2021–22 in English football

Football in England
Season	2021–22
Men's football
Premier League	Manchester City
Championship	Fulham
League One	Wigan Athletic
League Two	Forest Green Rovers
FA Cup	Liverpool
EFL Trophy	Rotherham United
EFL Cup	Liverpool
Community Shield	Leicester City
Women's football
FA Women's Super League	Chelsea
FA Women's Championship	Liverpool
Women's FA Cup	Chelsea

The 2021–22 season is the 142nd competitive association football season in England.

National teams

England men's national football team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

26 March 2022	England	2–1	Switzerland	London, England
17:30	Shaw 45+1' Kane 78' (pen.)	Report	Embolo 22'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

29 March 2022	England	3–0	Ivory Coast	London, England
19:45	Watkins 30' Sterling 45' Mings 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

FIFA World Cup qualification

UEFA Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	10	8	2	0	39	3	+36	26	Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup	—	2–1	5–0	1–1	4–0	5–0
2	Poland	10	6	2	2	30	11	+19	20	Advance to play-offs	1–1	—	4–1	1–2	3–0	5–0
3	Albania	10	6	0	4	12	12	0	18		0–2	0–1	—	1–0	1–0	5–0
4	Hungary	10	5	2	3	19	13	+6	17		0–4	3–3	0–1	—	2–1	4–0
5	Andorra	10	2	0	8	8	24	−16	6		0–5	1–4	0–1	1–4	—	2–0
6	San Marino	10	0	0	10	1	46	−45	0		0–10	1–7	0–2	0–3	0–3	—

Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

2 September	Hungary	0–4	England	Budapest, Hungary
20:45 CEST		Report	Sterling 55' Kane 63' Maguire 69' Rice 87'	Stadium: Puskás Aréna Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

5 September	England	4–0	Andorra	London, England
19:45 BST	Lingard 18', 78' Kane 72' (pen.) Saka 85'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

8 September	Poland	1–1	England	Warsaw, Poland
20:45 CEST	Szymański 90+2'	Report	Kane 72'	Stadium: PGE Narodowy Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

9 October	Andorra	0–5	England	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
20:45 CEST		Report	Chilwell 17' Saka 40' Abraham 59' Ward-Prowse 79' Grealish 86'	Stadium: Estadi Nacional Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

12 October	England	1–1	Hungary	London, England
19:45 BST	Stones 37'	Report	Sallai 24' (pen.)	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Spain)

12 November	England	5–0	Albania	London, England
19:45 GMT	Maguire 9' Kane 18', 33', 45+2' Henderson 28'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 80,366 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

15 November	San Marino	0–10	England	Serravalle, San Marino
20:45 CET		Report	Maguire 6' Fabbri 15' (o.g.) Kane 27' (pen.), 32', 39' (pen.), 42' Smith Rowe 58' Mings 69' Abraham 78' Saka 80'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico de Serravalle Attendance: 2,775 Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)

UEFA Euro 2020

Knockout phase

3 July 2021 QF	Ukraine	0–4	England	Rome, Italy
21:00 CEST		Report	Kane 4', 50' Maguire 46' J. Henderson 63'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 11,880 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

7 July 2021 SF	England	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Denmark	London, England
20:00 BST	Kjær 39' (o.g.) Kane 104'	Report	Damsgaard 30'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 64,950 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Final

11 July 2021

21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

Italy	1–1 (a.e.t.)	England
Bonucci 67'	Report	Shaw 2'
Penalties
Berardi Belotti Bonucci Bernardeschi Jorginho	3–2	Kane Maguire Rashford Sancho Saka

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 67,173^[1]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

UEFA Nations League

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Italy	6	3	2	1	8	7	+1	11	Qualification for Nations League Finals	—	2–1	1–1	1–0
2	Hungary	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10		0–2	—	1–1	1–0
3	Germany	6	1	4	1	11	9	+2	7		5–2	0–1	—	1–1
4	England (R)	6	0	3	3	4	10	−6	3	Relegation to League B	0–0	0–4	3–3	—

Source: UEFA
(R) Relegated

4 June 2022 (2022-06-04)	Hungary	v	England	Budapest, Hungary
18:00		Report		Stadium: Puskás Aréna

7 June 2022 (2022-06-07)	Germany	v	England	Munich, Germany
20:45		Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena

11 June 2022 (2022-06-11)	England	v	Italy	Wolverhampton, England
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 0 (Match to be played behind closed doors)

14 June 2022 (2022-06-14)	England	v	Hungary	Wolverhampton, England
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium

England women's national football team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

16 June 2022	England	v	Belgium	Wolverhampton, England
20:00				Stadium: Molineux Stadium

24 June 2022	England	v	Netherlands	Leeds, England
20:00				Stadium: Elland Road

30 June 2022	Switzerland	v	England	Zürich, Switzerland
18:00 (CEST)				Stadium: Letzigrund

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	10	10	0	0	80	0	+80	30	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup	—	1–0	4–0	10–0	8–0	20–0
2	Austria	10	7	1	2	50	7	+43	22	Play-offs	0–2	—	3–1	5–0	10–0	8–0
3	Northern Ireland	10	6	1	3	36	16	+20	19		0–5	2–2	—	4–0	9–0	4–0
4	Luxembourg	10	3	0	7	9	45	−36	9		0–10	0–8	1–2	—	2–1	3–2
5	North Macedonia	10	2	0	8	10	62	−52	6		0–10	0–6	0–11	2–3	—	3–2
6	Latvia	10	1	0	9	8	63	−55	3		0–10	1–8	1–3	1–0	1–4	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

17 September 2021 (2021-09-17)	England	8–0	North Macedonia	Southampton, England
	Toone 12' White 42', 67' (pen.) Zivikj 45' (o.g.) England 77', 90' Kolarovska 79' (o.g.) Mead 90+1'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Referee: María Martínez (Spain)

21 September 2021	Luxembourg	0–10	England	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	De Bruyn 83'	Report	White 12', 17' Parris 27' Greenwood 37', 47' Berscheid 61' (o.g.) Mead 66' Bright 78', 90+1' Daly 90+3' England 90+4'	Stadium: Stade de Luxembourg Referee: Aleksandra Česen (Slovenia)

23 October 2021 (2021-10-23)	England	4–0	Northern Ireland	London, England
	Mead 64', 74', 78' England 72'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)	Latvia	0–10	England	Riga, Latvia
		Report	Toone 8', 12', 68' White 25' Bright 32' Mead 55' Daly 70', 82' Williamson 79' Stanway 81'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Referee: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk (Poland)

27 November 2021 (2021-11-27)	England	1–0	Austria	Sunderland, England
	White 40'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)	England	20–0	Latvia	Doncaster, England
	Mead 3', 12', 23' White 6', 9', 49' Hemp 18', 44', 76', 88' Toone 42' Stanway 52' (pen.) Carter 56' England 61', 84' Scott 67' Russo 71', 81', 82' Nobbs 80'	Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Referee: Veronika Kovarova (Czech Republic)

8 April 2022 (2022-04-08)	North Macedonia	0–10	England	Skopje, North Macedonia
20:00		Report	Mead 6', 12', 47', 53' Toone 24', 74', 78' White 42' Stanway 45', 56'	Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)

12 April 2022 (2022-04-12)	Northern Ireland	0–5	England	Belfast, Northern Ireland
20:55 (19:55 BST)		Report	Hemp 26', 60' Toone 52' Stanway 70', 79'	Stadium: Windsor Park Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

2022 Arnold Clark Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	England (H, C)	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
2	Spain	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Germany	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result; 5) fair play ranking.
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

17 February 2022	England	1–1	Canada	Middlesbrough, England
	Bright 22'	Report	Beckie 55'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 8,769 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

20 February 2022	England	0–0	Spain	Norwich, England
		Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 14,284 Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

23 February 2022	England	3–1	Germany	Wolverhampton, England
	White 15' Bright 84' Kirby 90+4'	Report	Magull 41'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 14,463 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Great Britain women's Olympic football team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

1 July 2021

Great Britain

Completely Cancelled

Zambia

Summer Olympics

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games were postponed to the summer of 2021. However, their official name remains 2020 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Canada	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Japan (H)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Chile	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

21 July 2021	Great Britain	2–0	Chile	Sapporo, Japan
	White 18', 73'	Report		Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 0 Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)

24 July 2021	Japan	0–1	Great Britain	Sapporo, Japan
		Report	White 74'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 0 Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

27 July 2021	Canada	1–1	Great Britain	Kashima, Japan
	Leon 55'	Report	Prince 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kashima Stadium Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

Knockout

30 July 2021 QF	Great Britain	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Australia	Kashima, Japan
	White 57', 66', 115'	Report	Kennedy 35' Kerr 89', 106' Fowler 103'	Stadium: Kashima Stadium Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)

UEFA competitions

UEFA Super Cup

11 August 2021

20:00 BST

Chelsea	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Villarreal
Ziyech 27'	Report	Gerard 73'
Penalties
Havertz Azpilicueta Alonso Mount Jorginho Pulisic Rüdiger	6–5	Gerard Mandi Estupiñán Gómez Raba Foyth Albiol

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 10,435^[3]

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting CP	0–5	Manchester City	0–5	0–0
Chelsea	4–1	Lille	2–0	2–1
Atlético Madrid	2–1	Manchester United	1–1	1–0
Inter Milan	1–2	Liverpool	0–2	1–0

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	4–5	Real Madrid	1–3	3–2 (a.e.t.)
Manchester City	1–0	Atlético Madrid	1–0	0–0
Benfica	4–6	Liverpool	1–3	3–3

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester City	5–6	Real Madrid	4–3	1–3 (a.e.t.)
Liverpool	5–2	Villarreal	2–0	3–2

Final

28 May 2022

21:36 CEST^{[note 1]}

Liverpool	0–1	Real Madrid
	Report	Vinícius 59'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 75,000^[4]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Group C

Template:2021–22 UEFA Europa League group tables

Group H

Template:2021–22 UEFA Europa League group tables

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sevilla	1–2	West Ham United	1–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Ham United	4–1	Lyon	1–1	3–0

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Ham United	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2	0–1

UEFA Europa Conference League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paços de Ferreira	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	0–3

Group stage

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	REN	VIT	TOT	MUR
1	Rennes	6	4	2	0	13	7	+6	14	Advance to round of 16	—	3–3	2–2	1–0
2	Vitesse	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs	1–2	—	1–0	3–1
3	Tottenham Hotspur	6	2	1	3	11	11	0	7		0–3^[a]	3–2	—	5–1
4	Mura	6	1	0	5	5	14	−9	3		1–2	0–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

^ The Tottenham Hotspur v Rennes match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Rennes due to numerous positive COVID-19 tests in the Tottenham Hotspur squad.^[5]

Knockout stage

Knockout round play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Leicester City	7–2	Randers	4–1	3–1

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Leicester City	3–2	Rennes	2–0	1–2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Leicester City	2–1	PSV Eindhoven	0–0	2–1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Leicester City	1–2	Roma	1–1	0–1

UEFA Youth League

UEFA Champions League Path

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAR	BRU	MCI	RBL
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	2	0	16	7	+9	14	Round of 16	—	3–2	1–1	3–0
2	Club Brugge	6	3	2	1	18	11	+7	11	Play-offs	2–2	—	1–1	4–1
3	Manchester City	6	2	2	2	12	11	+1	8		1–3	3–5	—	5–1
4	RB Leipzig	6	0	0	6	4	21	−17	0		1–4	1–4	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LIV	ATM	POR	MIL
1	Liverpool	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11	Round of 16	—	2–0	4–0	1–0
2	Atlético Madrid	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10^[a]	Play-offs	2–0	—	1–2	3–0
3	Porto	6	3	1	2	8	9	−1	10^[a]		1–1	1–2	—	3–1
4	Milan	6	0	2	4	3	10	−7	2		1–1	1–1	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head: Atlético Madrid 3 pts (0 GD, 3 GF), Porto 3 pts (0 GD, 3 GF). Goal difference in all group matches: Atlético Madrid +3, Porto –1.

