October 9 – The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has reported its strongest financial performance to date, distributing a record £42 million to clubs according to its newly-released annual accounts.
October 9 – English Premier League club Arsenal have renewed their partnership with Dirt Is Good – the Unilever-owned brand known globally under names such as OMO, Persil, and Surf Excel.
October 9 – Barcelona midfielder Frankie de Jong has criticised the decision by LaLiga to host a league meeting between his club and Villarreal in Miami on December 20, 2025.
October 9 – English Premier League side Manchester City have announced a US-exclusive media collaboration with Paramount+, which will see the streaming service’s branding and content feature across the club’s US-focused digital and social media channels throughout their 2025/26 UEFA Champions League campaign (UCL).
October 9 – The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) has threatened to revoke the professional licences of First League side Spartak Varna and Second League club Pirin Blagoevgrad due to their failure to repay debts.
October 9 – Los Angeles’ burgeoning love affair with football has just gone airborne. Skyline Pitch, a new rooftop soccer experience, has officially opened atop The Americana at Brand in Glendale, California, turning a plain parking structure on top of a mall into one of the city’s most desirable locations for the ‘beautiful game.’
October 9 – UEFA is preparing to take a page from the National Football League’s (NFL) playbook as the most lucrative broadcast rights sale in European football history is just around the corner.
October 9 – Serie A giants AC Milan have confirmed the renewal of their partnership with Socios.com, the blockchain-based fan engagement platform.
October 9 – Denver Summit FC, the newest franchise in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), have announced that Jump, a unified fan experience platform purpose-built for sports, will be their exclusive fan experience and ticketing partner.
October 7 – The Croatian Football Federation (HNS) has launched an automatic cryptocurrency rewards programme for supporters, becoming the first national body to integrate digital tokens directly into a fan loyalty scheme.
October 7 – Heineken has extended its partnership with the UEFA Women’s Champions League in a new five-season agreement that will run until June 2030, continuing its support for the competition that began in 2021.
October 7 – The restructured 2025/26 UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL) reaches the League Phase with a plethora of major broadcast deals penned by Europe’s governing body.
October 7 – The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) has announced a long-awaited return to profitability, posting a net gain of $9.48million for the 2023/24 financial year.
October 7 – FIFPRO has criticised FIFA and its governance system, calling the executive presidents of various footballing institutions one of the “root problems” of governance issues in the sport.
October 7 – The worlds of football, music, and fashion have never been closer bedfellows, and GOAL, the global football media brand, is launching GOAL Projects which will bridge sport and style through a series of creative collaborations.