Millwall

‘If the club goes under, you don’t get money back’ – Examining fans’ bond schemes

Amid the gloom of falling short in the League One play-offs last month came a timely sweetener for Bolton Wanderers. A club with aspirations to reach the Championship had reached out to its supporters for financial support and within a week had raised £3.5million ($4.33m) to accelerate its plans for...

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June 17, 2023

Sunderland

Ballard interview: Sunderland’s ambition, ‘complimentary’ Kompany and leaving Arsenal

Daniel Ballard is sitting in his car outside the gym, readying himself for another rehab session. It is a scene he knows far too well at only 23 but this latest injury — to his hamstring, sustained in Northern Ireland’s 1-0 loss to Finland in March — has been the...

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June 3, 2023

Sunderland

Arsenal, Liverpool target and promotion-winning trio feature in Championship XI of breakout stars

The 22/23 Championship campaign is in the can and this is an XI of players whose reputations have soared to new heights over the past 10 months. As F365’s resident Millers fan, I’ve been quite restrained and only included two Rotherham players. They make the cut alongside three promotion winners...

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June 2, 2023

Liverpool

Goalkeeper who Liverpool ‘signed for £1 million’ when he was 16 is now without a club

A highly-rated goalkeeper who joined Liverpool for a reported seven-figure sum at 16 is currently without a club. Back in early December 2011, Greenwich-born shot-stopper Yusuf Mersin signed a youth contract with one of the world’s biggest clubs after impressing at then-Championship side Millwall. Mersin, who was studying for his...

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