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MUN	VIL	ATA	YB
1	Manchester United	6	5	0	1	12	9	+3	15	Round of 16	—	1–4	4–2	2–1
2	Villarreal	6	3	2	1	15	9	+6	11	Play-offs	1–2	—	2–0	3–3
3	Atalanta	6	2	1	3	11	12	−1	7		1–2	2–2	—	3–0
4	Young Boys	6	0	1	5	7	15	−8	1		0–1	1–3	2–3	—

Source: UEFA

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JUV	CHE	ZEN	MAL
1	Juventus	6	5	1	0	18	7	+11	16	Round of 16	—	3–1	4–2	4–1
2	Chelsea	6	3	1	2	15	10	+5	10	Play-offs	1–3	—	3–1	4–2
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	7		0–2	1–1	—	3–2
4	Malmö FF	6	0	1	5	8	21	−13	1		2–2	0–5	1–3	—

Source: UEFA

Play-offs

Knockout round play-offs

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Genk	5–1	Chelsea

Round of 16

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Liverpool	1–1 (4–3 p)	Genk
Manchester United	2–2 (1–3 p)	Borussia Dortmund

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Juventus	2–0	Liverpool

UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Round 1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Arsenal	4–0	Okzhetpes

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Arsenal	3–1	PSV

Round 2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Arsenal	7–0	Slavia Prague	3–0	4–0
Real Madrid	2–1	Manchester City	1–1	1–0

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	WOL	JUV	CHE	SER
1	VfL Wolfsburg	6	3	2	1	17	7	+10	11^[a]	Advance to Quarter-finals	—	0–2	4–0	5–0
2	Juventus	6	3	2	1	12	4	+8	11^[a]	Advance to Quarter-finals	2–2	—	1–2	4–0
3	Chelsea	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11^[a]		3–3	0–0	—	1–0
4	Servette Chênois	6	0	0	6	0	23	−23	0		0–3	0–3	0–7	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head points: Wolfsburg 5, Juventus 5, Chelsea 5. Head-to-head goal differences: Wolfsburg +2, Juventus +1, Chelsea −3.

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	ARS	HOF	KOG
1	Barcelona	6	6	0	24	1	+23	18	Advance to Quarter-finals	—	4–1	4–0	5–0
2	Arsenal	6	3	3	14	13	+1	9^[a]	Advance to Quarter-finals	0–4	—	4–0	3–0
3	1899 Hoffenheim	6	3	3	11	15	−4	9^[a]		0–5	4–1	—	5–0
4	Køge	6	0	6	2	22	−20	0		0–2	1–5	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Arsenal 3, 1899 Hoffenheim 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Arsenal +1, 1899 Hoffenheim −1.

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Arsenal	1–3	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	0–2

Men's football

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league	Expelled or Dissolved	Re-elected
Premier League	Norwich City Watford Brentford	Fulham West Bromwich Albion Sheffield United	None	None
Championship	Hull City Peterborough United Blackpool	Wycombe Wanderers Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday	None	None
League One	Cheltenham Town Cambridge United Bolton Wanderers Morecambe	Rochdale Northampton Town Swindon Town Bristol Rovers	None	None
League Two	Sutton United Hartlepool United	Southend United Grimsby Town	None	None
National League	None	None	Macclesfield Town	Barnet King's Lynn Town

Premier League

Having looked all but sewn up at the start of 2022, the title race ended up going to the final day of the season, with Liverpool and Manchester City once again battling it out – a battle that City once again came out on top of in thanks in part to a superb run of form in the closing weeks and despite a very late scare on the final day, securing manager Pep Guardiola his fourth Premier League title in six seasons. Despite once again falling short in their hunt for a second top-flight title since 1990, Liverpool nevertheless managed to end the season with trophy success, winning both the League Cup and the FA Cup on penalties, whilst reaching their third Champions League final in five seasons and going unbeaten in the league at Anfield for the fourth time in five seasons, becoming the first English team to reach the finals of the Champions League and the domestic cup competitions in the same season.

Having also been in the title race at Christmas, Chelsea only secured a top-four spot in the closing week of the campaign, whilst also finishing the season empty-handed, including a third FA Cup final loss in three years (also losing the League Cup final to Liverpool), as their season quickly unravelled amid off-fied troubles caused by sanctions being placed against owner Roman Abramovich in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, forcing Abramovich to put the club up for sale. North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur ended up battling it out to secure fourth place; in the end, Tottenham emerged victorious in spite of a dreadful start to the season under former Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo, with the appointment of Antonio Conte ultimately proving to be an inspired choice – as a result, despite recovering from their worst ever start to a Premier League season to achieve a return to European football, Arsenal could only manage fifth place as a result of several big losses in the new year.

Despite making an overall good start, Manchester United endured inarguably their worst season since the retirement of Alex Ferguson, enduring early exits in both domestic cups and several big losses in the league, including losing 5–0 at home to bitter rivals Liverpool (and then 4–0 at Anfield in the return game) and 4–1 at promoted Watford, the latter game ultimately resulting in the sacking of manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær – and despite the appointment of Ralf Rangnick on an interim basis and the goals of returning striker Cristiano Ronaldo keeping them in the Champions League race, an equally poor end to the season saw the Red Devils finish sixth and with their lowest Premier League points total, only barely ensuring a Europa League spot. Newcastle United had what proved to be an eventful season both on and off the pitch, a very poor start to the season being offset by the takeover of the club by the Public Investment Fund after years of protest and anger against controversial owner Mike Ashley – and whilst the threat of relegation still lingered over the Magpies in the New Year, the appointment of new head coach Eddie Howe and a number of shrewd January signings helped the club rocket up the table and comfortably into mid-table.

Despite picking up fewer wins than the previous year and seeing a number of first-team players depart in the summer, Crystal Palace had an impressive first season under the management of Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira, the Eagles hitting the ground running with a more attacking style of football and with the end results being quite successful, the club never once looking like being in a relegation battle on top of reaching the FA Cup semi-finals, finishing with a positive goal difference and taking four points off Manchester City in the league. Brentford enjoyed what proved to be a rollercoaster campaign in their first top flight season in 74 years, first making a superb start before both results and points dried up – but the January signing of midfielder Christian Eriksen, itself a remarkable comeback for the Dane following his cardiac arrest the previous summer, proved to be a big turning point for their season, the Bees picking up a number of wins (including their first away win against Chelsea in 83 years) in the closing months to ensure a second successive season in the Premier League, a fantastic achievement for the London club.

Having won automatic promotion the previous season, both Norwich City and Watford endured an immediate return to the Championship – the tone for the Canaries' season being set by an opening run of six straight losses, with even the surprise decision to replace promotion-winning manager Daniel Farke with Dean Smith after eleven games failing to give the Norfolk club much in terms of inspiration; likewise for Watford, despite a reasonable start that included a 4–1 home victory over Manchester United in November, the Hornets simply never got to grips with the fast pace of the top-flight, making it through three different managers across the season and breaking a number of unwanted records for their form at Vicarage Road, including consecutive home losses and number of home losses as well as failing to keep a clean sheet until May. Taking the final relegation place, after weeks of twists and turns, were Burnley, the Clarets falling into the relegation zone in the closing minutes of the season; despite a late upturn in form following the controversial sacking of long-serving manager Sean Dyche, a late collapse that saw them gain just one point from their last three games proved fatal. Leeds United finished just above them, the equally controversial decision to sack promotion-winning manager Marcelo Bielsa in favour of Jesse Marsch proving to give the Yorkshire club just enough to avoid the drop, in spite of an atrocious defensive record - whilst Everton overcame one of their worst league seasons, including securing their joint-worst points tally for a Premier League campaign and recording just one win in fifteen between the end of September and mid-February, to finish in 16th.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City (C)	38	29	6	3	99	26	+73	93	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Liverpool	38	28	8	2	94	26	+68	92
3	Chelsea	38	21	11	6	76	33	+43	74
4	Tottenham Hotspur	38	22	5	11	69	40	+29	71
5	Arsenal	38	22	3	13	61	48	+13	69	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Manchester United	38	16	10	12	57	57	0	58	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
7	West Ham United	38	16	8	14	60	51	+9	56	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round^[a]
8	Leicester City	38	14	10	14	62	59	+3	52
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	12	15	11	42	44	−2	51
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	15	6	17	38	43	−5	51
11	Newcastle United	38	13	10	15	44	62	−18	49
12	Crystal Palace	38	11	15	12	50	46	+4	48
13	Brentford	38	13	7	18	48	56	−8	46
14	Aston Villa	38	13	6	19	52	54	−2	45
15	Southampton	38	9	13	16	43	67	−24	40
16	Everton	38	11	6	21	43	66	−23	39
17	Leeds United	38	9	11	18	42	79	−37	38
18	Burnley (R)	38	7	14	17	34	53	−19	35	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Watford (R)	38	6	5	27	34	77	−43	23
20	Norwich City (R)	38	5	7	26	23	84	−61	22

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs^[7]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2021–22 FA Cup and the 2021–22 EFL Cup, Liverpool, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the FA Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot given to the League Cup winners (Europa Conference League play-off round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.^[6]

Championship

Despite a few shaky spells of form across the season, Fulham secured promotion back to the Premier League as champions – their third in five years and their second consecutive immediate return – the London club never looking like falling out of the top six all season, becoming the first second-tier team in 20 years to score over hundred goals in a season and with star striker Aleksandar Mitrovic scoring an unprecedented 43 of those, a new record for the second tier. Taking the second automatic promotion spot were Bournemouth, who put both their play-off disappointment the previous year and an inconsistent run of form over the winter months behind them to return to the top-flight after two years and earning manager Scott Parker his second promotion in three seasons (having ironically moved to the club from Fulham). Qualifying for the play-off final were Huddersfield Town and Nottingham Forest.

