I’d heard of it only because I sat opposite one of the Canadian hockey journalists in an airport lounge recently who was wearing a ‘The Athletic’ branded t-shirt. I looked it up did a weeks free trial and really enjoyed it - covers all sports (hard to find anything on The Championship though). Does have a bias to North American sports but the journalism is excellent I have to say - maybe the UK site is structured differently?

There was an introductory offer which amounted to the equivalent of £1.75 a month for the first 12 months (cancel anytime). I’ve signed up - feels like very good value so far. Hey, some people pay a monthly subscription to join football message boards 😂