Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Ahead of the Champions League final, the GOAL team put our heads together to rank the best players in Europe this season. Decent list, all told:goal.comLamine Yamal, Ousmane Dembele and GOAL's top 50 players of the 2024-25 European season - ranked | Goal.com UKGOAL's team of writers and editors has ranked he top 50 players from the 2024-25 European season, including Lamine Yamal, Ousmane Dembele, Mohamed Salah and Harry Kane 010
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Myself & the GOAL team have put our heads together to rank the top 50 players in this season’s Premier League. As is usually the case with wisdom of crowds, we got it totally wrong, but you should check it out anyway:goal.comMohamed Salah, Alexander Isak and GOAL's top 50 Premier League players of the 2024-25 season - ranked | Goal.comMohamed Salah and Alexander Isak are among GOAL's top 50 players from the 2024-25 Premier League season 150
Reposted by Tom MastonSean Walsh @seandzwalsh.bsky.social · 05/05/2025I've had the pleasure of watching Harry Kane's entire career to this point up close, and the journey has been special. Nobody remembers a player's trophy count after the tally reaches one. Now, Kane is free to build his legacy without caveat. Long read on a legend: www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/...goal.comRejected, belittled, belatedly celebrated: Harry Kane is finally a champion - now he can become Britain's unlikeliest sporting GOAT | Goal.com UKHarry Kane has finally won a trophy after Bayern Munich were crowned Bundesliga champions, and now he has the chance to become Britain's sporting GOAT. 011
Reposted by Tom MastonAmeé Ruszkai @ameeruszkai.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Chelsea secure the earliest Women's Super League title triumph. Only twice has the title race not gone down to the final day, when Arsenal won with one game to spare in 2012 & 2019. Most wins, a first unbeaten 22-game season and most points all records still on the cards.goal.comSix in a row! How Sonia Bompastor ensured Chelsea avoided an Emma Hayes hangover and dominated the Women's Super League once again | Goal.comAfter the departure of Emma Hayes, some believed this would be Chelsea's transitional season, but Sonia Bompastor has done a fantastic job in leading the Blues to a sixth-successive Women's Super Leag... 092
Reposted by Tom MastonSean Walsh @seandzwalsh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025🔮 Had a go at predicting the end of the Premier League season, revolving around the race for the European places - and just how low Manchester United and Tottenham will finish. www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/...goal.comMan City and Newcastle to make it but Chelsea to miss out: GOAL predicts the Premier League's top-five race as epic fight for Champions League places resumes | Goal.com UKGOAL predicts which Premier League teams will qualify for Europe, with Nottingham Forest, Chelsea, Man City, Newcastle, Brighton, Aston Villa, Bournemouth and Fulham all in the mix. 011
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Not that I'm wishing another crushing tournament disappointment away, but as Thomas Tuchel prepares for his first match as England manager, here's 20 players who could become key figures under his successor:goal.comNXGN 2025: The 20 best English teenage wonderkids in football | Goal.comEngland aren't short of talented young players but the conveyor belt is showing no signs of slowing down as a new generation of teenage wonderkids is starting to emerge 010
Reposted by Tom MastonAmeé Ruszkai @ameeruszkai.bsky.social · 19/03/2025“When you are playing with your friends on the street, I think she feels something like that when she's playing football. She does the same things when she is training with the best players in the world.” GOAL's 2025 Women's NXGN winner: Vicky Lopez 🌟goal.comThe rise of Vicky Lopez: Barcelona's best teenage footballer in women's football | Goal.comEighteen-year-old Vicky Lopez has been crowned the winner of NXGN 2025 after excelling for both Barcelona and the Spain national team 032
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 19/03/2025🇦🇷 Lionel Messi, aged 17 years & 8 months, for club and country: ⚽ Goals: 0 🎯 Assists: 0 🇪🇸 Lamine Yamal, aged 17 years & 8 months, for club and country: ⚽ Goals: 23 🎯 Assists: 32 Not sure world football has ever known a more talented teenager...goal.comLamine Yamal: The greatest teenage footballer the world has ever seen | Goal.comBarcelona winger Lamine Yamal is the greatest teenage footballer the world has even seen, having already surpassed Lionel Messi's achievements at the same age 000
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 18/03/2025About three months of work from colleagues around the world condensed into one breakdown of the best teenage footballers on the planet... 000
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 18/03/2025And the NXGN 2025 women's list, courtesy of @ameeruszkai.bsky.socialgoal.comNXGN 2025: The 25 best teenage wonderkids in women's football | Goal.comGOAL's annual NXGN lists are back for 2025, ranking 25 of the most incredible footballing talents from the women's game to have been born on or after January 1, 2006 000
