches, sporting directors, scouts, presidents and other executives from around the world.

There were some slightly eyebrow-raising selections.

A current Bundesliga sporting director voted for Declan Rice in second place.

A former international player and manager picked Marc Cucurella in third.

A former Premier League coach chose Marquinhos in third place.

The winner? Harry Kane. By some margin.

📝 @NickMiller79, @Conor0Neill_

Free to read 🆓 https://t.co/7MCZmWlPNU

[Tom Burrows @TBurrows16]

Galatasaray fans celebrate their 4-2 win in Lille tonight outside the Stade Pierre-Mauroy

Their first victory in this season’s Champions League

[Tom Burrows @TBurrows16]

Lille home supporters hold up a banner reading 'Lille contre les casseurs, soutien aux commercants' ('Lille against the vandals, support for the shopkeepers') following last weekend’s riots 

LOSC had been leading Galatasaray 2-1, but currently trail 4-2

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

FIFA’s controversial Peace Prize could be scrapped at the end of the year — only 12 months after U.S. President Donald Trump received the award.

Full story from @Dan_Sheldon_ — free to read ⬇️

https://t.co/qV2Edv18yL

[Tom Burrows @TBurrows16]

Report from Lyon, where Pierre Sage had an unhappy homecoming

His first nine games at Crystal Palace has seen 33 goals. There’s no shortage of entertainment under the Frenchman, but too much of it is coming at Palace’s expense

Brighton (a) next

#CPFC

https://t.co/DPfSDYiVvi

[Tom Burrows @TBurrows16]

Chants of ‘Pierre Sage’ from the home Lyon supporters at the Groupama Stadium

Not the homecoming the Crystal Palace manager wanted this evening. A much improved second half for Palace, but so open defensively again

#OLCRY

[Tom Burrows @TBurrows16]

▪️ How Arteta's triple change had the desired effect (again)
▪️ The power of the Arsenal bench
▪️ Eze's first goal of the season
▪️ The Madueke left/right wing conundrum

#AFC briefing from their 3-0 #UCL victory over Lille with @LiamTharmeCoach

https://t.co/Iv8thxzpkH

[Tom Burrows @TBurrows16]

A warm reception for Olivier Giroud on his return to the Emirates tonight

Now 40 years old, Giroud scored 105 goals for Arsenal over almost six years

[Tom Burrows @TBurrows16]

Rui Pinto - the Portuguese whistleblower whose leaks led to the investigation into Manchester City - features in the new mural in the tunnel outside the Emirates Stadium

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

For the first time since Manchester City were found guilty of more than 100 Premier League charges, supporters of English top-flight teams returned to stadiums this weekend, with City's fate inevitably a hot topic of conversation.

We spoke to fans at Premier League games up and down the country to find out how they feel about City now - and what sanctions they feel would be fair if an appeal fails.

📝 @TBurrows16

Free to read: https://t.co/FT8h1mdoK3

[Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_]

Nothing will keep this story and the pressure for sanctions stronger than Man City continually winning and being dominant. It’s going to be the season-long drumbeat. Even more so if they did know in summer about this and went even harder in transfer market as a result.

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Manchester United fans will welcome back the historic Stretford End ‘ticker’ for Saturday’s home game against Tottenham Hotspur.

The flag first appeared hanging from the newly built upper tier of the Stretford End in 2000 with ‘24 YEARS’ — marking when rivals Manchester City had last won a trophy, their 1976 League Cup triumph — but was taken down after City won the FA Cup in 2011, by which time it had risen to ‘35 YEARS’.

📝 @AndyMitten

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[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

🚨 Exclusive: The Friedkin Group (TFG) is open to a full sale of Everton as it seeks external investment in the Premier League club.

More from @David_Ornstein

🔗 https://t.co/exeX5KRCc2

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

How did Manchester City introduce 'sham' spending?

What was the extent of it?

How much did it increase over nine years?

In the first part of a special four-part series, @CWeatherspoon_ explains the numbers behind the financial scandal engulfing the Premier League leaders.

Free to read: https://t.co/behKO4W5Mj

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Southampton head coach Tonda Eckert has been given a suspended six-week ban by the FA after its investigation into the ‘Spygate’ scandal that saw the club kicked out of the Championship play-off final in May.

More from @David_Ornstein

🔗 https://t.co/0Xj4vWfLFJ

[Jacob Whitehead @jwhitey98]

Exclusive: Inside #MCFC vs the Premier League

🔷 How Manchester City were hacked
🔷 The story behind the club's defence
🔷 Bitter battle to prevent disclosure
🔷 Breaches of almost £100m in a single season
🔷 True significance of Aguero's famous goal

https://t.co/WC3vUTYdwk

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Manchester City have lodged their appeal against the verdict delivered by the independent regulatory commission which found them guilty of almost all charges relating to breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules.

More from @JordanC1107

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