Walsall’s Rory Holden is not expected to be available for their Sky Bet League Two game against Scunthorpe.The midfielder has suffered a setback in his recovery from a knee problem, according to the Express and Star.Defender Hayden White also looks likely to miss out for the home side because of injury.The 26-year-old has not featured in any of Walsall’s games so far this season.Scun...Full Story »

Swansea could hand a debut to Ethan Laird in their Sky Bet Championship clash with Stoke on Tuesday.The Manchester United defender joined the Swans on a season-long loan on Monday and is in immediate contention to make his first appearance for the club.Russell Martin is still seeking his first win as Swansea boss and could welcome back Liam Walsh, although Connor Roberts (groin) is sidelined.Mid...Full Story »

Reading could hand a debut to Tom Dele-Bashiru in the Sky Bet Championship clash at home to Bristol City.The Watford midfielder joined on a season-long loan last week but was an unused substitute in Saturday’s 2-1 win over Preston.Ovie Ejaria is in line to return from a groin injury in time to be considered for selection by Royals boss Veljko Paunovic.Yakou Meite (knee) is a long-term abse...Full Story »

Deji Oshilaja looks set to miss Burton’s clash with Sunderland.The defender limped off during the Brewers’ Carabao Cup game against Oxford last week with knee and ankle problems, but he is expected to recover soon.Michael Mancienne, Michael Bostwick and Aaron Amadi-Holloway could be involved having returned from injury.The trio were on the bench for the weekend win against Ipswich, w...Full Story »

Kaine Kesler Hayden is suspended for Swindon’s home clash against Tranmere.The Aston Villa loanee was shown a second yellow card in the dying moments of Saturday’s game against Carlisle.The Robins are once again expected to be without Jordan Lyden (thigh) and Mathieu Baudry (hamstring).Wales international Jonny Williams could also feature in the clash, depending on international clea...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 »

Philippe Coutinho was left out of Barcelona's opening day win over Real Sociedad. The news comes after the Brazilian was linked with a move to Arsenal. Spanish outlet Sport says Barca have proposed a swap deal with the Gunners involving Coutinho. The La Liga giants want Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in exchange for the former Liverpool man. They would also accept Alexandre Lacazette as a secon...Full Story »

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola cited Euro 2020, COVID-19 and Kevin De Bruyne's lack of match fitness as reasons for the Blues' disappointing opening weekend defeat to Tottenham. Jack Grealish had some bright touches on his Premier League debut for City, but it was not enough to prevent them from leaving empty-handed. Guardiola's side missed a host of early chances to pile the pressure on S...Full Story »

Steve Bruce lamented Newcastle’s defensive shortcomings but was left particularly flummoxed by the awarding of a penalty which he feels proved a “big turning point” in West Ham’s 4-2 victory.Efforts from Callum Wilson and Jacob Murphy were cancelled out by Aaron Cresswell and Said Benrahma as West Ham twice fought back from a goal down to leave both sides’ Premier L...Full Story »

Holders St Johnstone progressed in the Premier Sports Cup after twice coming from behind to defeat Arbroath 3-2 on penalties after Sunday’s thrilling encounter ended 2-2 following extra time.Ricky Little missed the first penalty for the Championship side and their chances appeared to be over when Dale Hilson missed the target, but Jason Kerr and Callum Booth both failed to convert for Sain...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 »

Aberdeen manager Stephen Glass claimed his team selection had nothing to do with their Premier Sports Cup exit.The Dons fell to a 2-1 second-round defeat by Raith Rovers after Glass made seven changes for the trip to Stark’s Park.With the likes of Christian Ramirez, Lewis Ferguson, Scott Brown and Ryan Hedges on the bench, Aberdeen dominated the first half and led through Jay Emmanuel-Thom...Full Story »

Hibernian bounced back from their European exit to reach the quarter-finals of the Premier Sports cup with a 2-0 victory over Kilmarnock.Kyle Magennis and Kevin Nisbet found the net in the second half against the Championship side as the Leith outfit showed no signs of fatigue from a demanding run of games.Kilmarnock had to soak up pressure for large spells of the game but did go close in the fi...Full Story »

A much-changed Aberdeen side crashed out of the Premier Sports Cup after a second-half collapse against Raith Rovers.Jay Emmanuel-Thomas gave the Dons an early lead and they utterly dominated possession in the first half.But on-loan Stoke striker Ethon Varian netted just after the restart and Raith took the initiative before Dario Zanatta struck in the 71st minute to earn a 2-1 second-round vict...Full Story »

Ronald Koeman has been talking to the press ahead of Barcelona’s first game of the new La Liga season on Sunday against Real Sociedad at the Camp Nou. The Dutchman spoke about playing in front of fans, Lionel Messi’s departure and offered an update on a number of first-team players. Here, as usual, are the best bits: Koeman on playing Real Sociedad in front of fans We are reall...Full Story »

LEEDS UNITED fans mocked Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho from the Old Trafford concourse on Saturday. Rashford, 23, and new United signing Sancho, 21, were accused of "letting the country down" by the Leeds faithful. Jadon Sancho came on as a substitute against Leeds to make his Manchester United debut The fans were of course referring to the pair's misses for England in the Euro 2020 final ...Full Story »

Paul Pogba is targeting a free deal to Real Madrid next summer. The Manchester United playmaker, 28, will now run down the final 12 months of his current contract at Old Trafford before walking away to the Bernabeu for nothing. And Pogba will be one third of an amazing treble swoop by Real - with fellow French ace Kylian Mbappe and Norwegian striker Erling Haaland set to follow him to Spain. ...Full Story »

Salford boss Gary Bowyer blamed poor decision making as his side drew at home again in a goalless League Two stalemate with promoted Sutton.Matty Lund had the best moments for the home side but Sutton could have stolen it when Craig Eastmond went through, only to be denied by a fine save from Salford goalkeeper Tom King.It marks a frustrating start to the season for much-fancied Salford, who dre...Full Story »

Danny Cowley dedicated Portsmouth’s 2-0 Sky Bet League One win over Crewe to the club’s fans.Second-half goals from striker John Marquis and winger Marcus Harness saw Pompey maintain their 100 per cent league record.Head coach Cowley said: “It was a good day for the people of Portsmouth. It was good day today – this was for them.“It was a performance which warranted...Full Story »

Derek Adams praised striker Lee Angol after his dramatic last-gasp penalty earned Bradford a 2-1 win over Oldham in the new manager’s first home game in charge in front of a bumper 17,264 crowd.Angol, who joined the club from Leyton Orient this summer, had given the Bantams a 34th-minute lead when fellow striker Andy Cook flicked Richard O’Donnell’s long goal-kick into his path...Full Story »