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Sheffield United could incur a 12-point deduction after the company used to buy the club was placed into liquidation by the High Court on Wednesday.
COH Sports Bidco Limited (CSBL) agreed to purchase the Championship club for just over £100m in December 2024 but about £35m was still owed on the deal.
A winding-up petition was filed last month against CSBL by United World – the club’s former owners.
CSBL
After all the summer talk in various media outlets about the negative effect that Spygate was going to have on Southampton’s season, it was nice to actually start the Championship campaign, hopefully win the first game, and give everybody something else to talk about.
However, this is Southampton on the opening day. To many, it may have been a surprise that we lost to Watford, but look at our opening‑day
Burnley manager Nicky Hayen has told Zian Flemming he should stay with the Clarets despite being linked with a possible Premier League move.
Coventry, Leeds and Brentford are reportedly interested in Flemming, who scored two late goals to salvage a point against West Ham in the Championship on Sunday.
Hayen said it would now be harder to hang on to the 28-year-old Dutch striker, who joined Burnley from Millwall for
West Ham United have signed striker Joel Piroe from Leeds United on a season-long loan, with an obligation to buy in the summer of 2027.
The 27-year-old scored 73 times in the Championship over four seasons, first with Swansea City before a move to Leeds United, where he was the club’s top scorer in the 2024-25 season to help them win the title.
However, he failed to find the net
Former Wolverhampton Wanderers captain Mike Bailey has died at the age of 84 after a long illness.
The midfielder, who was capped twice by England, started his career at Charlton Athletic before moving to Molineux in 1966.
He made 436 appearances and scored 25 goals for Wolves, lifting the League Cup in 1974, after helping the West Midlands club reach the Uefa Cup final two years earlier.
In his final
My biggest nagging worry is that while the expulsion from the play-off final in May has become a galvanising factor for fans and players alike, is there a quietly bigger impact on that let-down for the players in the back of their minds?
Has it punctured their resolve slightly knowing they have got to go uphill again for nine months to get where they want to be? Will bad moments
Manchester United midfielder Toby Collyer is in talks with West Bromwich Albion about returning to The Hawthorns on a permanent basis.
Collyer has been part of Michael Carrick’s squad during pre-season and featured in the second half of last week’s draw with Leeds United at Croke Park as Mason Mount was unavailable because of injury.
However, it had been anticipated all summer that Collyer would eventually leave Old Trafford.
Talks
It has been almost 13 weeks since Southampton were unceremoniously expelled from last season’s Championship play-off final, but the full fallout from the scandal remains to be seen.
Saints were docked four points as part of their punishment – and after this defeat, that deficit remains – but the FA’s investigation into head coach Tonda Eckert rumbles on.
BBC Sport has been told that an FA hearing is likely to
On Monday, United World issued a statement in which it claimed the creation of 1919 Partners LLC was “an attempt to avoid paying CSBL’s creditors”.
It added that since the winding-up order was issued no offer has been made to settle the debt and that Rosen and Eltoukhy are “trying to take the club without paying for it”.
Sources close to the Sheffield United ownership then issued a statement which
Midfielder Casper De Norre says trying to replicate last season’s impressive away form will be vital for Millwall to challenge for the Championship play-off spots again.
The Lions boasted the best away record in the division in the 2025-26 campaign with 41 points from 23 games on the road, while only champions Coventry City picked up as many wins (11).
Alex Neil’s side started the new season with an impressive