On Tuesday, Manchester City took a significant step towards securing Champions League qualification when they beat Aston Villa 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium. Villa, who are also very much in the hunt for a Champions League spot, held their own in the match and were looking likely to earn a point before an injury-time goal…
Emirates Stadium: Abigail Silvester via flickr Arsenal football club was founded in 1886, albeit as Dial Square, and with a number of name changes since. That is a lot of history, and as one of the most successful sides in English football, there have been many great moments over the past 137 years. Every Gooner…
Image: ..Yardley.. via flickr Football is a funny old game, a reference which is rather dated now, having been coined by the late Jimmy Greaves, who died in 2021. Readers of a certain vintage will fondly remember Saint and Greavsie and whilst both its hosts have sadly passed away (within a few months of each…
Image: ..Yardley.. via flickr It is now officially zero years since Newcastle United last won a major trophy, or indeed any domestic trophy. At the time of writing, the long-suffering Toon Army are still celebrating, and – assuming you read this before 2033 – may still be celebrating their win in the 2025 EFL Cup….
There are just eight teams left in the 2024/25 FA Cup, and as the quarter-finals approach, the competition is notable as much for the teams who are absent as those who’ve made it this far. Premier League leaders were knocked out in the fourth round to Plymouth Argyle in a good old-fashioned giant-killing. Second-placed Arsenal,…
An exciting week of action in the Champions League saw all remaining 16 teams in action. As we recap the first leg matches we will also look at how each contest is poised ahead of their return leg, to be played across Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th March. Image: ferhat_culfaz via flickr Club Brugge 1-3…
If you backed Liverpool to win the Premier League this season with either Paddy Power or Betfred, you might have be in for a surprise next time you log into your account. Those two firms have paid out early on Arne Slot’s men winning the title… despite there still being ten more games of the…
The play-off round, effectively the last 32, of the 2024/25 Champions League season has now been completed. The eight teams that topped the league phase have been waiting patiently to see which teams they will face, and with all the play-off ties having played their second legs, we now know which teams are in the…
Newcastle United will face Liverpool at Wembley on Sunday the 16th of March in the final of the 2024/25 EFL Cup. The first silverware of the season is on the line, with the Reds hoping it might just be the first of three trophies they can now collect this term. As for Newcastle, Eddie Howe…
When Real Madrid finally signed Kylian Mbappe in June 2024, it was expected that adding perhaps the best player in the world to a team that had won the Champions League and La Liga in 2023/34 would make them unstoppable. With Mbappe joining Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Jr and the rest of the stars at the…