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 18/03/2025NXGN 2025: The 50 best teenage wonderkids in world footballgoal.comNXGN 2025: The 50 best teenage wonderkids in football | Goal.comGOAL's annual NXGN lists are back for 2025, ranking 50 of the most incredible footballing talents to have been born on or after January 1, 2006 101
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Tuesday, 12pm GMT: goal.com is the only place you need to be 000
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 10/02/2025GO - and I cannot emphasise this enough - BIRDS!!!!! 010
Reposted by Tom MastonAmeé Ruszkai @ameeruszkai.bsky.social · 23/12/2024There are only nine women in head coach roles in the top two tiers of English women’s football. Earlier this month, I got some insight one of the ways the FA is trying to address the issue, with Steph Houghton, Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema among those taking part. www.goal.com/en/lists/nex...goal.comWhere's the next Emma Hayes coming from? Inside the FA's bid to produce more top female coaches and address lack of representation as WSL stars past and present eye success in the dugout | Goal.comOnly nine coaches in the Women's Super League and Women's Championship are women, but the FA is appealing to the likes of Steph Houghton and Beth Mead in a bid to change that and find the next Emma Ha... 1125
Reposted by Tom MastonSean Walsh @seandzwalsh.bsky.social · 02/12/2024🏆 Every Premier League team's true MVP. Had fun trying to differentiate between 'most important' and 'best'. What do you think? www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/...goal.comMartin Odegaard, Rodri and every Premier League club's true MVP | Goal.com UKEvery Premier League club's most valuable player, including Arsenal's Martin Odegaard, Manchester City's Rodri and more 021
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Ahead of ‘Der Klassiker’ later today, @seandzwalsh.bsky.social wrote about how Bayern went from being thrashed by Barcelona to keeping seven successive clean sheets while finding a new role for Harry Kane. AKA how Vincent Kompany learned the meaning of pragmatism:goal.comBayern Munich are back! Vincent Kompany's tactical tweaks are paying off as Harry Kane finds new role in search of first-ever trophy | Goal.comBayern Munich have reinvented themselves under the management of Vincent Kompany, with Harry Kane taking on a new role 011
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Max Dowman won’t be making his Arsenal debut quite yet, but at just 14, he is already training with the first team while making waves with the U19s. @seandzwalsh.bsky.social wrote about the teenage phenom this week:goal.comMax Dowman: The 14-year-old phenom on course to smash Arsenal records after earning Mikel Arteta's trust | Goal.comArsenal academy midfielder Max Dowman doesn't turn 15 until New Year's Eve, but is already being tipped to become the Premier League's youngest-ever player 020
Reposted by Tom MastonRichard Martin @richardmartingoal.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Player ratings from a truly unbelievable 90 minutes at the Etihad Stadium www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/...goal.comMan City player ratings vs Tottenham: Absolutely shameful! Pathetic Josko Gvardiol, Erling Haaland & Phil Foden sum it all up as Pep Guardiola's champions get utterly pulverised | Goal.com UKThe Cityzens were left dumbstruck as they fell to a logic-defying 4-0 defeat at home to Spurs, their first loss at the Etihad Stadium in two years 001
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 22/11/2024- @seandzwalsh.bsky.social on Dele Alli's long road back: tinyurl.com/5n7whkkc - @richardmartingoal.bsky.social on Ruben Amorim's ideal first Man Utd line-up: tinyurl.com/2dfz78sw - Stephen Darwin on Wayne Rooney's rollercoaster Plymouth tenure: tinyurl.com/mtzzzxkc 000
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 22/11/2024ICYMI from the GOAL features team this week: - Mark Doyle on 2025's threat of a player strike: tinyurl.com/2rm26kjd - James Westwood on Harry Kane's England future: tinyurl.com/ms3wh9z3 - @ameeruszkai.bsky.social on Chelsea's young guns: tinyurl.com/ycyyd5yh 111
Reposted by Tom MastonSean Walsh @seandzwalsh.bsky.social · 22/11/2024⚪️ Tottenham's 25 best players of the 21st century, ranked. I am not available for comment. www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/...goal.comHarry Kane, Gareth Bale & the 25 best Tottenham players of the 21st century so far - ranked | Goal.com UKGOAL rules the roost over Spurs' best players in the 21st century, including Harry Kane, Gareth Bale and more. 898
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 22/11/2024On his 17th birthday, Ayyoub Bouaddi ran rings around Real Madrid. One month later, he was Player of the Match vs Juventus. Lille believe Bouaddi is their best prospect since Eden Hazard, and top English teams are taking notice. GOAL's Mark Doyle explains why:goal.comAyyoub Bouaddi: Lille's best prospect since Eden Hazard being linked with Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea after running rings around Real Madrid | Goal.comLille's 17-year-old sensation Ayyoub Bouaddi has attracted the attention of Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea after impressing in this season's Champions League against Real Madrid and Juventus 020
