Football
Premier League Preview: Manchester City vs Aston Villa
Manchester Evening News reporter Simon Bajowski says that Aston Villa are very much an “unknown quantity” ahead of their trip to title-chasing Manchester City this evening (kick-off 6pm). City will end Wednesday evening top of the Premier League if they beat Villa and Manchester United drop points at relegation threatened Fulham. This will be Villa’s […]
Premier League announces agreement to trial concussion substitutes from next week
The Premier League has agreed to trial the use of concussion substitutes following an agreement with shareholders. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) created the trial and is now just waiting for conformation of the process which will be used before it starts in England’s top league. IFAB are believed to now only need information […]
Aston Villa Women’s defender Natalie Haigh: We can take inspiration from Dean Smith’s men’s team
Aston Villa Women’s defender Natalie Haigh says her side can take inspiration from the men’s team in their battle to avoid relegation from the Women’s Super League. Villa Women, who were promoted from the Championship last year, are currently second bottom of the WSL with two wins from nine games, with their most recent result […]
Sky Sports presenter Kelly Cates believes Leeds United “didn’t post tweet about Karen Carney because she’s a woman” among Premier League club’s social media backlash
Sky Sports and BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Kelly Cates has weighed in with her say on Leeds United’s tweet aimed at Karen Carney. In the aftermath of the tweet, Carney received hundreds of abusive, sexist messages which has resulted in her deactivating her account. The initial tweet from Leeds’ official account also sparked debate […]
“We had some big players out there and they didn’t fight.” – Forest Green Rovers head coach Mark Cooper on defeat at Tranmere Rovers
Forest Green Rovers head coach Mark Cooper questioned his players fight as they fell to a 3-2 defeat at Tranmere Rovers. Late goals from substitutes Elliott Whitehouse and Scott Wagstaff weren’t enough as Rovers fell to only their fifth league defeat of the campaign. Early goals in either half from Paul Lewis and James Vaughan […]
Cheltenham Town manager Michael Duff names Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne as his dream Premier League signing but how have their FA Cup opponents changed since 2015?
Cheltenham Town manager Michael Duff named Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne as the one Premier League player he would sign if the chance arose. Speaking before the two sides were drawn against each other in the FA Cup fourth round, Duff said “It’s an easy one for me, he (De Bruyne) does everything […]
Cheltenham Town manager Michael Duff on Newport County draw and upcoming FA Cup tie with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City
Cheltenham Town manager Michael Duff said that Newport County goalkeeper Tom King scoring from a goal-kick was a “freak incident” in the 1-1 draw between the two sides at the Jonny-Rocks Stadium. Exiles goalkeeper King scored from his own penalty area after just 12 minutes, when his powerful goal-kick took a wicked bounce which caught […]
Five things we learnt as Leicester flatten Chelsea to go top of the Premier League as pressure mounts on Frank Lampard
The swirling wind and pouring rain that swept around the King Power Stadium last night wouldn’t have been amiss in a make-believe novel. It was the sort of pathetic fallacy, scene setting and foreshadowing that signified a sad end. This felt like it might have been Frank Lampard’s. As Leicester City and Brendan Rodgers paraded […]
Goalkeeper Tom King bizarrely scored against Cheltenham Town last night. Here are five other goal-scoring goalies.
In celebration of Newport County’s goalkeeper Tom King scoring last night against Cheltenham Town, we’ve put together a list of five more ‘keepers that got their names on the scoresheet! Jimmy Glass – Carlisle United 1999 This is the one of the greatest stories in English Football. It was the last game of the 1999 […]