The 2025/26 final run-in
With only five rounds to play and Wolves and Burnley being already 11 respectively 14 points behind Tottenham (currently ranking 18th in the Premier League table) we can assume that these two clubs are virtually going down come the end of the season. Which one out of four clubs will be relegated to the Championship along with them? Here’s the run-in (final five Premier League fixtures) for these four clubs fighting relegation this season:
🔵 Tottenham Hotspur
- Wolves (A) – Apr 25
- Aston Villa (A) – May 3
- Leeds (H) – May 11
- Chelsea (A) – May 17
- Everton (H) – May 24 (final day)
⚒️ West Ham United
- Crystal Palace (A) – Apr 20
- Everton (H) – Apr 25
- Brentford (A) – May 2
- Arsenal (H) – May 10
- Newcastle (A) – May 17
- Leeds (H) – May 24
🌳 Nottingham Forest
- (recently defeated Burnley 4-1) – Apr 19
- Sunderland (A) – Apr 24
- UEFA EL semifinal: Aston Villa (H) – Apr 30
- Chelsea (A) – May 4
- UEFA EL semifinal: Aston Villa (A) – May 7
- Newcastle (H) – May 10
- Man Utd (A) – May 17
- Bournemouth (H) – May 24
⚪ Leeds United
- Bournemouth (A) – Apr 22
- FA Cup semifinal: Chelsea – Apr 26
- Burnley (H) – May 1
- Tottenham (A) – May 11
- Brighton (A) – May 17
- West Ham (A) – May 24
Spurs remain in relegation zone
Pedro Porro and Kevin Danso sank to their knees, Xavi Simons looked ready to cry and the Tottenham Hotspur fans filed out of the club’s £1bn stadium feeling like their team had been beaten once again, The Telegraph writes in his report on Tottenham‘s 2-2 draw with Brighton on Saturday.
In their fight against relegation Tottenham Hotspur’s have appointed a new manager in Roberto de Zerbi, but also in his second game in charge he could not stop Spurs’ winless run in the league. Against de Zerbi‘s former club Brighton, Spurs twice took the lead, but in the fifth minute of added time the Seagulls levelled for a second time. Spurs last victory was on December 28th last year, and they now haven’t won for 15 matches, just one short of the club’s worst-ever winless league run set 91 years ago.
BBC reports that only the Championship’s rock-bottom club Sheffield Wednesday have picked up fewer points (four) than Spurs (six) across English football’s top four tiers in 2026. Relegation looms for the first time since 1977 with only five games to go – and the situation could worsen with relegation rivals Nottingham Forest and West Ham yet to play this weekend.
De Zerbi has said that his immediate attention is on restoring confidence – something which seems to be crucial for a group of players who have now failed to win each of their last five Premier League games in which they led. However, with rock-bottom club Wolves being their next opponent, Spurs’ first win of 2026 could be only one week away.
Therefore West Ham, whose fans of course celebrated Brighton’s late equaliser, must look at themselves and make as many points as possible to avoid being pegged back into the relegation zone which they have left only a week ago. On Monday evening they play Oliver Glasner‘s Crystal Palace away.
The Eagles have reached the semifinal of the Conference League last Thursday. They eliminated Fiorentina and will now have to beat Shaktar Donetsk in order to reach the final which would give Austrian manager Glasner the chance of winning a European Cup for the second time. Four years ago he beat West Ham in the Europa League semifinal with Frankfurt and went on to win the final in Sevilla against Glasgow Rangers. One year later though the Irons won the Conference League by beating Alkmaar in the semi and Fiorentina in the final at Prague.
Come on you Irons!
Joh 3:16
„Denn Gott hat die Menschen so sehr geliebt, dass er seinen einzigen Sohn für sie hergab. Jeder, der an ihn glaubt, wird nicht zugrunde gehen, sondern das ewige Leben haben.“
Johannes 3:16 HFA
https://bible.com/bible/73/jhn.3.16.HFA
Tim Tebow spielte für die Denver Broncos als Quarterback. Er wurde in der Saison 2011 zum Starter und revitalisierte ein schwächelndes Team – er führte die Broncos zu ihrem ersten Division-Titel und Playoff-Sieg seit 2005.
Der berühmte Playoff-Sieg (Januar 2012)
Der Höhepunkt seiner NFL-Karriere war das Wild-Card-Spiel der Playoffs, als er auf dem ersten Snap in der Overtime einen siegbringenden Touchdown-Pass gegen die Pittsburgh Steelers warf.
