2017–18 in English football

Football in England

Season	2017–18
Men's football
Premier League	Manchester City
Championship	Wolverhampton Wanderers
National League	Macclesfield Town
EFL Trophy	Lincoln City
EFL Cup	Manchester City
Community Shield	Arsenal
Women's football
WSL Cup	Arsenal
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season is the 138th season of competitive association football in England.

National teams[]

England national football team[]

Results and fixtures[]

Friendlies[]

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)[]

Group F[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	10	8	2	0	18	3	+15	26	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup		—	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0
2	Slovakia	10	6	0	4	17	7	+10	18			0–1	—	3–0	1–0	4–0	3–0
3	Scotland	10	5	3	2	17	12	+5	18			2–2	1–0	—	1–0	1–1	2–0
4	Slovenia	10	4	3	3	12	7	+5	15			0–0	1–0	2–2	—	4–0	2–0
5	Lithuania	10	1	3	6	7	20	−13	6			0–1	1–2	0–3	2–2	—	2–0
6	Malta	10	0	1	9	3	25	−22	1			0–4	1–3	1–5	0–1	1–1	—

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers

In league format, the ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[1] Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) Overall goal difference Overall goals scored Points in matches between tied teams Goal difference in matches between tied teams Goals scored in matches between tied teams Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie is only between two teams in home-and-away league format) Fair play points first yellow card: minus 1 point indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points direct red card: minus 4 points yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

2018 FIFA World Cup[]

Group G[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage
2	Panama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Matches

England U-21 national football team[]

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification[]

Group 4[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	16	Final tournament		—	6 Sep	2–1	3–1	3–0	11 Oct
2	Netherlands	6	3	2	1	14	4	+10	11	Play-offs if among four best runners-up		1–1	—	16 Oct	11 Sep	3–0	8–0
3	Ukraine	6	2	2	2	11	6	+5	8			0–2	1–1	—	12 Oct	7 Sep	11 Sep
4	Scotland	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8			16 Oct	2–0	0–2	—	1–1	6 Sep
5	Latvia (Z)	6	0	3	3	2	10	−8	3			11 Sep	12 Oct	1–1	0–2	—	0–0
6	Andorra (Z)	6	0	2	4	1	17	−16	2			0–1	0–1	0–6	1–1	16 Oct	—

England U-20 national football team[]

2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Knockout stage
2	South Korea (H)	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Argentina	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
4	Guinea	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1

Round of 16[]

Quarter-finals[]

Semi-finals[]

Final[]

England U-19 national football team[]

2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification[]

Group 8[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Elite round
2	Bulgaria (H)	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Iceland	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Elite round[]

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6[a]	Final tournament
2	Latvia	3	2	0	1	5	6	−1	6[a]
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	7	10	−3	3[b]
4	Macedonia (H)	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3[b]

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England U-17 national football team[]

2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup[]

Group F[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Knockout stage
2	Iraq	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
3	Mexico	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Chile	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7	1

Round of 16[]

Quarter-finals[]

Semi-finals[]

Final[]

2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship[]

The final draw will be held in April 2018 in England.^[3] The 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four teams. Hosts England are assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams are seeded according to their results in the qualification elite round, with the seven best elite round group winners (counting all elite round results) placed in Pot 1 and drawn to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, and the remaining eight teams (the eighth-best elite round group winner and the seven elite round group runners-up) placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups.

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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England women's national football team[]

Results and fixtures[]

Friendlies[]

UEFA Women's Euro 2017[]

Group D[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Knockout stage
2	Spain	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3[a]
3	Scotland	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3[a]
4	Portugal	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3[a]

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)[]

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	5	4	1	0	17	0	+17	13	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup		—	0–0	6–0	4–0	5–0
2	Wales	5	3	2	0	3	0	+3	11	Play-offs if among four best runners-up		31 Aug	—	12 Jun	7 Jun	1–0
3	Russia	4	2	1	1	9	7	+2	7			8 Jun	0–0	—	4 Sep	30 Aug
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (Z)	5	1	0	4	3	13	−10	3			0–2	0–1	1–6	—	12 Jun
5	Kazakhstan (E)	5	0	0	5	0	12	−12	0			4 Sep	0–1	0–3	0–2	—

2018 SheBelieves Cup[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States (H, C)	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
2	England	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
3	France	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Germany	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Managerial changes[]

Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Sampson, MarkMark Sampson	Sacked	20 September 2017[4]	Phil Neville	23 January 2018[5]

England women's national under-20 football team[]

2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[]

Group[]

• Qualified

The official draw will be held on 8 March 2018 at the Rennes Opera House in Rennes.^[6]

England women's U-19 national football team[]

2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification[]

Qualifying round[]

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Elite round
2	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	4	1	+3	4
3	Wales	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	Kazakhstan (H)	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0

Elite round[]

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

England women's U-17 national football team[]

2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification[]

Qualifying round[]

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9	Elite round
2	Scotland	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Latvia (H)	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0

Elite round[]

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

UEFA competitions[]

2017–18 UEFA Champions League[]

Play-off round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
1899 Hoffenheim	3–6	Liverpool	1–2	2–4

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MU	BSL	CSKA	BEN
1	Manchester United	6	5	0	1	12	3	+9	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–0	2–1	2–0
2	Basel	6	4	0	2	11	5	+6	12			1–0	—	1–2	5–0
3	CSKA Moscow	6	3	0	3	8	10	−2	9	Transfer to Europa League		1–4	0–2	—	2–0
4	Benfica	6	0	0	6	1	14	−13	0			0–1	0–2	1–2	—

Group C[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROM	CHL	ATL	QRB
1	Roma	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11[a]	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–0	0–0	1–0
2	Chelsea	6	3	2	1	16	8	+8	11[a]			3–3	—	1–1	6–0
3	Atlético Madrid	6	1	4	1	5	4	+1	7	Transfer to Europa League		2–0	1–2	—	1–1
4	Qarabağ	6	0	2	4	2	14	−12	2			1–2	0–4	0–0	—

Group E[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIV	SEV	SPM	MRB
1	Liverpool	6	3	3	0	23	6	+17	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–2	7–0	3–0
2	Sevilla	6	2	3	1	12	12	0	9			3–3	—	2–1	3–0
3	Spartak Moscow	6	1	3	2	9	13	−4	6	Transfer to Europa League		1–1	5–1	—	1–1
4	Maribor	6	0	3	3	3	16	−13	3			0–7	1–1	1–1	—

Group F[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MC	SHK	NAP	FEY
1	Manchester City	6	5	0	1	14	5	+9	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	2–1	1–0
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	4	0	2	9	9	0	12			2–1	—	2–1	3–1
3	Napoli	6	2	0	4	11	11	0	6	Transfer to Europa League		2–4	3–0	—	3–1
4	Feyenoord	6	1	0	5	5	14	−9	3			0–4	1–2	2–1	—

Group H[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TOT	RM	DOR	APO
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	5	1	0	15	4	+11	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	3–1	3–0
2	Real Madrid	6	4	1	1	17	7	+10	13			1–1	—	3–2	3–0
3	Borussia Dortmund	6	0	2	4	7	13	−6	2[a]	Transfer to Europa League		1–2	1–3	—	1–1
4	APOEL	6	0	2	4	2	17	−15	2[a]			0–3	0–6	1–1	—

Knockout phase[]

Round of 16[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventus	4–3	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	2–1
Basel	2–5	Manchester City	0–4	2–1
Porto	0–5	Liverpool	0–5	0–0
Sevilla	2–1	Manchester United	0–0	2–1
Chelsea	1–4	Barcelona	1–1	0–3

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool	5–1	Manchester City	3–0	2–1

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool		Roma	5–2	2 May

2017–18 UEFA Europa League[]

Qualifying rounds[]

Third qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Everton	2–0	Ružomberok	1–0	1–0

