Category: Football
Ange Postecoglou’s lone crusade to save sanctity of English football
In Ange Postecoglou’s words, uttered a few weeks back, he is not the Messiah, just a “naughty little boy”. It was actually not his own [more…]
Why Manchester City are looking to go big and sign Omar Marmoush
Manchester City fans are breathing a sigh of relief after back-to-back league wins. A run of one victory and nine defeats in 13 games was [more…]
Met police hands over ‘full file’ to CPS on Premier League player accused of rape
The Metropolitan police has handed a “full file” of evidence on a Premier League footballer accused of rape to the Crown Prosecution Service. The player, [more…]
EFL hits back at Arteta’s complaints: ‘All clubs play with the same ball’
The English Football League (EFL) has defended the ball being used in this year’s Carabao Cup in response to Mikel Arteta complaining that it “flies [more…]
Young v Young: father-son FA Cup meeting could join football folklore
Arsenal v Manchester United and Tamworth v Tottenham are two of the more arresting fixtures in the FA Cup third round, but Everton’s encounter with [more…]
West Ham to appoint Potter after sacking Lopetegui and Steidten may go too
West Ham have sacked Julen Lopetegui and are preparing to announce Graham Potter as their manager after he agreed a two-and-a-half-year contract. The technical director, [more…]
Isak’s razor-sharp edge provides painful point of contrast to Arsenal’s meanderings | Barney Ronay
And here’s what you could have had. No, maybe don’t look too closely. It is no secret Arsenal made attempts to sign Alexander Isak from [more…]
Carabao Cup previews: Arsenal v Newcastle, plus Spurs v Liverpool
Arsenal v Newcastle, Tuesday 8pm Arsenal had to share the spoils with Brighton at the Amex last weekend. Ethan Nwaneri opened the scoring for the [more…]
Rob Edwards claims ‘gods are against’ Luton as loss to QPR deepens drop fears
The Luton manager, Rob Edwards, claimed the footballing gods are against his side after they were beaten 2-1 at Queens Park Rangers to deepen their [more…]
West Ham ask Graham Potter to be new manager with Lopetegui facing sack
West Ham have asked Graham Potter to become their new manager after deciding to sack Julen Lopetegui. Potter held talks with the club’s largest shareholder, [more…]