English Football League news

Lisa Nandy, secretary of state at the UK government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) gave a speech to the sector this week at ... More

The FA Cup final in May could be played in front of 20,000 football fans, as part of a programme of test events designed to ... More

Plans by Forest Green Rovers Football Club (FGRFC) to play its games at the world’s first entirely wooden stadium have been approved by the English ... More

Leaders of major English sports have told MPs that they are set to lose more than £700m between them over the next 12 months. Appearing ... More

The UK government has begun stepping up its plans for the return of sport, according to culture secretary Oliver Dowden. Dowden revealed that the DCMS ... More

The UK government has launched a "major effort" to tackle loneliness and social isolation during the coronavirus outbreak. Led by Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, the ... More

Groundskeeping teams at English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and Premiership rugby side Northampton Saints are among the winners of this year's Institute of Groundsmanship ... More

English Football League (EFL) club Coventry City FC has revealed that it is again looking at moving to a new home – and that it ... More

Rick Parry, the English Premier League's first chief executive, has been named as chair designate of the English Football League (EFL). Parry, who oversaw the ... More

Financially troubled Bury Football Club has been expelled by the English Football League (EFL) after it failed to secure a new owner. The indebted club ... More

A new campaign will use football to help people with mental health problems get more physically active and improve their mental wellbeing. Nine English Football ... More

One of England's oldest, existing professional football clubs is facing extinction and expulsion from the English Football League (EFL). The troubled Bury Football Club, which ... More

Proposals for the new Woking Community Stadium have gone on public display. Local residents have been asked for their opinions on the plans, which would ... More

A group of 12 English Football League (EFL) clubs have launched a programme looking to tackle loneliness and inactivity among older fans. The initiative will ... More

Bolton Wanderers Football Club (BWFC) is set to enter administration after talks to find a new owner collapsed. Current owner and chair Ken Anderson had ... More

Shaun Harvey has revealed plans to step down from his position as CEO of the EFL (English Football League) at the end of the season. ... More

Thai businessman Dejphon Chansiri has said he's putting Sheffield Wednesday Football Club up for sale. Chansiri acquired the Championship club in 2015 and since taking ... More

Women in Sport has teamed up with the Fatherhood Institute, Fulham Football Club and the English Football League Trust to help fathers and daughters from ... More

Debbie Jevans, one of the main architects of London 2012, has been named interim chair of the English Football League (EFL). Jevans has taken up ... More

Aston Villa FC's immediate financial future has been secured after billionaire businessmen Wes Edens and Nassef Sawiris pledged to inject "significant investment" in the club. ... More

The debate over whether safe standing areas should be allowed in English top flight football is heating up, with the Labour Party offering its backing ... More

Sunderland Athletic Football Club (SAFC), which has suffered a spectacular fall from grace with two successive relegations, will be sold to a consortium fronted by ... More

The Football Association has revealed a raft of major reforms, including a rule to interview at least one applicant from a black, Asian and minority ... More

Sport England is investing £10m of National Lottery money into 20 projects across the country to reduce inactivity among over 55s. The funded organisations will ... More

The UK government has poured cold water on the possibility of allowing safe standing areas within Premier League football grounds, claiming that it “remains unconvinced” ... More