Play-off round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Everton	3–1	Hajduk Split	2–0	1–1

Group stage[]

Group E[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ATA	LYO	EVE	APL
1	Atalanta	6	4	2	0	14	4	+10	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	3–0	3–1
2	Lyon	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11			1–1	—	3–0	4–0
3	Everton	6	1	1	4	7	15	−8	4			1–5	1–2	—	2–2
4	Apollon Limassol	6	0	3	3	5	14	−9	3			1–1	1–1	0–3	—

Group H[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	ZVE	KLN	BATE
1	Arsenal	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–0	3–1	6–0
2	Red Star Belgrade	6	2	3	1	3	2	+1	9			0–1	—	1–0	1–1
3	1. FC Köln	6	2	0	4	7	8	−1	6			1–0	0–1	—	5–2
4	BATE Borisov	6	1	2	3	6	16	−10	5			2–4	0–0	1–0	—

Knockout phase[]

Round of 32[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Östersund	2–4	Arsenal	0–3	2–1

Round of 16[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milan	1–5	Arsenal	0–2	1–3

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Arsenal	6–3	CSKA Moscow	4–1	2–2

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Arsenal		Atlético Madrid	26 Apr	3 May

2017 UEFA Super Cup[]

UEFA Youth League[]

UEFA Champions League Path[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAS	MUN	BEN	CSM
1	Basel	6	3	2	1	14	11	+3	11[a]	Round of 16		—	2–1	2–2	4–2
2	Manchester United	6	3	2	1	11	9	+2	11[a]	Play-offs		4–3	—	1–1	1–0
3	Benfica	6	1	4	1	10	8	+2	7			0–0	2–2	—	5–1
4	CSKA Moscow	6	1	0	5	8	15	−7	3			2–3	1–2	2–0	—

Group C[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	ATL	ASR	QAR
1	Chelsea	6	5	0	1	17	7	+10	15	Round of 16		—	4–2	0–2	5–0
2	Atlético Madrid	6	3	0	3	12	11	+1	9[a]	Play-offs		1–3	—	2–1	0–1
3	Roma	6	3	0	3	11	6	+5	9[a]			1–2	1–2	—	3–0
4	Qarabağ	6	1	0	5	3	19	−16	3			1–3	1–5	0–3	—

Group E[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIV	SPA	SEV	MAR
1	Liverpool	6	5	0	1	18	3	+15	15	Round of 16		—	2–0	4–0	3–0
2	Spartak Moscow	6	2	2	2	11	8	+3	8[a]	Play-offs		2–1	—	1–1	5–0
3	Sevilla	6	2	2	2	6	12	−6	8[a]			0–4	3–3	—	1–0
4	Maribor	6	1	0	5	2	14	−12	3			1–4	1–0	0–1	—

Group F[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MCI	FEY	SHA	NAP
1	Manchester City	6	4	1	1	14	7	+7	13	Round of 16		—	0–0	3–1	3–1
2	Feyenoord	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9	Play-offs		0–2	—	4–0	4–3
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	1	3	7	12	−5	7			2–1	1–1	—	1–2
4	Napoli	6	1	1	4	12	17	−5	4			3–5	2–2	1–2	—

Group H[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TOT	RMA	DOR	APO
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9	13	Round of 16		—	3–2	4–0	4–1
2	Real Madrid	6	3	1	2	21	10	+11	10	Play-offs		1–1	—	2–1	10–0
3	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	0	3	14	12	+2	9			1–3	5–3	—	5–0
4	APOEL	6	1	0	5	2	24	−22	3			1–0	0–3	0–2	—

Knockout phase[]

For the knockout phase (round of 16 onwards), the 16 teams are drawn into a single-elimination tournament, with all ties played over one match.

Play-offs[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Brodarac	0–2	Manchester United

Round of 16[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Manchester City	1–1(3–2 p)	Internazionale
Liverpool	2–0	Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur	1–1(3–1 p)	Monaco
Chelsea	5–2	Feyenoord

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Madrid	2–4	Chelsea
Manchester City	1–1(3–2 p)	Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	Porto

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Manchester City	4–5	Barcelona
Chelsea	2–2(5–4 p)	Porto

Finals[]

The final was played on 23 April 2018 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.^[7][8]

2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League[]

Knockout phase[]

Round of 32[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	2–2 (a)	Bayern Munich	1–0	1–2
St. Pölten	0–6	Manchester City	0–3	0–3

Round of 16[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	4–0	Rosengård	3–0	1–0
Lillestrøm	1–7	Manchester City	0–5	1–2

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Montpellier	1–5	Chelsea	0–2	1–3
Manchester City	7–3	Linköping	2–0	5–3

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea		VfL Wolfsburg	22 Apr	29 Apr
Manchester City		Lyon	0–0	29 Apr

Men's football[]

League season[]

Promotion and relegation[]

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Premier League	Newcastle United Brighton & Hove Albion Huddersfield Town	Hull City Middlesbrough Sunderland
Championship	Sheffield United Bolton Wanderers Millwall	Blackburn Rovers Wigan Athletic Rotherham United
League One	Portsmouth Plymouth Argyle Doncaster Rovers Blackpool	Port Vale Swindon Town Coventry City Chesterfield
League Two	Lincoln City Forest Green Rovers	Hartlepool United Leyton Orient
National League	AFC Fylde Maidenhead United Halifax Town Ebbsfleet United	York City Braintree Town Southport North Ferriby United

Premier League[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City (C, Q)	34	29	3	2	98	25	+73	90	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Manchester United (X)	34	23	5	6	65	26	+39	74
3	Liverpool (X)	35	20	11	4	80	37	+43	71
4	Tottenham Hotspur (X)	34	20	8	6	66	31	+35	68
5	Chelsea (X)	34	19	6	9	59	34	+25	63	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6	Arsenal (X)	34	17	6	11	66	46	+20	57
7	Burnley	35	14	11	10	35	32	+3	53	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8	Everton	35	12	9	14	40	54	−14	45
9	Leicester City	34	11	11	12	49	47	+2	44
10	Newcastle United	34	11	8	15	35	43	−8	41
11	Bournemouth	35	9	11	15	41	58	−17	38
12	Watford	35	10	8	17	42	60	−18	38
13	Brighton & Hove Albion	34	8	12	14	32	47	−15	36
14	Crystal Palace	35	8	11	16	36	54	−18	35
15	West Ham United	34	8	11	15	42	63	−21	35
16	Huddersfield Town	34	9	8	17	27	54	−27	35
17	Swansea City	34	8	9	17	27	51	−24	33
18	Southampton	34	5	14	15	33	53	−20	29	Relegation to the EFL Championship
19	Stoke City	35	6	11	18	32	65	−33	29
20	West Bromwich Albion	35	4	13	18	29	54	−25	25

Championship[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers (C, P)	44	30	8	6	82	36	+46	98	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Cardiff City (X)	44	26	8	10	67	39	+28	86
3	Fulham (X)	44	24	13	7	76	42	+34	85	Qualification for Championship playoffs[a]
4	Aston Villa (X)	44	24	10	10	71	40	+31	82
5	Middlesbrough	44	21	9	14	63	43	+20	72
6	Derby County	44	19	14	11	65	46	+19	71
7	Millwall	44	18	15	11	55	43	+12	69
8	Brentford	44	18	14	12	61	49	+12	68
9	Preston North End	44	17	16	11	54	45	+9	67
10	Bristol City	44	17	15	12	65	55	+10	66
11	Sheffield United	44	19	9	16	59	52	+7	66
12	Leeds United	44	16	9	19	56	62	−6	57
13	Norwich City	44	14	15	15	46	54	−8	57
14	Ipswich Town	44	16	8	20	51	58	−7	56
15	Sheffield Wednesday	44	13	14	17	54	59	−5	53
16	Queens Park Rangers	44	14	11	19	55	67	−12	53
17	Nottingham Forest	44	15	7	22	49	62	−13	52
18	Hull City	44	11	15	18	69	67	+2	48
19	Reading	44	10	13	21	48	66	−18	43
20	Birmingham City	44	12	7	25	34	64	−30	43
21	Bolton Wanderers	44	9	13	22	36	70	−34	40
22	Barnsley	44	8	14	22	45	68	−23	38	Relegation to EFL League One
23	Burton Albion	44	9	11	24	35	79	−44	38
24	Sunderland (R)	44	6	16	22	48	78	−30	34

