Shifted into a new false nine role by Luis Enrique midway through last season, Ousmane Dembele responded with an astonishing burst of goal-scoring form. On Monday night, the momentum propelled him to the sport’s ultimate individual honour. ✍️ @tomwfootball.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/4gCwnRm

Ousmane Dembele’s sudden emergence as a goal-scorer thrust him into the spotlight, but it was his tireless work as leader of PSG’s press that truly made him their poster boy. Piece for @theathleticfc.bsky.social on the newest member of football’s most exclusive club www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...

Guardiola/Arteta. Rodri/Zubimendi. Haaland/Gyokeres. Real Sergio Georgini feel to Arsenal v Man City these days.

🚨FRIDAY POD!🚨 @acjimbo.bsky.social, @cdeccleshare.bsky.social, @jacklang.bsky.social & @tomwfootball.bsky.social take in Thursday night Champions League: 😲Rashford sinks Newcastle 🍒Can Semenyo do similar? 🔥Haaland heads to Arsenal 📽️Mourinho: this time it's personal pod.fo/e/32d99b

Strasbourg are fifth in Ligue 1, in Europe for the first time in 20 years and enjoying the fruits of a €160m stadium renovation. And some of their fans are livid. Piece for @theathleticfc.bsky.social on the fall-out from Emanuel Emegha’s decision to sign for Chelsea www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...

Our readers have sent us suggestions for the greatest men's goals of all time and we've produced a shortlist of 256 of the best. They've been randomly assigned into 64 groups of 4, with the winner of each progressing through to the next round. Vote: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Bradley Barcola has just taken one of the worst penalties I have ever seen.

Very creditable performance by Marseille after all the upheaval of recent weeks. Deserved to lose on balance but a pity to lose to such a soft penalty

Dani Carvajal sent off for a blatant headbutt on Geronimo Rulli. Yet more evidence of the giant refereeing conspiracy against Real Madrid.

Can anyone stop PSG in the Champions League? We've got @tomwfootball.bsky.social on ROUTE ONE today discussing that. We've also got @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social weighing up Spurs' chances of survival. pod.fo/e/32b9ec

Very enjoyable chat with @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @andpscott.bsky.social for Across the Channel podcast 👍👍 We talk Marseille's Bernabeu challenge, PSG's injuries, French refs 🤨, Strasbourg's Emegha protests, Ethan Mbappé, Tyler Morton and much more 😍 open.spotify.com/episode/1Jbd...

🚨MONDAY POD!🚨 @acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @jaydmharris.bsky.social & @tomwfootball.bsky.social dissect a delicious Premier League weekend: ✅Haaland + Donnarumma's derby delight ✅Yes to Madueke ✅Ya to Bergvall ❌No goals for Villa pod.fo/e/32a8ee

Surely he’s not gone on strike already

🚨 MONDAY POD! 🚨 Rather a lot for @acjimbo.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social, @mattdaviesadams.bsky.social & @zonal-marking.bsky.social to get stuck into, including... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Unspectacular England 🇦🇷 Emotional goodbyes 💥 Standout WSL debuts 🕳️ Pesky sinkholes pod.fo/e/326df2

The new ROUTE ONE is here, we're speaking to @polballus.bsky.social about some wobbly Barca games, @tomwfootball.bsky.social about Lyon suddenly being good and Feargal Brennan about tonight's Spain game. pod.fo/e/324e0a

Thoroughly convincing 1-0 win for Wales. Definitely wasn’t worried when Kazakhstan hit the crossbar twice.

Neves completes his hat-trick with an absolute rocket into the top-right corner from the edge of the box. A uniquely brilliant treble. And he has equalled his tally of league goals from last season in the space of a single game

Joao Neves having a game for the ages at Toulouse tonight: two (2) goals from overhead kicks in the space of seven minutes – both teed up by a touch on the chest, the second even better than the first. Over 70 minutes remaining for him to complete one of the most ridiculous hat-tricks of all time.

🚨 THURSDAY POD!🚨 A jam-packed show for @acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @colinmillar.bsky.social... 🎣 A Grimsby battering w/ @lloydgriffith.bsky.social 😳 Man United's new nadir w/ @lauriewhitwell.bsky.social 🔥 Liverpool v Arsenal preview pod.fo/e/31fde4

Going to be seeing this photo again aren’t we

Manchester United, a post-satire football club for a post-satire age.