Nach diesem Sieg schieden die Broncos in der nächsten Playoff-Runde aus. Kurz darauf verpflichteten die Broncos Superstar Peyton Manning als Quarterback – und Tebow wurde im März 2012 zu den New York Jets getradet.
Karriereende
Nach erfolglosen Versuchen bei den Patriots und Eagles versuchte er 2021 noch einmal ein Comeback – diesmal als Tight End bei den Jacksonville Jaguars, wurde aber nach einem Preseason-Spiel entlassen.
Heute arbeitet Tebow als Analyst für College Football bei ESPN und dem SEC Network und ist als Autor und Sprecher tätig. Seine christliche Überzeugung war stets ein prägendes Merkmal – das Niederknien zum Gebet auf dem Spielfeld wurde als „Tebowing” weltbekannt.
“Must win” won!
“Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing!” And the Irons did exactly what was needed on Friday evening against Wolves: they won and moved out of the relegation zone, changing places with Tottenham!
Britain’s Gifts to the World
There was not only a last-minute-goal at the London Stadium, but even two goals in injury time in this FA Cup match! Though with West Ham 0-1 down at halftime, and 0-2 after 75 minutes, I had thought this was “game over” and had left the pub where I was watching the match, “The Tube Station”, after 90 minutes. I had no idea what I would be missing out on!
The unexpected and unlikely happened: Mateus Fernandes in the 93rd and Axel Disasi in the 96th minute equalised for the Irons and took the game to extra time!
However, after an other West Ham goal was disallowed (Taty‘s second “goal” of the afternoon which did not count, and the Argentine had also been unlucky when his header just hit the post!), fortune was hiding again when the tie had to be decided on penalties. West Ham’s skipper Jarrod Bowen and Pablo could not convert their penalties, and the Irons lost the shootout 2-4. Now Leeds will play at Wembley, in their first FA Cup semi-final in 39 years, against Chelsea! The other semifinal is Southampton vs. Manchester City.
West Ham manager Nuno said on the performance of his team: “We prove to ourselves that we can never give up. The game is not done until the referee says so and we have to take that into our future starting on Friday [against Wolves].“
“It will take more time to recover. The legs go when you win and recover quicker. We have the sadness and that will drag into this evening and tomorrow, but we have to react. We have important games [against Wolves, Crystal Palace, Everton, Brentford, Arsenal, Newcastle and Leeds], so we will keep fighting.”
Well, parts of the game were really good; we came back well, and that could give us confidence for the upcoming matches. Unfortunately, we were unlucky with two offside goals and hitting the woodwork twice. 😬
Come on you Irons!
Archbishop’s Easter Message
As the King has decided not to issue an Easter message this year, RapidHammer wants to wish you a Happy Easter pointing to the newly installed Archbishop of Canterbury’s Easter letter. Sarah Mullally was installed as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury on March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation.
This is her first ecumenical Easter letter as Archbishop of Canterbury:
In her statement, Archbishop Sarah said that the message of the gospel is not an abstract hope but a “living reality” that could give strength and comfort to all of humanity.
She quoted Dietrich Bonhoeffer who, writing from prison, reflected that “only a suffering God can help.” These words remind us that in Jesus Christ, God does not stand distant from human pain, but enters into it, bears it, and transforms it.
The cross and the empty tomb together tell us that suffering and death do not have the final word. Suffering and pain are penultimate; ultimate is the loving embrace of God in glory. Easter proclaims that even in the darkest places, God is at work bringing life.
Pointing to the words of Jesus: “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies… it bears much fruit,” the Archbishop said that Easter invites each of us to entrust ourselves anew to this mystery. What in our lives, our churches, and our relationships must be surrendered so that God may bring renewal? The resurrection assures us that no act of faithful surrender is ever wasted.
Easter calls us to live from this hope: to trust in the victory of Christ, to stand alongside those who suffer, and to bear witness with renewed confidence to the Gospel. In a wounded world, we are called to be people of resurrection – people who live not in fear, but in hope; not in despair, but in the promise of new life.
The Archbishop closed her letter with: As we celebrate this holy season, may the joy of Easter renew our faith, strengthen our fellowship, and deepen our commitment to one another in Christ.
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