At the bottom of the table, owing to a points deduction being imposed on Reading for breaching financial rules, the Royals ended up enduring yet another relegation battle, albeit one that they managed to win at the expense of Barnsley, Derby County and Peterborough United – Barnsley enduring a horrendous opening half of the season and falling back into League One after three years, with even their usual late rally proving to be not enough to starve off the drop as the Tykes never quite recovered from the loss of manager Valérien Ismaël to West Bromwich Albion before the season started. Just 1 year after having pulled off a narrow escape from relegation and in spite of pulling off some big results across the campaign, the points deductions imposed on Derby early in the season (12 for entering administration and 9 for financial irregularities) proved to be too much for the Rams to overcome, consigning the Midlands club to the third tier for the first time since 1986 – though they did end the season on a high off the pitch, managing to find new ownership after months of uncertainty. Despite a late rally, Peterborough United endured immediate relegation back to League One, never really looking like escaping the drop in spite of both a decent run of wins in the early months of the season as well as the late return of former manager Grant McCann.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Fulham (C, P)	46	27	9	10	106	43	+63	90	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Bournemouth (P)	46	25	13	8	74	39	+35	88	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Huddersfield Town	46	23	13	10	64	47	+17	82	Qualification for Championship play-offs
4	Nottingham Forest (O, P)	46	23	11	12	73	40	+33	80
5	Sheffield United	46	21	12	13	63	45	+18	75
6	Luton Town	46	21	12	13	63	55	+8	75
7	Middlesbrough	46	20	10	16	59	50	+9	70
8	Blackburn Rovers	46	19	12	15	59	50	+9	69
9	Millwall	46	18	15	13	53	45	+8	69
10	West Bromwich Albion	46	18	13	15	52	45	+7	67
11	Queens Park Rangers	46	19	9	18	60	59	+1	66
12	Coventry City	46	17	13	16	60	59	+1	64
13	Preston North End	46	16	16	14	52	56	−4	64
14	Stoke City	46	17	11	18	57	52	+5	62
15	Swansea City	46	16	13	17	58	68	−10	61
16	Blackpool	46	16	12	18	54	58	−4	60
17	Bristol City	46	15	10	21	62	77	−15	55
18	Cardiff City	46	15	8	23	50	68	−18	53
19	Hull City	46	14	9	23	41	54	−13	51
20	Birmingham City	46	11	14	21	50	75	−25	47
21	Reading	46	13	8	25	54	87	−33	41^[a]
22	Peterborough United (R)	46	9	10	27	43	87	−44	37	Relegation to EFL League One
23	Derby County (R)	46	14	13	19	45	53	−8	34^[b]
24	Barnsley (R)	46	6	12	28	33	73	−40	30

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[11]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Reading were deducted 6 points for breach of profit and sustainability regulations.^[8]
^ Derby County were deducted 12 points for entering administration,^[9] and a further 9 points for financial irregularities.^[10]

League One

The battle to finish in the top six ended up going to the last day of the season, owing to a big drop in form for frontrunners Rotherham United and the teams in and around the play-off places picking up points – but Wigan Athletic ultimately emerged as champions, putting the uncertainties of the previous year behind them and securing their third promotion to the Championship since 2016. Rotherham ultimately finished in second, a late good run of form propelling the Millers back into the second tier and ensuring their third immediate promotion from League One in five years, as well as the sixth consecutive season in which they moved between the Championship and League One. Taking the final promotion spot with a convincing play-off final win against Wycombe Wanderers were Sunderland, the Black Cats overcoming the surprise sacking of manager Lee Johnson at the end of January and some poor away form in the campaign to secure their first promotion in 15 years - with the equally surprising decision to appoint former Norwich City manager Alex Neil as head coach proving to be a successful one.

Just two seasons after having been promoted, Crewe Alexandra endured a truly awful campaign that saw them become the first team in the Football League to be relegated, never once leaving the relegation zone after only their second game and enduring several heavy losses. The remaining three relegation places ended up being decided on the last day, AFC Wimbledon enduring their first ever relegation and falling back into League Two after 6 years – a miserable run of form that saw them fail to win any games after Christmas Day ultimately proving fatal for the Dons. Despite being among the pre-season promotion favourites, Doncaster Rovers finished just above them, having also fallen into the relegation zone after only their second game and never really looking like pulling off a great escape – though a few big wins in the closing weeks of the campaign ensured that the Yorkshire club managed to starve off relegation. Taking the final place in a tightly contested battle were Gillingham, who looked like having turned a corner following the sacking of manager Steve Evans, only for the teams above them to pick up form in the closing weeks and send the Gills down for the first time in nine years; escaping the drop as a result were Fleetwood and Morecambe, who overcame the worst defensive record in the season to ensure a successful first campaign in League One.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Wigan Athletic (C, P)	46	27	11	8	82	44	+38	92	Promotion to EFL Championship
2	Rotherham United (P)	46	27	9	10	70	33	+37	90	Promotion to EFL Championship
3	Milton Keynes Dons	46	26	11	9	78	44	+34	89	Qualification for League One play-offs
4	Sheffield Wednesday	46	24	13	9	78	50	+28	85
5	Sunderland (O, P)	46	24	12	10	79	53	+26	84
6	Wycombe Wanderers	46	23	14	9	75	51	+24	83
7	Plymouth Argyle	46	23	11	12	68	48	+20	80
8	Oxford United	46	22	10	14	82	59	+23	76
9	Bolton Wanderers	46	21	10	15	74	57	+17	73
10	Portsmouth	46	20	13	13	68	51	+17	73
11	Ipswich Town	46	18	16	12	67	46	+21	70
12	Accrington Stanley	46	17	10	19	61	80	−19	61
13	Charlton Athletic	46	17	8	21	55	59	−4	59
14	Cambridge United	46	15	13	18	56	74	−18	58
15	Cheltenham Town	46	13	17	16	66	80	−14	56
16	Burton Albion	46	14	11	21	51	67	−16	53
17	Lincoln City	46	14	10	22	55	63	−8	52
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	14	20	47	51	−4	50
19	Morecambe	46	10	12	24	57	88	−31	42
20	Fleetwood Town	46	8	16	22	62	82	−20	40
21	Gillingham (R)	46	8	16	22	35	69	−34	40	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	Doncaster Rovers (R)	46	10	8	28	37	82	−45	38
23	AFC Wimbledon (R)	46	6	19	21	49	75	−26	37
24	Crewe Alexandra (R)	46	7	8	31	37	83	−46	29

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points based on yellow and red cards received excluding the last four games of the season (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences; 9) If the tie affects the automatic promotion or relegation places, a play-off game or games would be held between the two tied teams^[12]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

League Two

After consecutive campaigns of near-misses and heartbreak, Forest Green Rovers marked both 5 years in the Football League and Rob Edwards' first season as head coach with their first ever promotion to League One, going up as champions on goal difference and not falling out of the top 3 once in the campaign, even with overall poor form in the New Year nearly making them lose out on top spot. Exeter City finished not far behind them, finally achieving promotion back to the third tier following years of play-off final losses, heartbreak and near-misses in manager Matt Taylor's fourth season as manager. Taking the third automatic promotion spot in extraordinary circumstances were Bristol Rovers, who managed an immediate return to the third tier by virtue of goals scored after a 7-0 victory in their final game, narrowly edging out Northampton Town despite having never been in the top three prior to the final day. Qualifying for the play-offs were Northampton Town, Port Vale, Swindon Town and Mansfield Town.

Despite missing out on a play-off spot on the last day, Sutton United enjoyed a very successful maiden campaign in the Football League that included a narrow loss in the EFL Trophy final; having started slowly, the London club rocketed up the table, staying in and around the top seven from October onwards and with only a heavy home loss in their penultimate game going against the club. Having made a decent start on their return to the Football League, the departure of manager Dave Challinor to Stockport County saw Hartlepool United suffer a steep decline in form that saw them fall from the play-off places to mid-table; whilst the worse form of the teams below them ensured that the Pools never fell into the relegation battle, a disappointing 17th place was all the club could manage, a fair cry from their promotion chasing run early in the season.

After 72 consecutive years of Football League membership and just 11 years after having been in the Championship, Scunthorpe United's resilience finally gave out and they endured relegation to the National League, the Irons only escaping the drop zone once after their seventh game and securing just four wins across all competitions, as well as going down with statistically the worst playing record of any club relegated to the National League since Doncaster Rovers' infamously poor 1997–98 campaign. The battle to avoid the second spot proved to be tighter, with Barrow, Oldham Athletic and Stevenage fighting it out – but despite the return of manager John Sheridan for a fourth spell as Oldham manager, both Barrow and Stevenage achieved good runs of form in the closing months, enabling them to escape the drop and ending the Latic's 115-year run in the Football League (also resulting in them becoming the first former Premier League club to experience relegation to the National League), the Manchester club not being helped by escalating fan anger towards owner Abdallah Lemsagam, including an on-field protest in the game that saw them relegated.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Forest Green Rovers (C, P)	46	23	15	8	75	44	+31	84	Promotion to EFL League One
2	Exeter City (P)	46	23	15	8	65	41	+24	84
3	Bristol Rovers (P)	46	23	11	12	71	49	+22	80
4	Northampton Town	46	23	11	12	60	38	+22	80	Qualification for League Two play-offs
5	Port Vale (O, P)	46	22	12	12	67	46	+21	78
6	Swindon Town	46	22	11	13	77	54	+23	77
7	Mansfield Town	46	22	11	13	67	52	+15	77
8	Sutton United	46	22	10	14	69	53	+16	76
9	Tranmere Rovers	46	21	12	13	53	40	+13	75
10	Salford City	46	19	13	14	60	46	+14	70
11	Newport County	46	19	12	15	67	58	+9	69
12	Crawley Town	46	17	10	19	56	66	−10	61
13	Leyton Orient	46	14	16	16	62	47	+15	58
14	Bradford City	46	14	16	16	53	55	−2	58
15	Colchester United	46	14	13	19	48	60	−12	55
16	Walsall	46	14	12	20	47	60	−13	54
17	Hartlepool United	46	14	12	20	44	64	−20	54
18	Rochdale	46	12	17	17	51	59	−8	53
19	Harrogate Town	46	14	11	21	64	75	−11	53
20	Carlisle United	46	14	11	21	39	62	−23	53
21	Stevenage	46	11	14	21	45	68	−23	47
22	Barrow	46	10	14	22	44	57	−13	44
23	Oldham Athletic (R)	46	9	11	26	46	75	−29	38	Relegation to National League
24	Scunthorpe United (R)	46	4	14	28	29	90	−61	26	Relegation to National League

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[13]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

National League

Having also looked all but sewn up at the end of March, the title race ended up going to the last day of the season – but nine years after having fallen into the sixth tier, Stockport County continued their climb back up the football pyramid, achieving promotion back into the Football League for the first time since 2011 – a fantastic run of form in 2022 propelling the Hatters from the playoff places to automatic promotion, winning the title comfortably. Qualifying for the play-offs were Wrexham, Solihull Moors, Halifax Town, Notts County, Grimsby Town and Chesterfield.