League One[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Wigan Athletic (P)	44	28	10	6	87	28	+59	94	Promotion to the EFL Championship
2	Blackburn Rovers (P)	44	27	12	5	80	38	+42	93
3	Shrewsbury Town (Q)	44	25	11	8	59	37	+22	86	Qualification for the League One play-offs[a]
4	Rotherham United (Q)	44	23	7	14	71	51	+20	76
5	Charlton Athletic	44	19	11	14	57	50	+7	68
6	Scunthorpe United	43	17	16	10	60	49	+11	67
7	Plymouth Argyle	43	18	11	14	54	51	+3	65
8	Portsmouth	44	19	6	19	55	55	0	63
9	Peterborough United	44	16	13	15	66	58	+8	61
10	Bradford City	43	18	7	18	55	63	−8	61
11	Blackpool	44	15	14	15	59	53	+6	59
12	Southend United	44	16	11	17	56	62	−6	59
13	Bristol Rovers	44	16	9	19	59	65	−6	57
14	Doncaster Rovers	43	13	15	15	52	51	+1	54
15	Fleetwood Town	44	15	9	20	57	66	−9	54
16	Oxford United	44	14	11	19	58	63	−5	53
17	Gillingham	44	12	16	16	44	52	−8	52
18	AFC Wimbledon	43	13	11	19	44	55	−11	50
19	Rochdale	44	10	18	16	47	55	−8	48
20	Walsall	43	12	12	19	51	63	−12	48
21	Oldham Athletic	44	11	15	18	56	73	−17	48	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	Northampton Town	44	12	10	22	41	74	−33	46
23	Milton Keynes Dons	44	10	12	22	42	67	−25	42
24	Bury (R)	44	7	11	26	38	69	−31	32

League Two[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Accrington Stanley (P)	44	28	6	10	75	43	+32	90	Promotion to EFL League One
2	Luton Town (P)	44	24	12	8	91	45	+46	84
3	Wycombe Wanderers (X)	44	22	12	10	76	59	+17	78
4	Exeter City (X)	44	23	8	13	62	51	+11	77	Qualification for League Two play-offs[a]
5	Notts County (X)	44	21	13	10	70	46	+24	76
6	Lincoln City	44	20	14	10	63	46	+17	74
7	Coventry City	44	21	8	15	58	46	+12	71
8	Mansfield Town	44	17	17	10	63	49	+14	68
9	Swindon Town	44	19	7	18	64	65	−1	64
10	Carlisle United	44	16	15	13	59	52	+7	63
11	Colchester United	44	16	13	15	53	51	+2	61
12	Cambridge United	44	16	13	15	50	58	−8	61
13	Newport County	43	15	15	13	53	55	−2	60
14	Crawley Town	44	16	10	18	56	63	−7	58
15	Stevenage	44	13	13	18	57	63	−6	52
16	Cheltenham Town	44	13	12	19	65	65	0	51
17	Crewe Alexandra	44	15	5	24	58	73	−15	50
18	Port Vale	44	11	14	19	48	60	−12	47
19	Yeovil Town	44	12	11	21	56	71	−15	47
20	Forest Green Rovers	44	13	8	23	53	71	−18	47
21	Morecambe	44	9	18	17	41	55	−14	45
22	Grimsby Town	44	11	12	21	37	65	−28	45
23	Barnet	44	10	10	24	42	65	−23	40	Relegation to the National League
24	Chesterfield (R)	43	9	8	26	45	78	−33	35

National League[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Macclesfield Town (C, P)	45	26	11	8	65	46	+19	89	Promotion to EFL League Two
2	Tranmere Rovers (Q)	45	24	10	11	77	44	+33	82	Qualification for the National League play-off semi-finals
3	Sutton United (Y)	45	22	10	13	65	52	+13	76
4	Aldershot Town (Y)	45	20	15	10	63	50	+13	75	Qualification for the National League play-off qualifying round
5	Ebbsfleet United	45	19	16	10	63	49	+14	73
6	Fylde	45	20	12	13	82	56	+26	72
7	Boreham Wood	45	19	15	11	61	46	+15	72
8	Bromley	45	19	13	13	73	53	+20	70
9	Dover Athletic	45	19	13	13	60	43	+17	70
10	Wrexham	45	17	18	10	49	39	+10	69
11	Dagenham & Redbridge	45	19	11	15	69	60	+9	68
12	Maidenhead United	45	16	13	16	60	64	−4	61
13	Leyton Orient	45	15	12	18	55	55	0	57
14	Gateshead	45	12	18	15	61	55	+6	54
15	Solihull Moors	45	14	12	19	48	56	−8	54
16	Halifax Town	45	13	15	17	48	58	−10	54
17	Eastleigh	45	12	17	16	61	71	−10	53
18	Hartlepool United	45	13	14	18	51	62	−11	53
19	Maidstone United	45	13	14	18	52	64	−12	53
20	Barrow	45	11	16	18	50	61	−11	49
21	Woking	45	13	9	23	55	74	−19	48	Relegation to National League North or National League South
22	Torquay United (R)	45	10	11	24	44	72	−28	41	Relegated to National League South
23	Chester (R)	45	7	13	25	40	78	−38	34	Relegated to National League North
24	Guiseley (R)	45	7	12	26	43	86	−43	33

League play-offs[]

Football League play-offs[]

EFL Championship[]

Final[]

EFL League One[]

Final[]

EFL League Two[]

Final[]

National League play-offs[]

National League[]

Final[]

National League North[]

Final[]

National League South[]

Final[]

Cup competitions[]

FA Cup[]

Final[]

EFL Cup[]

Final[]

Community Shield[]

EFL Trophy[]

Final[]

FA Trophy[]

Final[]

Women's football[]

League season[]

Women's Super League[]

WSL 1[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chelsea	14	9	5	0	35	9	+26	32	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Manchester City	13	9	2	2	36	13	+23	29
3	Arsenal	13	7	4	2	25	13	+12	25
4	Liverpool	13	8	0	5	26	17	+9	24
5	Birmingham City	14	7	2	5	22	15	+7	23
6	Reading	14	6	4	4	31	17	+14	22
7	Sunderland	14	4	1	9	12	33	−21	13
8	Everton	12	3	1	8	14	17	−3	10
9	Bristol City	13	3	1	9	7	32	−25	10
10	Yeovil Town	14	0	2	12	0	42	−42	2

WSL 2[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Doncaster Rovers Belles	12	10	2	0	39	11	+28	32
2	Millwall Lionesses[a]	11	9	2	0	29	15	+14	26
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	10	7	1	2	24	15	+9	22
4	Durham	10	6	1	3	25	14	+11	19
5	Tottenham Hotspur	11	4	1	6	19	21	−2	13
6	London Bees	11	3	3	5	18	23	−5	12
7	Oxford United	12	3	2	7	20	27	−7	11
8	Sheffield	10	3	0	7	15	23	−8	9
9	Aston Villa	11	2	1	8	13	26	−13	7
10	Watford	10	0	1	9	5	32	−27	1

FA WSL Spring Series[]

Cup competitions[]

FA Women's Cup[]

Final[]

FA WSL Cup[]

Final[]

