diff --git a/dotcom-rendering/src/footballMatchStats.ts b/dotcom-rendering/src/footballMatchStats.ts
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+import type { FootballTeam } from './footballTeam';
+
+/**
+ * The stats for each team in a given football match.
+ */
+export type FootballMatchStats = {
+	homeTeam: FootballMatchTeamWithStats;
+	awayTeam: FootballMatchTeamWithStats;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Extended stats information about a given team in a football match, including
+ * a list of players.
+ */
+type FootballMatchTeamWithStats = FootballTeam & {
+	abbreviatedName: string;
+	possession: number;
+	shotsOnTarget: number;
+	shotsOffTarget: number;
+	corners: number;
+	fouls: number;
+	players: FootballPlayer[];
+	statsColour: string;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Information about a player's participation in a given football match.
+ */
+type FootballPlayer = {
+	paID: string;
+	name: string;
+	substitute: boolean;
+	shirtNumber: number;
+	events: PlayerEvent[];
+};
+
+/**
+ * Events involving a particular player in a given football match.
+ */
+type PlayerEvent = {
+	kind: 'substitution' | 'booking' | 'dismissal';
+	minute: number;
+};
diff --git a/dotcom-rendering/src/footballMatchV2.ts b/dotcom-rendering/src/footballMatchV2.ts
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+import type { FootballTeam } from './footballTeam';
+
+/**
+ * There are three states a football match can be in.
+ *
+ * - Before it starts it's known as a "fixture".
+ * - While it's in-play we refer to it as "live".
+ * - Once it's over it's known as a "result".
+ */
+export type FootballMatch = MatchFixture | LiveMatch | MatchResult;
+
+/**
+ * Before a match has started we have some information, such as when it's going
+ * to start and which teams are playing. But we don't have a score or status.
+ */
+export type MatchFixture = MatchData & {
+	kind: 'Fixture';
+	homeTeam: FootballTeam;
+	awayTeam: FootballTeam;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Once a match has started we have additional information beyond what's
+ * available for a {@linkcode MatchFixture}, such as the score.
+ */
+export type LiveMatch = MatchData & {
+	kind: 'Live';
+	homeTeam: FootballMatchTeamWithScore;
+	awayTeam: FootballMatchTeamWithScore;
+	status: string;
+	comment: string | undefined;
+};
+
+/**
+ * When a match is over, we have much the same information as when it's a
+ * {@linkcode LiveMatch}, such as the score. The status is always "full-time"
+ * (FT), so we don't need a property for that.
+ */
+export type MatchResult = MatchData & {
+	kind: 'Result';
+	homeTeam: FootballMatchTeamWithScore;
+	awayTeam: FootballMatchTeamWithScore;
+	comment: string | undefined;
+};
+
+/**
+ * For all football matches we should know what the PA ID is and when it's
+ * scheduled to kick off.
+ */
+type MatchData = {
+	paId: string;
+	kickOff: Date;
+	venue: string;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Once a match has started, we can bundle together information about a team,
+ * such as its name, with its score and which players have scored.
+ */
+type FootballMatchTeamWithScore = FootballTeam & {
+	score: number;
+	scorers: string[];
+};
diff --git a/dotcom-rendering/src/footballMatchesV2.ts b/dotcom-rendering/src/footballMatchesV2.ts
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+import type { FootballMatch } from './footballMatchV2';
+
+/**
+ * A collection of football matches happening across one or more days, where
+ * each day is represented by a separate item in the list.
+ */
+export type FootballMatches = FootballCompetitionsOnDay[];
+
+/**
+ * All the football competitions with matches on a given day.
+ */
+type FootballCompetitionsOnDay = {
+	day: Date;
+	competitions: FootballCompetition[];
+};
+
+/**
+ * A selection of football matches happening as part of a given competition.
+ */
+type FootballCompetition = {
+	id: string;
+	tag: string;
+	name: string;
+	nation: string;
+	matches: FootballMatch[];
+};
diff --git a/dotcom-rendering/src/footballTeam.ts b/dotcom-rendering/src/footballTeam.ts
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+/**
+ * The basic information we should have about all football teams is their PA ID
+ * and their name.
+ */
+export type FootballTeam = {
+	name: string;
+	paID: string;
+};