Samuel Gardiner - Sports Journalism

Premier League Fixture Announcement: A Tottenham Hotspur Perspective   Tottenham Hotspur learned their 2025/26 Premier League fixtures on Wednesday morning Just 24 days after the climax of the 2024/25 Premier League season, the teams in the top flight of English football have learnt their fixture schedule for the upcoming 2025/26 campaign. For Tottenham Hotspur, a new era will dawn on Saturday 16 th August 2025. Highly-rated manager Thomas Frank has already been confirmed as the successor to Ange Postecoglou, arriving from cross-capital rivals Brentford, and it can be argued that he has a somewhat favourable opening league match in charge, at home to newly-promoted Burnley. Frank inherits a Spurs squad who have just finished a pitiful 17 th place in the league, but lifted the Europa League under his predecessor Postecoglou. Given that the Australian was a firm favourite among players and large sections of the fanbase, Frank will be keen to win over those who felt that the...

  OPINION: Essex Senior League: 2025/26 Preview & Predictions     The Essex Senior League is among the most competitive and high-profile Step 5 leagues in the country. As well as being impossible to predict (who would’ve tipped both Stanway Rovers and Takeley for promotion last year?), the division, consisting of 20 sides from across Essex and East London, is full of quality that is often slept on, given that this is the 9 th tier of English football – every year a handful of players earn moves to clubs in much higher divisions. Who will be the breakout stars of the season? That remains to be seen, but in the meantime, let me put my neck on the line and attempt the impossible task of predicting the Essex Senior League table for the 2025/26 season.   20 th – Ilford   This Essex Senior League campaign will be arguably the most competitive in the competition’s history, with plenty of teams who have enough on paper to challenge for promotion....

  Thomas Frank: A tactical analysis Thomas Frank was confirmed as Tottenham's new manager on Thursday evening. Tottenham Hotspur have got their man, and the fans appear to be on board. It is fair to say that the N17 faithful had mixed opinions on Ange Postecoglou, especially throughout the second season, but there was still some surprise when chairman Daniel Levy decided to press the panic button on Friday, sacking the Australian boss just 16 days after winning a European trophy. But the news on Thursday that Spurs have appointed highly-rated manager Thomas Frank has been met with widespread positivity among the fanbase. Frank, 51, has led Brentford from mid-table Championship finishes to top half in the Premier League on a shoestring budget compared to his top-flight counterparts. With a vision based mostly on statistics and data analysis, Frank has developed a reputation for picking up players for nominal fees, developing them into star players, and selling them on for ...