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
Norwich City	Irvine, AlanAlan Irvine	End of caretaker spell	7 May 2017	Pre-season	name !Daniel Farke	25 May 2017
Middlesbrough	Steve Agnew		21 May 2017		Garry Monk	9 June 2017
Sunderland	name !David Moyes	Resigned	22 May 2017		name !Simon Grayson	29 June 2017
Crystal Palace	name !Sam Allardyce	Retired	24 May 2017		name !Frank de Boer	26 June 2017
Leeds United	name !Garry Monk	Resigned	25 May 2017		name !Thomas Christiansen	15 June 2017
Hull City	name !Marco Silva	End of contract	25 May 2017		name !Leonid Slutsky	9 June 2017
Watford	name !Walter Mazzarri	Mutual consent	25 May 2017[12]		name ! Marco Silva	27 May 2017
Wolverhampton Wanderers	name !Paul Lambert		30 May 2017		name !Nuno Espírito Santo	31 May 2017
Wigan Athletic	name !Graham Barrow	End of caretaker spell	31 May 2017		name !Paul Cook	31 May 2017
Portsmouth	name !Paul Cook	Signed by Wigan Athletic	31 May 2017		name !Kenny Jackett	2 June 2017
Southampton	name !Claude Puel	Sacked	14 June 2017		name !Mauricio Pellegrino	23 June 2017
Oxford United	name !Michael Appleton	Signed by Leicester City	20 June 2017		name !Pep Clotet	30 June 2017
Preston North End	name !Simon Grayson	Signed by Sunderland	29 June 2017		name !Alex Neil	4 July 2017
Northampton Town	name !Justin Edinburgh	Sacked	31 August 2017	24th	name !Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	4 September 2017
Crystal Palace	name !Frank de Boer		11 September 2017	19th	name !Roy Hodgson	12 September 2017
Birmingham City	name !Harry Redknapp	Mutual consent	16 September 2017	22nd	name !Steve Cotterill	29 September 2017
Chesterfield	name !Gary Caldwell	Sacked	16 September 2017	23rd	name !Jack Lester	29 September 2017
Port Vale	name !Michael Brown	Mutual consent	16 September 2017	24th	name !Neil Aspin	4 October 2017
Gillingham	name !Adrian Pennock		25 September 2017	22nd	name !Steve Lovell	16 November 2017
Oldham Athletic	name !John Sheridan		25 September 2017	24th	name !Richie Wellens	18 October 2017
Leicester City	Shakespeare, CraigCraig Shakespeare	Sacked	17 October 2017[13]	18th	Puel, ClaudeClaude Puel	25 October 2017[14]
Everton	Koeman, RonaldRonald Koeman		23 October 2017[15]	18th	Allardyce, SamSam Allardyce	30 November 2017
Bury	Clark, LeeLee Clark		30 October 2017	23rd	Lucketti, ChrisChris Lucketti	22 November 2017
Sunderland	Grayson, SimonSimon Grayson		31 October 2017	22nd	Coleman, ChrisChris Coleman	17 November 2017
West Ham United	Bilić, SlavenSlaven Bilić		6 November 2017	18th	Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes	7 November 2017
Barnet	Eames, RossiRossi Eames	Became youth coach	14 November 2017	23rd	McGhee, MarkMark McGhee	14 November 2017
West Bromwich Albion	Pulis, TonyTony Pulis	Sacked	20 November 2017	17th	Pardew, AlanAlan Pardew	30 November 2017
Hull City	Slutsky, LeonidLeonid Slutsky	Mutual consent	3 December 2017	20th	Adkins, NigelNigel Adkins	7 December 2017
Swansea City	Clement, PaulPaul Clement	Sacked	20 December 2017	20th	Carvalhal, CarlosCarlos Carvalhal	28 December 2017
Middlesbrough	Monk, GarryGarry Monk		23rd December 2017	9th	Pulis, TonyTony Pulis	26th December 2017
Sheffield Wednesday	Carvalhal, CarlosCarlos Carvalhal	Mutual consent	24th December 2017	15th	Luhukay, JosJos Luhukay	5th January 2018
Nottingham Forest	Warburton, MarkMark Warburton	Sacked	31st December 2017	14th	Karanka, AitorAitor Karanka	8 January 2018
Stoke City	Hughes, MarkMark Hughes		6th January 2018	18th	Lambert, PaulPaul Lambert	15 January 2018
Bury	Lucketti, ChrisChris Lucketti		15th January 2018	24th	Lowe, RyanRyan Lowe	15th January 2018
Barnet	McGhee, MarkMark McGhee	Became Director of Football	15th January 2018	24th	Westley, GrahamGraham Westley	15th January 2018
Southend United	Brown, PhilPhil Brown	Mutual consent	17th January 2018	18th	Powell, ChrisChris Powell	23rd January 2018
Milton Keynes Dons	Neilson, RobbieRobbie Neilson		20th January 2018	21st	Micciche, DanDan Micciche	23rd January 2018
Watford	Silva, MarcoMarco Silva	Sacked	21st January 2018	10th	Gracia, JaviJavi Gracia	21st January 2018
Oxford United	Clotet, PepPep Clotet		22nd January 2018	10th	TBA	TBA
Leeds United	Christiansen, ThomasThomas Christiansen		4th February 2018	10th	Heckingbottom, PaulPaul Heckingbottom	6th February 2018
Bradford City	McCall, StuartStuart McCall		5th February 2018	6th	Grayson, SimonSimon Grayson	11th February 2018
Barnsley	Heckingbottom, PaulPaul Heckingbottom	Signed by Leeds United	6th February 2018	21st	Morais, JoséJosé Morais	16th February 2018
Cambridge United	Derry, ShaunShaun Derry	Mutual consent	9th February 2018	15th	TBA	TBA
Grimsby Town	Slade, RussellRussell Slade	Sacked	11th February 2018	18th	Jolley, MichaelMichael Jolley	2nd March 2018[16]
Fleetwood Town	Rösler, UweUwe Rösler		17th February 2018	20th	name !John Sheridan	22nd February 2018
Peterborough United	McCann, GrantGrant McCann		25th February 2018	10th	Evans, SteveSteve Evans	28th February 2018
Mansfield Town	Evans, SteveSteve Evans	Signed by Peterborough United	27th February 2018	5th	Flitcroft, DavidDavid Flitcroft	1st March 2018
Swindon Town	Flitcroft, DavidDavid Flitcroft	Signed by Mansfield Town	1st March 2018	7th	Brown, PhilPhil Brown	12th March 2018

Diary of the season[]

