About Route One

Route One is the football newsletter that respects your time.

Our editorial process is designed to respect your time while providing the full context behind the day’s most important football stories. We remove fluff, avoid jargon, and get to the point—fast.

We curate from hundreds of stories a day, selecting only the most relevant and interesting ones—whether they come from Europe’s top leagues, women’s football, emerging markets, or the business side of the game.

We’re employee-owned, not affiliated with any larger media outlet.

Editorial Standards

Clarity and integrity aren't optional. They're the backbone of every story we tell and every brand we partner with.

Reader First

Everything we write is for the fan. We keep our language simple and our stories tight—delivering only what’s essential, and nothing that isn’t. If it doesn’t help the reader, it doesn’t make the cut.

Unbiased

We don’t take sides—on clubs, players, or issues. Route One exists to inform, not to persuade. That means no opinions, no agendas, and a commitment to fair, balanced coverage across the board.

Curated

With so much noise in football media, what we leave out is just as important as what we include. We scan hundreds of stories a day to surface the ones that truly matter—whether they’re timely, revealing, surprising, or just plain interesting.