𝑸𝑼𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑺? 🤔 @acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @colinmillar.bsky.social gathering for a chinwag tomorrow morning ahead of another busy weekend of that old football malarkey... Plenty of midweek action to reflect on too! Any thoughts or queries? 💬

🚨MONDAY POD!🚨 It's @acjimbo.bsky.social, @danielstorey85.bsky.social, @adrianjclarke.bsky.social & @markcarey93.bsky.social 🎙️ 💪Two out of two for tenacious Tottenham 🧑‍🎓Dowmania at Arsenal 🏟️Everton's winning start with @tomwfootball.bsky.social 🧩Fernandes not fitting in at #MUFC? pod.fo/e/31c4ad

After finishing second last time out, Marseille went into this season being tipped as potential title contenders. But it would take just one game for things to blow up in spectacular fashion. Piece for @theathleticfc.bsky.social on the latest mad week at the Velodrome www.nytimes.com/athletic/656...

Predicted that West Ham would go down this season but starting to think that that was actually a bit too optimistic.

Meanwhile in Ligue 1, this preposterously hench fourth official (Mickael Leleu) has just come on as a replacement for the referee in PSG v Angers

My esteemed friend @mattspiro.bsky.social has launched a new podcast about Ligue 1 and I was honoured to appear on Episode 1 along with the equally esteemed @andpscott.bsky.social. Get it in your ears!

Friends! Today our new ‘extra’ Totally show debuts! It’s for your idler moments. There’s; - zero talk about the weekends games - zero transfer news - nostalgic chat about Super Mario, accidental WiFi password details & a recipe for Jesus pasta Hope you enjoy! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

A VAR controversy inside the first 14 minutes. Football is back.

🚨2025-26 SEASON PREVIEW (PT 2)!🚨 Jam-packed full of goodness with @acjimbo.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social, @danielstorey85.bsky.social & Tim Spiers plus... 🐈‍⬛ Return of the Mackems w/ @cweatherspoon.bsky.social 🔴 MUFC will be better... surely? w/ @lauriewhitwell.bsky.social pod.fo/e/313760

Vitinha successfully sending the entire goal the wrong way.

Extremely rare to see Lucas Chevalier make a mistake like that so of course he does that on his PSG debut.

PSG, who've had no pre-season, unsurprisingly playing like a team who've had no pre-season.

It is the year of our Lord 2025 and people are still shortening Luis Enrique's name to 'Enrique'

New ROUTE ONE is up. Spurs have had a very difficult weekend, is it time to worry, @windycoys.bsky.social? Can Atletico Madrid win La Liga?The Outsiders is back with @dermotmcorrigan.bsky.social And is Strasbourg a multi-club success story? We ask @tomwfootball.bsky.social 
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🏆INTER TOTALLY CUP FINAL!🏆 The season officially ends with @acjimbo.bsky.social hosting the conclusion of our 6th annual quizzing competition 🧠 This year offers up the latest chapter in the storied rivalry between @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @mrcharliejones.bsky.social 🥊 pod.fo/e/3070a4

The first episode of Route One is LIVE! We’ve got Lynsey Hooper on the Lionesses, @sebsb.bsky.social on Leverkusen and @afhstewart.bsky.social on Brighton’s £30m 18 year old Greek kid. And are West Ham going down? I think so. What do you think? Listen right here: pod.fo/e/3040b5

🚨BRAND NEW POD!🚨 Get some @acjimbo.bsky.social, @zonal-marking.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @mattdaviesadams.bsky.social in your ears... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 AGYEMANG! 🇪🇸 Bonmatí magic 🔴 How good can Ekitike be at #LFC? 🤔 Will Gyökeres fit at #Arsenal? 🔙 25 years since *that* Figo transfer pod.fo/e/301a49

Imagine going into journalism to argue that not enough civilians have been killed in a war crime.

England 6-1 Wales but Wales scored the best goal so who can say who really won

The half-time show in the Club World Cup final is the worst thing that has ever happened in the history of football.

🚨BRAND NEW POD!🚨 It's @acjimbo.bsky.social, @jameshorncastle.bsky.social, Natalie Gedra & @tomwfootball.bsky.social! 😍Can Chelsea (or anyone) stop PSG? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England 4-0 Netherlands with @charpur.bsky.social 🏆@danielstorey85.bsky.social v @zonal-marking.bsky.social Inter Totally! pod.fo/e/2f9180

Lyon's relegation to Ligue 2 overturned on appeal by the DNCG.

Referees announcing decisions to the stadium following a VAR review might just be the most pointless innovation in football history.

🎙️ 45mins wasn’t long enough to address all the recent John Textor-related news (didn’t get to the Eagle IPO or him sacking Botafogo’s coach) but me, @mattwoosie.bsky.social @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @aakinwo.bsky.social gave it a good go. Lyon, Palace, DNCG, UEFA, Ares, Kang etc pod.fo/e/2f2600

If only there were half the outrage over Israeli soldiers shooting starving people queuing for food as there has been towards some rappers mouthing off at Glastonbury, we'd be in a very different place

Killer pass for all four Man City goals tonight has been the pass before the assist rather than the assist itself. Unusual but pleasing.