At the bottom of the table, Dover Athletic endured inarguably the worst season in the history of the top five flights of English football, enduring a points deduction before the campaign started (for their failure to fulfil all their fixtures the previous year), finishing with just one point as a result and conceding 101 goals. Weymouth finished second from bottom, the Dorset club never quite looking like overcoming the loss of their promotion-winning manager two seasons prior, but at least prolonging their stay in the fifth tier until the closing weeks of the campaign – with King's Lynn Town finishing just above them in turn, the club enduring the relegation they had only narrowly avoided the previous year owing to there being no promotions or relegations between the National League tiers.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Stockport County (C, P)	44	30	4	10	87	38	+49	94	Promotion to EFL League Two
2	Wrexham	44	26	10	8	91	46	+45	88	Qualification for the National League play-off semi-finals
3	Solihull Moors	44	25	12	7	83	45	+38	87	Qualification for the National League play-off semi-finals
4	FC Halifax Town	44	25	9	10	62	35	+27	84	Qualification for the National League play-off quarter-finals
5	Notts County	44	24	10	10	81	52	+29	82
6	Grimsby Town (O, P)	44	23	8	13	68	46	+22	77
7	Chesterfield	44	20	14	10	69	51	+18	74
8	Dagenham & Redbridge	44	22	7	15	80	53	+27	73
9	Boreham Wood	44	18	13	13	49	40	+9	67
10	Bromley	44	18	13	13	61	53	+8	67
11	Torquay United	44	18	12	14	66	54	+12	66
12	Yeovil Town	44	15	14	15	43	46	−3	59
13	Southend United	44	16	10	18	45	61	−16	58
14	Altrincham	44	15	10	19	62	69	−7	55
15	Woking	44	16	5	23	59	61	−2	53
16	Wealdstone	44	14	11	19	51	65	−14	53
17	Maidenhead United	44	13	12	19	48	67	−19	51
18	Barnet	44	13	11	20	59	89	−30	50
19	Eastleigh	44	12	10	22	52	74	−22	46
20	Aldershot Town	44	11	10	23	46	73	−27	43
21	King's Lynn Town (R)	44	8	10	26	47	79	−32	34	Relegation to National League North
22	Weymouth (R)	44	6	10	28	40	88	−48	28	Relegation to National League South
23	Dover Athletic (R)	44	2	7	35	37	101	−64	1^[a]	Relegation to National League South

Source: National League official site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results^[15]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Dover Athletic were deducted twelve points for failing to complete fixtures during the 2020–21 season.^[14]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Gateshead (C, P)	42	29	7	6	99	47	+52	94	Promoted to the National League
2	Brackley Town	42	25	12	5	53	23	+30	87	Qualified for the National League North play-off semi-finals
3	AFC Fylde	42	24	8	10	68	37	+31	80
4	Kidderminster Harriers	42	21	11	10	72	35	+37	74	Qualified for the National League North play-off quarter-finals
5	York City (O, P)	42	19	9	14	58	50	+8	66
6	Chorley	42	17	14	11	62	49	+13	65
7	Boston United	42	18	9	15	63	57	+6	63
8	Kettering Town	42	16	13	13	54	48	+6	61
9	Alfreton Town	42	17	10	15	58	59	−1	61
10	Spennymoor Town	42	17	9	16	55	51	+4	60
11	Southport	42	14	15	13	60	55	+5	57
12	Hereford	42	15	10	17	51	52	−1	55
13	Darlington	42	14	11	17	57	58	−1	53
14	Curzon Ashton	42	13	13	16	51	63	−12	52
15	Leamington	42	12	12	18	39	47	−8	48
16	Chester	42	12	11	19	70	71	−1	47
17	Gloucester City	42	10	16	16	47	60	−13	46
18	Bradford (Park Avenue)	42	11	11	20	46	70	−24	44
19	Blyth Spartans	42	12	7	23	41	76	−35	43
20	AFC Telford United	42	7	16	19	48	65	−17	37
21	Farsley Celtic	42	9	10	23	37	78	−41	37
22	Guiseley (R)	42	9	8	25	31	69	−38	35	Relegated to the Northern Premier League

Source: National League official site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results^[16]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Maidstone United (C, P)	40	27	6	7	80	38	+42	87	Promoted to the National League
2	Dorking Wanderers (O, P)	40	25	6	9	101	53	+48	81	Qualified for the National League South play-off semi-finals
3	Ebbsfleet United	40	24	4	12	78	53	+25	76
4	Dartford	40	21	11	8	75	42	+33	74	Qualified for the National League South play-off quarter-finals
5	Oxford City	40	19	12	9	71	46	+25	69
6	Eastbourne Borough	40	17	9	14	73	67	+6	60
7	Chippenham Town	40	16	11	13	61	50	+11	59
8	Havant & Waterlooville	40	15	12	13	58	55	+3	57
9	St Albans City	40	15	7	18	55	58	−3	52
10	Dulwich Hamlet	40	13	12	15	63	60	+3	51
11	Hampton & Richmond Borough	40	14	9	17	56	56	0	51
12	Hungerford Town	40	15	4	21	59	68	−9	49
13	Slough Town	40	12	13	15	51	69	−18	49
14	Concord Rangers	40	13	10	17	53	72	−19	49
15	Hemel Hempstead Town	40	13	9	18	49	72	−23	48
16	Tonbridge Angels	40	11	12	17	43	53	−10	45
17	Braintree Town	40	11	12	17	38	54	−16	45
18	Bath City	40	13	6	21	45	68	−23	45
19	Chelmsford City	40	9	14	17	46	53	−7	41
20	Welling United	40	10	8	22	46	87	−41	38
21	Billericay Town (R)	40	9	9	22	41	68	−27	36	Relegated to the Isthmian League

Source: National League official site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results^[15]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

League play-offs

Football League play-offs

EFL Championship

Final

29 May 2022

16:30 BST

Huddersfield Town	0–1	Nottingham Forest
	Report	Colwill 43' (o.g.)

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 80,019

Referee: Jon Moss

EFL League One

Final

21 May 2022

15:00 BST

Wycombe Wanderers	0–2	Sunderland
	Report	Embleton 12' Stewart 79'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 72,332

Referee: Simon Hooper

EFL League Two

Final

28 May 2022

16:00 BST

Mansfield Town	0–3	Port Vale
	Report	Harratt 20' Wilson 24' Benning 85'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 37,303

Referee: Jarred Gillett

National League play-offs

National League

Final

5 June 2022

15:00 BST

Solihull Moors	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Grimsby Town
Hudlin 45+1'	Report	McAtee 69' Maguire-Drew 111'

London Stadium, London

Attendance: 22,897

Referee: Martin Woods

Cup Competitions

FA Cup

Final

14 May 2022

16:45 BST

Chelsea	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Liverpool
	Report
Penalties
Alonso Azpilicueta James Barkley Jorginho Ziyech Mount	5–6	Milner Thiago Firmino Alexander-Arnold Mané Jota Tsimikas

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 84,897

Referee: Craig Pawson (Sheffield & Hallamshire)

EFL Cup

Final

27 February 2022

16:30 GMT

Chelsea	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Liverpool
	Report
Penalties
Alonso Lukaku Havertz James Jorginho Rüdiger Kanté Werner Thiago Silva Chalobah Arrizabalaga	10–11	Milner Fabinho Van Dijk Alexander-Arnold Salah Jota Origi Robertson Elliott Konaté Kelleher

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 85,512^[17]

Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)

Community Shield

7 August 2021

17:15 BST

Leicester City	1–0	Manchester City
Iheanacho 89' (pen.)	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 45,602

Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire)

EFL Trophy

Final

3 April 2022

15:00

Rotherham United	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Sutton United
Wiles 42' Osei-Tutu 90+6' Ogbene 96' Ihiekwe 112'	Report	Wilson 30' Eastmond 48'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 30,688

Referee: Seb Stockbridge

FA Trophy

Final

22 May 2022

16:15 BST

Wrexham	0–1	Bromley
	Report	Cheek 64'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 46,111

Referee: Thomas Bramall

Women's football

FA Women's Super League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea (C)	22	18	2	2	62	11	+51	56	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Arsenal	22	17	4	1	65	10	+55	55	Qualification for the Champions League second round
3	Manchester City	22	15	2	5	60	22	+38	47	Qualification for the Champions League first round
4	Manchester United	22	12	6	4	45	22	+23	42
5	Tottenham Hotspur	22	9	5	8	24	23	+1	32
6	West Ham United	22	7	6	9	23	33	−10	27
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	8	2	12	24	38	−14	26
8	Reading	22	7	4	11	21	40	−19	25
9	Aston Villa	22	6	3	13	13	40	−27	21
10	Everton	22	5	5	12	18	41	−23	20
11	Leicester City	22	4	1	17	14	53	−39	13
12	Birmingham City (R)	22	3	2	17	15	51	−36	11	Relegation to the Championship

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

FA Women's Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Liverpool (C, P)	22	16	4	2	49	11	+38	52	Promotion to the WSL^[a]
2	London City Lionesses	22	13	2	7	35	22	+13	41
3	Bristol City	22	11	4	7	43	28	+15	37
4	Crystal Palace	22	11	4	7	35	39	−4	37
5	Charlton Athletic	22	10	4	8	27	18	+9	34
6	Durham	22	10	4	8	30	28	+2	34
7	Sheffield United	22	9	6	7	34	31	+3	33
8	Lewes	22	9	2	11	23	24	−1	29
9	Sunderland	22	6	6	10	23	32	−9	24
10	Blackburn Rovers	22	5	2	15	17	41	−24	17
11	Coventry United	22	5	7	10	18	32	−14	12^[b]
12	Watford (R)	22	2	5	15	18	46	−28	11	Relegation to the National League

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Dependent on obtaining a licence.
^ Coventry United were deducted 10 points on 6 January 2022 for triggering an insolvency event.^[18]

FA Women's National League

Cup competitions

Women's FA Cup

2020–21 Women's FA Cup

Final

5 December 2021

15:00 GMT

Arsenal	0–3	Chelsea
	Report	Kirby 3' Kerr 57', 77'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 40,942

Referee: Helen Conley (Durham)^[19]

2021–22 Women's FA Cup

Final

15 May 2022

14:30 BST

Chelsea	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Manchester City
Kerr 33', 99' Cuthbert 63'	Report	Hemp 42' Raso 89'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 49,094

Referee: Kirsty Dowle (Kent)^[20]

FA Women's League Cup

Final

5 March 2022

17:15

Manchester City	3–1	Chelsea
Weir 49', 69' White 58'	Report	Kerr 34'

Plough Lane, Wimbledon, London

Attendance: 8,004

Referee: Lisa Benn

Women's FA Community Shield

2021 Women's FA Community Shield

Managerial changes

This is a list of changes of managers within English league football:

