West Ham eyeing permanent deal for defensive loanee Dawson

West Ham are hoping to make Craig Dawson’s loan deal permanent this summer, according to reports. The centre-back joined on loan from Championship side Watford for the 2020/21 campaign. He’s been a hit at the London Stadium, appearing in the Hammers’ last ten matches. FEATURE: Don’t worry Liverpool, this is the asterisk season According to […]

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Agent reveals why Man Utd failed with ‘last moment’ transfer

Man Utd failed to get a deal over the line in the summer for Watford winger Ismaila Sarr because they refused to insert an option to buy in their loan proposal, according to his agent. The Championship side forked out a sizeable £30m to bring Sarr to England from French club Rennes last summer and […]

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Premier League clubs ranked on players used this season…

Fatigue and injuries are major themes this season, with Premier League players having less rest as the fixtures come thick and fast. So we’ve looked at which clubs are utilising their squads most so far… West Brom have already used more players this season than any Premier League club last term. The Baggies have used […]

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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 – 2nd September

Second Division Watford completed an incredible comeback in the League Cup Second Round against First Division Southampton on this day back in 1980.Trailing 4-0 from the first leg at The Dell, Watford came back to win the second leg 7-1 after extra time, winning 7-5 on aggregate. Malcolm Poskett and Roy Train gave Watford a […]

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Iconic Moments in Football No.46

The pitch invasion moments after Troy Deeney’s winner This week’s iconic moment comes from the Championship in the Play Off Semi Final Second Leg between Watford and Leicester City at the end of the 2012/13 season .It is perhaps not considered an ‘iconic moment’ as such, more an iconic ‘passage of play’. With Watford winning […]

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On This Day – 10th April

Football has long been used for experiments over the years. Golden Goal, Silver Goal and kick-ins replaced throw-ins in the 1994/95 season in the lower leagues in England, Belgium and Hungary. One experiment trialled in the first five seasons of the 1970’s was a Third and Fourth Place Play Off between the two losing semi-finallists […]

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An Interview with…Neil Cox

I understand that when you were at Scunthorpe United, you took part in first-team training at the age of 13.  That must have been a great foundation to your career?I lived next to the Old Showground, so I would go and watch them train.I just started to fetch the balls for them and they just […]

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