Guardian Sport·United Kingdom·Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 08:42 AM UTC

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Tom Bassam

Good morning, another Premier League weekend is upon us, kicking off with an intriguing fixture at Hill Dickinson Stadium between Everton and Chelsea.

Here’s a quick glance at today’s top-flight fixtures:

Everton v Chelsea (12.30pm BST)
Brentford v Liverpool (3pm BST)
Fulham v Hull City (3pm BST)
Manchester City v Ipswich (3pm BST)
Newcastle v Aston Villa (5.30pm BST)

Tom will be here shortly on what promises to be another lively day in the Premier League and beyond. In the meantime, here is Barney Ronay’s column on … the former Crystal Palace chair’s rage in the age of the algorithm constantly churning.

Illustration of an angry radio by David Humphries for Barney Ronay column on being savaged by Simon Jordan on TalkSport — ‘I was a side-beef, an afterthought. By now the algorithm is already filling my feed with fresh SJ face-offs.’ Illustration: David Humphries

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