Cristiano Ronaldo remained stuck on the bench during a 6-3 Manchester derby defeat for United against City, with Erik ten Hag explaining why. WHAT HAPPENED? The Portuguese superstar, who has started just one Premier League game this season, saw no game time at the Etihad Stadium as the Red Devils endured a humbling afternoon at the hands of their arch rivals. As United found themselves four g...Full Story »

Charlton manager Ben Garner admitted fans were “absolutely justified” in booing the team off at half-time in their 1-1 home draw with Oxford.Jayden Stockley’s second goal of the season salvaged a point for the Addicks, but their winless run stretched to seven League One matches.The hosts, who are now eight points adrift of the play-off positions, failed to have a shot on target...Full Story »

Blackburn scored two quickfire second-half goals to return to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over Millwall.After a poor first half, Rovers looked to have settled a contest desperately short of quality with a six-minute burst that saw Tyrhys Dolan profit from a defensive mix-up to slot home in the 57th minute before Ben Brereton Diaz tapped home his fifth of the campaign at the far post.But Jake...Full Story »

West Ham boss David Moyes has an almost fully-fit squad for the game with Wolves after Ben Johnson resumed training.Full-back Johnson has been out for a month after suffering a hamstring injury against Aston Villa.Fellow defender Nayef Aguerd, who is yet to make his debut after suffering a long-term ankle injury in pre-season, has begun light training.Diego Costa could make his debut for Wolves ...Full Story »

Rochdale will welcome Ben Nelson and Cieran Slicker back for the visit of Doncaster.The pair have respectively been away with England Under-19s and Scotland Under-21s and boss Jim Bentley will check on their fitness.Bentley will also assess James Ball after an ankle injury has kept him out recently.Dale won for the first time this season last week at Colchester and are now eyeing their first hom...Full Story »

In June the footie ace was snapped in LA with star of Netflix show Too Hot To Handle Holly Scarfone but since then the pair have gone their separate ways. Ben had been pictured in LA with stunning model Holly Scarfone Credit: @hollyscarfone Chelsea and England defender Ben Chilwell is looking for love on Raya Credit: Getty This week Ben’s profile popped up in Birmingham. He said he was...Full Story »

Jim Bentley backed his Rochdale side to get better and stronger after they claimed their first Sky Bet League Two victory of the season with a 1-0 win at managerless Colchester.Devante Rodney bagged Dale’s winner in the 23rd minute, converting from the spot after Colchester goalkeeper Kieran O’Hara had dropped Liam Kelly’s free-kick in the box and then fouled Tyrese Sinclair.Ro...Full Story »

A court has heard that England star Jack Grealish was in attendance at a house party where his Manchester City team-mate Benjamin Mendy allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl Jack Grealish is said to have had sex with a woman at Benjamin Mendy's house party (Image: Getty Images) England footballer Jack Grealish was at a party at the house of Man City team-mate Benjamin Mendy where two young women ...Full Story »

Richie Bennett will be missing for Barrow’s Sky Bet League Two clash against Leyton Orient.The 31-year-old forward has not featured this season and is unlikely to return until next month at the earliest.Connor Brown also continues to be absent for Pete Wild’s side.The hosts are second in the table following a strong start to the season.Leyton Orient will be without Rob Hunt for their...Full Story »

Shrewsbury midfielder Elliott Bennett is a doubt for the visit of Burton after missing training through illness.The 33-year-old made his first appearance of the season in the midweek Papa Johns Trophy defeat to Port Vale but has fallen ill.Striker Dan Udoh had surgery on a knee injury this week and will be out for some time.Fellow forward Aiden O’Brien is still sidelined after a hip operat...Full Story »

Ben Heneghan could come back into contention when Sheffield Wednesday welcome Wycombe on Saturday.The centre-back had been sidelined for four weeks because of a hamstring injury but returned to the side in midweek, playing the first half against Burton in the Papa Johns Trophy.He could now be restored to the back line when the Chairboys visit Hillsborough while there are no concerns over striker...Full Story »

United States star Christian Pulisic has criticized his former Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel, saying he was left "dumbfounded and very disappointed" by the decision not to start him in the Champions League semifinal second leg against Real Madrid in 2021. Pulisic started and scored Chelsea's goal in a 1-1 draw in the first leg in Madrid. However, he began on the substitute's bench for the retur...Full Story »

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta insists Ben White will be better for playing in various positions this season. The 24-year-old formed an impressive central defensive partnership with Gabriel last season, but has shown his versatility this term following William Saliba's emergence at centre back. Arteta said, “Obviously we talk, because when you are thinking about doing something to maximise ...Full Story »

Relieved Liam Manning was delighted with his side’s response after MK Dons’ battling 2-1 win at Oxford.The Dons dragged themselves out of the Sky Bet League One relegation zone as they bounced back from Tuesday night’s disappointing defeat to Bolton at the Kassam Stadium.Matt Smith opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time before Will Grigg’s late penalty seemingly pu...Full Story »

Sunderland manager Tony Mowbray admitted Jewison Bennette is struggling with the language barrier after he rescued a point in an enthralling 2-2 draw against Watford at Vicarage Road.Mowbray sent on a quartet of substitutes including Costa Rica international Bennette, who scored his side’s 86th-minute equaliser.Mowbray said: “Jewi really can’t communicate with anyone at the clu...Full Story »

Boss Jim Bentley admitted he saw worrying “frailties” in his Rochdale team as they crumbled to a 3-0 defeat at high-flying Northampton.Since replacing Robbie Stockdale at Spotland, Bentley has seen his team draw twice in Sky Bet League Two and suffer a narrow 1-0 defeat to leaders Leyton Orient.But despite a bright start at Sixfields, Dale were well-beaten as in-form Sam Hoskins scor...Full Story »

Benik Afobe’s second-half strike earned Millwall a 2-1 victory over Blackpool at The Den.The hosts took the lead early in the first half when Dutchman Zian Flemming’s header squirmed agonisingly past Blackpool goalkeeper Daniel Grimshaw and in for an own goal.The visitors pulled level before half-time when Dom Thompson teed up Arsenal loanee Charlie Patino, who slotted his first leag...Full Story »

Benik Afobe and George Honeyman will be hoping to force their way into Millwall’s starting line-up for the Sky Bet Championship clash with Blackpool.The Lions have lost four of their last five league outings and are in need of attacking inspiration.So striker Afobe and midfielder Honeyman could come into the starting line-up, having been on the bench for the 2-0 loss to QPR.Shaun Hutchinso...Full Story »

Scot Bennett should be fully fit to make another start for Newport as they face Barrow on Saturday.The 31-year-old midfielder was previously a doubt to play in their narrow midweek loss to Stevenage but played 76 minutes before being taken off and should line up once again.Forward Offrande Zanzala (hamstring) is a longer term absentee.Chanka Zimba is yet to make his first Sky Bet League Two star...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday will still be without Ben Heneghan for the visit of Ipswich.The defender has returned to training following a hamstring injury but is not ready to return this weekend.Dennis Adeniran is still occupying the treatment room with a knee injury and faces several more weeks out.Boss Darren Moore has plenty of options as they look to build on a promising start to the campaign.Camero...Full Story »