It is the end of an era for Football Focus. The longest-running football magazine show in the world comes to an end this Sunday after 52 years. Launched in 1974, Football Focus has provided fans with interviews, analysis and stories from across the game every lunchtime before the weekend’s fixtures begin. With the final show […]
Available for over a year With Clough and Taylor on the brink of a historic FPL treble, the pod are joined by his closest rival in H2H Division One Ewan Sturrock. Will Arsenal assets be rotated? Are Spurs and West Ham the way to go with survival on the line? Should managers using team leaks […]
This one gets a little bit confusing, but Villa’s Europa League result against Freiburg will make things clearer. Because England has won one of two Elite Performance Spots (EPS) for next season’s Champions League, five Premier League clubs will feature in the competition instead of four. Like England, Spain have also guaranteed five clubs. We […]
Aston Villa‘s Europa League win against Freiburg ended their 44-year wait for a European trophy – and kept alive the Premier League’s hopes of a sixth Champions League spot next season. Unai Emery’s men had already confirmed their place in next season’s elite European competition with a top-five finish, but now Bournemouth and Brighton will […]
Emery’s previous four were already a competition record and while he dismissed the suggestion he was a European king, he is a serial winner. It now six finals and five wins – with the latest cementing a legacy at Villa Park which will last decades. Villa officials were nervous talking about the trophy parade in […]
Available for 29 days Mark Chapman is joined by Ian Dennis in the stadium in Istanbul, along with Marc Albrighton and Ashley Young, as Aston Villa defeat Freiburg 3-0 to win the Europa League final – their first major European trophy since 1982. Unai Emery delivers another European masterclass to bring silverware back to Villa […]
Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez revealed he broke his finger during the warm-up before his side’s Europa League final win against Freiburg. The Argentine suffered the injury moments before kick-off in Istanbul and had to be checked over by a physio. But he managed to play the entire match on Wednesday as Villa won 3-0 […]
A regular visitor to Villa Park, Prince William was spotted in the crowd celebrating as Villa beat Nottingham Forest earlier this month to secure their place in the Europa League final. So it was only right that the prince made the trip to Turkey to witness Villa history. Television cameras picked up on the prince […]
The extent of Emery’s Aston Villa revolution cannot be underestimated. When the Spaniard took charge on 1 November 2022, Villa were 16th in the Premier League – two places and one point above the relegation zone. They went on to win 15 of their 25 league games to finish seventh and earn a spot in […]
Real Madrid are confident of signing Rodri from Manchester City amid Pep Guardiola’s departure, Bayern Munich plan a shock move for John Stones, while Atletico Madrid want Marc Cucurella. Pep Guardiola’s impending exit from Manchester City opens the door for 29-year-old Spain midfielder Rodri to join Real Madrid this summer. (Marca – in Spanish), external […]