Reposted by Tom MastonAmeé Ruszkai @ameeruszkai.bsky.social · 19/11/2024It took Maika Hamano time to make an impact at Chelsea and, as such, some will have doubted whether or not she would. But her performance on Saturday underlined a new approach at the club, one focused on youth. It's paying dividends now and will in the future, too. www.goal.com/en/lists/agg...goal.comAggie Beever-Jones, Maika Hamano & Chelsea's young guns highlighting Sonia Bompastor's perfect Blues start to the post-Emma Hayes era | Goal.comWhile stars like Sam Kerr and Lauren James have been sidelined, Chelsea's perfect start to life beyond Emma Hayes has been driven by some top young talents 1298
Reposted by Tom MastonSean Walsh @seandzwalsh.bsky.social · 18/11/2024🏴 Winners and losers from England’s Nations League campaign. As I said on Twitter, not getting involved in Kane discourse. I’m not falling for that one again. www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/...goal.comEngland are going up! Winners & losers as Lee Carsley leads Three Lions to Nations League promotion & sets Thomas Tuchel era up for World Cup success | Goal.com UKEngland won five of six games to secure Nations League promotion, but who were the biggest winners and losers of Lee Carsley's interim spell in charge? 021
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Evan Ferguson starts for Ireland vs England at Wembley after a year to forget for the Brighton youngster that has seen him score just three goals in 384 days. GOAL's resident Irishman, Mark Doyle, took a look into what's gone wrong for one of the Premier League's brightest prospects:goal.comThree goals in 384 days: Ireland's great hope Evan Ferguson needs to rediscover his mojo after year from hell | Goal.comBrighton and Ireland striker Evan Ferguson has struggled horribly for form and fitness since making Premier League history but there are signs that the 20-year-old is getting back to his best 000
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 17/11/2024The Arsenal full-back leading Serie A's assist charts The Chelsea midfielder scoring every other game in Ligue 1 The Liverpool winger tearing up the Championship GOAL's James Westwood has run through the best-performing Premier League loanees so far this season:goal.comAndrey Santos, Ben Doak & the eight best Premier League loanees of the 2024-25 season so far | Goal.comThe eight best Premier League loanees of the 2024-25 season so far, including Chelsea's Andrey Santos and Liverpool prospect Ben Doak 000
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Manchester United & Liverpool are both looking to the future at left-back, and both have been impressed by Argentine teenager Julio Soler. The 19-year-old shone at the Olympics & has already earned a first full international call-up. GOAL's James Westwood profiled Soler for our NXGN series:goal.comJulio Soler: Why Man Utd & Liverpool are set to battle for Argentina's teenage Olympics star who has already rubbed shoulders with Lionel Messi | Goal.comLanus sensation Julio Soler is already on the radar of Manchester United and Liverpool after shining at the Olympics with Argentina and rubbing shoulders with Lionel Messi. 041
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Vinicius Jr is one of, if not the best footballer on the planet right now. So why has he only managed to score five goals in 35 appearances for Brazil? GOAL's Tom Hindle has attempted to explain whygoal.comFive goals in five years: Vinicius Jr must improve his woeful Brazil record or risk World Cup embarrassment in 2026 | Goal.comVinicius Jr has never managed to replicate his Real Madrid form for Brazil, and that has to change if he is to complete his mission of becoming the world's best footballer 000
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Last month, Kylian Mbappe pulled out of playing for France. This month, Mbappe hasn't been picked, and Didier Deschamps is refusing to say why. Good stuff from GOAL's Mark Doyle on the latest drama to hit Les Bleus:goal.comWhy isn't Kylian Mbappe playing for France? Didier Deschamps dispute threatens to derail Les Bleus' World Cup preparations | Goal.comFrance coach Didier Deschamps has left captain Kylian Mbappe out of another squad, casting doubt on both their relationship and the forward's mental state right now 000
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Here's the extended works of every set of 21st rankings we've published so far - more to come through to the start of December:goal.comGOAL's 21st century rankings: The best players, managers and teams of the past 25 years | Goal.comAs the curtain comes down on the first quarter of the 21st century, GOAL has been running through the players, managers and clubs who have shone most bright 000
Tom Maston @tommaston.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Well this place seems a lot more pleasant... Over at GOAL, we've been working on a series looking back at the best things in football from the first 25 years of the 21st century. Today, it's the 25 best England moments, ranked 🏴goal.comDavid Beckham's Greece free-kick, Jude Bellingham's Euros acrobatics and the 25 best England moments of the 21st century so far - ranked | Goal.comGOAL runs through the most memorable occasions from watching the England men's team since the year 2000 110
