Stifling Ings key to Tottenham’s FA Cup progress January 13, 2015 TOTTENHAM defender Eric Dier insists shackling the attacking potency of Burnley’s England Under-21 striker Danny Ings is pivotal to his side navigating tonight’s FA Cup third round replay at White Hart Lane. Burnley salvaged a replay last week after Wales hitman Sam Vokes shrugged off a nine-month injury nightmare to cancel out Nacer Chadli’s opener. [...]
Everton, Arsenal and Chelsea named as the “most stable” teams in the Premier League January 13, 2015 Everton, Arsenal and Chelsea have been named as the most stable clubs in the Premier League in a new study from the CIES Football Observatory. The study, which looks at how player turnover affects a club’s performance, found that a more settled or “stable” squad would be more likely to achieve success. On [...]
Southampton march on towards European history with win over Manchester United January 11, 2015 Southampton manager Ronald Koeman insists his team can continue to defy expectations and earn a Champions League debut after they climbed to third in the Premier League with a landmark victory yesterday. Midfielder Dusan Tadic’s 69th-minute goal earned the Saints a first league win at Manchester United for 27 years and lifted them above their [...]
Alan Pardew: Top six the aim if Crystal Palace survive their relegation dogfight January 8, 2015 Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew insists his side can gatecrash the Premier League’s top six next term if he masterminds a successful top-flight survival bid in the remaining months of the campaign. Pardew succeeded the sacked Neil Warnock last week, signing a three-and-a-half year deal at Selhurst Park, after leaving Newcastle and swapping the relative [...]
Imminent six-game absence no deterrent as Man City prepare to spend £30m on Swansea star Bony January 6, 2015 MANCHESTER City were last night close to signing Swansea striker Wilfried Bony for more than £30m – even though the Ivory Coast star could miss their next six games due to international duty. Premier League champions City have moved for Bony, who has scored 34 goals in 70 appearances since a £12m move from Holland’s [...]
January transfer window 2015: Chelsea and Manchester City top list of Premier League’s winter spenders January 5, 2015
FA Cup: Blades cut QPR down in FA Cup and warn Spurs they are next January 4, 2015 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 0 SHEFFIELD UNITED 3 SHEFFIELD United issued a warning to Tottenham yesterday after underlining their giant-killing credentials by dumping QPR out of the FA Cup – their fifth top-flight scalp in the last 12 months. The League One side’s top scorer Marc McNulty put them in front after 36 minutes and midfielder [...]
FA Cup: Mourinho vows to keep Cech as Schwarzer departs for Leicester January 4, 2015 CHELSEA 3 WATFORD 0 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho ruled out letting Petr Cech leave in January following yesterday’s comfortable FA Cup win against Watford. The Blues coasted into round four with second-half goals from midfielder Willian, forward Loic Remy and defender Kurt Zouma. Mourinho confirmed veteran stopper Mark Schwarzer is to join Leicester, adding there [...]
Poor Southampton run set to continue when Everton visit December 18, 2014 SOUTHAMPTON’S surprisingly strong start to the season has come off the rails in recent weeks after five successive losses. While Ronald Koeman can point to a horrible run of fixtures that took in Manchester City, Arsenal and Manchester United, the two latest defeats to Burnley and League One Sheffield United in the League Cup are [...]
Armitage handed 12-week ban for abusing Leicester supporters December 17, 2014 TOULON full-back Delon Armitage has been banned for 12 weeks for using foul and abusive language towards Leicester Tigers fans following a European Champions Cup clash earlier this month. The former England full-back pleaded not guilty at a misconduct hearing yesterday but a disciplinary committee ruled he had “conducted himself in an unsportsmanlike manner”, and [...]