“It’s the place where points are lost and never to be seen again, according to a popular social media meme. Draw a line from Brighton to Bournemouth to Brentford and back down to Brighton again and you will have formed the Premier League’s very own ‘Bermuda Triangle’. Those three clubs have developed a reputation for taking points off the traditional Big Six – Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham. Recent results have only fuelled the narrative and helped to push the tongue-in-cheek theory. …”
BBC
Is this really the Premier League’s ‘Bermuda Triangle’?
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“The qualifiers for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations begin on Thursday, with 48 countries competing to earn spots in Africa’s biggest football tournament. Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda will cohost AFCON 2027, as the competition returns to East Africa for the first time in 51 years. Divided into 12 groups, the teams will be involved in a six-round qualifying process that runs to March next year. Here’s everything to know about AFCON 2027. …”
“In the end, Steve, Brian, Gaz or similar, he’s just not done the job he was hired to do. The job? The one he was hired to do? He’s not done it. How can I put this? There are three things here. The job. The being hired. The doing it. And him. Four things. And if you put those things together, there is no clear equation of … no linear semiotic cluster, he’s not, he’s just not, what I’m saying is … How many times have you heard variations on this statement in the few short, tender weeks since 
“When UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham embarked on his trip to the United Nations in New York, he might not have been expecting a question about football fans drinking alcohol in grounds. Burnham firmly believes the law that prevents supporters from having a beer at their seat during a match is outdated. It’s a position the 
“Xavi Hernandez and Jurgen Klopp shared the points as they got their careers as international managers underway, in a frenetic Nations League game between the Netherlands and Germany that ended 1-1 The Dutch began with a spring in their step and thought they’d taken the lead when Virgil van Dijk headed home an early Tijjani Reijnders corner, only for VAR to rule it out for an extremely-soft looking Brian Brobbey block. But it was Klopp’s team that went 1-0 up when Felix Nmecha scored from close range just after the half hour mark. The Dutch were furious, as Brobbey had gone down with a hamstring injury, but there was no reason for Germany for stop playing — and, to be fair, they didn’t. Brobbey had to be substituted, as did Kai Havertz a few minutes earlier — news that will concern Sunderland and Arsenal fans respectively. …”
