Premiership
Revealed: real reason why Mourinho left Chelsea
Published: 28 September 2007
Jose Mourinho left Chelsea after a chance meeting with Roman Abramovich in which he dared the club's owner to sack him
Sacking me would be a big mistake, Jol warns Spurs board
Published: 28 September 2007
Martin Jol believes Tottenham would take a backwards step if they were to sack him and remains confident he is the right man to bring success to the club.
Ferguson troubled by failure of youth
Published: 28 September 2007
Unwise though it probably is to read too much into one result, at least one conclusion from Manchester United's humiliating home defeat to a middling Coventry City side on Wednesday evening is unavoidable. It is that, regardless of whether there is any new golden generation on their horizon, which looks highly doubtful, United's present resources may be uncomfortably limited.
Given return gives Allardyce a goalkeeping headache
Published: 28 September 2007
Already hit by the fresh injury to Michael Owen, the Newcastle United manager, Sam Allardyce, has the looming issue of Shay Given to deal with. Owen is Newcastle's record signing but Given is the senior player at the club and, having also been injured in pre-season, has lost his place in goal to Steve Harper. It is not a situation Given will want to tolerate for long and Allardyce knows it.
Chelsea 'made no approach' for Van Basten
Published: 27 September 2007
Chelsea have denied asking the Netherlands coach, Marco van Basten, to take over as manager
Richards eager to be key part of City's upward surge
Published: 27 September 2007
The Manchester City defender Micah Richards has aspirations to be the club's full-time captain but first he hopes to be able to help manager Sven Goran Eriksson take the team to the next level.
Gold hits back at Krulak over 'pig' comment
Published: 27 September 2007
David Gold has demanded an apology from Aston Villa director general Charles Krulak for his "pig in the mud" attack on comments the Birmingham chairman made about ticket pricing.
Redknapp delighted as Portsmouth rise to early challenges
Published: 27 September 2007
The Portsmouth manager, Harry Redknapp, believes Saturday's Premier League visit of Reading to Fratton Park will provide a crucial benchmark from which he can evaluate his side's start to the new campaign.
Bendtner's boys add to Arsenal's feelgood factor
Published: 27 September 2007
Nicklas Bendtner believes the Carling Cup exploits of Arsenal's young players shows the future of the club on the field is in safe hands.
England must face crucial Euro qualifiers without Owen
Published: 26 September 2007
Michael Owen is out of England's crucial Euro 2008 qualifiers against Estonia and Russia next month, his Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce revealed last night
Savage is not averse to verse if rhyme cuts down crime
Published: 26 September 2007
Henry acclaims Arsenal's new generation
Published: 26 September 2007
Thierry Henry is backing Cesc Fabregas and Arsenal's 'generation next' to make the club contenders for top honours again.
Chelsea plans dismissed as 'fantasy' by Hill-Wood
Published: 25 September 2007
The Arsenal chairman, Peter Hill-Wood, dismissed as "pure fantasy" Chelsea's avowed aim to become the biggest football club in Britain.
Wenger keeps feet on ground after Emirates move transforms fortunes
Published: 25 September 2007
When Arsène Wenger had dinner with the Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood and Danny Fiszman – the club's main money-man and key shareholder respectively – last June, there was only one item on the agenda: persuading the manager to extend his contract beyond 2008.
Grant gets public display of support after opening loss
Published: 25 September 2007
Roman Abramovich gave a show of support to Chelsea manager Avram Grant and his team by visiting the dressing room after their defeat by Manchester United.
Middlesbrough without Arca for two months
Published: 25 September 2007
The Middlesbrough midfielder Julio Arca could be out of action until December after scans confirmed medial ligament damage.
Grant blames 'three strange decisions' for first defeat
Published: 24 September 2007
Avram Grant may not possess the wit or waspishness of Jose Mourinho, but there was bitter sarcasm yesterday as he railed against the referee Mike Dean following Chelsea's tetchy 2-0 defeat by Manchester United.
Arsenal 5 Derby County 0: Adebayor plays to the gallery
Published: 24 September 2007
They were given a standing ovation by their own fans, then they were applauded by the opposition's. No one blushed but then, as Billy Davies, whose Derby players were so feted, said: "There is no embarrassment to come here and get a lesson."
Middlesbrough 2 Sunderland 2: 'Innocent' men reward Keane
Published: 24 September 2007
The benefit of innocence is one of those concepts not often discussed in professional football and in truth Roy Keane only touched on it on Saturday evening.
Fulham 3 Manchester City 3: Fulham give lesson in team tactics
Published: 24 September 2007
This result was a turn-up. Manchester City's last five league games had finished 1-0, three of them in favour of Sven Goran Eriksson's men. Yet there was a hint as to what might lie in store – Fulham's last home game also saw six goals shared.
Reading 2 Wigan 1: Harper's heroics help raise Royals
Published: 24 September 2007
Needs must when the devil drives. Reading's nasty nosedive in form – three defeats, one goal for, eight against – was halted in scrambled fashion on Saturday as they claimed all three points with just 50 seconds remaining.
Blackburn Rovers 0 Portsmouth 1: Campbell is rock for Portsmouth
Published: 24 September 2007
Nine points from seven games may appear a modest start to the season but Portsmouth can take significant satisfaction from the Premier League table this morning.
Bolton Wanderers 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1: Campo out of the cold
Published: 24 September 2007
Jose Mourinho may have beaten Sammy Lee and Martin Jol to be the first Premier League manager to leave his job this season but this draw will not have many bookmakers scrambling to change the odds on the Bolton and Tottenham managers being the next to follow the Portuguese into unemployment. However, Jol maintains the Spurs board are fully behind him.
Newcastle United 3 West Ham 1: Owen concern takes edge off Newcastle's joy
Published: 24 September 2007
Michael Owen will have a scan today to discover whether he requires surgery to correct his stubborn groin injury, a development that will concern the England manager, Steve McClaren, as much as Newcastle's Sam Allardyce.
Aston Villa 2 Everton 0: Agbonlahor too quick for Everton
Published: 24 September 2007
Consistency is not an attribute always associated with younger players but, at 20, Gabriel Agbonlahor continues to prove an exception. The England Under-21 international has started every match bar one during Martin O'Neill's 13 months at Villa Park and shows no signs of flagging, either in energy or form.
