Premier League: Liverpool relive Palace nightmare as Rodgers suffers fourth defeat November 23, 2014 AT SELHURST PARK CRYSTAL PALACE 3 LIVERPOOL 1 UNDER-FIRE Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers concedes last year’s title charge will not spare him the axe should results fail to improve as the Reds’ season sank to new depths with another Selhurst Park horror show yesterday. Rodgers’ side infamously squandered a three-goal lead in south London in [...]
Premier League: Bruce blasts Vertonghen as Spurs fight back November 23, 2014 HULL CITY 1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 AGGRIEVED Hull manager Steve Bruce accused Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen of getting Gaston Ramirez sent off after Spurs came from behind to continue their strong away form. Former White Hart Lane midfielder Jake Livermore put the hosts in front but Ramirez’s red card precipitated their collapse, as Harry Kane [...]
Sport Comment: It’s not too late to salvage season November 23, 2014 ANY hopes of resisting Chelsea’s procession to the Premier League title vanished for Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham before the clocks even went back. But so collective is their failure that there is still much to gain for the next out-of-sorts “big” team to settle down and find a winning formula. Chelsea aside, faltering [...]
Wigan in crisis as Whelan joins Mackay in dock November 20, 2014 CONTROVERSY surrounding Wigan Athletic intensified last night after the Championship club’s owner, retail entrepreneur Dave Whelan, was accused of holding anti-semitic views and condoning racism. The row erupted as one of the team’s sponsors cut its ties over the appointment of Malky Mackay, who the Football Association said could still face charges over allegations of [...]
Giroud to return a month early for Arsenal but mixed news for United November 20, 2014 ARSENAL have received a timely boost for their crunch clash against old foes Manchester United tomorrow after France striker Olivier Giroud was declared fit – a month ahead of schedule. The 28-year-old broke his leg in August and was initially ruled out until the new year but is available for the sixth-placed Gunners along with [...]
Toiling Arsenal to find it tough against United November 20, 2014 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS THE ARSENAL V MANCHESTER UNITED CLASH AND HARRY MADLEY LOOKS AT THE ACTION AT TWICKENHAM THE INTERNATIONAL break couldn’t come soon enough for Arsenal after a disastrous week in which they twice let leads slip. Cruising 3-0 up against Anderlecht at home, their defence crumbled, allowing the Belgians to level the game [...]
Queens Park Rangers says public supports Old Oak Common stadium plans November 19, 2014 A public consultation has revealed strong support for a proposal by Premier League football club Queens Park Rangers to develop a vast area of west London. The club had planned to develop hundreds of acres of brownfield around Old Oak Common by building a new 40,000-seater stadium, as well as 24,000 homes. However, Geoff Warren, [...]
Liverpool blow as Sturridge out until new year November 19, 2014 LIVERPOOL striker Daniel Sturridge is unlikely to play again until the new year after scans yesterday revealed the extent of a fresh thigh injury. The England forward has been sidelined since September and only returned to full training last week but has now been ruled out for a further six weeks after limping out of [...]
League failure hits Manchester United revenues November 18, 2014 MANCHESTER United yesterday reported a 10 per cent slump in revenues for the first quarter as a lack of Champions League football started to hit the club’s coffers. In the first three months of the 2015 financial year, the English Premier League club’s total revenues fell to £88.7m, from £98.5m in the same period last [...]
Ofcom kicks off Premier League TV rights probe in shake-up of English football broadcasting November 18, 2014 A radical shake-up of the way English football is shown on television and sold to broadcasters has moved a step closer after regulator Ofcom launched an investigation into the Premier League. The probe could result in an increase in the number of top-flight matches broadcast live and a reduction in the cost of subscribing [...]