Eddie Howe wants the powerful Burnley centre-half to join his survival fight and will make an offer that tempts the Clarets to let him follow Chris Wood to the Toon. Burnley defender James Tarkowski could be on the way to Newcastle Burnley are willing to take a bid and the Geordies are the only horse in the race as West Ham are now looking elsewhere while Leicester focus on a short-term loan s...Full Story »

Newport boss James Rowberry believes his side are silencing their critics as they remained on the coat-tails of the League Two promotion picture with a 1-0 success at relegation-threatened Scunthorpe.Courtney Baker-Richardson’s 56th-minute goal ultimately secured the Exiles all three points, though the visitors were dominant throughout and would have won by a much bigger margin but for the...Full Story »

Boss James McPake admitted his main objective was to reach the fifth round of the Scottish Cup after a workmanlike performance saw Dundee come out on top at League One Dumbarton.A 63rd-minute penalty from Leigh Griffiths was the difference between the two sides, ensuring the Dark Blues ended a barren run of six defeats in a row.McPake said: “First and foremost, it was about getting through...Full Story »

Reece James and Ben Chilwell have both shared a positive update on their injury setbacks Credit: Getty Ben Chilwell and Reece James were in high spirits, sharing the same picture on Instagram And the left-back showed off his rather nasty looking right knee following the surgery he had to repair his ligament. But he looked to be in high spirits alongside James with both players smiling and pos...Full Story »

Bristol City are set to be without Matty James for Saturday’s Severnside derby with Cardiff at Ashton Gate.James has suffered a recurrence of the foot problem that kept him out of action in November.Fellow midfielder Joe Williams is set to be involved in a Robins squad for the first time in two months after recovering from a hamstring problem.Williams’ return further boosts boss Nige...Full Story »

Bristol Rovers boss Joey Barton hailed the efforts of goalkeeper James Belshaw after two late goals rescued a poor performance in a 2-0 win over 10-man Hartlepool.Aaron Collins fired home from 10 yards after 87 minutes and Antony Evans made sure of the points with a superb stoppage-time free-kick after Hartlepool’s Jamie Sterry had been sent off for a foul which denied Collins a clear scor...Full Story »

Newport assistant manager Wayne Hatswell was pleased to give boss James Rowberry a comfortable afternoon’s viewing at home with a 4-0 victory over Harrogate at an empty Rodney Parade.Rowberry was absent because of a positive Covid-19 test and the Newport supporters were also locked out due to Welsh government restrictions.But the hosts made light of those difficulties with a commanding per...Full Story »

Though they are all now stars in their own right, Liverpool’s current attacking quartet all had relatively low-key starts to their careers. Sadio Mane was born in the most remote region of Senegal, Mohamed Salah grew up in a village far from Cairo, Roberto Firmino was basically an unknown in Brazil when playing for Figueirense, and Diogo Jota started out at tiny Pacos Ferreira in Portug...Full Story »

Bolton could hand debuts to Aaron Morley and James Trafford in Saturday’s League One fixture against Ipswich.Former academy prospect Morley has returned to the club after leaving Rochdale on a free transfer while 19-year-old goalkeeper James Trafford has arrived on loan from Manchester City.Bolton, who have lost five in a row in all competitions, have received a fresh setback with Elias Ka...Full Story »

Newport manager James Rowberry will be absent against Harrogate after testing positive for coronavirus.Rowberry’s place at Rodney Parade will be taken by assistant Wayne Hatswell, who was in interim charge earlier this season after Michael Flynn left the club.Skipper Matt Dolan remains out after just ending a period of isolation, but new signings James Waite and Josh Pask are both in conte...Full Story »

Joe Ironside gatecrashed Kieran Trippier’s party as League One Cambridge dumped Premier League Newcastle out of the FA Cup at St James’ Park.The England full-back was handed a Magpies debut in the third-round tie a day after completing his move from Atletico Madrid, but celebrations over his arrival turned sour as Cambridge heaped further misery on Eddie Howe’s relegation-threa...Full Story »

Teenager Reece McAlear stepped off the bench to secure cinch Championship promotion-chasers Inverness a point from a 1-1 home draw with Raith.Half-time substitute McAlear, on loan from Norwich, struck a superb equaliser in the 86th minute to cancel out Ethan Ross’ first-half opener for the visitors.Both sides created plenty of chances in an end-to-end encounter, with Raith drawing first bl...Full Story »

Reece James’ hamstring injury will hand Chelsea a major wing-back problem in Sunday’s Premier League clash with Liverpool.The England right wing-back faces an extended spell on the sidelines after damaging his hamstring in Wednesday’s 1-1 Premier League draw with Brighton.Chelsea were already without left wing-back Ben Chilwell, who is out for the season with knee trouble, but ...Full Story »

A CHEEKY Newcastle United fan appeared to have a laugh at his fellow supporters' expense on Monday. Relegation-threatened Toon were left disappointed to only get a point against Manchester United at St James' Park, as they dominated despite being heavy underdogs. A Newcastle fan had his fellow supporters in uproar during the Man Utd clashCredit: Twitter The cheeky punter brought their own rem...Full Story »

Reece James’ hamstring problem heaped the misery on injury-hit Chelsea as Danny Welbeck’s added-time header stole Brighton a 1-1 Premier League draw at Stamford Bridge. Romelu Lukaku’s second goal in as many games still pushed Chelsea above Liverpool into second place in the table, but the Blues failed to survive a marauding Brighton’s second-half onslaught. Welbeck p...Full Story »

James Norwood scored the easiest goal of his career to earn Ipswich a 1-0 victory and give new boss Kieran McKenna a winning start to his career in management.The former Manchester United first-team coach looked on proudly as the Tractor Boys held on to Norwood’s goal just before half-time to claim all three points.Wycombe boss Gareth Ainsworth was absent after testing positive for Covid-1...Full Story »

Real Madrid to offer Hazard to Chelsea in bid to sign James Real Madrid are set to offer Eden Hazard back to Chelsea as part of a deal for Reece James, claims El Nacional. The Spanish side hope to invest in a new right-back to offer cover for Dani Carvajal and Carlo Ancelotti has asked president Florentino Perez to make a move for James. Perez hopes to solve two problems in one go by bringing...Full Story »

Burnley defender James Tarkowski has just six months left on his contract. Poor starts, poor form and a general lack of firepower have clouded both Burnley and Newcastle's Premier League campaigns, to the point where it is no surprise the duo have occupied the Premier League relegation zone together with Norwich since the start of September. January will bring about two extremely different fort...Full Story »

Dundee boss James McPake has branded Jason Cummings’ behaviour as completely unacceptable after the forward was left out of the squad to face Hearts for disciplinary reasons.The Dark Blues were severely depleted for their game at Dens Park with several players missing because of injury and suspension.Despite that, Cummings was also missing after appearing on stage as “The Joker&rdquo...Full Story »

High-flying Sunderland were held to a thrilling 1-1 draw by mid-table Ipswich in League One.James Norwood put the home side in front in added time at the end of the first half but Nathan Broadhead cancelled out the lead early in the second period.Ipswich, who had their newly appointed manager Kieran McKenna watching on from the stands before he takes on the role on Monday, had the lion’s s...Full Story »