Stoppage Time https://stoppagetimefc.com/ Independent weekly soccer newsletters. en-us Fri, 30 Oct 2026 02:32:14 +0000 The Weekly Soccer Digest: Kane's Crown, and the Klassiker That Follows https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-10-28.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-10-28.html The Weekly Soccer Digest Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Harry Kane collected the Ballon d'Or in London on Monday and now walks into a first-against-second Klassiker at the Allianz Arena with Bayern's head coach in hospital. The Weekly Arsenal Digest: Anfield, Without Him https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-10-27.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-10-27.html The Weekly Arsenal Digest Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Arsenal go to Anfield on Sunday level on points with Manchester City but without Bukayo Saka, who faces weeks out with a quad injury. The Weekly Soccer Digest: Mourinho Walks Back Into the Camp Nou https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-10-21.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-10-21.html The Weekly Soccer Digest Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Jose Mourinho takes Real Madrid back to the Camp Nou on Sunday six points adrift of an unbeaten Barcelona and without Vinicius Junior. The Weekly Arsenal Digest: Back to Munich, Carrying a Different Kind of Problem https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-10-20.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-10-20.html The Weekly Arsenal Digest Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Arsenal go to the Allianz Arena as English champions with a perfect Champions League record and a scoring problem nobody has solved yet. The Weekly Soccer Digest: The champions of Europe walk into the one place nobody is losing https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-10-14.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-10-14.html The Weekly Soccer Digest Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Paris Saint-Germain, winners of the last two Champions Leagues, visit an unbeaten Manchester City on a matchday that has already produced 32 goals in nine games. The Weekly Arsenal Digest: A new contract, two wins in four days, and the answer last month's defeat demanded https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-10-13.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-10-13.html The Weekly Arsenal Digest Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Arsenal followed Mikel Arteta's new contract to 2030 with a comeback win over Leeds and a 3-0 Champions League rout of Lille, in a week that ended with the death of Ken Friar. The Weekly Soccer Digest: The clock started at 7pm on Thursday https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-10-07.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-10-07.html The Weekly Soccer Digest Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Manchester City lodged their appeal against the guilty verdict at 7pm on 1 October, starting a twelve-week clock that will decide when, and how hard, any punishment lands. The Weekly Arsenal Digest: Twenty-one days to fix the thing nobody has fixed https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-10-06.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-10-06.html The Weekly Arsenal Digest Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Arsenal return from a three week international break second in the table with eight goals in five games and the sharpest question of their season still unanswered. The Weekly Soccer Digest: Guilty: the verdict that rewrites nine seasons of English football https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-09-30.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-09-30.html The Weekly Soccer Digest Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 An independent commission found Manchester City guilty of serious financial breaches across nine seasons, and the sanction is still to come. The Weekly Arsenal Digest: No match, no peace: Arteta signs up for four more years https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-09-29.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-09-29.html The Weekly Arsenal Digest Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 With no Arsenal men's match all week, Mikel Arteta agreed a reported four-year deal and Manchester City were found guilty of breaking Premier League financial rules. The Weekly Soccer Digest: Football's Cold War Reaches the Ballot Box https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-09-23.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-09-23.html The Weekly Soccer Digest Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 UEFA and FIFA are at war over who owns the World Cup, and this week the fight moved openly into the 2027 election campaign. The Weekly Arsenal Digest: Arteta Gets His Deal. His Champions Get a Warning. https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-09-22.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-09-22.html The Weekly Arsenal Digest Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Arsenal and Mikel Arteta have agreed a new long-term contract, the BBC reports, three days after Brighton beat the champions 3-0 on the south coast. The Weekly Soccer Digest: The Great Reshuffle Meets Its First Reckoning https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-09-16.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-09-16.html The Weekly Soccer Digest Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Europe's great managerial reshuffle faces its first verdicts as Maresca's Manchester City go four from four and Mourinho's Real Madrid chase Barcelona. The Weekly Arsenal Digest: The one trophy that keeps getting away https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-09-15.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-09-15.html The Weekly Arsenal Digest Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Arsenal begin the Carabao Cup at Ipswich six months after losing its final, unbeaten in six and missing half a back four. The Weekly Soccer Digest: Europe Reopens on a Map Nobody Recognises https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-09-09.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-09-09.html The Weekly Soccer Digest Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The Champions League league phase opens on a redrawn map of Europe, with Mourinho at Real Madrid, Maresca at City and the holders PSG 14th in France. The Weekly Arsenal Digest: Naples, a grounded plane and a back four held together by faith https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-09-08.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-09-08.html The Weekly Arsenal Digest Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Arsenal open their Champions League campaign at Napoli on Wednesday with William Saliba out, Ezri Konsa two games into his Arsenal career and Martin Odegaard in the form of his life. The Weekly Soccer Digest: The night the window broke its own record, then broke its word https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-09-02.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-09-02.html The Weekly Soccer Digest Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A record 3.46 billion pound Premier League window closed with Enzo Fernandez joining Manchester City for 125m and two agreed deals collapsing after the buzzer. The Weekly Arsenal Digest: Arsenal Sell the Summer and Back What They Already Have https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-09-01.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-09-01.html The Weekly Arsenal Digest Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Arsenal close the window having sold Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli, missed out on Malick Fofana and loaned Ethan Nwaneri to Dortmund, all while unbeaten and yet to concede. The Weekly Soccer Digest: Six days left, and the money has not stopped moving https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-08-26.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-08-26.html The Weekly Soccer Digest Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Six days from the September 1 deadline, a World Cup summer has pushed Europe's most expensive week into the middle of the season. The Weekly Arsenal Digest: Six Days to Remake a Forward Line https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-08-25.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-08-25.html The Weekly Arsenal Digest Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Arsenal open the title defence with two 3-0 wins and six days left to remake a forward line, with Gabriel Martinelli close to a record Saudi exit. The Weekly Soccer Digest: Ten New Voices, One Compressed Summer https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-08-19.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/soccer-digest-2026-08-19.html The Weekly Soccer Digest Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Europe restarts 33 days after the World Cup with ten new Premier League managers, Rodri sold to Barcelona and Pep Guardiola gone after a decade. The Weekly Arsenal Digest: Champions Again, and Already One Defender Short https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-08-18.html https://stoppagetimefc.com/editions/arsenal-digest-2026-08-18.html The Weekly Arsenal Digest Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Arsenal begin their Premier League title defence against Coventry on Friday, three days after a 3-0 Community Shield win and with the centre-back department still unfixed.