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The following is a list of most expensive association football transfers, which details the highest transfer fees ever paid for players, as well as transfers which set new world transfer records. The first confirmed record transfer was of Willie Groves from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa for £100 in 1893 [ 1 ] (equivalent to £14,000 in 2023).
Due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the football calendar, the summer window for transfers in Scotland ran from 14 July to 5 October. Those dates used the full 12-week period permitted by FIFA , and the governing bodies also authorised clubs outside the Premiership to make loan signings during October 2020.
7 September 2020: Andrův stadion, Olomouc (A) Czech Republic: 2–1 2020–21 Nations League: Lyndon Dykes, Ryan Christie: 0 [1] 786 8 October 2020: Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Israel: 0–0 Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs [note 1] — 0 [1] 787 11 October 2020: Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Slovakia: 1–0 2020–21 Nations League: Lyndon Dykes: 0 ...
This is a list of media commentators and writers in the United Kingdom on the sport of Association football. A number of football players have had a second career as writers or commentators. However, many commentators never played the game at a professional level such as Dale Rowlinson and Gaz Mallachan, yet they have gone on to become famous names associated with the game.
The 2020 English football summer transfer window ran from 27 July to 5 October 2020 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the football calendar. [1] Players without a club could be signed at any time, clubs could sign players on loan dependent on their league's regulations, and clubs could sign a goalkeeper on an emergency loan if they ...
This is a list of association football clubs with multiple consecutive promotions or relegations. For an association football club to achieve three consecutive promotions is somewhat rare, to achieve subsequent further promotions even rarer. Many football league systems are organised in a pyramid system, allowing league champions and, in many ...
A Scottish football league system was first instituted in 1890, with the creation of the Scottish Football League. A second national cup competition, the Scottish League Cup, was created in the 1946–47 season. This page details the team and individual records set in these competitions.
Football derby matches in the United Kingdom are often heated affairs, and violence is not uncommon. [6] [7] However, the matches and the rivalries they encompass are frequently listed among the best in the sport. [8] [9] A 2008 report showed that West Bromwich Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers was the number one rivalry in English football. [10]