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Salary caps and squad restrictions are seemingly ‘imminent’ in the EFL after clubs voted in favour of reducing the threshold required to change financial rules. The EFL are considering limiting the amount clubs in all three divisions can spend on player wages, alongside a potential limit of just 20 players …

Andy Cole has branded Graeme Souness a ‘bully’ and has hit out at the pundit’s agenda against Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba. Cole endured a difficult relationship with Souness during his time playing under the Scot at Blackburn, with the forward previously revealing he left the club after being ‘victimised’ …

They are two of the Premier League’s legendary players, but Alan Shearer’s early experiences of playing with David Ginola were exasperating, the all-time leading scorer admitting he lost his rag with the Frenchman. Ginola arrived in English football in 1995, joining Kevin Keegan’s exciting Newcastle United side, and catching the …

First came the phone call, then a fruit basket. Both were appreciated by Jason Wilcox as he lay prone in a hospital bed. With his right leg in a brace and doubts about a future in the game rattling around his head, the hours after surgery on his ruptured cruciate …

Since the Premier League began in 1992, there have been a total of 28,642 goals across 10,974 games.  So it’s only natural that some of them are long forgotten by now, such is the breadth of brilliant scores over that period and the permeability of human memory. It’s only right, …

In the final edition of our three-part series on the most iconic imagery in Premier League history, we take a look back on the decade just gone.  Football photography has managed to capture some of the most memorable and iconic moments in the sport’s history in ways that have imprinted …

We’re continuing our nostalgic trip through the Premier League archives, rewinding back to the mid-nineties for a season which saw financially backed Blackburn Rovers upset the established elite to claim a first league title in 81 years. Elsewhere Alan Shearer claimed the first Golden Boot of his record-breaking career, whilst …

There can be no disputing the importance of a great goalkeeper to any side and throughout the Premier League years we’ve seen some sensational shot-stoppers in England’s top tier, a series of commanding figures acting as the last line of defence. Goalkeeper’s remain a unique and perhaps under-appreciated part of …

Football photography has managed to capture some of the most memorable and iconic moments in the sport’s history in ways that have imprinted on our minds for the rest of our lives. 

Our latest nostalgic trip down memory lane continues with another look at past editions of the PFA Team of the Year, the Premier League’s prestigious best XI as voted for by their fellow professionals. This rewind takes us back to the early days of the Premier League era, the second …