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Leyton Orient	Jobi McAnuff^[21]	End of interim spell	8 May 2021	Pre-season	Kenny Jackett^[22]	21 May 2021
Swindon Town	Tommy Wright	End of interim spell	8 May 2021		John McGreal^[23]	26 May 2021
Bradford City	Mark Trueman Conor Sellars^[24]	Sacked	10 May 2021		Derek Adams^[25]	4 June 2021
Walsall	Brian Dutton^[26]	Sacked	10 May 2021		Matthew Taylor^[27]	19 May 2021
Barrow	Rob Kelly^[28]	End of caretaker spell	14 May 2021		Mark Cooper^[29]	28 May 2021
Doncaster Rovers	Andy Butler^[30]	End of interim spell	17 May 2021		Richie Wellens^[30]	17 May 2021
West Bromwich Albion	Sam Allardyce^[31]	Resigned	23 May 2021		Valérien Ismaël^[32]	24 June 2021
Sheffield United	Paul Heckingbottom	End of caretaker spell			Slaviša Jokanović	27 May 2021
Tranmere Rovers	Ian Dawes				Micky Mellon^[33]	1 June 2021
Forest Green Rovers	Jimmy Ball				Rob Edwards^[34]	27 May 2021
Crystal Palace	Roy Hodgson^[35]	End of contract	24 May 2021		Patrick Vieira^[36]	4 July 2021
Tottenham Hotspur	Ryan Mason	End of caretaker spell			Nuno Espírito Santo^[37]	30 June 2021
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Nuno Espírito Santo^[38]	Mutual consent			Bruno Lage^[39]	9 June 2021
Everton	Carlo Ancelotti^[40]	Signed by Real Madrid	1 June 2021		Rafael Benítez^[41]	30 June 2021
Morecambe	Derek Adams^[42]	Resigned	3 June 2021		Stephen Robinson^[43]	7 June 2021
Barnsley	Valérien Ismaël^[44]	Signed by West Bromwich Albion	24 June 2021		Markus Schopp^[45]	29 June 2021
Swindon Town	John McGreal^[46]	Mutual consent	25 June 2021		Ben Garner^[47]	21 July 2021
Fulham	Scott Parker^[48]	Mutual consent	28 June 2021		Marco Silva^[49]	1 July 2021
Bournemouth	Jonathan Woodgate^[50]	End of contract	28 June 2021		Scott Parker^[50]	28 June 2021
Rochdale	Brian Barry-Murphy^[51]	Resigned	30 June 2021		Robbie Stockdale^[52]	10 July 2021
Swansea City	Steve Cooper^[53]	Mutual Consent	21 July 2021		Russell Martin	1 August 2021
Milton Keynes Dons	Russell Martin^[54]	Signed by Swansea City	1 August 2021		Liam Manning^[55]	13 August 2021
Nottingham Forest	Chris Hughton^[56]	Sacked	16 September 2021	24th	Steve Cooper^[57]	21 September 2021
Newport County	Michael Flynn^[58]	Resigned	1 October 2021	15th	James Rowberry^[59]	19 October 2021
Watford	Xisco Muñoz^[60]	Sacked	3 October 2021	14th	Claudio Ranieri^[61]	4 October 2021
Carlisle United	Chris Beech^[62]	Sacked	10 October 2021	22nd	Keith Millen^[63]	26 October 2021
Newcastle United	Steve Bruce^[64]	Mutual consent	20 October 2021	19th	Eddie Howe^[65]	8 November 2021
Charlton Athletic	Nigel Adkins^[66]	Sacked	21 October 2021	22nd	Johnnie Jackson^[a]^[67]	21 October 2021
Cardiff City	Mick McCarthy^[68]	Mutual consent	23 October 2021	21st	Steve Morison^[b]^[69]	24 October 2021
Barnsley	Markus Schopp^[70]	Sacked	1 November 2021	23rd	Poya Asbaghi^[71]	17 November 2021
Tottenham Hotspur	Nuno Espírito Santo^[72]			8th	Antonio Conte^[73]	2 November 2021
Scunthorpe United	Neil Cox^[74]			24th	Keith Hill^[75]	5 November 2021
Hartlepool United	Dave Challinor^[76]	Signed by Stockport County		10th	Graeme Lee^[77]	1 December 2021
Norwich City	Daniel Farke^[78]	Sacked	6 November 2021	20th	Dean Smith^[79]	15 November 2021
Middlesbrough	Neil Warnock^[80]	Mutual consent	6 November 2021	14th	Chris Wilder^[81]	7 November 2021
Aston Villa	Dean Smith^[82]	Sacked	7 November 2021	15th	Steven Gerrard^[83]	11 November 2021
Stevenage	Alex Revell^[84]		15 November 2021	21st	Paul Tisdale^[85]	28 November 2021
Manchester United	Ole Gunnar Solskjær^[86]		21 November 2021	7th	Ralf Rangnick (interim)^[87]	29 November 2021
Fleetwood Town	Simon Grayson^[88]		24 November 2021	22nd	Stephen Crainey^[c]^[89]	24 November 2021
Oldham Athletic	Keith Curle^[90]		24 November 2021	22nd	Selim Benachour (caretaker)	24 November 2021
Sheffield United	Slaviša Jokanović^[91]		25 November 2021	16th	Paul Heckingbottom^[91]	25 November 2021
Doncaster Rovers	Richie Wellens^[92]		2 December 2021	23rd	Gary McSheffrey^[d]^[93]	2 December 2021
Ipswich Town	Paul Cook^[94]		4 December 2021	11th	Kieran McKenna^[95]	16 December 2021
Preston North End	Frankie McAvoy^[96]		6 December 2021	18th	Ryan Lowe^[97]	7 December 2021
Plymouth Argyle	Ryan Lowe^[98]	Signed by Preston North End	7 December 2021	4th	Steven Schumacher^[98]	7 December 2021
Gillingham	Steve Evans^[99]	Mutual consent	9 January 2022	22nd	Neil Harris^[100]	31 January 2022
Everton	Rafael Benítez^[101]	Sacked	16 January 2022	15th	Frank Lampard^[102]	30 January 2022
Colchester United	Hayden Mullins^[103]	Sacked	19 January 2021	22nd	Wayne Brown (Interim)^[103]	22 January 2022
Oldham Athletic	Selim Benachour	End of Interim Spell	22 January 2022	24th	John Sheridan^[104]	22 January 2022
Watford	Claudio Ranieri^[105]	Sacked	24 January 2022	19th	Roy Hodgson^[106]	25 January 2022
Hull City	Grant McCann^[107]		25 January 2022	19th	Shota Arveladze^[108]	27 January 2022
Sunderland	Lee Johnson^[109]		30 January 2022	3rd	Alex Neil^[110]	11 February 2022
West Bromwich Albion	Valérien Ismaël^[111]		2 February 2022	5th	Steve Bruce^[112]	3 February 2022
Walsall	Matthew Taylor		9 February 2022	21st	Michael Flynn^[113]	15 February 2022
Bradford City	Derek Adams^[114]		15 February 2022	11th	Mark Hughes^[115]	24 February 2022
Reading	Veljko Paunović^[116]	Mutual consent	19 February 2022	21st	Paul Ince (Interim) Michael Gilkes (Interim)^[116]	19 February 2022
Peterborough United	Darren Ferguson^[117]	Resigned	20 February 2022	23rd	Grant McCann^[118]	24 February 2022
Morecambe	Stephen Robinson^[119]	Signed by St Mirren	22 February 2022	21st	Derek Adams^[120]	24 February 2022
Leyton Orient	Kenny Jackett^[121]	Sacked	22 February 2022	18th	Richie Wellens^[122]	9 March 2022
Carlisle United	Keith Millen^[123]	Mutual Consent	23 February 2022	23rd	Paul Simpson^[124]	23 February 2022
Leeds United	Marcelo Bielsa^[125]	Sacked	27 February 2022	16th	Jesse Marsch^[126]	28 February 2022
Stevenage	Paul Tisdale^[127]	Sacked	16 March 2022	22nd	Steve Evans^[127]	16 March 2022
Barrow	Mark Cooper^[128]	Mutual consent	20 March 2022	21st	Phil Brown^[129]	21 March 2022
AFC Wimbledon	Mark Robinson^[130]	Sacked	28 March 2022	21st	Mark Bowen^[131]	30 March 2022
Crewe Alexandra	David Artell^[132]		11 April 2022	24th	Alex Morris^[132]	11 April 2022
Burnley	Sean Dyche^[133]		15 April 2022	18th	Mike Jackson Connor King Ben Mee (joint-caretakers)^[133]	15 April 2022
Barnsley	Poya Asbaghi^[134]	Mutual consent	24 April 2022	24th	Martin Devaney (Interim)^[134]	24 April 2022
Crawley Town	John Yems^[135]	Suspended	5 May 2022	16th	Lewis Young (caretaker)^[135]	5 May 2022
Hartlepool United	Graeme Lee^[136]	Sacked	5 May 2022	16th	Michael Nelson (caretaker)	5 May 2022

