On All Hallows’ Eve all eyes before kick-off at Stamford Bridge were on two youngsters dressed in black and white. Not the children ducking and weaving between doorways down the Fulham Road in search of Halloween candy, but Mason Mount and Fikayo Tom...
Sixteen teams become eight in the Carabao Cup this week as fourth round ties are played across the country. The pick of the week’s fixtures comes on Wednesday night when Frank Lampard takes his young Derby County side to former club Chelsea. The Cham...
Type ‘James McClean’ into Twitter search at your peril. Yes, it’s that time of year again when the nation honours the lives of those lost in military service by wearing a poppy, and McClean is doused in ordure for respectfully declining. The latest f...
What a great advert for football. American Football, that is. Rather than Premier League football. The NFL crest still clearly visible in the Wembley centre circle, the yardage lines marked out, the centre of the field and the flanks worn to the bone...
Place yourself, for a moment, in the head of a close family member, distant relative or friend of Claude Puel, the Leicester City manager. It is Saturday evening. You have been out with friends for dinner, or are watching a film curled up on the sofa...
Leicester City‘s Carabao Cup match with Southampton has been postponed following the death of their owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others in a helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium. The helicopter, owned by the club’s Thai billiona...
If there is an accusation that Manchester United are landing upon solutions to their problems through good fortune and process of elimination rather than tactical mastery, this was a good afternoon to put forward the theory. Jose Mourinho has now dro...