October 13 – UEFA is preparing to open its next UEFA Champions League media rights tender (2027–2033) to the global streaming platforms such as Netflix, Apple, and Amazon Prime Video.
October 13 – Getting anything built in Berlin is never straightforward with 1. FC Union Berlin being another example of Berlin bureaucracy. After months of back-and-forth, the Berlin Senate has finally approved a revised plan for the long-awaited expansion of the Stadion An der Alten Försterei.
October 13 – Steven Gerrard has rejected an approach to return to Ibrox by citing that “the timing isn’t right” — a polite brush-off that, on closer inspection, points to deeper divisions within the club’s new hierarchy.
October 9 – The European Club Association (ECA) has renamed itself European Football Clubs (EFC), complete with a new brand identity.
The brand reveal was carried out at the association’s 32nd General Assembly in Rome yesterday with the EFC saying its new name “more clearly embodies and communicates who the organisation represents and what it stands for”.
October 8 – Israel’s World Cup qualifier next Tuesday in Italy is a flashpoint in a geopolitical storm. As the Azzurri prepare to host Israel at the Stadio Friuli in Udine next week, the buildup has been defined by protests, politics, and painful questions about the rights and wrongs of invasions and the war in Gaza.
October 8 – Charlton Athletic’s decision to extend its lease at both The Valley and Sparrows Lane until 2040 is a clear sign of how football is increasingly becoming a real estate game. In a sport once ruled purely by results on the pitch, the battleground has shifted toward land, leases, and long-term asset control.
October 4 – Liga Portugal has approved its accounts for the 2024-25 season reporting an operating profit of €230,000, and agreeing a budget for the 2025-26 which, if met, will record record revenues.
October 5 – Serie A club Juventus announced Friday that three Parma supporters have been banned from the Allianz Stadium after directing racist abuse at Weston McKennie during the club’s opening match of the Serie A season.
October 6 – Rangers are searching for their fourth manager of 2025 after dismissing Russell Martin just 17 games into his tenure, following a string of poor results that have left the club 11 points adrift from the top of the Scottish Premiership.
October 6 – Milan Mandaric, the businessman whose drive and affection for the game reshaped clubs on both sides of the Atlantic, has died aged 87 after a short illness.
October 3 – The UEFA Women’s Champions League kicks off next week and with it the first-ever Women’s Champions League Fantasy Football game.
October 3 – The Serbian FA (FSS) is progressing on its promise to improve infrastructure at stadiums across the country with the distribution of pitch maintenance machinery to football clubs throughout the country. A handover and a training session with the new equipment took place at the FSS Sports Centre in Stara Pazova.
October 1 – There are only a few football stadiums in the world that stir the soul, and the San Siro, in Milan is one of those cathedrals however after a marathon 12-hour debate that stretched into the early hours, the historic venue may be entering its final chapter.
September 29 – Union Berlin’s hopes of transforming the Stadion An der Alten Försterei into a 40,500-capacity ground have been cut down to size after objections from the Berlin Senate.
September 24 – FC Barcelona’s long-awaited return to the redeveloped Nou Camp has suffered another setback after the city council rejected the club’s request for an essential operating permit this week, as the one-year anniversary of the stadium’s originally targeted re-opening date of November 2024 approaches.