Jude Bellingham Profile: Borussia Dortmund & England’s teenage sensation

Jude Bellingham Profile: Borussia Dortmund & England’s teenage sensation – originally posted on Sportslens.com What a week this has been for Jude Bellingham! The Borussia Dortmund midfielder scored his first Bundesliga and Champions League goals in the last two matches, which were certainly well deserved after his phenomenal performances throughout the season. Despite being 17-years-old, […]

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Online racial abuse ‘spiralling out of control’, says charity

Racial abuse online is “spiralling out of control”, a leading cyber-bullying charity has said. Championship sides Swansea and Birmingham are taking part in a week-long boycott of social platforms in protest at what they see as the companies’ failure to tackle abuse, while players and staff at Scottish side Rangers are doing the same. A […]

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Savage: Being my son means Charlie will face difficult obstacles at United

Robbie Savage has warned his son Charlie that making the grade at Manchester United will be made much harder due to his dad’s media persona. Charlie Savage this week signed his first professional contract at United, following in the footsteps of his father who was part of the famous Class of ’92. Having failed to […]

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EFL secures £117.5m package to help Championship clubs survive

The English Football League has secured a £117.5million financial package from MetLife Investment Management to help Championship clubs survive the coronavirus pandemic. The loan – provided by the institutional asset management business of MetLife Inc. – matches the figure requested by the 24 second-tier clubs in order to meet PAYE liabilities as they continue to […]

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Super Kev: the red-hot journeyman Little to Quinny’s Large

Johnny Nic can’t fathom why a big club never took a punt on Kevin Phillips. But that only makes Super Kev more endearing…   Who’s this then? Kevin Mark Phillips will be 48 in July and is a 5’ 7” former striker for a plethora of Premier League and Championship clubs. Unusually, he played on […]

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Ward hails new WSL broadcast deal as ‘landmark moment’

Birmingham City manager Carla Ward has hailed the new Women’s Super League broadcast deal as a “landmark moment” and hopes it can provide a boost for the club with the smallest budget in the league. A new deal was announced by the Football Association on Monday for the WSL that will see matches shown on […]

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Derby handed big boost, Cardiff pair pushing for recall, Norwich sweating on defender

Derby handed big boost, Cardiff pair pushing for recall, Norwich sweating on defender – originally posted on Sportslens.com The 2020/21 Championship season rolls on this weekend, with the Championship league table far from decided and some eye-catching games taking place across the next three days. The action gets underway on Friday evening with Derby County […]

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On This Day – 27th December

Tony Coton made an instant impact on his professional debut on this day in 1980. The Birmingham City goalkeeper was making his First Division debut at the age of 19 against Sunderland. Within two minutes of the kick-off, Coton had won the home fans over at St Andrew’s with a penalty save! Sunderland were awarded […]

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On This Day – 1st November

Football – 1930 / 1931 season – Manchester United team group Back (left to right): William Dale, Samuel Ray Bennion, Alfred Steward, John Mellor, John Wilson, George Lydon. Front: Charles Ramsden, Stanley Gallimore, Thomas Reid, Henry ‘Harry’ Rowley, George McLachlan and Clarence Hilditch. Manchester United fans have every right to be angry and frustrated about […]

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On This Day – 14th October

Youth team graduate Jason Crowe made his debut for Arsenal on this day back in 1997 and it would be a match that he will never forget.Crowe came on in place of experienced right back Lee Dixon at the start of extra time in the League Cup Third Round tie at home to First Division […]

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