Sport’s most engaging football content in 2024-25
For the third year running. We’ve looking at which football stories engaged our audience the most during the season
Engagement time of a story was determined by the average time it took to actively read the piece along with a quality ratio – a calculation that allow us to weight the results so the list did not become one featuring only our longest pieces.
For the first time, rather than a single list, we’ve grouped the content into different strands to make it easier for you to pick out the pieces of most interest, but each list is in no particular order.
We’ve omitted content that has since become dated by news events, and we’ve added a separate list at the end to show our most-read content this season to give you a flavour of which matches proved the most popular.
Top 10 personal stories
‘I was close to dying in car crash’
In an exclusive interview with in March, West Ham forward Michail Antonio reflected on his near-fatal car crash in December.
‘The cash came up to my torso’ – tales of a match-fixer
Moses Swaibu was one of the brightest prospects in Crystal Palace’s youth ranks, but he ended up in a shady world of cash, danger and fixing rather than football’s limelight.
The air crash and the underdogs – a triumph for Zambia’s lost generation
A story across two decades that laid bare a nation’s soul, and delivered triumph just as unexpectedly as it did disaster.
‘I’d still be playing in the Premier League if I had behaved’
Nile Ranger was a £10,000-a-week Newcastle United “wonderkid” with the world at his feet before his off-pitch behaviour attracted more headlines than his talent on it.
‘I was effectively homeless after getting sack
Former England captain Casey Stoney. How she and her family have rebuilt their lives after her sacking by San Diego Wave.
The life, loss and legacy of Kevin Campbell
Wayne Rooney, Andrew Cole, Tyrese Campbell and more discuss the life and tragic death of the former Arsenal and Everton striker.
‘I signed Barcelona deal – then had a stroke at 24’
Goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck suffered a stroke สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน six months after being part of the England squad that reached the World Cup final.
The man who saved Wembley Stadium
How Arthur Elvin went from working in a tobacco kiosk to saving Wembley Stadium from demolition and running the stadium for 30 years.