https://goalsoon.com/blog.html English football analysis from tiers 2 to 6, built from our own database. en-gb Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:39:58 +0000 https://goalsoon.com/blog/what-promotion-costs-2627.html https://goalsoon.com/blog/what-promotion-costs-2627.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Eight clubs won automatic promotion for 2026/27. We track players who make exactly that move, and the step into the Premier League is more than twice as expensive as any other step in the pyramid. Championship promotion player transfers 2026/27 https://goalsoon.com/blog/national-league-south-deserved-2425.html https://goalsoon.com/blog/national-league-south-deserved-2425.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Boreham Wood earned more deserved points than any club in the 2024/25 division and finished fifth. Maidstone United drew sixteen matches. Neither of them won the league — and one of them was fourth in the tier above a year later. National League South non-league deserved points https://goalsoon.com/blog/national-league-north-deserved-2425.html https://goalsoon.com/blog/national-league-north-deserved-2425.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A rating built from 26 seasons of results says the 2024/25 title went to the third-best team in the division — and that eleven points of luck separated the top three. National League North non-league deserved points https://goalsoon.com/blog/championship-2627-who-will-surprise.html https://goalsoon.com/blog/championship-2627-who-will-surprise.html Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 West Brom played like a top-six side and finished with bottom-half points. Over three seasons that gap has predicted what happens next. Championship xG season preview