• 5 June: Northern Premier League members Ilkeston are wound-up at the High Court in Liverpool.^[17]
• 16 June: The live-streamed first-round draw for the 2017–18 EFL Cup, held in sponsor Carabao's hometown of Bangkok in Thailand, descends into farce as a string of errors crop up, including an official graphic assigning two different sets of opposition to Charlton Athletic.^[18]
• 7 July: The draw for the extra qualifying round of the FA Cup pits Northwich Victoria with the club that acrimoniously broke away from them, 1874 Northwich.^[19]
• 20 July: Following the demise of East Midlands side Ilkeston, a new club, Ilkeston Town, are founded, led by Notts County owner Alan Hardy.^[20] The club is the third to take the name, after sides active from the 1880s to 1903, and from 1945 to 2010.
• 27 July: Leighton Baines scores the only goal in Everton's first-leg tie with MFK Ružomberok in the UEFA Europa League's third qualifying round as Wayne Rooney makes his second debut for the Toffees.^[21]
• 31 July: The English Football League announce that, on a trial basis for this season, penalty shoot-outs in the EFL Cup, EFL Trophy and the play-offs will be in a format more akin to the "tiebreak in tennis" in which team A kicks first and team B kicks second. This is referred to as "ABBA".^[22]
• 3 August: Everton eliminate Ružomberok 2–0 on aggregate; Dominic Calvert-Lewin is the goalscorer in Slovakia.^[23]
• 4 August: Two matches start off the English Football League: Bradley Johnson of Derby County scores the first goal of the 2017–18 English Football League season at Sunderland, who hit back through a penalty kick converted by Lewis Grabban,^[24] while Nottingham Forest become the campaign's first victors, winning 1–0 over Millwall through debutant Barrie McKay to go top of the embryonic EFL Championship table.^[25] Meanwhile, on Merseyside, Everton and Liverpool learn their opposition in the European playoff draws: the latter are paired with German outfit 1899 Hoffenheim in the UEFA Champions League, while the former face Croat club Hajduk Split in the Europa League.^[26]
• 6 August: Arsenal are victorious over Chelsea in the 2017 FA Community Shield after earning a 1–1 draw with a goal near the end of normal time. The match subsequently becomes the first competitive game to be decided via the use of the new "ABBA" penalty format, with consecutive misses by Thibaut Courtois and Álvaro Morata ultimately proving costly for Chelsea, and Arsenal scoring all four of their own penalties.
• 23 August: Liverpool's 6–3 aggregate victory over 1899 Hoffenheim sees them enter the group stage of this season's Champions League. This means that, for the first time, five English teams will be taking part in the group stage of the competition (five had previously qualified for the 2005–06 tournament, but Everton failed to make it through to the group stages).
• 31 August: The first month of the season ends with Manchester United leading the Premier League, having won all three matches so far and scored ten goals without having conceded once. Liverpool are in second place, with third-placed Huddersfield Town proving the surprise package of the early season, level on points with both Liverpool and fourth-placed Manchester City. West Bromwich Albion are behind the aforementioned three sides on goal difference, while defending champions Chelsea are sixth. West Ham United, Crystal Palace and AFC Bournemouth are all without any points (and in Crystal Palace's case, goals) so far this season, and make up the bottom three. In the Championship, Cardiff City lead the way with five wins out of five; Ipswich Town are in second place, a point ahead of Leeds United, with Wolverhampton Wanderers, newly promoted Sheffield United and Nottingham Forest rounding off the top six. Bolton Wanderers are bottom of the table, with Brentford ahead only on goal difference, and both sides winless. Norwich City, who had been among the pre-season promotion favourites, are also in the bottom three.
• 30 September: The month ends with Manchester City having taken over the top of the Premier League table from their cross-city rivals United; both sides have near-identical records, with six wins and a draw apiece, but City are ahead by just one goal. Tottenham Hotspur are five points back in third place, and Chelsea are fourth; Watford are now just a point off fourth place, though they have played a game more than Liverpool (6th) and Arsenal (7th). Crystal Palace are marooned at the bottom of the table following a horrendous start to the season, which has seen them lose seven games out of seven without scoring once, a top-flight record. Bournemouth are still in the bottom three as well, with Swansea City now having joined them. Cardiff City continue to lead the way in the Championship, with Wolverhampton Wanderers now second. Sheffield United are third and hunting for a second successive promotion, though fourth-place Leeds United have a game in hand over their Yorkshire rivals. Bristol City and Preston North End occupy the other two play-off spots. Bolton Wanderers remain bottom, and are now five points adrift. Sunderland are now second-bottom and facing a battle to avoid a second relegation in a row, while Birmingham City have also dropped into the bottom three.
• 5 October: The England national team secure qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, with a 1-0 victory over Slovenia at Wembley Stadium. While Scotland's victory over Slovakia on the same night meant that it would have been sufficient for England to draw, an injury time goal from Harry Kane ultimately puts qualification beyond all doubt.
• 31 October: October comes to a close with Manchester City opening a five-point lead over second-placed Manchester United with the best start to a season in Premier League history: with 10 games played, they have scored 35 goals while only conceding 6 and have only dropped two points. Spurs and Chelsea remain third and fourth, Arsenal have jumped ahead of Liverpool to stand in fifth, and Burnley have continued their good start to the season to climb to seventh. Crystal Palace have finally won a game but remain bottom. Bournemouth remain 19th, and Everton have fallen into the relegation zone, with Swansea only ahead on goal difference. Wolves and Cardiff have swapped places at the summit of the Championship, while Sheffield United remain third. The rest of the top six consists of Bristol City, Derby County (with a game in hand), and Leeds (ahead of Middlesbrough on goals scored). Bolton (24th) and Sunderland remain in the bottom three, now sandwiching Burton Albion.
• 10 November: England draw 0–0 with reigning world champions Germany in a friendly at Wembley.^[27]
• 14 November: England register another home clean sheet, this time shutting out five-time FIFA World Cup winners Brazil in a goalless draw at the national stadium.^[28]
• 30 November: Manchester City end November still at the top of the table, having won all their league games in November. Their lead over second-placed Manchester United has increased to eight points; furthermore, City will break the record for the most Premier League games won consecutively if they win their upcoming match against West Ham and succeed in the Manchester derby. Chelsea climb to third and Arsenal seize fourth place, with Liverpool two points behind them. Burnley's good form shows no sign of abating as they finish November in sixth place, ahead of a Spurs side whose European exploits are outstripping their domestic performance. Crystal Palace end another month bottom, but now tied on goal difference with Swansea City and only three points behind West Bromwich Albion. West Ham United are 18th. The top three of the Championship stays the same from the end of October. Aston Villa have leapfrogged the rest of the play-off hopefuls and stand fourth, ahead of Bristol City and Derby. Sunderland and Bolton have swapped positions, but the relegation zone otherwise remains unchanged.
• 1 December: The World Cup draw is made at the Kremlin State Palace in Moscow, Russia, co-hosted by the Golden Boot winner for the 1986 tournament, Gary Lineker. England are drawn in Group G, against Belgium, Tunisia, and Panama.
• 2 December: In the second round of the FA Cup, Southern League Premier Division side Hereford force a replay with League One outfit Fleetwood Town,^[29] while a 95th-minute winner for Notts County deprives Oxford City of the National League South a place in the third-round draw.^[30]
• 3 December: Manchester United win 3–1 against rivals Arsenal. Antonio Valencia got the first of the victors' goals before Jesse Lingard scored his second and third of the week, however Paul Pogba was sent off and will be suspended for the forthcoming Manchester derby; Alexandre Lacazette is the Gunners' goalscorer.^[31] In more FA Cup round two fixtures, Crewe Alexandra and Woking earn replays against opposition from higher leagues: Alex after Blackburn Rovers went 3–0 up and then Rovers were reduced to nine men, and the non-league club after falling behind to Peterborough United.^[32]
• 4 December: The FA Cup third-round draw throws up the Tees–Wear and Merseyside derbies as well as the Brighton–Crystal Palace rivalry, while also setting up an all-London tie between Tottenham and AFC Wimbledon. Holders Arsenal travel to Nottingham Forest, Manchester United are at home to Derby, and Milton Keynes Dons are drawn away at Queens Park Rangers, who were offered the Stadium mk site that would later house the Dons.^[33]
• 7 December: It is announced that the FA Cup tie between Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace will see the English competitive club début of video assistant referee technology.^[34]
• 11 December: The European draws are made. In the Champions League last 16, Chelsea will face Barcelona, Liverpool drew Porto, Manchester City will play Swiss side Basel, Manchester United meet Sevilla and Tottenham will welcome Juventus back to Wembley after facing the reigning Italian champions there in pre-season. England's sole Europa League survivors, Arsenal, will face Östersund of Sweden, managed by Englishman Graham Potter.^[35] Elsewhere, Liverpool's Mohamed Salah is crowned BBC African Footballer of the Year for 2017, ahead of Chelsea man Victor Moses and Naby Keïta, the Leipzig Red Bull due to join Salah at Liverpool on 1 July 2018.^[36]
• 14 December: The last non-league club exit the FA Cup as Fleetwood Town beat Hereford in the second round replay. This is the first tournament since the 1950–51 ion to see no non-league side reach the third round.^[37]
• 20 December: Bristol City are the shock name in the EFL Cup semi-finals after victory against holders Manchester United. They will face Manchester City in the last four, while rivals Arsenal and Chelsea are drawn together and will meet in a third competition this season, having played each other in the Premier League and the FA Community Shield.^[38]
• 23 December: Harry Kane equals Alan Shearer's record of 36 Premier League goals in a calendar year, scoring all of Tottenham's three in their away win at Burnley.^[39]
