Barnsley

The former Barnsley centre-back is jumping two divisions but is in line with Luton's transfer policy as they make their Premier League debut

Wrexham have been drawn at home to Wigan Athletic in the first round of the Carabao Cup. Wrexham, promoted from the National League last season, will welcome a Wigan side who suffered relegation to League One last term at the Racecourse Ground in their first League Cup fixture since 2007. Leeds United have been drawn at home to Shrewsbury Town, while Leicester City travel to Burton Albion. In the southern side of the draw, Southampton will travel to Gillingham and there is an all-Championship tie between Queens Park Rangers and Norwich City. The Carabao Cup first-round fixtures will be played...

Swansea City are set to appoint Michael Duff as the club’s new head coach. The 45-year-old is close to reaching an agreement on a three-year deal with the club. Duff is expected to be in his new role in time to be present for Swansea’s first day of pre-season on Friday. He will succeed Russell Martin, who was named Southampton manager on Wednesday. The south coast side made a move for Martin ahead of their return to the Championship after an 11-year stay in the Premier League. Martin had been at Swansea since August 2021. Duff has been in charge of Barnsley since the summer of 2022...

They have helped fund AFC Wimbledon’s home and Norwich City’s academy - but are football club bond schemes worth the risk for supporters?

Julie Anne Quay joined the board after last season's relegation back to League One, and now they are in Monday's play-off final...

The play-offs have become the EFL's greatest asset since first being introduced for the 1986-87 season - they never fail to disappoint

Barnsley will play south Yorkshire rivals Sheffield Wednesday in the League One playoff final after recording a 2-1 aggregate victory over Bolton Wanderers. After the semi-final first leg at the University of Bolton Stadium finished 1-1, Liam Kitching’s first-half goal proved decisive at Oakwell on Friday evening. The victory sees Barnsley reach their first Wembley final in seven years as they attempt to return to the Championship at the first time of asking following last season’s relegation. “I thought the energy that we showed, the pressing was brilliant,” Barnsley...

What the EFL's new deal with Sky means for streaming and broadcast of Championship, League One and League Two matches

With the Championship, League One and League Two play-offs around the corner, The Athletic explains how they work and what to look out for

Gamble everything to go up or risk relegation by being sensible? That's the choice for second-tier sides - drastic action is needed

DAZN has entered the bidding to become the EFL’s broadcast partner from 2024-25 in a radical proposal that would end the Saturday 3pm blackout for UK viewers. The international streaming platform wants to secure the rights to show all matches across the Championship, League One, League Two, including those that have traditionally been unavailable to a domestic audience on a Saturday afternoon. That would require the EFL to scrap their current broadcast model that allows only 138 games a season to be shown live and, in turn, lobby the FA to ditch a blackout that prohibits live games being ...

The defender was called up by England in 2018 but, five years on, injury has forced him into retirement at 29

From set-top boxes to modified 'fire sticks', illegal streams of football matches are a headache that will not go away

Dean Holden's career has been full of ups and many downs – now he'll lead his side out at Old Trafford, where he holds a season ticket

The Championship is now 21 games deep and has moved at breakneck speed - our writers analyse what has already been an unpredictable campaign