Deaths

3 June 2021: Alan Miller, 51, Arsenal, Middlesbrough, West Bromwich Albion and Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper^[137]
6 June 2021: Paul Cahill, 65, Portsmouth, Tranmere Rovers and Stockport County defender^[138]
8 June 2021: John Angus, 82, England and Burnley defender^[139]
19 June 2021: Spencer Whelan, 49, Chester City and Shrewsbury Town defender^[140]
25 June 2021: Mike Burgess, 89, Leyton Orient, Newport County, A.F.C. Bournemouth, Halifax Town and Gillingham defender^[141]
29 June 2021: Jock Aird, 94, Scotland, New Zealand and Burnley defender^[142]
9 July 2021: Paul Mariner, 68, England, Plymouth Argyle, Ipswich Town, Arsenal and Portsmouth forward, who also managed Plymouth Argyle^[143]
10 July 2021: Jimmy Gabriel, 80, Scotland, Everton, Southampton, A.F.C. Bournemouth and Brentford midfielder^[144]
11 July 2021: Ernie Moss, 71, Chesterfield, Peterborough United, Mansfield Town, Port Vale, Lincoln City, Doncaster Rovers, Stockport County and Scarborough forward^[145]
12 July 2021: Mick Bates, 73, Leeds United, Walsall, Bradford City and Doncaster Rovers midfielder^[146]
14 July 2021: Bobby Barr, 51, Halifax Town defender.^[147]
16 July 2021: Keith Bambridge, 85, Rotherham United, Darlington and Halifax Town outside left^[148]
17 July 2021: George Curtis, 82, Coventry City and Aston Villa defender, who also managed Coventry City^[149]
18 July 2021: Jeff Barmby, 78, York City striker^[150]
21 July 2021: Tommy Leishman, 83, Liverpool wing half^[151]
21 July 2021: Ken Ronaldson, 75, Bristol Rovers and Gillingham winger.^[152]
21 July 2021: Mike Smith, 83, Hull City manager^[153]
23 July 2021: Andy Higgins, 61, Chesterfield, Port Vale, Hartlepool United, Rochdale and Chester City defender^[154]
26 July 2021: Ally Dawson, 63, Scotland and Blackburn Rovers defender^[155]
28 July 2021: Derek Tomkinson, 90, Port Vale and Macclesfield Town forward^[156]
31 July 2021: Terry Cooper, 77, England, Leeds United, Middlesbrough, Bristol City, Bristol Rovers and Doncaster Rovers left back, who also managed Bristol Rovers, Bristol City, Exeter City and Birmingham City^[157]
1 August 2021: Eddie Presland, 78, West Ham United and Crystal Palace defender^[158]
7 August 2021: Robbie Cooke, 64, Mansfield Town, Peterborough United, Cambridge United, Brentford and Millwall forward^[159]
18 August 2021: Gerry Jones, 75, Stoke City outside left^[160]
21 August 2021: Arthur Smith , 106, Bury and Leicester City winger[161]
25 August 2021: Ray Aspden, 83, Rochdale defender^[162]
25 August 2021: Bobby Waddell, 81, Blackpool and Bradford Park Avenue forward.^[163]
27 August 2021: Peter McNamee, 86, Peterborough United and Notts County outside left.^[164]
27 August 2021: Johnny Williamson, 92, Manchester City and Blackburn Rovers forward.^[165]
28 August 2021: Sam Oji, 35, Birmingham City, Leyton Orient and Hereford United defender.^[166]
1 September 2021: Sid Watson, 93, Mansfield Town wing half.^[167]
c. 11 September 2021: Tom Anthony, 78, Brentford left back.^[168]
17 September 2021: Tony Scott, 80, West Ham United, Aston Villa, Torquay United, A.F.C. Bournemouth and Exeter City winger.^[169]
19 September 2021: Jimmy Greaves MBE, 81, England World Cup winner, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United striker.^[170]
19 September 2021: Terry Long, 86, Crystal Palace defender.^[171]
20 September 2021: Tony Toms, 76, Hartlepool United, Gillingham and Sheffield Wednesday trainer/coach.^[172]
25 September 2021: Len Ashurst, 82, Sunderland and Hartlepool United defender, who also managed Hartlepool United, Gillingham, Sheffield Wednesday, Newport County, Cardiff City and Sunderland.^[173]
27 September 2021: Martin Burleigh, 70, Newcastle United, Darlington, Carlisle United and Hartlepool United goalkeeper.^[174]
27 September 2021: Roger Hunt , 83, England World Cup winner, Liverpool and Bolton Wanderers striker.[175]
28 September 2021: Alan Woods, 84, Tottenham Hotspur, Swansea City and York City wing half.^[176]
29 September 2021: Ray Ruffett, 97, Luton Town wing half.^[177]
1 October 2021: Freddie Hill, 81, England, Bolton Wanderers, Halifax Town, Manchester City and Peterborough United inside forward.^[178]
1 October 2021: Paul Linger, 46, Charlton Athletic, Leyton Orient and Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder.^[179]
1 October 2021: Brian Sherratt, 77, Stoke City, Oxford United, Barnsley and Colchester United goalkeeper.^[180]
4 October 2021: Terry Eades, 77, Cambridge United defender.^[181]
7 October 2021: Andy Porter, 84, Watford midfielder.^[182]
16 October 2021: George Kinnell, 83, Stoke City, Oldham Athletic, Sunderland and Middlesbrough midfielder.^[183]
26 October 2021: Walter Smith , 73, Everton manager and Manchester United assistant manager.[184]
30 October 2021: Billy Webb, 89, Leicester City and Stockport County left back.^[185]
2 November 2021: Alf Patrick, 100, York City forward.^[186]
5 November 2021: Bobby Bainbridge, 90, York City striker.^[187]
6 November 2021: Jim Kerray, 85, Huddersfield Town and Newcastle United striker.^[188]
7 November 2021: Barry Jackson, 83, York City defender and record appearance-maker.^[189]
9 November 2021: Laurie Sheffield, 82, Newport County, Doncaster Rovers, Norwich City, Rotherham United, Oldham Athletic, Luton Town and Peterborough United forward.^[190]
10 November 2021: Bill Calder, 87, Leicester City, Bury, Oxford United and Rochdale forward.^[191]
12 November 2021: Ron Flowers , 87, England World Cup winner, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Northampton Town midfielder, who also managed Northampton Town.[192]
12 November 2021: Bertie Auld, 83, Scotland and Birmingham City outside left.^[193]
13 November 2021: Louis Bimpson, 92, Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Rochdale striker.^[194]^[195]
18 November 2021: Joe Laidlaw, 71, Middlesbrough, Carlisle United, Doncaster Rovers, Portsmouth, Hereford United and Mansfield Town midfielder.^[196]
21 November 2021: John Sewell, 85, Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace and Leyton Orient defender.^[197]
24 November 2021: Frank Burrows, 77, Scunthorpe United and Swindon Town defender, who also managed Portsmouth, Cardiff City and Swansea City.^[198]
24 November 2021: Cliff Marshall, 66, Everton and Southport forward.^[199]
c. 25 November 2021: Keith Morton, 87, Crystal Palace and Darlington forward.^[200]
28 November 2021: Johnny Hills, 87, Tottenham Hotspur and Bristol Rovers full back.^[201]
30 November 2021: Phil Dwyer, 68, Wales and Cardiff City defender.^[202]
30 November 2021: Ray Kennedy, 70, England, Arsenal, Liverpool, Swansea City and Hartlepool United midfielder/forward.^[203]
30 November 2021: John Sillett, 85, Chelsea, Coventry City and Plymouth Argyle full back, who also managed Hereford United and Coventry City.^[204]
6 December 2021: Marvin Morgan, 38, Aldershot Town, Dagenham & Redbridge, Shrewsbury Town, Plymouth Argyle and Hartlepool United forward.^[205]
14 December 2021: Jimmy Robson. 83, Burnley, Blackpool, Barnsley and Bury inside forward.^[206]
c. 16 December 2021: John 'Dan' Archer, 80, Port Vale, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Crewe Alexandra and Chesterfield midfielder/inside forward.^[207]
c. 17 December 2021: Trevor Thompson, 66, West Bromwich Albion, Newport County and Lincoln City full back.^[208]
21 December 2021: Roy Sawyer, 81, Barnsley defender.^[209]
29 December 2021: Steve Peplow, 72, Liverpool, Swindon Town, Nottingham Forest and Tranmere Rovers winger.^[210]
7 January 2022: Jimmy Smith, 91, Chelsea and Leyton Orient winger.^[211]
8 January 2022: Keith Todd, 80, Swansea Town forward.^[212]
c. 10 January 2022: Glyn Jones, 85, Sheffield United, Rotherham United and Mansfield Town inside forward.^[213]
c. 14 January 2022: Lol Morgan, 90, Huddersfield Town, Rotherham United and Darlington defender, who also managed Darlington and Norwich City.^[214]
c. 15 January 2022: Paul Hinshelwood, 65, Crystal Palace, Oxford United, Millwall and Colchester United right back.^[215]
17 January 2022: Jackie Fisher, 96, Millwall and AFC Bournemouth defender.^[216]
18 January 2022: Jamie Vincent, 46, Crystal Palace, AFC Bournemouth, Huddersfield Town, Portsmouth, Derby County, Millwall, Swindon Town, Walsall and Aldershot Town defender.^[217]
21 January 2022: Howard Radford, 91, Bristol Rovers goalkeeper.^[218]
3 February 2022: Alex Ingram, 77, Nottingham Forest forward.^[219]
4 February 2022: Steve Finney, 48, Preston North End, Swindon Town, Carlisle United, Leyton Orient and Chester City striker.^[220]
c. 10 February 2022: Mick Newman, 89, West Ham United inside forward.^[221]
13 February 2022: Andy Spring, 56, Coventry City and Bristol Rovers right back.^[222]
14 February 2022: Geoff Barker, 73, Hull City, Darlington, Reading and Grimsby Town defender.^[223]
17 February 2022: Steve Burtenshaw, 86, Brighton & Hove Albion wing half, who also managed Sheffield Wednesday and Queens Park Rangers.^[224]
18 February 2022: Billy McEwan, 70, Blackpool, Brighton & Hove Albion, Chesterfield, Mansfield Town, Peterborough United and Rotherham United midfielder, who also managed Sheffield United, Rotherham United and Darlington^[225]
18 February 2022: Trevor Swift, 73, Rotherham United defender.^[226]
19 February 2022: Doug Baillie, 85, Swindon Town defender.^[227]
19 February 2022: Joey Beauchamp, 50, Oxford United and Swindon Town midfielder.^[228]
27 February 2022: Alan Anderson, 82, Scotland, Millwall and Scunthorpe United defender.^[229]
6 March 2022: Frank O'Farrell, 94, Republic of Ireland, West Ham United and Preston North End wing half, who also managed Torquay United, Leicester City, Manchester United and Cardiff City.^[230]
8 March 2022: Gordon Lee, 87, Aston Villa and Shrewsbury Town defender, who managed Port Vale, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United, Everton, Preston North End and Leicester City.^[231]
15 March 2022: Tom Barnett, 85, Crystal Palace winger.^[232]
16 March 2022: Tony Marchi, 89, Tottenham Hotspur wing half, who also managed Northampton Town.^[233]
18 March 2022: Andy Lochhead, 81, Burnley, Leicester City, Aston Villa and Oldham Athletic striker.^[234]
c. 22 March 2022: Bill Shipwright, 89, Watford and Aldershot defender.^[235]
23 March 2022: Terry Darracott, 71, Everton and Wrexham full back.^[236]
c. 24 March 2022: Ivan Hollett, 81, Mansfield Town, Chesterfield, Crewe Alexandra, Cambridge United and Hereford United striker.^[237]
March 2022: Alan Wooler, 68, West Ham United and Aldershot defender.^[238]
29 March 2022: Ansah Owusu, 42, Wimbledon and Bristol Rovers midfielder.^[239]
31 March 2022: Bob Todd, 72, Rotherham United, Mansfield Town and Workington winger.^[240]
5 April 2022: Edward Rayner, 89, Stoke City midfielder.^[241]
c. 14 April 2022: Con Sullivan, 93, Bristol City and Arsenal goalkeeper.^[242]
17 April 2022: Jimmy Harris, 88, Everton, Birmingham City and Oldham Athletic forward.^[243]
20 April 2022: Harold Wilcockson, 78, Rotherham United, Doncaster Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday defender.^[244]
c. 21 April 2022: Bernard Fisher, 88, Hull City and Bradford City goalkeeper.^[245]
24 April 2022: Freddy Hall, 37, Bermuda and Northampton Town goalkeeper.^[246]
30 April 2022: Neil Campbell, 45, York City, Scarborough and Southend United striker.^[247]
8 May 2022: Syd Farrimond, 81, Bolton Wanderers and Tranmere Rovers defender.^[248]
15 May 2022: Mark Davies, 49, Swansea City defender.^[249]
18 May 2022: Brian Bedford, 88, Reading, Southampton, AFC Bournemouth, Queens Park Rangers, Scunthorpe United and Brentford forward.^[250]
26 May 2022: Neil O'Donnell, 72, Norwich City, Gillingham and Sheffield Wednesday midfielder.^[251]
26 May 2022: Jimmy Whitehouse, 87, Reading, Coventry City and Millwall forward.^[252]