• 26 December: Kane surpasses Shearer's record with another hat-trick in the 5–2 home win against Southampton, ending the year with 39 Premier League goals.^[40]
• 31 December: Manchester City end 2017 by ending their 18-game winning streak with a goalless draw at Crystal Palace, but are now 14 points ahead of second-placed Chelsea, and it is increasingly becoming a question of not if but when the Mancunian side will claim their first title since 2014. A poor December has seen Manchester United fall to third, three points ahead of Liverpool. Arsenal and Spurs remain in the hunt for Champions League football, and Burnley remain poised to finish in the top seven. Crystal Palace have escaped the relegation zone and finish the year in 17th, though 18th-placed West Ham are a point behind with a game in hand. Swansea, who held the dubious honour of being bottom of the league on Christmas Day, hold their position into the New Year, tied on goal difference with West Brom. In the Championship, another dominant side is emerging, as Wolves are 10 points clear of second-placed Derby County. Severnside rivals Bristol City and Cardiff continue to compete for second place. Leeds have returned to the play-off zone, and Sheffield United steal sixth place from Aston Villa on goals scored. Sunderland have escaped the relegation zone at the expense of 24th-placed Birmingham City. Bolton and Burton are 22nd and 23rd, but Hull City and Barnsley are only a few points ahead of the two sides and also in danger of relegation.
• 2 January: Preston North End and Ireland U21 defender Kevin O'Connor is revealed as the winner of €1,000,000 in the Irish National Lottery's 2017 Christmas Millionaire Raffle, with a ticket bought as a Christmas present by his uncle.^[41] Elsewhere, West Brom's winless run is extended to 20 matches with defeat at the London Stadium:^[42] Jake Livermore and a West Ham fan rowed after the supporter made reference to the death of Livermore's young son.^[43]
• 4 January: Mohamed Salah adds the CAF African Footballer of the Year award for 2017 to his collection, ahead of fellow Kopite Sadio Mané.^[44]
• 6 January: The third round of the FA Cup sees Premier League side Stoke City dumped out by League Two outfit Coventry City, a result which costs Stoke manager Mark Hughes his job within hours of the game.
• 7 January: The next round of FA Cup fixtures results in holders Arsenal being knocked out by Championship side Nottingham Forest, while another Championship side, Leeds United, are knocked out by League Two side Newport County.
• 14 January: During the first set of Premier League fixtures since the enforced FA Cup break, Manchester City see their unbeaten run come to an end in thrilling fashion after going down 4-3 at Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain opened the scoring for the Reds on 9 minutes before goals from Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah sealed the deal.
• 17 January: League 1 leaders Wigan Athletic eliminate Premier Leaguers AFC Bournemouth in the FA Cup third round replay at the DW Stadium.^[45] Meanwhile at Stamford Bridge, Norwich take Chelsea to a penalty shoot-out before exiting the Cup, as the Premier League winners score all five of their spot-kicks.^[46]
• 23 January: Bristol City's EFL Cup run is ended at the semi-final stage by quadruple-chasing Manchester City.^[47]
• 24 January: Arsenal beat Chelsea 2–1 in the EFL Cup semi-final.^[48] The draw for the inaugural ion of the UEFA Nations League is made: England are drawn into Group 4 of League A, alongside Spain and Croatia.^[49] Elsewhere, Leeds' new crest for their centenary is unveiled and promptly receives a barrage of criticism with some likening the "Leeds Salute" depiction to the cover art of Pro Evolution Soccer 2; the club vow to "reopen the consultation process".^[50]
• 31 January: Manchester City's seeming march towards the title is showing no signs of slowing, with the club now having a 15-point lead. Neighbours Manchester United have now moved up to second place, three points ahead of Liverpool, who are ahead of Chelsea on goal difference. Tottenham Hotspur are two more points behind in fifth place, but have a comfortable six-point lead over North London rivals Arsenal. Burnley remain seventh, though with resurgent Leicester City and Everton sides closing the gap. Despite winning for the first time since August, West Bromwich Albion have now fallen to the foot of the table, three points behind both Swansea and Southampton, the latter of whom have been dropped into the relegation zone after failing to win a league game since the end of November. The situation in the Championship is looking a similar procession for the leaders, with Wolverhampton Wanderers now 11 points ahead of Derby County, who in turn are just barely ahead of the chasing pack, with Aston Villa, Cardiff City, Bristol City and Fulham making up the top six. Burton are now bottom of the table, with Sunderland now back in the relegation zone, along with Bolton; only four points separate the bottom six, however.
• 6 February: The 60th anniversary of the Munich air disaster is marked with remembrance ceremonies at Old Trafford^[51] and on Manchester Platz (Manchester Square) in Munich,^[52] while Manchester United's Under-19 team visited Partizan Stadium, where United played the match before the air disaster.^[51] In the FA Cup fourth round replays, Rochdale of League One knock out Championship side Millwall, Huddersfield overcome Birmingham City in extra time, and Notts' run is ended in South Wales as Swansea City engineer eight goals at the Liberty Stadium.^[53] Meanwhile, Lincoln City will play at Wembley for the first time after beating Chelsea's Under-21 team, the last remaining U21 side, in the EFL Trophy semi-final.^[54]
• 13 February: The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League knockout phase begins at St. Jakob-Park, where Manchester City's fight on four fronts continues as they hit Basel for four.^[55] At Juventus Stadium, Gonzalo Higuaín's nine-minute brace is overturned by Tottenham: Harry Kane halved the arrears before Higuaín missed the chance to complete a hat-trick by missing a penalty; Christian Eriksen drew Spurs level with a free-kick.^[56]
• 14 February: Liverpool inflict a Valentine's Day massacre on Porto as Sadio Mané scores a hat-trick at the Estádio do Dragão; Mo Salah and Bobby Firmino are the other scorers for Jürgen Klopp's Kopites.^[57]
• 15 February: Arsenal score three away goals without reply against Östersund at the Jamtkraft Arena in the first leg of their Europa League round of 32 clash.^[58]
• 16 February: Bottom-of-the-table West Bromwich Albion are rocked after four senior players, all capped by their countrie, are investigated for stealing a taxicab on a club trip to Barcelona. They are American-born Wales goalkeeper Boaz Myhill, England midfielders Gareth Barry and Jake Livermore, and Jonny Evans, the captain of his club and his country of Northern Ireland.^[59]
• 18 February: League One's bottom club Rochdale draw 2–2 with Spurs in the FA Cup fifth round, setting up a replay at Wembley.^[60] In the Championship, Luke Chambers and Timm Klose exchange late headed goals as the East Anglian derby finishes 1–1.^[61]
• 19 February: Wigan's Will Grigg sets fire to Manchester City's quadruple hopes by scoring the only goal of a bad-tempered all-Greater Manchester fifth round Cup-tie, becoming only the third side this season to beat City in all competitions.^[62]
• 20 February: Willian gives Chelsea the lead over Barça in the Champions League, only for Lionel Messi to finally break his duck against Chelsea at the ninth time of asking, firing in the 75th minute at Stamford Bridge.^[63]
• 21 February: A David de Gea masterclass between the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium sticks helps Manchester United shut out Sevilla in a goalless draw in Andalusia.^[64]
• 22 February: Arsenal squeeze past Östersund on aggregate after the Swedish side win on the night but fall short on aggregate.^[65]
• 23 February: The Europa League round of 16 draw pits Arsenal, now Britain's last Europa League representative after Celtic's last-32 exit, with Milan, a fixture that was last played when the Rossoneri eliminated the Londoners from the same stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.^[66]
• 25 February: Manchester City win 3–0 over Arsenal in the 2018 EFL Cup Final: Sergio Agüero, Vincent Kompany, and David Silva are on the scoresheet.^[67]
• 6 March: A goalless draw at Anfield is enough to see Liverpool comfortably past Porto and through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.^[68]
• 7 March: Having gone in front through Son Heung-min, Juventus negate and overturn Tottenham's lead in three minutes to end their Champions League hopes at the national stadium.^[69] Elsewhere in the capital, senior officials on the West Ham board, including vice-chair Karren Brady, are accused by The Independent of meeting with members of the Inter City Firm, an English hooligan firm aligned with the Stratford side.^[70] Meanwhile, Basel become only the second side to win at the City of Manchester Stadium in the Pep Guardiola era by beating Manchester City 2–1 on the night, bowing out 5–2 on aggregate.^[71]
• 10 March: A match at the London Stadium between West Ham and Burnley designated for remembering Bobby Moore on the 25th anniversary of his death descends into ugly scenes as during four separate pitch invasions, "an impromptu protest took place within the stadium with around 200 people gathering under the directors’ box" according to the Metropolitan Police.^[72]
• 13 March: Wissam Ben Yedder's four-minute double for Sevilla proves insurmountable for Manchester United, who can only find a Romelu Lukaku goal in riposte.^[73]
• 14 March: Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi chalks up his 99th and 100th Champions League goals either side of Ousmane Dembélé's first in Blaugrana colours to send Chelsea out of the Champions League.^[74]
• 15 March: The England squad for the friendlies against the Netherlands and Italy includes uncapped Bournemouth man Lewis Cook, Swansea City's Alfie Mawson, and Burnley's defensive duo James Tarkowski and Nick Pope. The 27-man cohort also shows recalls for Jack Wilshere and Ashley Young.^[75] Also included is Danny Welbeck, on the same day he scored two of Arsenal's three in their win over Milan. Granit Xhaka got the Gunners' other goal.^[76]
• 16 March: England are guaranteed one side in the Champions League semi-finals after the last surviving English teams, North Western clubs Liverpool and Manchester City, are drawn together.^[77] The match will be the first all-England tie in the Champions League since 2010–11, and City will become the seventh English side to draw Liverpool in Europe.^[78] In the Europa League, Arsenal's reward for overcoming Milan is a trip to Russia, three months before England fly over, to do battle with CSKA Moscow.^[79]

