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Reading fans to ‘put pressure’ on EFL amid fears for club’s future

Supporters forced the abandonment of Saturday’s game with Port Vale by invading the pitch to protest against owner Dai Yongge.

The Independent UK

Pitch invasion, sit-in protest and tennis balls cause Reading game to be abandoned

Reading fans stormed the pitch in protest against owner Dai Yongge causing their League One game against Port Vale to be called off

The Independent UK

Reading match abandoned as fans invade pitch to protest against owner Dai Yongge

League One side's fans make latest protest amid multiple points deductions

Evening Standard

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Premier League and EFL chiefs to face questions on TV revenue deal progress

Richard Masters and Rick Parry will be quizzed by MPs on the CMS committee.

The Independent UK

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Unsung heroes of English football: Ronnie Edwards, Dean Lewington, Ian Callaghan

Letters: Allan Brown champions Peterborough United’s young star player, Robert Gifford hails MK Dons’ record-breaker and Mike Pender celebrates a World Cup winner

The Guardian - UK

Why Nottingham Forest may face potential Premier League points deduction

Forest could be plunged into the bottom three if they are found to be in breach of financial rules

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Southampton 2-1 Plymouth, Cardiff 0-2 Leicester, West Brom 1-0 Leeds: EFL – as it happened

Southampton won, Leeds lost and Leicester extended their lead atop the Championship on Friday night

The Guardian - UK

Rebecca Welch to make history as first female to referee Premier League game

Sam Allison will also become the Premier League's first black referee since 2008 on Boxing Day

Evening Standard

Football dissent rules lead to more yellow cards but less confrontation

Tougher rules on dissent, introduced by football authorities last summer, have sparked a drastic rise in yellow cards but a reduction in on-field confrontation

The Guardian - UK

What is football's Saturday 3pm TV blackout? UK's archaic rule explained

Why are UK broadcasters not allowed to show Premier League matches at 3pm on Saturdays?

Evening Standard

In the mag: Awards! We celebrate the players, managers and cyborgs who dominated 2023! PLUS McTominay! Winterburn! Samways and MORE!

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How to improve VAR? For everyone's sanity, remove its power to intervene on handball

VAR dramas over the handball rule have already gone on plenty long enough: FourFourTwo's Chris Flanagan on how to improve technology in football

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$Premier League appears fractured as external pressures continue to mount$

Premier League appears fractured as external pressures continue to mount

The failure of a vote on multi-club loans and the absence of an agreement to redistribute wealth to lower-league clubs point to a lack of consensus regarding the future of the top flight

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Football clubs failing to hit ethnic and gender diversity targets, reveals FA

Premier League, EFL and WSL clubs who pledged to improve diversity in recruitment have collectively failed to hit their agreed annual targets

The Independent UK

Clubs must be punished for failure to meet diversity requirements – Kick It Out

The 53 clubs signed up to the Football Leadership Diversity Code collectively failed to meet any of the eight hiring targets set for them.

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WATCH: Hilarious moment sleeping fan is woken up during Championship game

Possibly the funniest football moment of the weekend came during West Brom's trip to Southampton on Saturday

Evening Standard

Independent regulator for English football outlined in King's Speech

The creation of a new regulator is at the core of the Football Governance Bill

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The Independent UK

Rotherham’s game with Ipswich off and Scottish matches postponed due to storm

The area has been hit with torrential rain over the last 24 hours.

The Independent UK

Four out of five players want more done to keep them safe on the pitch

One hundred players split across the Championship, League One and League Two were surveyed by the PFA.

Evening Standard

Leyton Orient ordered to replay Lincoln match in full after tragic death of fan

EFL statement confirms decision after death of Derek Reynolds, 74, at Brisbane Road

The Guardian - UK

Paul Elliott: ‘When I came back to Charlton it was like the values had been ripped out’

Paul Elliott tells Paul MacInnes some of the priorities are to reconnect with the Charlton fanbase and embrace diversity after returning to the club as a director

Evening Standard

Leyton Orient fan dies after medical emergency at League One game as tributes pour in

O’s “devastated” to announce death of Derek Reynolds, who was 74

The Independent UK

Leyton Orient fans storm pitch after fan suffers heart attack

Play was eventually stopped with the fan appearing to get CPR yards away from the linesman

AAP

Australian buying English fifth tier club Southend

Struggling English soccer club Southend United, whose town is more famous for its pier than its sport, has been rescued by Australian businessman Justin Rees.

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