Caroline Gall BBC News, West Midlands Luke Tomkinson Luke Tomkinson, shift supervisor and avid Wolves fan, said it was a “special moment” to meet Vitor Pereira in the pub Wolves fans enjoying a few local drinks after Sunday’s win over Tottenham Hotspur were able to rejoice in style when head coach Vitor Pereira joined them...
Ian Shoesmith BBC News, Manchester Getty Images Abusive chants about Manchester City’s Phil Foden were made during Sunday’s Premier League derby against Manchester United At Sunday’s Old Trafford derby, Manchester City’s Phil Foden was targeted by some United fans chanting highly abusive songs about his mother. Foden’s manager Pep Guardiola was quick to speak out...
Wycliffe Muia BBC News, Kampala BBC / Wycliffe Muia Arsenal fans in Uganda partied well into the early hours this week, outside video halls and bars across the country, after their team’s stunning victory over Real Madrid. The north London-based team won 3-0, at home, in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final stage....
Paul Glynn Culture reporter Warner Bros Pictures The chicken jockey’s arrival has been met by a raucous reaction in some screenings The Minecraft Movie’s director says he has been “laughing my brains out” at the trend for audience members shouting out, jumping up and down, and in some cases throwing popcorn in the air during...
Hundreds of Tottenham fans took part in a protest showing their anger at the club’s board and owners on Sunday, and calling for chairman Daniel Levy “to get out of our club”. The demonstration happened before Spurs’ Premier League match at home to Southampton, with Ange Postecoglou’s side 16th in the table after a disappointing...
Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou says he “won’t accept” fans putting phones in his face because he believes it is a “bullying” tactic. Read full article at source...
BlueCo’s influence has been huge. Strasbourg have the youngest average age in Ligue 1 this season at 21.3 years. After bottom-half finishes in three of their past four seasons since promotion from Ligue 2, they are dreaming of Europe under former Hull City boss Liam Rosenior. But despite this being their strongest era in a...
High-scoring, high-entertainment running rugby is just what the Premiership “needs”, according to Gloucester and Bristol after they shared 81 points and 13 tries at Kingsholm on Saturday. Gloucester ran rampant in the West Country derby, scoring nine tries in a 53-28 win over the Bears. Some have questioned if the quest for attacking flair is...
The groups have asked supporters to boycott the opening nine minutes of City’s Premier League match against Leicester City on 2 April and remain on the stadium concourse to demonstrate that “football without fans is nothing”. The statement claims that City are yet to respond to the open letter signed by seven City supporter groups...
“He’s quite unique compared to other sporting directors,” Spanish football expert Guillem Balague told BBC Sport. “He had no playing career, started in banking, and only got into football later, first at Carpenedolo, an amateur club, then at Parma and Genoa, where he built key connections with Peter Kenyon and Jorge Mendes. “Under his watch,...
West Ham have been charged by the Football Association over alleged homophobic chanting by their fans during last month’s 2-1 loss at Chelsea. The FA said the Hammers were being charged with misconduct in relation to crowd control. It alleged “the club failed to ensure its spectactors2” and “did not behave in an improper, offensive,...
There have been few transfer sagas in recent history that have divided fan opinion quite like this. “[I] can’t believe the negativity directed towards Trent Alexander-Arnold and his potential move away from Liverpool,” former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock wrote on X. “I’ve seen comments like ‘he should be ashamed’ and he’s ‘not loyal to the...
Archie Farmer & Janine Jansen BBC News, South West BBC The ‘Every Minute Matters’ campaign is aiming to get 270,000 fans to learn lifesaving CPR Plymouth Argyle fans have kicked off a 4,000km (2,485 mile) charity relay to encourage fellow football supporters across England to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The relay is part of the...
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Oasis’s reunion tour is set to kick off in Cardiff, Wales, this July Ticketmaster “may have misled Oasis fans” with unclear pricing when it put their reunion tour on sale last year, the UK’s competition watchdog has said. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the company may have...
James Delaney BBC Scotland News BBC Gavin Keith and Edith Stewart said they were not confident they would get home by tomorrow. Scotland fans have been stuck in Athens following the side’s 1-0 win over Greece after a fire near London’s Heathrow grounded all flights. Supporters returning to Scotland from the Greek capital have had...