This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ won the BBC Match of the Day Goal of the Season in 1973/74. It came in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup between Fulham and Leicester City and was scored by Alan Mullery. Mullery was playing for Second Division Fulham at the time. He was 32 and back in his […]
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Ranking average age of Premier League starting XIs
Manchester City are the alarmingly big movers as we look at the average age of Premier League XIs this season from the oldest to the youngest… 17) Crystal Palace (average age: 28.8) Top (or bottom) of the age stakes for the last two seasons, Crystal Palace have quite the summer on their hands. Sixteen […]
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Ranking PL managers by their subs’ impact: Ole and Klopp top…
Sean Dyche has made 66 substitutions but not one has had a hand in a goal. Then there’s Ole Gunnar Solskjaer… 1) Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United) – 15 goals scored or assisted by subs Games: 31 Substitutions made: 80 Goals scored by subs: 9 Assists by subs: 6 19y 192d – Mason Greenwood is […]
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Ranking PL managers on how likely they are to starve their kids
Jose Mourinho’s powers of misdirection seem to be on the wane if his attempt to shift the focus to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer parenting skills is anything to go by. But it did get us wondering: which Premier League manager would starve their kids for diving or committing other such minor footballing offences? 20) Nuno: The […]
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Pundit claims Leicester star Maddison ‘can’t be trusted’
James Maddison’s hopes of going to the Euros with England are “done” after breaching Covid protocols at Leicester City, according to Jamie O’Hara. Maddison, Ayoze Perez and Hamza Choudhury were left out of the crucial match against fellow European hopefuls West Ham having reportedly broken the guidelines. West Ham went on to inflict only the […]
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Leeds and Lingard top of Premier League winners and losers
Same coach, same coach and same coach again. Jose Mourinho at Tottenham has been a failure. But at least Leeds and Jesse Lingard are thriving. Winners Marcelo Bielsa Three years ago this weekend, Leeds United lost 3-1 at Preston to stay 14th in the Championship table. It continued a run of two wins in […]
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Rodgers: Covid breach has hurt our European chances
Brendan Rodgers admitted Leicester’s Champions League challenge had been undermined by players who breached Covid protocols. Ayoze Perez, James Maddison and Hamza Choudhury were left out of the crucial match against fellow European hopefuls West Ham having reportedly broken the guidelines. West Ham went on to inflict only Leicester’s second away defeat of the season, […]
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Leicester fear a familiar fate as Lingard hot streak goes on
Here was a game that in its final stages came with a now-familiar feeling for both sides. A sense of dread that a great deal of good work could once again count for nothing. For West Ham, this feeling was about the individual game as for the third game in a row a 3-0 lead […]
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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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Rodgers: ‘Unfortunate’ Vardy will return to form for Leicester
Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers has backed Jamie Vardy to find his goalscoring touch again very soon. The striker has not scored for nine games and has just one goal in his last 17 appearances. He has still scored 14 times in 32 outings this season and, ahead of Sunday’s trip to West Ham, Rodgers […]
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