Retirements

1 June 2021: Rene Gilmartin, 34, former Walsall , Watford, Plymouth Argyle and Colchester United goalkeeper.^[253]
2 June 2021: Mark Milligan, 35, former Australia and Southend United midfielder^[254]
3 June 2021: Nicklas Bendtner, 33, former Denmark, Arsenal and Nottingham Forest forward^[255]
3 June 2021: Steven Whittaker, 36, former Scotland and Norwich City defender^[256]
12 June 2021: Carl Tremarco, 35, former Tranmere Rovers, Wrexham and Macclesfield Town defender^[257]
28 June 2021: David Gray, 33, former Manchester United, Crewe Alexandra, Plymouth Argyle, Preston North End, Stevenage and Burton Albion defender^[258]
28 June 2021: Tony McMahon, 35, former Middlesbrough, Sheffield United, Blackpool, Bradford City and Oxford United right back.^[259]
2 July 2021: Sam Hird, 33, former Doncaster Rovers, Chesterfield and Barrow defender^[260]
15 July 2021: Arjen Robben, 37, former Netherlands and Chelsea winger.
20 July 2021: Joe Riley, 29, former Bolton Wanderers, Oxford United, Bury, Shrewsbury Town, Plymouth Argyle, and Mansfield Town defender^[261]
30 July 2021: Scott Brown, 36, former Bristol City, Cheltenham Town, Port Vale, Morecambe and Accrington Stanley midfielder^[262]
30 July 2021: Nathan Dyer, 33, former Southampton and Swansea City winger^[263]
2 August 2021: Stewart Downing, 37, former England, Middlesbrough, Aston Villa, Liverpool, West Ham United and Blackburn Rovers midfielder^[264]
8 August 2021: Jose Baxter, 29, former Everton, Tranmere Rovers, Oldham Athletic, Sheffield United, and Plymouth Argyle midfielder^[265]
16 August 2021: Tommie Hoban, 27, former Watford defender^[266]
30 August 2021: Billy Clarke, 33, former Ipswich Town, Blackpool, Crawley Town, Bradford City, Charlton Athletic, Plymouth Argyle and Grimsby Town striker.^[267]
1 September 2021: Shaun MacDonald, 33, former Wales, Swansea City, A.F.C. Bournemouth, Wigan Athletic, Rotherham United and Crewe Alexandra midfielder.^[268]
1 September 2021: Kingsley James, 29, former Sheffield United, Port Vale, Chasetown, Hereford United, Chester, FC Halifax Town, Macclesfield Town, Barrow, Guiseley, Gainsborough Trinity, Hyde United, Farsley Celtic, and England C midfielder^[269]
13 September 2021: Demba Ba, 36, former Senegal, West Ham United, Newcastle United and Chelsea striker.^[270]
14 September 2021: Grant Leadbitter, 35, former Sunderland, Ipswich Town and Middlesbrough midfielder.^[271]
17 September 2021: Jack Hobbs, 33, former Lincoln City, Liverpool, Scunthorpe United, Leicester City, Hull City, Nottingham Forest, and Bolton Wanderers defender^[272]
18 September 2021: Kári Árnason, 38, Iceland, Plymouth Argyle and Rotherham United defender.^[273]
26 September 2021: Samir Nasri, 34, former France, Arsenal, Manchester City and West Ham United midfielder.^[274]
28 September 2021: Steven Taylor, 35, former Newcastle United, Wycombe Wanderers, Ipswich Town and Peterborough United defender.^[275]
11 October 2021: Wayne Routledge, 36, former Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United and Swansea City midfielder.^[276]
15 October 2021: Simon Cox, 34, former Republic of Ireland, Reading, Swindon Town, West Bromwich Albion, Nottingham Forest and Southend United striker.^[277]
23 October 2021: Adam Federici, 36, former Australia, Reading, Southend United, Bournemouth and Stoke City goalkeeper.^[278]
28 October 2021: George Boyd, 36, former Scotland, Peterborough United, Hull City, Burnley, Sheffield Wednesday and Salford City midfielder.^[279]
2 November 2021: Luke Varney, 39, former Crewe Alexandra, Charlton Athletic, Derby County, Portsmouth, Leeds United, Blackburn Rovers, Ipswich Town, Burton Albion and Cheltenham Town forward.^[280]
12 November 2021: Yuki Abe, 40, former Japan and Leicester City midfielder.^[281]
12 November 2021: Joe Ledley, 34, former Wales, Cardiff City, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Charlton Athletic and Newport County midfielder.^[282]
16 November 2021: Jonás Gutiérrez, 38, former Argentina and Newcastle United midfielder.^[283]
24 November 2021: David Templeton, 32, former Burton Albion winger.^[284]
27 November 2021: Maxi Rodríguez, 40, former Argentina and Liverpool midfielder.^[285]
4 December 2021: Filipe Morais, 36, former Chelsea, Milton Keynes Dons, Millwall, Oldham Athletic, Stevenage, Bradford City, Bolton Wanderers, Crawley Town, Oldham Athletic, and Grimsby Town midfielder^[286]
14 December 2021: Collin Quaner, 30, former Huddersfield Town forward.^[287]
15 December 2021: Sergio Agüero, 33, former Argentina and Manchester City striker.
19 December 2021: Adam Collin, 37, former Carlisle United, Rotherham United and Notts County goalkeeper.^[288]
22 December 2021: David Raven, 36, former Liverpool, Carlisle United, Shrewsbury Town and Tranmere Rovers defender.^[289]
29 December 2021: Fabricio Coloccini, 39, former Argentina and Newcastle United defender.^[290]
1 January 2022: Sam McQueen, 26, former Southampton left back.^[291]
4 January 2022: Davy Pröpper, 30, former Netherlands and Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder.^[292]
4 January 2022: Alan Sheehan, 35, former Leicester City, Mansfield Town, Leeds United, Crewe Alexandra, Oldham Athletic, Swindon Town, Notts County, Bradford City, Peterborough United, Luton Town, Northampton Town and Lincoln City defender^[293]
5 January 2022: Scott Davies, 34, former Morecambe, Fleetwood Town and Tranmere Rovers goalkeeper.^[294]
6 January 2022: Mark Hughes, 35, former Everton, Stockport County, Northampton Town, Walsall, Bury, Accrington Stanley, Stevenage and Bristol Rovers defender^[295]
10 January 2022: Matt Gilks, 39, former Scotland, Blackpool, Burnley, Norwich City, Rochdale, Wigan Athletic, Shrewsbury Town, Scunthorpe United, Lincoln City, Fleetwood Town and Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper.^[296]
11 January 2022: Ryan Shawcross, 34, former England, Manchester United and Stoke City defender^[297]
25 January 2022: Gary Dicker, 35, former Stockport County, Brighton & Hove Albion, Rochdale, Crawley Town and Carlisle United midfielder.^[298]
2 February 2022: Matt Bloomfield, 37, former Ipswich Town and Wycombe Wanderers midfielder.^[299]
19 February 2022: Alejandro Faurlín, 35, former Queens Park Rangers midfielder^[300]
8 March 2022: Bradley Wright-Phillips, 36, former Manchester City, Southampton, Plymouth Argyle and Charlton Athletic striker.^[301]
20 March 2022: Tristan Nydam, 22, former Ipswich Town midfielder/defender.^[302]
24 March 2022: Jermain Defoe , 39, former England, West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, Sunderland and AFC Bournemouth striker.[303]
26 March 2022: Laurent Koscielny, 36, former France and Arsenal defender.^[304]
31 March 2022: Declan Rudd, 31, former Norwich City, Charlton Athletic and Preston North End goalkeeper.^[305]
14 April 2022: Conor McLaughlin, 30, former Northern Ireland, Preston North End, Fleetwood Town, Millwall and Sunderland right back.^[306]
22 April 2022: Stephen Ward, 36, former Republic of Ireland, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Burnley, Stoke City, Ipswich Town and Walsall left back.^[307]
30 April 2022: Andy Keogh, 35, former Republic of Ireland, Leeds United, Bury, Scunthorpe United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cardiff City, Bristol City, Millwall and Blackpool striker.^[308]
3 May 2022: George Elokobi, 37, former Colchester United, Chester City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest, Bristol City and Oldham Athletic defender.^[309]
3 May 2022: Luke McCormick, 38, former Plymouth Argyle, Oxford United and Swindon Town goalkeeper.^[310]
7 May 2022: Danny Livesey, 37, former Bolton Wanderers, Notts County, Rochdale, Blackpool and Carlisle United defender.^[311]
8 May 2022: Marko Marin, 33, former Germany and Chelsea midfielder.
11 May 2022: Mat Sadler, 37, former Birmingham City, Watford, Walsall, Crawley Town, Rotherham United and Shrewsbury Town defender.^[312]
16 May 2022: Scott Vernon, 38, former Oldham Athletic, Blackpool, Colchester United, Shrewsbury Town and Grimsby Town striker.^[313]
17 May 2022: Martin Škrtel, 37, former Slovakia and Liverpool defender.
17 May 2022: Mark Carrington, 35, former Crewe Alexandra, Milton Keynes Dons and Bury midfielder.^[314]
20 May 2022: Joseph Mills, 32, former Southampton, Reading, Burnley, Oldham Athletic, Forest Green Rovers and Northampton Town defender.^[315]
21 May 2022: Adebayo Akinfenwa, 38, former Boston United, Leyton Orient, Doncaster Rovers, Torquay United, Swansea City, Millwall, Northampton Town, Gillingham, A.F.C. Wimbledon and Wycombe Wanderers striker.^[316]
22 May 2022: Mark Noble, 34, former West Ham United midfielder.^[317]
25 May 2022: Stephen Dobbie, 39, former Swansea City, Blackpool, Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace and Bolton Wanderers forward.^[318]
26 May 2022: Lee Grant, 39, former Derby County, Sheffield Wednesday, Burnley, Stoke City and Manchester United goalkeeper.^[319]
27 May 2022: Paul McShane, 36, former Republic of Ireland, West Bromwich Albion, Sunderland, Hull City, Reading and Rochdale defender.^[320]

