“I understand that at the very beginning you arrive and it’s not your team. You need at the very least three or four transfer windows to change everything that you want to. “It takes time and you have to give a manager time to be able to implement what he wants to do. “For the...
Celtic won the 2024-25 Scottish Premiership title, but will still have to go through one round of qualifying. That is because of Scotland’s position in Uefa’s association ranking in the five-year period from the 2019-20 to 2023-24 seasons. The association ranking – based on the performances of clubs from each country across Europe’s three club...
Matches: 49. Wins: 22. Draws: 12. Losses: 15. Goals scored: 86. Goals conceded: 58. During his playing career, Postecoglou was a defender and represented Australia four times and in 2013 he got the chance to become his country’s national manager. At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Australia finished bottom of a tough group that...
Brentford defender Ben Mee has announced he will leave the club at the end of the season. The 35-year-old joined Brentford on a free transfer in July 2022 after 11 years at Burnley and the former England Under-21 international has played 67 times for the Bees, scoring five goals. However this season he has made...
Crystal Palace will face Manchester City in the FA Cup final at Wembley on Saturday. How much of this season’s competition do you remember? See how you get on with our FA Cup quiz. Have fun! You can follow the FA Cup final live across the BBC on Saturday. Watch from 15:25 BST on BBC...
The SPFL has confirmed a record prize pot and a new format for next season’s Challenge Cup. Scotland’s third cup competition, which does not include teams from the top flight, will have an estimated £1.25m to share between clubs, up more than 50% from this term. Rebranded as the KDM Evolution Trophy, the winning team...
Mikel Arteta believes timing is the reason Arsenal have not managed to win as many trophies as they would have liked over recent seasons. The Gunners will seek to keep alive their last hope of winning silverware this season by overturning a 1-0 first leg deficit against Paris St-Germain on Wednesday (20:00 BST) to reach...
After five years of rage and ridicule, the Bairns could be forgiven for making the most of their Championship opener on a Friday night back in August. From disco lights to fireworks, they pulled out all the stops – and did not stop there. Kicking off the campaign with a five-game winning run – which...
When did this all begin? A few minutes from the end of a league game against Motherwell on a Saturday in May, 2010 – 14 years and 361 days ago – Forrest got on the end of a flick-on from Marc-Antoine Fortune and planted a left-foot shot into John Ruddy’s net. For the 18-year-old, it...
Premier League managers Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta have complained about the quality of the footballs used in the FA Cup and Carabao Cup – do they have a point? Former professional footballer Nedum Onuoha tests footballs from across this season’s elite competitions with Macclesfield goalkeeper Max Dearnley to find out. Read full article at...
There are some fairly complicated permutations affecting next season’s European places, depending on where certain teams finish in the Premier League – and which trophies they win – this season. Kelly Somers makes sense of it all… Watch highlights of every Champions League game from 22:00 BST on Wednesday on BBC iPlayer and the BBC...
Hundreds of trees have been planted across Exeter, as the City Council continues to green up the city. The latest figures mark the end of the tree planting season for Exeter City Council. Ninety-four trees have been put into the ground throughout Exeter by the City Council, with an additional 700 native species whips planted,...
Gray switched to a back three in an attempt to reverse Hibs’ fortunes, but second-half strikes from Jamie McGrath and Nicky Devlin had turned the game in Aberdeen’s favour after Joe Newell opened the scoring for the hosts. It was in second-half stoppage-time that the truly remarkable action took place though – six minutes that...
Theatre company Little Bulb is bringing a family-friendly performance inspired by Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons to Emmanuel Hall on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 March. Four Seasons uses music, puppetry and clowning to tell the story of a team of intrepid magical gardeners tending to flora and fauna through the changing seasons. The production is...