With a global pandemic putting the squeeze on cross-continental football over the past few months, thinking from outside the box has constantly been required and with UEFA deciding to complete their Champions League tournament in one country, their CONCACAF cousins will now follow suit.

Over the past few years, the Amazon Prime service has dipped its toe into the football rights environment and although the platform has been more the preserve of their fantastic “All Or Nothing” documentary series, there has also been a smattering of live action.

Eleven Sports Media – one of the UK’s leading sports technology and fan engagement providers – has agreed a new partnership with Blackpool Football Club ahead of the 2020/21 EFL season, according to fcbusiness.

While although manager Steven Gerrard will bemoan a recent 3-3 Europa League draw away at Benfica – one that saw his Rangers charges throw away a 3-1 lead at the Estadio Da Luz, there is reason to be cheerful in the blue half of Glasgow.

“Sport, and football in particular, can be a huge force for change and for good.” In this Soccerex Spotlight interview, we spoke to the Founder of the #Pelegacy project, Umberto Paolucci.

To say the last three months have been tumultuous at Barcelona would be a massive understatement and even though it is three months since their embarrassing exit from last season’s Champions League quarterfinals, the effects are still being felt today. Effects that nearly saw their greatest ever player leave in the summer and with Lionel Messi making his dislike of Josep Bartomeu public, there was a sense that either the Argentine or the president would have to leave the Camp Nou eventually.

With an inability to enter English football stadia and plenty of competitive action scheduled across the next six months, the opportunity to screen more matches than ever before is one that is currently presenting itself. However, that opportunity also has a cost and with the Premier League already handing over the live broadcast rights in this latest cycle to the trio of Sky, BT and Amazon, they will also be mindful to protect their value that this globally esteemed competition has.

With the United Soccer League (USL) play-offs completed for 2020, it is fair to say that anticipation levels were building nicely for the showpiece event between the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Phoenix Rising FC. An event that would see the winner crowned as this year’s USL champions and cap off what has been an entertaining season of football, in the competition that is now established as the American pyramid’s second tier.

With the United Soccer League (USL) play-offs completed for 2020, it is fair to say that anticipation levels were building nicely for the showpiece event between the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Phoenix Rising FC. An event that would see the winner crowned as this year’s USL champions and cap off what has been an entertaining season of football, in the competition that is now established as the American pyramid’s second tier.

If you were to look back at the sporting headlines for Tuesday November 3rd, Diogo Jota’s hat-trick for Liverpool in the Champions League will have garnered the most column inches, while the scores in that evening’s EFL League One fixtures will have been forgotten by the next morning. That is unless you are a supporter of AFC Wimbledon and although the thought of a 2-2 draw with Doncaster Rovers does not conjure up the wildest of memories, it is a fixture that will be of the most highest significance.