Birmingham manager Lee Bowyer will assess Tahith Chong ahead of the visit of Bournemouth.The midfielder, on loan from Manchester United, was forced off with a hamstring problem on the opening day of the season.Chong did not take part in training last week and missed the Blues’ draw with Stoke at the weekend.Dion Sanderson could feature in an under-23s game this week as he steps up his reco...Full Story »

Manchester United got their 2021/22 season off to an excellent start after beating Leeds United 5-1 at Old Trafford in their opening Premier League fixture, and it was a game that saw Mason Greenwood give the Red Devils the lead for the second time in the match - an advantage they then added to before the final whistle. Luke Ayling's wonderful strike in the 49th minute made it 1-1 and sent th...Full Story »

Shaun Hutchinson is a doubt for Millwall’s Sky Bet Championship home clash with Fulham.The former Fulham defender was being assessed after sitting out Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Blackburn due to a quad problem.Lions boss Gary Rowett has said midfielder Maikel Kieftenbeld felt some tightness in his calf after the Blackburn game.Mason Bennett continues with his recovery from an ankle inj...Full Story »

Morecambe boss Stephen Robinson could name an unchanged team against Rotherham.The Shrimps got their first win in Sky Bet League One on Saturday when they beat Shrewsbury 2-0 at the Mazuma Stadium.Recent signings Scott Wootton and Shayon Harrison were substitutes for that game, with the former getting on for a brief cameo at the end.Jonathan Obika is out until next year with a hamstring injury, ...Full Story »

Peterborough duo Siriki Dembele and Harrison Burrows will be hoping for recalls for the Sky Bet Championship visit of Cardiff.The pair came off the bench to score stoppage-time goals in Saturday’s 2-1 win over Derby and will be pushing for starts as a result.Ricky-Jade Jones (knee) remains absent but Posh boss Darren Ferguson has an almost fully-fit squad to choose from.Sammie Szmodics cou...Full Story »

Yann Songo’o could make his competitive debut when Bradford take on Stevenage.The defensive midfielder has not featured in the Bantams’ first three games due to a knee injury.City boss Derek Adams also confirmed Gareth Evans, Abo Eisa and Levi Sutton are fit.Sutton will return to the side after suffering a head injury against Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup last week. Oscar Thre...Full Story »

TOTTENHAM got their season off to the perfect start today with a 1-0 win against last season's champions Manchester City. And one fan thought it would be a good idea to celebrate with the goalscorer Son Heung-Min, although it didn't quite go to plan for him. Son watches on as the pitch invader, with his shirt over his face, tries to evade security Son was in the process of walking off the pit...Full Story »

Tottenham showed that life might not be too bad if Harry Kane does leave ​as they put in a rousing display to beat Manchester City 1-0.The future of Kane has been the major talking point of the summer as he is keen to move on this summer, with City his preferred destination, and his late return to training meant that he was not included in the matchday squad.It is understood Kane was in th...Full Story »

Boss Callum Davidson admitted that Arbroath gave his St Johnstone side a tough afternoon before the holders prevailed on penalties in the Premier Sports Cup with Ali McCann netting the decisive spot-kick to ensure a place in the quarter-finals.Davidson was pleased to progress 3-2 on penalties against the Championship side – with the scores 2-2 after extra-time – but admitted that Thu...Full Story »

Odsonne Edouard scored the opener as Celtic continued their resurgence with a 3-2 Premier Sports Cup win over Hearts that was more comfortable than the score suggests.Edouard – back in the starting line-up as centre-forward after Ryan Christie missed out with a minor injury – finished off a slick attack in the 29th minute.Kyogo Furuhashi moved out to a wide left position to accommoda...Full Story »

Birmingham's St Andrews stadium pictured before the game against Stoke on Saturday A football fan has been released from hospital after being assaulted before Birmingham vs Stoke. West Midlands Police have confirmed that they have launched an investigation after a 23-year-old man suffered a broken nose. They will be reviewing CCTV footage in a hope to identify the individuals involved in the ...Full Story »

MANCHESTER CITY boss Pep Guardiola has hit back at criticism of his side's lavish spending. The Premier League champions have forked out around £1.4bn on transfers in the last decade - more than any other club. Pep Guardiola has hit back at his critics Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp claimed this week that City have 'no limits' in the transfer market, after they signed Jack Grealish for ...Full Story »

Wigan boss Leam Richardson saluted a memorable day as Will Keane’s last-gasp goal gave his team a 1-0 win against Rotherham.The Latics fans officially welcomed new chairman Talal Al Hammad just before kick-off, and Keane struck in the fifth minute of stoppage time to snatch three points.“That kind of thing is exactly why we’re all in football,” said Richardson.“Of c...Full Story »

Forest Green boss Rob Edwards admitted he cannot believe his luck with the squad he has inherited after continuing his fine start in senior management with a 3-1 win at Walsall.Rovers made it two League Two wins out of two under Edwards, appointed as Mark Cooper’s successor in the summer, thanks to Matty Stevens’ double and a Jamille Matt strike.Victory puts Rovers – play-off s...Full Story »

Birmingham head coach Lee Bowyer denied his side were time-wasting and playing for a point after Stoke manager Michael O’Neill was not impressed with the stoppages in the goalless draw.The majority of Birmingham’s opportunities came from Marc Roberts’ long throw-ins and O’Neill revealed he spoke to referee Gavin Ward regarding the time wasted by the home side.When questio...Full Story »

Emotions played their part for manager Mark Robinson as AFC Wimbledon fans marked their Plough Lane return with a thrilling 3-3 draw with Bolton.Eoin Doyle’s penalty followed by Josh Sheehan and Oladapo Afolayan goals had appeared to give Wanderers all three points following Will Nightingale’s opener.But Aaron Pressley and Dapo Mebude struck a quick-fire second-half double to rescue ...Full Story »

Scott Parker told David Brooks that his Bournemouth team-mates “got him out of a hole” in their 2-1 win at Nottingham Forest.The Wales international had put the visitors ahead with a well-taken strike in the first half but blotted his copybook on the hour when he was shown a second yellow card for a second foul on Forest’s Jordi Osei-Tutu.That came two minutes after Philip Bill...Full Story »

Morecambe manager Stephen Robinson was a happy man after seeing his side win their first ever game in League One.The Shrimps are playing at their highest level ever and followed on from their midweek Carabao Cup success at Blackburn with another fine victory.Robinson said: “Some of the football we played at times was fantastic and the performance showed what direction we are tying to take ...Full Story »

Port Vale collected their first point of the new League Two season as they were held to a goalless draw at home to Tranmere.Darrell Clarke’s side will feel they should have taken all three points but they failed to turn their dominance into goals.Port Vale started brightly but Devante Rodney’s cross hit the crossbar is their closest chance to break the deadlock.Tranmere’s best ...Full Story »

Oxford boss Karl Robinson thought his team’s 2-1 win over his old club Charlton was “fully deserved”.Ryan Williams and Cameron Brannagan struck twice in eight minutes in the first half to put Oxford in charge.And although Conor Washington pulled a goal back for the Addicks from the penalty spot before half time, after Sam Winnall handled, the U’s comfortably held on in th...Full Story »