It is the final duel of the season between Partick Thistle and St Johnstone on Friday evening as they battle for the Scottish Championship crown, with the match live on BBC Scotland and iPlayer. Thistle manager Mark Wilson is in no doubt about the importance of the match. “Realistically, if we are going to win […]
Available for over a year In this week’s edition of the Football Interview, Kelly Somers speaks to Brighton midfielder James Milner. They discuss his journey from joining the Leeds academy to breaking the appearance record in the Premier League at the age of 40. He talks about the best managers he’s played under as well […]
While United are not discounting looking abroad in their search for a new lynchpin, the club would prefer Premier League experience. Deciding to go for proven players would certainly limit United’s options, and ultimately increase the finances attached to those deals. Baleba, Wharton and Tonali are also among the players United’s recruitment team have discussed […]
Falkirk have all but sealed their first ever top-six finish in the Premiership. With three games to go until the split, the Bairns have a nine-point advantage over seventh-placed Dundee United and are 10 goals better off. “We still want to go and do the job on Saturday,” McGlynn said. “If we get that 45-point […]
Manchester United boss Michael Carrick admits he has no idea when Matthijs de Ligt will be fit to play again. De Ligt was an ever-present in the team’s defence for the first 13 games of the season before he unexpectedly missed the home game with West Ham on 4 December. At the time, head coach […]
“The size, layout, and positioning of the banner in the stadium shall be submitted by the Israel Football Association to Fifa at the latest 15 days before each match for approval,” said Fifa in a statement. It has also ordered the IFA to “invest one third of the fine … towards the implementation of a […]
Entering a football match in England and Wales without a ticket will become a criminal offence under new laws that come into force before Sunday’s Carabao Cup final between Arsenal and Manchester City at Wembley. Offenders will face a football banning order of up to five years, as well as a fine of up to […]
Emery became the quickest Villa manager to 100 wins with victory in France last week. Villa Park marked the achievement with fans holding up ‘Emery 100’ cards as the teams walked out. He knows how to get the job done and, with Villa searching for their first trophy in three decades, the end of the […]
While the Europa League will continue to offer respite from an otherwise difficult season for Forest, the additional games present challenges. Forest will take on Porto in the quarter-final on 9 and 16 April, welcome Aston Villa to the City Ground in between the two legs and then host Burnley the following weekend. Winning games […]
“Given your first choice, you’d be in a natural break in the summer. “In football, you don’t get to pick these times.” St Mirren will take on Celtic, who they beat in December’s League Cup final, in the Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden on 19 April, with Dunfermline Athletic playing Falkirk in the other semi […]