Fleetwood knock out Arsenal – the previous time Arsenal lost at Highbury (in normal play or on penalties) the substituted Sol Campbell walked out of the ground at half time against West Ham in 2006.

What are the chances of getting to play league football in England? With a couple of assumptions ... Among boys in general population born in England: 1 in 1,227 Among Englishmen with a brother who made 10+ Premier League starts: 1 in 7 Numbers column: thetimes.com/sport/football/…

Which of their 1st 8 PL games this season have they won: Tottenham ❎❎❎❎❎❎✅✅ Fulham ❎❎❎❎❎❎✅✅ Bournemouth ❎❎❎❎❎❎✅✅ thetimes.com/sport/football/… @TimesSport

Arsenal: 1913: Play last home game at Manor Ground 1984: "Back" at Manor Ground (away to Oxford) 2006: Play last home game at Highbury 2026: "Back" at Highbury (away to Fleetwood tonight) And some other such cases … observer.co.uk/news/sport/ar…

Brighton are the 1st English top-flight team to play 5 consecutive away games where all are at least 250 miles from home: Oct 22: Jablonec (a) Oct 25: Liverpool (a) Oct 28: Man City (a) Oct 31: Man City (a) Nov 5: Getafe (a) thetimes.com/sport/football/… @wearebrighton @johnnycantor_

The AI takeover continues… Saturday was the 1st day in top-flight history with two AI-initial scorers: Alexander Isak (for Liverpool v Brentford) Alex Iwobi (for Fulham v Hull) thetimes.com/sport/football/… @TimesSport

There have been 3 Premier League cases this season of a team winning by 4 or more goals to 0: BRIGHTON 5 Crystal Palace 0 Coventry 0 BRIGHTON 5 BRIGHTON 4 Aston Villa 0 thetimes.com/sport/football/…

Current league leaders: Prem: Man CITY Champ: Swansea CITY Lge 1: Bradford CITY Lge 2: Salford CITY There has never been a season where 4 teams with the same suffix finished top of their divisions. thetimes.com/sport/football/…

Tottenham league position in top flight since 1964: Days top of table: 161 Days bottom of table: 194 thetimes.com/sport/football/… @TimesSport

English players with most goals across big-five leagues, Champions League and England team since 2014-15: Harry Kane 460 Jamie Vardy 161 Raheem Sterling 159 Numbers column: thetimes.com/sport/football/… @TimesSport

9 goals but no Champions League points for Italian clubs this week: INTER 3 Bruges 4 ROMA 3 Real Madrid 4 Feyenoord 3 COMO 2 Villarreal 3 NAPOLI 1

Proportion of fans who've never seen club win title (assumes fans follow from age 5; and fans mirror age spread of pop.) Villa 61% (last won 1981) Spurs 87% (1961) S'land 99.84% (1936) Newcastle 99.998% (1927) (All in top 10 for ave. league place finish) thetimes.com/sport/football/…

Ipswich (beat Fulham 2-1 at the weekend): Manager: O’Neil Scorers: O’Shea, Ouattara This was the 1st case of 2 players with an O surname scoring for an O manager in a match in any division since the league’s formation in 1888. thetimes.com/sport/football/… @IpswichTownFans

From the start of Man City’s offending period till the verdict was finally announced: City played 1 in 6 of all games in their history. Recorded 1 in 4 of all their wins. Registered 1 in 3 of all their wins by 4+ goals. thetimes.com/sport/football/… @Carra23