Moritz Jenz and Giorgos Giakoumakis both netted acrobatic efforts as Celtic cruised to a 5-0 victory over Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.Jenz, Kyogo Furuhashi and Jota – with another stunning strike – all notched their second goals of the season as the champions wrapped up three points before half-time.Substitute Carl Starfelt added a fourth to put Celtic ahead of Rangers on goal differenc...Full Story »

NEWCASTLE have made Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher their prime target in the final weeks of the transfer window. Toon bosses would also like to sign James Maddison from Leicester - but their hopes of landing the Foxes playmaker are understood to be slim. Chelsea star Conor Gallagher is wanted by Newcastle this summer So Newcastle will now step up their efforts to persuade Chelsea to sell ...Full Story »

Manchester United’s proposed move for Cody Gakpo may be out of their control as the winger mulls over his future with PSV Eindhoven, according to reports. The Dutch star has emerged as a top target for Erik ten Hag, but the United head coach may be left to wait to see if the Netherlands international will move to the Premier League this summer. The move is complicated by the idea that the...Full Story »

A journalist from Ballon d'Or organisers France Football has explained why seven-time winner Lionel Messi was snubbed from their 30-man shortlist this year. On Friday afternoon, the nominees for the 2022 Ballon d'Or awards were announced, with the likes of Karim Benzema, Darwin Nunez and Dusan Vlahovic featuring in the Men's category. Five-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo was also included but ...Full Story »

Erik ten Hag blamed the players and not the plan after Manchester United’s calamitous 4-0 defeat at Brentford.United are already in full-blown crisis mode after finding themselves four down at half-time through a mixture of defensive ineptitude and Brentford opportunism.Goalkeeper David De Gea gifted the first two to Josh Dasilva and Mathias Jensen, Ben Mee helped himself to a third and Br...Full Story »

Oldham recorded their first win of the Vanarama National League season after holding off a late Dorking fightback to claim a 3-2 victory at Boundary Park.The Latics – who dropped out of the Football League last season, ending a 115-year stay, and opened the new campaign with a goalless draw at Torquay – took the lead in the 12th minute through a curling effort from Hallam Hope.Chris ...Full Story »

Barrow manager Pete Wild was left to rue a late disallowed goal after his side’s unbeaten start to the League Two season came to an end following a controversial 1-0 defeat against Sutton United at Gander Green Lane.It looked as though substitute John Rooney had grabbed a last-gasp equaliser for Barrow after a free-kick from his own half found its way past goalkeeper Brad HouseBut aft...Full Story »

Doncaster boss Gary McSheffrey praised his side for showing their fighting spirit for the second week running in salvaging a point at AFC Wimbledon, but rued having to do things the hard way once again.One week after two stoppage-time goals turned defeat against Sutton into victory, Rovers struck twice in the closing stages at Plough Lane to earn a 2-2 draw and maintain their unbeaten start to t...Full Story »

Eddie Howe hailed Nick Pope’s calm authority in leading Newcastle’s rebuilt rearguard to a hard-fought goalless Premier League draw at Brighton.Pope pulled off two fine saves on the south coast, to rack up a second clean sheet in as many games at the start of the new season.The England stopper rebuffed both Adam Lallana’s powerful header and a neat strike from Solly March, whil...Full Story »

Preston boss Ryan Lowe hailed Brad Potts’ ‘fantastic’ winner as his side picked up their first Sky Bet Championship victory of the season with a 1-0 success at Luton.The wing-back settled the encounter after just 18 minutes, scoring a wonderful flying volley at the back post from Robbie Brady’s cross, following up his first strike of the season during Tuesday night’...Full Story »

Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl was pleased with his side’s response as they battled back from two down to earn a 2-2 draw with Leeds with a pair of late goals.Rodrigo had struck twice at the start of the second half to put the visitors in a dominant position but Jesse Marsch’s side were unable to hold out for a second successive Premier League win.Joe Aribo tapped home to halve th...Full Story »

Crewe boss Alex Morris says Bassala Sambou must take a share of the blame for his side’s 3-0 defeat at Salford.The visitors had enjoyed a good start with Daniel Agyei heading a brilliant chance wide after nine minutes.Salford hit the front in the 17th minute after Conor McAleny finished off a good counter-attack.But the game changed when Sambou was sent off after grabbing Theo Vassell by t...Full Story »

Swindon boss Scott Lindsey was pleased with a point in the searing heat after seeing his side share a 1-1 draw with Carlisle at Bruton Park.Jacob Wakelin fired the visitors into a 22nd-minute lead with Town’s first goal of the season but Kristian Dennis equalised for the home side on the stroke of half-time with a clinical strike.It was Dennis’ fourth goal in four games and means he ...Full Story »

Delighted Derby boss Liam Rosenior saluted his battling side as they dug deep to beat Barnsley 2-1 in the battle of last season’s relegated clubs.Conor McCarthy’s own goal and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing’s strike did the damage as the Rams triumphed at Pride Park.But Josh Benson’s 64th-minute really put the cat amongst the pigeons as the Tykes roared back to cause the hosts pl...Full Story »

Paul Hurst said he felt for Rochdale counterpart Robbie Stockdale following Grimsby’s 1-0 win at the Crown Oil Arena.Luke Waterfall’s stoppage-time header from Anthony Glennon’s corner snatched three points for the visitors, who had been under the cosh for the opening 25 minutes.“It was a great win. We showed great character and belief, something we had in abundance last ...Full Story »

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink said Burton had made a “little step forward” after picking up their first point of the season in the thrilling 4-4 draw with Accrington despite letting a 3-0 lead slip.Davis Keillor-Dunn scored a 10th-minute penalty and made it two on 17 minutes before tapping home at the far post on 50 minutes for his hat-trick.Joe Pritchard’s 52nd-minute header and Sea...Full Story »

Plymouth boss Steven Schumacher was full of praise for his side after they bounced back from their 2-0 Carabao Cup defeat to Peterborough to beat them by the same score in League One at Home Park.On-loan Aston Villa midfielder Finn Azaz opened the scoring after 30 minutes before Ryan Hardie converted a 65th-minute penalty as Argyle eased home.Schumacher said: “It was a brilliant result and...Full Story »

Dumbarton swept past Annan 4-0 to maintain their 100 per cent start to the cinch League Two season.Declan Byrne got the Sons off to a flying start at the Bet Butler Stadium with a third-minute header and Findlay Gray added a second shortly before half-time.Byrne struck again in the 53rd minute and defender Gregor Buchanan scored a fourth late on.Bonnyrigg Rose maintained their unbeaten start to ...Full Story »

Dean Smith urged Norwich fans to stay calm following a 2-1 defeat at Hull.The Canaries were pre-season favourites to return to the Premier League but have yet to win a game since their relegation to the Championship.Imposing forward Oscar Estupinan did for the visitors with two tap-ins after 43 and 62 minutes.Marcelino Nunez gave Norwich hope with a fine free-kick, but the Canaries only got goin...Full Story »

Motherwell boss Steven Hammell says he will be claiming half of Callum Slattery’s goal bonus after predicting the midfielder would score in his side’s cinch Scottish Premiership win over Aberdeen.Slattery pulled his side level in a topsy-turvy game that saw Blair Spittal open the scoring for Motherwell, only for Bojan Miovski and Jonny Hayes to have Aberdeen ahead after 47 minutes.Ke...Full Story »