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2025 EFL League One Play-off Final
The 2025 EFL League One play-off final was an association football match which was played on 25 May 2025 at Wembley Stadium, London, to determine the third and final team to gain Promotion and relegation, promotion from EFL League One, the third tier of English football league system, English football, to the EFL Championship. The top two teams of the 2024–25 EFL League One, Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City and Wrexham F.C., Wrexham, gained automatic promotion to the Championship, while the clubs placed from third to sixth in the table – Stockport County F.C., Stockport County, Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic, Wycombe Wanderers F.C., Wycombe Wanderers and Leyton Orient F.C., Leyton Orient – took part in the 2025 English Football League play-offs. Charlton won the play-off final 1-0 against Leyton Orient to gain promotion to the Championship, the first time in this league since their relegation in 2020. Route to the final Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium, currently branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE Limited, EE for sponsorship reasons, is an association football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which had stood from 1923 until 2003. The stadium is England's List of national stadiums, national football stadium, and thus hosts the majority of the England national football team, England national team home matches and the FA Cup Final – the final of England's primary domestic club football competition. It is widely regarded as one of the most iconic football stadiums in the world, and is considered a hub for the English game. Wembley Stadium is owned by the governing body of English football, the Football Association, whose headquarters are in the stadium, through its subsidiary Wembley National Stadium Ltd (WNSL). With 90,000 seats, it is the List of stadiums in the United Kingdom by capacity, largest stadium in the UK and Lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025–26 EFL Championship
The 2025–26 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship purposes) will be the 10th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 34th season under its current league division format. The season will begin on 8 August 2025 and end on 2 May 2026. The 2025–26 season will consist of 33 weekend rounds, 9 midweek rounds, and 4 bank holiday rounds. Team changes The following teams have changed division since the 2024–25 season: To Championship Promoted from League One * Birmingham City * Wrexham * Charlton Athletic Relegated from the Premier League * Leicester City * Ipswich Town * Southampton From Championship Promoted to the Premier League * Leeds United * Burnley * Sunderland Relegated to League One *Luton Town *Plymouth Argyle * Cardiff City Stadiums and locations Personnel and sponsoring Managerial changes League table See also * 2025–26 Premier League * 2025–26 EFL League O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgeley Park
Edgeley Park is a association football, football stadium in Edgeley, Stockport, England. Built for Stockport RFC, a rugby league club, in 1891, by 1903 the rugby club was defunct and Stockport County F.C., Stockport County Football Club moved in. Sale Sharks Rugby Union Club also played at the ground between 2003 and 2012. Edgeley Park is currently an all-seater stadium holding 10,900 spectators but is set to be increased to a capacity of around 18,000, with the start of the project in 2025. In 2015, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Stockport Council purchased the stadium for around £2 million, leasing it back to the football club, in order to prevent it from being demolished and redeveloped. History The land Edgeley Park is built on was originally donated to Stockport by the Sykes Family (owners of Sykes Bleaching Company) in the late 1800s, for sporting use. The stadium was built in 1891 for rugby league club Stockport RFC. Stockport County FC moved there from Green ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunderland A
Sunderland () is a port city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most populous settlement in the Wearside conurbation and the second most populous settlement in North East England after Newcastle. Sunderland was once known as 'the largest shipbuilding town in the world' and once made a quarter of all of the world's ships from its famous yards, which date back to 1346 on the River Wear. The centre of the modern city is an amalgamation of three settlements founded in the Anglo-Saxon era: Monkwearmouth, on the north bank of the Wear, and Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth on the south bank. Monkwearmouth contains St Peter's Church, which was founded in 674 and formed part of Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey, a significant centre of learning in the seventh and eighth centuries. Sunderland was a fishing settlement and later a port, being granted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 EFL League One Play-off Final
The 2019 EFL League One play-off final was an association football match which was played on 26 May 2019 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Charlton Athletic and Sunderland to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from EFL League One to the EFL Championship. The top two teams of the 2018–19 EFL League One season gained automatic promotion to the Championship, while the teams placed from third to sixth place in the table partook in play-off semi-finals; the winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2019–20 season in the Championship. Sunderland had reached the play-off final in their first season back in the third tier of English football, having been relegated from the Premier League in the 2016–17 season and the Championship in the 2017–18 season. The two clubs had faced one another in a play-off final before, in the 1998 Football League First Division play-off final, making it the first time in the history of the play-off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Godden
Matthew James Godden (born 29 July 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Charlton Athletic. Godden began his career playing for Scunthorpe United, where he signed professional terms in 2009. During his time at Scunthorpe, he was loaned out on eight occasions in order to gain experience playing first-team football. He joined Ebbsfleet United of the Conference Premier, one of the clubs he had spent time on loan at, on a permanent basis in May 2014. Godden spent two seasons at Ebbsfleet, before making a return to the Football League when he signed for Stevenage in June 2016. He spent two years at Stevenage before joining Peterborough United in June 2018. After one season at Peterborough, Godden signed for Coventry City in August 2019, helping the club win promotion to the Championship during the 2019–20 season. In July 2024, he signed for Charlton Athletic under manager Nathan Jones. Career Early career Godden started his career at Scun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Valley (stadium)