Clubs removed[]

• Dorking F.C. were dissolved after competing in the 2016–17 Combined Counties Football League 1st Division (level 10).
• Ilkeston F.C. were wound up after being relegated from the 2016–17 Northern Premier League Premier Division (level 7).^[17]

New clubs[]

• Ilkeston Town F.C. join the 2017–18 Midland Football League Division One.^[20]

Deaths[]

• 1 June 2017: Ernie Ackerley, 73, Barrow forward.^[80]
• 2 June 2017: Tony Potrac, 64, Chelsea winger.^[81]
• 2 June 2017: Ralph Wetton, 89, Tottenham Hotspur, Plymouth Argyle and Aldershot wing half.^[82]
• 5 June 2017: Cheick Tioté, 30, Ivory Coast and Newcastle United midfielder.^[83]
• 18 June 2017: Albert Franks, 81, Newcastle United and Lincoln City wing half.^[84]
• 21 June 2017: Ray Smith, 88, Luton Town and Southend United wing-half.^[85]
• 26 June 2017: John Groves, 83, Luton Town wing-half.^[86]
• June 2017: Des Collins, 94, Chesterfield, Halifax Town, Carlisle United, Barrow, Bournemouth, Shrewsbury Town and Accrington Stanley winger.^[87]
• June 2017: John Higgins, 87, Swindon Town defender.^[88]
• June 2017: Matt Crowe, 84, Norwich City and Brentford wing-half.^[89]
• June 2017: Peter Bircumshaw, 78, Notts County, Bradford City and Stockport County forward.^[90]
• 2 July 2017: John McCormick, 80, Crystal Palace centre back.^[91]
• 5 July 2017: John McKenzie, 91, Scotland and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic outside right.^[92]
• c.5 July 2017: Ray Chadwick, 82, referee.^[93]
• 7 July 2017: Tony Moore, 69, Chesterfield and Chester winger.^[94]
• c.7 July 2017: Ken Wimshurst, 79, Gateshead, Southampton and Bristol City right-half.^[95]
• 15 July 2017: Davie Laing, 92, Gillingham wing half.^[96]
• 26 July 2017: Jimmy White, 75, Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Gillingham and Cambridge United centre half.^[97]
• 7 July 2017: Ray Barnard, 84, Middlesbrough and Lincoln City full back.^[98]
• 2 August 2017: Dave Caldwell, 85, Rotherham United left back.^[99]
• 8 August 2017: Mike Deakin, 83, Crystal Palace, Northampton Town and Aldershot forward.^[100]
• 10 August 2017: Alec Eisenträger, 90, Bristol City inside forward.^[101]
• 21 August 2017: Bill Green, 66, Hartlepool United, Carlisle United, West Ham United, Peterborough United, Chesterfield and Doncaster Rovers centre half, who also managed Scunthorpe United and was a prominent scout for many clubs.^[102]
• 24 August 2017: Alan Boswell, 74, Walsall, Shrewsbury Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bolton Wanderers and Port Vale goalkeeper.^[103]
• 13 September 2017: Derek Wilkinson, 82, Sheffield Wednesday winger.^[104]
• 22 September 2017: John Worsdale, 68, Stoke City and Lincoln City winger.^[105]
• 3 October 2017: Les Mutrie, 66, Carlisle United, Hull City, Colchester United and Hartlepool United striker.^[106]
• 6 October 2017: Ian McNeill, 85, Leicester City, Brighton & Hove Albion and Southend United inside forward, who also managed Wigan Athletic and Shrewsbury Town.^[107]
• 9 October 2017: Jimmy Reid, 81, Bury and Stockport County inside forward.^[108]
• 11 October 2017: Dick Hewitt, 74, Bradford City, Barnsley and York City midfielder.^[109]
• 19 October 2017: Brian Riley, 80, Bolton Wanderers winger^[110]
• c. 27 October 2017: Andy Reid, 55, Bury defender.^[111]
• 5 November 2017: Dionatan Teixeira, 25, Fleetwood Town and Stoke City defender.^[112]
• 23 November 2017: Allan Harris, 74, Chelsea, Coventry City, Queens Park Rangers, Plymouth Argyle and Cambridge United defender.^[113]
• 27 November 2017: Dermot Drummy, 56, former Crawley Town manager, who also coached at Chelsea and played for Blackpool.^[114]
• November 2017: Tommy Farrer, 94, Great Britain Olympic footballer.^[115]
• 3 December 2017: Ian Twitchin, 65, Torquay United midfielder.^[116]
• 22 December 2017: Cyril Beavon, 80, Oxford United defender.^[117]
• 26 December 2017: Willie Penman, 78, Newcastle United, Swindon Town and Walsall inside forward. ^[118]
• 30 December 2017: John Faulkner, 69, Leeds United and Luton Town defender.^[119]
• December 2017: Steve Piper, 64, Brighton and Hove Albion and Portsmouth defender and midfielder.^[120]
• 2 January 2018: Alan Deakin, 76, Aston Villa and Walsall wing half.^[121]
• 3 January 2018: Mike McCartney, 63, Carlisle United, Southampton and Plymouth Argyle full back.^[122]
• 6 January 2018: Nigel Sims, 86, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Aston Villa and Peterborough United goalkeeper.^[123]
• 8 January 2018: Juan Carlos Garcia, 29, Honduras and Wigan Athletic left back.^[124]
• 9 January 2018: Ted Phillips, 84, Ipswich Town, Leyton Orient, Luton Town and Colchester United striker.^[125]
• 9 January 2018: Tommy Lawrence, 77, Scotland, Liverpool and Tranmere Rovers goalkeeper.^[126]
• 10 January 2018: John McGlashan, 50, Millwall, Peterborough United and Rotherham United midfielder.^[127]
• 14 January 2018: Cyrille Regis, 59, England, West Bromwich Albion, Coventry City, Aston Villa, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Wycombe Wanderers and Chester City striker.^[128]
• 16 January 2018: Rodney Fern, 69, Leicester City, Luton Town, Chesterfield and Rotherham United striker.^[129]
• 22 January 2018: Jimmy Armfield, 82, England and Blackpool right back, who also went on to manage Bolton Wanderers and Leeds United.^[130]
• 25 January 2018: Keith Pring, 74, Wales, Newport County, Rotherham United, Notts County and Southport winger.^[131]
• 28 January 2018: Paul Alcock, 64, referee.^[132]
• 30 January 2018: Vic Keeble, 87, Colchester United, Newcastle United and West Ham United forward.^[133]
• 9 February 2018: Liam Miller, 36, Republic of Ireland, Manchester United, Leeds United, Sunderland, Queens Park Rangers midfielder.^[134]
• 10 February 2018: Dick Scott, 76, Norwich City, Cardiff City, Scunthorpe United and Lincoln City wing half.^[135]
• 22 February 2018: Billy Wilson, 71, Blackburn Rovers and Portsmouth full back.^[136]
• 28 February 2018: Kieron Durkan, 44, Wrexham, Stockport County, Macclesfield Town, Rochdale and Swansea City midfielder.^[137]
• 3 March 2018: Arthur Stewart, 76, Northern Ireland and Derby County wing half.^[138]
• 6 March 2018: John Kurila, 76, Northampton Town, Bristol City, Southend United, Colchester United and Lincoln City wing half.^[139]
• c. 7 March 2018: John Molyneux, 72, Chester City and Liverpool right back.^[140]
• 10 March 2018: Wally Gould, 79, Sheffield United, York City and Brighton & Hove Albion winger.^[141]
• 13 March 2018: Ken Mulhearn, 72, Stockport County, Manchester City, Shrewsbury Town and Crewe Alexandra goalkeeper.^[142]
• March 2018: George Meek, 84, Leeds United, Leicester City and Walsall winger.^[143]
• 28 March 2018: Bobby Ferguson, 80, Newcastle United, Derby County, Cardiff City and Newport County defender, who also managed Newport and Ipswich Town.^[144]
• 28 March 2018: Colin Harper, 71, Ipswich Town defender who was also caretaker-manager at Port Vale.^[145]
• 29 March 2018: Ron Mailer, 85, Darlington wing half.^[146]
• 30 March 2018: Frank Hodgetts, 93, West Bromwich Albion and Millwall winger.^[147]
• 4 April 2018: Ray Wilkins, 61, England, Chelsea, Manchester United, Queens Park Rangers, Crystal Palace, Wycombe Wanderers, Millwall and Leyton Orient midfielder, who also managed Queens Park Rangers, Fulham and Jordan.^[148]
• 13 April 2018: Ron Cooper, 79, Peterborough United defender.^[149]
• 20 April 2018: Roy Bentley, 93, England, Bristol City, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Fulham and Queens Park Rangers striker, who also managed Reading and Swansea City.^[150]
• 20 April 2018: Eddie Blackburn, 61, Hull City, York City and Hartlepool United goalkeeper.^[151]

