Exclusive by Alessandro Schiavone in Hoffenheim Vladimir Coufal has lifted the lid on West Ham’s interminable demise, citing the club’s delusion as a key factor. There was a time, not so long ago, when West Ham were regularly playing in Europe. Alongside winning the Conference League in 2024, the Hammers also reached the semi-final and the quarter-final of the Europa League in 2022 and 2024 respectively. Yet a ninth-place finish in 2024 was no longer deemed as good enough f

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium: Picture by @CapFootballUK Tottenham Hotspur's latest battle to survive the dreaded drop to the Championship next season saw stalemate against Leeds United. Spurs have a two point advantage over fellow strugglers West Ham United who were edged out by Arsenal in a dramatic meeting on on Sunday. Both London sides have two more games to bookend their Premier League campaign with relegation issues potentially going to the final day on 24 May. Here, Capti

High stakes at the Den, but there was no happy ending for the Lions : Picture by Richard Cawley Championship play-off second leg Millwall (0) 0 Hull City (0) 2 Belloumi 64 Gelhardt 79 The Championship doesn’t do predictable scripts. Millwall found that out on Tuesday night. After a 0-0 draw on Humberside, the Lions were hot favourites to reach their first ever play-off final at this level. But Hull City, who only moved back into sixth place on the last day of the regulation c