Progress is seldom linear, and the illusion that things can only get better ultimately leads to disappointment. In rare cases, improvement is steady and gradual, bereft of hiccups. Sometimes, there’s ...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta Photo: Getty Images; design: Eamonn Dalton/The Athletic Welcome to the latest edition of The Alternative Premier League Table, where each week, The Athletic analyses the ...

The 2025-26 Premier League table was absolutely bonkers and so tight.

The existence of video assistant referees (VAR) can be maddening enough to plunge Premier League managers into existential crises. During his endgame as Tottenham Hotspur boss, Ange Postecoglou was so ...

It’s been another whirlwind calendar year in the Premier League and one of the more unusual enjoyed since the competition’s inception. Some heavyweight under-performers have flittered from crisis to ...

Arsenal saw its lead atop the Premier League table shrink to two points following Sunday's draw with Chelsea. The Blues, meanwhile, are only six points off the Gunners in third place.

Arsenal might have ended their 22-year wait to the win the title, but is there any metric by which the Gunners wouldn't have been champions? Very few people would suggest Arsenal were not worthy ...