24 May ~ A Lyon v Paris Saint-Germain final next season might mean the Champions League can pack up and go home. Now we have an all-German decider to go with the Spanish, Italian and English ones we've enjoyed this millennium, would a one-nation final from the last of its "Big Five" leagues mean UEFA can do no more for its richest members? Would an all-Ligue 1 affair be the natural end of the commercial revolution instigated by Napoli drawing Real Madrid in the first round of the 1987-88 European Cup? Considering what we've grown accustomed to, not likely.

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23 May ~ Canvey Island had finished runners-up in the Isthmian League in the previous three seasons, but a new kit for 2003-04 brought new success to Park Lane. It was manufactured by Venom Sports, who still make the Gulls' kits. Owner and manager Jeff King's company Kings Park Homes adorned the shirt. The kit followed the club's classic yellow and blue colours but featured a shift towards a lighter shade of blue on the sleeves and collar.

Despite having to replace Owen Coyle early in the season, Bolton Wanderers were eventually disappointed to miss out on the play-offs on the final day

It tells you all you need to know about this season's Championship that Bolton were masters of their own destiny right up to the last kick, despite more or less giving it up as a bad job sometime around turn of the year. A fine run of form from mid-February put Wanderers on the verge of the play-offs, only for the season to be played out in a final-day microcosm.

23 May ~ In 2008 Racing Santander beat Manchester City 3-1 in the UEFA Cup group stages, narrowly missing out on qualification to the knockout rounds; now they are on the brink of successive relegations. Los Racinguistas are two points from safety with only three games remaining of the campaign, although back-to-back wins in their last two matches will have given them some hope of avoiding the drop to Segunda División B. They now face three huge games, starting at home against fellow relegation battlers Guadalajara on Sunday.

22 May ~ Readers of the New York Times have been given an insight into the experiences of match-going football fans in England's top division. Sarah Lyall travelled around various Premier League grounds, including St James' Park, Villa Park and Goodison Park, talking to supporters, stewards and police about their experiences. Despite strange claims about rival fans being controlled by criminal gangs and a lack clarity about the causes of certain stadium disasters, it highlights the different views on either side of the Atlantic of crowd participation and how to enjoy sporting events.

22 May ~ It's not that often you find yourself on a business trip in an unfamiliar city on the same day that a title-deciding football match is played – and admission to the game is free. In fact, it had never happened to me until last Thursday – when I watched Zimbru Chisinau v Sheriff Tiraspol in the Moldovan capital. I couldn't find a local person to go with, though. A Moldovan colleague I asked told me some of his friends were "well into" football: "They were going crazy over some game the other week: Barcelona and a German club".

In the first of a series of articles looking at various clubs' fortunes over the past season, James Baxter assesses West Brom's new status as "best of the rest"

At 3-0 and 5-2 down to Manchester United last Sunday, West Bromwich Albion's season looked to be slipping quietly away. Defeats to Wigan and Norwich in the preceding weeks had given the impression of a team keener to help relegate local rivals Aston Villa than produce a strong end to their own campaign.

21 May ~ The Premier League have released individual clubs' broadcasting revenue figures for the 2012-13 season. Along with an equal share of £13.8 million per club, plus overseas rights payments of £18.9m each, the clubs also received £755,881 for each place higher they finished in the final league table and a facility fee every time their matches were shown on TV in the UK. It means Manchester United were given a total of £60.8m while bottom-place QPR got a meagre £39.8m – how will they cope?