Retirements[]

• 21 June 2017: Keith Lasley, 37, former Plymouth Argyle midfielder.^[152]
• 24 June 2017: Álvaro Arbeloa, 34, former Spain, Liverpool and West Ham United defender.^[153]
• 28 June 2017: Scott Parker, 36, former England, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Newcastle United, West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham midfielder.^[154]
• 29 June 2017: Craig King, 20, former Luton Town goalkeeper.^[155]
• July 2017: Royston Drenthe, 30, former Everton, Reading and Sheffield Wednesday winger.^[156]
• 3 July 2017: Richie Wellens, 37, former Manchester United, Blackpool, Oldham Athletic, Doncaster Rovers and Leicester City midfielder.^[157]
• 7 July 2017: Kevin McNaughton, 34, former Scotland, Cardiff City and Wigan Athletic right back.^[158]
• 17 July 2017: Paul Robinson, 37, former England, Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur, Blackburn Rovers and Burnley goalkeeper.^[159]
• 24 July 2017: Thomas Sørensen, 41, former Denmark, Sunderland, Aston Villa and Stoke City goalkeeper.^[160]
• 25 July 2017: Michu, 31, former Spain and Swansea City striker.^[161]
• 8 August 2017: Mark Hudson, 35, former Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic, Cardiff City and Huddersfield Town defender.^[162]
• 9 August 2017: Jermaine Easter, 35, former Wales, Hartlepool United, Cambridge United, Boston United, Stockport County, Wycombe Wanderers, Plymouth Argyle, Milton Keynes Dons, Crystal Palace, Millwall and Bristol Rovers forward.^[163]
• 14 August 2017: Stephen McManus, 34, former Scotland and Middlesbrough centre half.^[164]
• 18 August 2017: Víctor Valdés, 35, former Spain, Manchester United and Middlesbrough goalkeeper.^[165]
• 6 September 2017: José Enrique, 31, former Newcastle United and Liverpool left back.^[166]
• 9 September 2017: Eiður Guðjohnsen, 38, former Iceland, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea and Stoke City forward.^[167]
• 28 September 2017: Kevin Doyle, 34, former Republic of Ireland, Reading and Wolverhampton Wanderers striker.^[168]
• 2 October 2017: Damian Scannell, 32, former Southend United, Dagenham & Redbridge, Eastleigh and Sutton United midfielder.^[169]
• 2 October 2017: Rickie Lambert, 35, former England, Blackpool, Macclesfield Town, Stockport County, Rochdale, Bristol Rovers, Southampton, Liverpool, West Bromwich Albion and Cardiff City striker.^[170]
• 7 November 2017: Tommy Lee, 31, former Chesterfield, Macclesfield Town and Rochdale goalkeeper.^[171]
• 19 November 2017: Rory Fallon, 35, former New Zealand, Barnsley, Swindon Town, Swansea City, Plymouth Argyle, Yeovil Town, Crawley Town, Scunthorpe United, Bristol Rovers, Torquay United, Truro City and Dorchester Town striker.^[172]
• 21 November 2017: Kenwyne Jones, 33, former Trinidad and Tobago, Southampton, Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke City, Sunderland, Cardiff City and Bournemouth striker.^[173]
• 22 November 2017: Yakubu Aiyegbeni, 35, former Nigeria, Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, Leicester City, Blackburn Rovers, Reading and Coventry City striker.^[174]
• 23 November 2017: Christian Ribeiro, 27, former Wales, Bristol City, Scunthorpe United, Exeter City and Oxford United defender.^[175]
• 20 December 2017: Tomáš Rosický, 37, former Czech Republic and Arsenal midfielder.^[176]
• 5 January 2018: Johan Elmander, 36, former Sweden and Bolton Wanderers striker.^[177]
• 8 February 2018: Matty Fryatt, 31, former Walsall, Leicester City, Hull City and Nottingham Forest striker.^[178]
• 13 February 2018: Ryan Mason, 26, former England, Tottenham Hotspur, Yeovil Town, Doncaster Rovers, Millwall, Swindon Town and Hull City midfielder.^[179]
• 3 March 2018: Damon Lathrope, 28, former Torquay United, Aldershot Town and Woking midfielder.^[180]
• 27 March 2018: Adam Yates, 34, former Port Vale, Leek Town and Morecambe defender.^[181]
• 18 April 2018: Brian Lenihan, 23, former Hull City defender.^[182]
• 5 May 2018: Stephen Warnock, 36, former England, Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa, Leeds United, Derby County, Wigan Athletic and Burton Albion left back.^[183]
• 6 May 2018: Paul Robinson, 39, former Watford, West Bromwich Albion, Bolton Wanderers and Birmingham City defender.^[184]

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