The Valley is a sports stadium in Charlton, London, England with a capacity of 27,111, which has been the home of Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic Football Club since 1919, with a period of exile between 1923–24, and from 1985–1992. The stadium is served by Charlton railway station, which is less than a five-minute walk away from the stadium. An alternative is to use the Jubilee line, exiting at North Greenwich, and changing for route 161, 472 and 486 buses, which stop outside the stadium. History In Charlton's early years, the club had a nomadic existence, using several different grounds between its formation in 1905 and the beginning of World War I in 1914. The Valley dates from 1919, at a time when Charlton were moderately successful and looking for a new home. Fred Barned, the club’s honorary chairman, found an abandoned sand and chalk pit in Charlton, but did not have sufficient funds to fully develop the site. An army of volunteer Charlton supporters dug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraser Horsfall
Fraser Matthew Horsfall (born 12 November 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Blackpool. Career Born in Huddersfield, Horsfall began his senior career at Huddersfield Town, having graduated through the academy at the club after joining in 2004. Horsfall was subsequently sent out on loan to Trafford, Stalybridge Celtic, Salford City and Gateshead, before signing on loan for Kidderminster Harriers. In December 2017, after 16 National League North appearances, Horsfall joined Kidderminster on a permanent deal. During his time at Kidderminster, Horsfall was called up to the England C squad twice. In July 2019, Horsfall signed for Football League club Macclesfield Town. He signed for Northampton Town in August 2020. In June 2022 it was announced that he would sign for Stockport County on a free transfer on 1 July 2022. On 20 May 2025, the club announced it had offered the player a new contract. He declined this offer, instead opting to sign fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rarmani Edmonds-Green
Rarmani River Miguel Joseph Edmonds-Green (born 14 January 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Leyton Orient. Club career Crystal Palace Edmonds-Green was born in Peckham, Greater London. He was scouted by Crystal Palace while playing for Gridlockers, a team based in Eltham. After spending a year with the Crystal Palace Academy at U11 level, he was released and later joined the Nike Academy. Huddersfield Town After going on trial with multiple London clubs including Charlton Athletic, Millwall, Brentford and Leyton Orient, Edmonds-Green signed for Huddersfield Town on his 17th birthday in January 2016. He quickly became captain of the under-18 side in the 2016–17 season, before moving up to the under-23 side in 2017. His first piece of first team action came for Brighouse Town in the Northern Premier League Division One East, where he helped them win the play-offs, but due to an unusual rule regarding the arrangement of teams in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penalty Kick (association Football)
A penalty kick (commonly known as a penalty or a spot kick) is a method of restarting play in association football, in which a player is allowed to take a single shot at the goal while it is defended only by the opposing team's Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. It is awarded when an foul (sports), offence punishable by a direct free kick is committed by a player in their own penalty area. The shot is taken from the penalty spot, which is 11 metres (12 yards) from the goal line and centered between the touch lines,Penalty only give if a foul start inside the 16m50 area,if a player fall in 16m50 area but the foul start outside the 16m50,it not a penalty Procedure The ball is placed on the penalty spot, regardless of where the foul occurred within the penalty area. The player taking the kick must be identified to the referee. Only the kicker and the defending team's goalkeeper are allowed to be within the penalty area; all other players must be within the field of pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Norwood
Oliver James Norwood (born 12 April 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Stockport County. Norwood began his career with Manchester United, and had loan spells at Carlisle United, Scunthorpe United and Coventry City before moving permanently to Huddersfield Town and then Reading. He then achieved three consecutive promotions to the Premier League with three clubs: Brighton, Fulham and Sheffield United between 2017 and 2019, and again with the latter in 2023. Although he was born in England, and represented that country at under-17 level, he has represented Northern Ireland at every level from under-19 to the senior team. Club career Manchester United Early career Born in Burnley, Lancashire, Norwood began his football career playing for his brother's team in his home town. He was spotted by Manchester United scouts when he was 6 years old and joined the club at the age of 7. After eight appearances for Manchester United's under-18s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Beckles
Omar Jerome Beckles (born 25 October 1991) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a defender (association football), defender for club Leyton Orient F.C., Leyton Orient. Born in England, he represents the Grenada national football team, Grenada national team. He is currently the chair of the Professional Footballers' Association. Club career Spain Born in Leytonstone, England, Beckles began his career at Millwall F.C., Millwall before joining Jerez Industrial CF, Jerez Industrial in 2010. Beckles made his Jerez Industrial debut on 6 February 2011 against Córdoba CF B, which saw Jerez Industrial lose 3–1. He went on to make thirteen appearances for Jerez Industrial. However, Glenn Hoddle Academy terminated its agreement with Jerez Industrial in March 2011, leading Beckles to leave the club, although he continued to play for the side for the remainder of the season. Non-League football After returning to his homeland, Beckles joined Boreham Wood F.C., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