Diary of the season

31 August 2021: The first month of the season ends with Tottenham Hotspur top of the Premier League as the only team with a 100% start to the season. Closely behind are five teams on seven points: West Ham United, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Everton, occupying second to sixth, followed by defending champions Manchester City in seventh. Wolverhampton Wanderers, Norwich City and Arsenal have lost each of their opening three games and occupy the relegation places. In the Championship, two of the recently relegated clubs, Fulham and West Bromwich Albion, occupy the top two, with Queens Park Rangers, Huddersfield Town, Stoke City and Bournemouth in the playoff places. The third newly relegated club, Sheffield United, is in the relegation zone, sandwiched by Nottingham Forest and newly promoted Blackpool.
30 September 2021: September ends with Liverpool top of the Premier League as the only team unbeaten in their first six games. Five teams, Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United, Everton and Brighton, are all one point behind and occupy second to sixth, with West Ham United a further two points behind in seventh. Norwich, still without a point so far, sits at the bottom of the table, joined in the relegation zone by Burnley and Leeds United, with Newcastle United just outside the bottom three on goal difference. West Brom lead the Championship ahead of Bournemouth on goal difference, with Fulham, Coventry City, Stoke City and Blackburn Rovers occupying the playoff places. Huddersfield Town are just outside the playoff places on goal difference. After a 12-point deduction, Derby County sit bottom of the Championship, with Peterborough United and Hull City just above them in the bottom three.
31 October 2021: At the quarter-way mark of the Premier League campaign, Chelsea sit top of the table, three points clear of Liverpool, who are one of two unbeaten teams in the top four divisions so far. Manchester City and West Ham are joint third, and Manchester United, Arsenal, and Brighton complete the top seven. At the other end of the table are the two teams in the Football League yet to experience victory, Norwich (20th) and Newcastle, newly flush with cash from their takeover by Saudi Arabia's PIF fund but yet to make any major moves beyond the mutual termination of head coach Steve Bruce's contract. Burnley are 18th, three points behind Aston Villa, Leeds, and Watford. Bournemouth - the second of the aforementioned unbeaten teams - lead the Championship with a five-point gap between them and Fulham. Fulham in turn have a four-point gap between them and third-placed West Brom. Coventy, Huddersfield and Blackpool lead a congested play-off chase. Derby County remain bottom of the Championship, with Barnsley now joining them and Hull in the bottom three.
30 November 2021: November closes with Chelsea still leading the Premier League, a point ahead of Manchester City and two points ahead of Liverpool. West Ham hold the final Champions League spot, ahead of Arsenal on goal difference. Wolves and Spurs (who have a game in hand) round out the top seven. Norwich have managed to end their winless streak and are now only three points adrift of 17th-placed Watford, though there is no such luck for Newcastle, now bottom of the Premier League; Burnley also remain in the relegation zone. Fulham have leapfrogged Bournemouth at the Championship summit, but the Cherries have extended their distance from third place - currently held by QPR - to seven points. West Brom, Blackburn, and Coventry finish November in the top six. A further 12-point deduction sees Derby finish November on 1 point, with a daunting 19-point gap between them and 21st-placed Reading, struck themselves with a deduction of six points. Barnsley remain stuck in the bottom three, while Peterborough take Hull's place in the bottom three.
31 December 2021: Manchester City enter 2022 with an eight point lead at the top of the Premier League table over second-placed Chelsea. Liverpool are third with a game in hand. Arsenal hold the coveted fourth spot, four points ahead of West Ham, though Manchester United and Spurs have at least one game in hand over Arsenal. Norwich finish the year back on the bottom of the Premier League, a point behind Newcastle and Burnley, though Burnley have games in hand over fellow strugglers Leeds and Watford. In the Championship, Bournemouth have returned to the top of the table, four points clear of joint-second Fulham and Blackburn. West Brom, Middlesbrough and Huddersfield finish December in the top six, but with only 12 points between 6th and 18th, plus multiple teams holding games in hand over the top six due to postponements, competition remains fierce. A return of nine points from a possible 12 in December has seen bottom club Derby County narrow the gap between them and 21st (still held by Reading) to 11 points, giving the East Midlands battlers an outside chance of avoiding the drop. Barnsley (23rd) and Peterborough also remain in the relegation zone.
31 January 2021: Manchester City extend their Premier League lead to nine points at the end of January, although second-placed Liverpool still have a game in hand. Chelsea have dropped to third, and Manchester United have seized fourth place ahead of West Ham, Arsenal, and Spurs, though the latter two have at least one game in hand over United. Norwich have climbed out of the relegation zone at the expense of Watford, now sandwiched between Newcastle (18th) and Burnley, though with their rivals all having at least one game in hand (including four for Burnley alone) the relegation battle is only just beginning to intensify. In the Championship, Fulham have seized the lead following a stunning month that has seen them score 23 goals in only five matches and now lead second-placed Blackburn by five points, although Bournemouth and QPR could leapfrog the Lancastrians by winning their respective games in hand. West Brom and Middlesbrough remain in the top six, ahead of Huddersfield on goal difference. The Championship bottom four remains unchanged except for Derby and Barnsley swapping position, with only seven points now separating Derby and Reading.
28 February 2022: February ends with Manchester City's lead cut to six points, with second-placed Liverpool still having a game in hand. Chelsea, despite only playing once in February due to their cup obligations, remain third with a three-point gap and two games in hand over Manchester United. West Ham and Arsenal are two points behind Manchester United, the latter with three games in hand over their top four rivals, with Spurs rounding out the top seven again. Norwich have returned to the bottom of the table, five points adrift of 17th-placed Everton having played two games more. Watford and Burnley remain in the relegation zone, though Newcastle, Brentford, and Leeds are also still in the mix. Fulham lead second-placed Bournemouth by nine points in the Championship, though the south coast side have two games in hand over the free-scoring Londoners. Huddersfield have usurped Blackburn to take third, QPR climb to fifth, and Luton finish February in sixth, with Sheffield United, Middlesbrough, Nottingham Forest, Coventry, and Millwall still in play-off contention. At the other end of the table, time is starting to run out for Derby, with only 12 games left to make up an eight-point deficit between them and 21st-placed Reading. As it stands Barnsley (in 22nd) look more likely to escape the bottom three, standing six points behind Reading with a game in hand. Peterborough are now bottom.
31 March 2022: With less than a quarter of the Premier League left to play, Manchester City's lead over Liverpool in the title race has been reduced to one point, with the Merseysiders still to play at the Etihad Stadium. Chelsea remain third, having won all three games in a turbulent month that saw owner Roman Abramovich's assets - including Chelsea - frozen, and two sponsors terminate their sponsorship agreements with the club. Arsenal have moved to fourth, three points ahead of arch-rivals Spurs with a game in hand. Manchester United and West Ham complete the top seven. The relegation zone remains unchanged. In the Championship, Fulham find themselves needing only 10 points from their final nine games to confirm an immediate return to the Premier League. Bournemouth have narrowed the gap to Fulham to eight points, though they only have one game in hand now. A good month sees Luton - relegated from the old First Division the year before its rebranding as the Premier League - rise to third, and seeking to be the first club to be promoted all the way from non-league to the top flight of English football. Huddersfield are fourth on goal difference, Sheffield United have risen to fifth, while Blackburn's promotion push continues to falter as they end March in sixth. It remains anyone's guess as to who will claim the playoff places, with only 12 points separating Luton and Preston North End (14th). Derby County drop to the bottom of the table, still eight points behind Reading (21st). Barnsley and Peterborough remain in the bottom three.
30 April 2022: Manchester City enter the final stretch of the Premier League season still a point ahead of Liverpool. Chelsea have all but secured third, being six points clear of fourth-placed Arsenal with five games left to play. Arsenal are two points clear of fifth-placed Spurs with the North London derby still to be played at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Manchester United's top four hopes are all but over with three games left for them to make up four points to Arsenal; seven-placed West Ham, for their part, still have a chance at Champions League qualification via the Europa League. A resurgence under caretaker Mike Jackson has seen Burnley climb to 16th, ahead of Leeds on goal difference and with five points between them and Everton in 18th. Everton's last hope is their extra two games in hand over Burnley; there is no such luck for Norwich, who have confirmed a sixth Premier League relegation, and Watford, who will be relegated if they fail to win another match or if Burnley and Leeds each earn one more point. Another so-called "yo-yo club", Fulham, have secured another promotion from the Championship and need one more point to confirm the league title. Bournemouth remain second with two games left, though one of those is against third-placed Nottingham Forest, who are just three points behind the south coast side. Fourth-placed Huddersfield have also confirmed their playoff spot. Luton Town and Sheffield United hold pole position for the other two playoff spots as the final matchday approaches, though Middlesbrough and Millwall can still claim spots if results go their way. Derby, Peterborough, and Barnsley have all confirmed relegation.

New clubs

Macclesfield F.C.

Clubs removed

Notes

^ The final, originally scheduled for 21:00 CEST, was delayed 36 minutes due to security issues with fans entering the stadium.

^ Jackson was initially appointed as caretaker manager, but the move was made permanent on 17 December 2021.
^ Morison was initially appointed as interim manager, but the move was made permanent on 12 November 2021.
^ Crainey was initially appointed as caretaker manager, but the move was made permanent on 21 December 2021.
^ McSheffrey was initially appointed as caretaker manager, but the move was made permanent on 29 December 2021.

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[table_note_TOT_REN0.32997005820739-7] The Tottenham Hotspur v Rennes match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Rennes due to numerous positive COVID-19 tests in the Tottenham Hotspur squad.^[5]

[table_hth_ATM0.86392414563518-8] Head-to-head: Atlético Madrid 3 pts (0 GD, 3 GF), Porto 3 pts (0 GD, 3 GF). Goal difference in all group matches: Atlético Madrid +3, Porto –1.

[table_hth_WOL0.13181803661018-9] Head-to-head points: Wolfsburg 5, Juventus 5, Chelsea 5. Head-to-head goal differences: Wolfsburg +2, Juventus +1, Chelsea −3.

[table_hth_ARS0.55198648877069-10] Head-to-head points: Arsenal 3, 1899 Hoffenheim 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Arsenal +1, 1899 Hoffenheim −1.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.071652738410818-12] Since the winners of the 2021–22 FA Cup and the 2021–22 EFL Cup, Liverpool, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the FA Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot given to the League Cup winners (Europa Conference League play-off round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.^[6]

[table_hth_REA0.64034600539149-15] Reading were deducted 6 points for breach of profit and sustainability regulations.^[8]

[table_hth_DER0.64034600539149-18] Derby County were deducted 12 points for entering administration,^[9] and a further 9 points for financial irregularities.^[10]

[table_hth_DOV0.37465418427002-23] Dover Athletic were deducted twelve points for failing to complete fixtures during the 2020–21 season.^[14]

[table_note_res_CL0.90206283419489-27] Dependent on obtaining a licence.

[table_hth_COV0.90206283419489-29] Coventry United were deducted 10 points on 6 January 2022 for triggering an insolvency event.^[18]

[4] The final, originally scheduled for 21:00 CEST, was delayed 36 minutes due to security issues with fans entering the stadium.

[78] Jackson was initially appointed as caretaker manager, but the move was made permanent on 17 December 2021.

[81] Morison was initially appointed as interim manager, but the move was made permanent on 12 November 2021.

[102] Crainey was initially appointed as caretaker manager, but the move was made permanent on 21 December 2021.

[107] McSheffrey was initially appointed as caretaker manager, but the move was made permanent on 29 December 2021.

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