This time 12 months ago, Liverpool had lost only two league games, were about to chalk up a 10-game winning run in the Premier League and had become only the eighth club to win all six of their Champions League group games. Nobody was talking about p...
The Premier League is set to return after the international break with the two-horse title race between Manchester City and Arsenal resuming on Saturday. Arsenal have replaced Liverpool as City’s main challengers this season and Pep Guardiola’s team ...
Manchester United fans have formed a new campaign group to protest against the Qatari takeover of the club. Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, chairman of one of Qatar’s biggest banks, lodged a second bid to buy United from the Glazer family last Frid...
To a large chunk of their fiercest supporters and most die-hard detractors, there’s an inevitability about Newcastle United‘s rise. Deep pockets and driven ownership tend to trump all, so the theory goes. And to be fair the club’s hierarchy have done...
A culture of fear and violence has engulfed grass-roots football with referees concerned somebody will be killed on the pitch, an i investigation has found. With refereeing and the behaviour of players and coaches at the top the game under an intense...
Roy Hodgson thinks Sir Alex Ferguson would call him a “fool” for returning to Premier League management ahead of his Crystal Palace homecoming against Leicester on Saturday. It will be Hodgson’s first game since leaving Watford at the end of the 2021...
Ordinarily a team positioned 12th in the Premier League table with 10 games to go is more or less assured of retaining their place in the division the following year. This is no ordinary season, though, as Crystal Palace, who are currently occupying ...
If you’re the manager of a struggling Premier League club, focusing on not conceding goals makes good sense. The last time the outright worst defence in the top flight survived relegation was Crystal Palace in 1989-90. Conversely, the outright lowest...
Something twigged at Villa Park in the final moments of Aston Villa’s win over Bournemouth. “Maybe the last 10 minutes is where we connected with our supporters the most,” said Unai Emery. “It felt really good on the pitch, the moment we have enjoyed...
They don’t seem like the actions of the next owner of Manchester United Football Club. A WhatsApp sent to an international number that’s not exactly difficult to find, a reply within four minutes and a long, friendly chat over the web the next morni...