October 5 – In April 2023, an EU committee voted for new restrictions against the use of rubber granules, which could doom artificial turf football projects across the continent.
October 4 – Pepsi MAX and EAFC have partnered in a deal that will see EAFC 24 players have the chance to win exclusive in-game items via codes found on Pepsi MAX products.
October 5 – Turkey’s Besiktas says it has signed the most valuable sponsorship deal in its 120-year history with Turkey’s largest industrial Turkey – Tüpraş.
October 4 – UEFA have announced they have received the formal bid by Turkey and Italy to jointly host the 2032 European Championships, leaving Britain and Ireland as the sole bidder for the 2028 tournament, subject to final approval from the governing body’s executive committee next week.
October 4 – Danish FA (DBU) president Jesper Møller (pictured) has defended UEFA’s decision to let Russian U-17 national teams re-enter European competitions, refusing to disclose how he voted but opening the door to Danish teams playing Russia at youth level.
October 4 – Expressing its ‘upset’ at UEFA’s readmission of Russian youth teams to European competitions, the Ukrainian FA (UAF) has again called on European countries to boycott any matches against Russian teams.
October 4 – A lapse of concentration and loss of focus by the VAR team led to Liverpool not being awarded a legitimate goal against Tottenham Hotspur, the referees’ body in England said on Tuesday after releasing the audio from the VAR hub from Saturday’s Premier League match.
October 4 – The seventh round of fixtures saw the largest attendance yet across the Premier League this season, partly due to kick-off times, stadium sizes and having an extra fixture due to a rescheduling of the Luton/Burnley match from earlier in the season.
October 4 – Arsenal Women have broken the Barclays Women’s Super League attendance record for the second season, as 54,115 fans entered the gates at the Emirates Stadium to watch the team’s league opener versus Liverpool on Sunday.
October 4 – The FA has announced a licensing partnership with Panini to create the first ever UK domestic football sticker collection to celebrate the Barclays Women’s Super League.
October 4 – Brazilian league leaders Botafogo have dismissed manager Bruno Lage following a series of disappointing results and his sidelining of star striker Tiquinho Soares.
October 3 – Swedish UEFA vice-president Karl-Erik Nilsson and Danish executive committee member Jesper Møller are under pressure at home after the former backed the European governing body’s decision to allow the readmission of Russia’s under-17s teams to competitions, while the latter keeps shrouding the way he voted in mystery.
October 3 – UEFA has launched ticket sales for next year’s European championship in Germany with ticket prices ranging from €30 in the group stages to €2,000 for the final.
October 3 – UEFA has revealed more details of their first-ever minimum standards framework for women’s national teams following consultations with stakeholders, including coaches and FIFPRO.
October 3 – The English Football League (EFL) is tendering international broadcast rights to its three division (72 teams) for the 2024 to 2028 period.