Match of the Day 2’s Troy Deeney, Shay Given and Mark Chapman look at why newly promoted teams are getting in a “muddle” in the Premier League, after confirmation of Southampton’s relegation. READ MORE: ‘We must avoid that record’ – how it all went wrong for relegated Saints Watch Premier League highlights on Match of...
Mark Chapman, Shay Given and Troy Deeney discuss the effect the video assistant referee is having on football, after Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes says it is taking the intensity out of the game. WATCH: Match of the Day 2 on BBC iPlayer READ: ‘One of dullest derbies’ shows major change needed in Manchester Read...
Manchester derby falls flat, Fulham shock Liverpool & Southampton are relegated. Read full article at source...
We’ve all heard the accusations and whispers this season from rival fans, haven’t we? ‘This Liverpool team isn’t actually that great.’ ‘The Premier League is a poor league this season.’ ‘Liverpool’s class of 2024-25 wouldn’t have won the title in another season.’ Sunday’s loss will only add to those shouts. How fair is this, though?...
The Premiership splits in half after 33 games, on the weekend of 12-13 April – with each club playing the others in their ‘half’ for a fourth and final time. Celtic, Rangers, Hibernian, Aberdeen and Dundee United will all be in the top half, with St Johnstone, Dundee, Kilmarnock and Ross County guaranteed to be...
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery says he will relish the challenge of pushing for a top-four finish in the Premier League after the 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest, as he also looks ahead to a midweek meeting with Paris St-Germain. MATCH REPORT: Aston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest Available to UK users only. Read full article...
When Ipswich won 2-1 at Wolves in December through Jack Taylor’s last-gasp header – which ended Gary O’Neil’s managerial reign at Molineux – they moved three points above Wolves. Town were still third bottom at the time, but just a point behind Crystal Palace, while second-bottom Wolves were four adrift of safety. Fast forward five...
Four Real Madrid players have been cleared to face Arsenal in their Champions League quarter-final despite three being punished by Uefa. Last month, European football’s governing body opened an investigation into allegations of indecent conduct by Antonio Rudiger, Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr and Dani Ceballos during their last-16 win against Atletico Madrid. The four allegedly...
Match of the Day Top 10: Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer & Micah Richards rank Premier League midfielders
Clubs: Arsenal (2003-2011), Chelsea (2014-19) Premier League record: 350 appearances, 50 goals, 111 assists Fabregas joined Arsenal from Barcelona as a 16-year-old in 2003 and quickly developed into one of the world’s best midfielders. Aged just 16 years and 177 days, he became the club’s youngest first-team player when he made his debut in a...
Mychelle was born and grew up in Stoke Newington, north London, but says there was no chance of her supporting her local club, Arsenal. “I support Chelsea because of my step-dad – he always had their games on the TV – but my mum is a Tottenham fan and she was adamant that I could...
“Don’t get me wrong, there have been times through the Premier League where I’ve thought, ‘Could I finish on zero points’?” Bunting told Sky Sports. “But to get off the mark tonight and to win a night is such a special feeling. “This is going to give me huge confidence and I can’t wait to...
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, Chris Sutton said the law was well known among the players. “It’s clever from Luis Diaz really, because he knows he is onside once Tarkowski has played the ball,” he said. “I don’t think changing the law is a good idea. It’s more complicated than just this one scenario,...
The worth of the Women’s Super League champions is understood to have been benchmarked against the world’s most valuable women’s team, Angel City, a club in the US-based National Women’s Soccer League which was sold for £190m in September. Chelsea’s valuation was made when seeking external investment and sponsorship in June 2024, when they announced...
Watch the trailer for new BBC documentary How to win the Champions League: Liverpool 2019. BBC Sport examines how manager Jurgen Klopp galvanised a team – and the red half of the city – to deliver a sixth European Cup to Anfield. Watch now on BBC iPlayer. Available to UK users only. Read full article...
Lucy Ashton BBC News, Yorkshire BBC Uriah Rennie, 65, was hospitalised for five months after a rare condition left him paralysed from the waist down Uriah Rennie became a familiar face to millions of football fans after becoming the Premier League’s first black referee. Once described as the “fittest” match official in global football and...
