Football News & Research
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14 October 2026 · By FootyCabin Editorial Team
New Research: Champions League Away Travel Costs Ranked for All 36 Clubs
FootyCabin estimates a €2,417 gap between the highest and lowest four-match away travel budgets in the 2026/27 Champions League, across 144 journeys.
Read the article20 September 2026 · By FootyCabin Editorial Team
Vardar lead Prva MFL clubs on Google while Shkëndija lead the league
A calibrated Google Trends comparison puts Vardar first for search interest among the ten Prva MFL clubs, while Shkëndija lead the league on the pitch.
Read the article14 September 2026 · By FootyCabin Editorial Team
Maccabi lead the Google derby as Dor Peretz tops player searches
Google Trends data for Israel puts Maccabi Tel Aviv around 50 per cent ahead of Hapoel Tel Aviv across the past week, three months and year, while Dor Peretz tops an eight-player sample.
Read the article13 September 2026 · By FootyCabin Editorial Team
Barcelona tops Danish Google search interest among 20 major clubs as Premier League dominates top eight
Google Trends data across 20 major international clubs puts Barcelona first in Denmark, while six Premier League sides make the top eight and Manchester United edges ahead in North Denmark.
Read the article12 September 2026 · By FootyCabin Editorial Team
Nearly two-thirds of United’s derby goals came late in the latest ten meetings
Seven of Manchester United’s 11 goals in the latest ten Premier League derbies against City came after the 75th minute, compared with one in the previous ten.
Read the article12 September 2026 · By FootyCabin Editorial Team
In City’s last eight league derbies, Haaland and Foden have either both scored or neither has
Across Manchester City’s last eight Premier League derbies, Erling Haaland and Phil Foden have either both scored or neither has, with a striking 15–2 split in City goals.
Read the article6 September 2026 · By FootyCabin Editorial Team
Football’s phantom sponsors: what a 25-player audit found
A review of 70 reported commercial relationships involving 25 leading footballers found 33 that could be verified as current at a 6 September 2026 cutoff, while others were campaigns, historical deals or relationships whose status could not be established.
Read the article6 September 2026 · By FootyCabin Editorial Team
The promotion gamble: how clubs are spending far beyond their old second-tier revenues
Paris FC, Hull City and Coventry are spending multiples of the revenue they generated in the second tier. Comparing summer 2026 expenditure with 2024/25 revenue shows how quickly promotion changes a club's financial scale.
Read the article3 September 2026 · By FootyCabin Editorial Team
The biggest transfer gambles of the summer and why £125m does not even make the top 10
Comparing summer 2026 transfer fees and total club spending with 2024/25 revenue shows which signings really were the biggest financial bets, and why Manchester City's £125m deal does not make the top 10.
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