Brendan Rodgers hailed one of the “fathers” of Celtic’s recent success after James Forrest reproduced his vintage form with a match-winning double at Dens Park.The winger capitalised on a first start in five months to score both of Celtic’s goals in a 2-1 victory over Dundee, which kept them three points and five goals ahead of Rangers at the top of the cinch Premiership ...Full Story »

James Forrest hit a double on his first start for five months as Celtic maintained their lead at the top of the cinch Premiership with a 2-1 victory at Dundee.Forrest was drafted in for only his fourth start of the season after coming off the bench to net in last weekend’s Scottish Cup semi-final win over Aberdeen.Such was Forrest’s influence at Hampden that manager Brendan Rodgers a...Full Story »

Tottenham are making a move for West Ham prospect Daniel Rigge. According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Spurs are leading the race for the 18-year-old midfielder. Four clubs want to sign the English prospect, who is currently playing in West Ham's U18 and U21 teams, in the summer. The Hammers, for their part, would actually like to keep Rigge. But Rigge is unconvinced by his first te...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl praised his side’s display after a vital 3-0 win over West Brom gave their Championship survival hopes a huge lift.Goals from Anthony Musaba, Ike Ugbo and Josh Windass earned the result which leaves the Owls requiring just a point at Sunderland next weekend to be certain of staying in the second tier.Rohl said: “It was a big performance from my ...Full Story »

Goalkeeper coach Dan Connor hopes Forest Green will be “better equipped” when they next return to the Football League after relegation from Sky Bet League Two was confirmed on the final day of the campaign.Charlie McCann’s second-half strike meant Rovers finished the season with a 1-0 victory at home to Notts County.In two tumultuous seasons, which includes six managers since J...Full Story »

Daniel Mandroiu had a penalty saved as Lincoln missed out on a Sky Bet League One play-off place with a 2-0 defeat to champions Portsmouth at the LNER Stadium.The Imps started the day in sixth place but, with Oxford winning, needed three points of their own to stay there.Late goals from Myles Peart-Harris and Paddy Lane settled the contest in Portsmouth’s favour but only after Mandroiu fai...Full Story »

Daniel Farke admitted Leeds only had themselves to blame after their automatic promotion hopes were left hanging by a thread following a thumping 4-0 defeat at QPR.Goals from Ilias Chair, Lucas Andersen, Lyndon Dykes and Sam Field sparked a survival celebration in west London, as well as a promotion party in Leicester with the Foxes now guaranteed an immediate return to the Premier League.But Le...Full Story »

The midfielder was in imperious form as his Gunners side demolished their London neighbours 5-0 at the Emirates. Martin Odegaard's Wag danced in the stands after Arsenal's 5-0 win over Chelsea Credit: TikTok Leandro Trossard opened the scoring before Kai Havertz and Ben White each bagged a brace. The result sent Arsenal three points clear at the top of the table. And it also their biggest Pr...Full Story »

Doncaster recorded a 10th successive victory, 4-1 at lowly Colchester, to move into the League Two play-off places.Colchester took a ninth-minute lead through Jayden Fevrier, who converted at the far post after Tom Hopper had got behind the Doncaster defence and picked him out.But Doncaster equalised five minutes later when Luke Molyneux collected Jamie Sterry’s short free-kick and unleash...Full Story »

Leeds manager Daniel Farke believes Leeds’ 4-3 victory over Middlesbrough was a “good advertisement” for Championship football.An end-to-end encounter at the Riverside produced five goals in just the first half, starting with the hosts taking an early lead through Isaiah Jones.Leeds netted two goals in 11 minutes when Summerville slotted home from the spot and Patrick Bamford c...Full Story »

Danny Rohl saluted Sheffield Wednesday’s ‘courageous’ performance after they beat Blackburn 3-1 to move out of the Sky Bet Championship relegation zone.An exquisite Josh Windass lob in the sixth minute put Wednesday ahead but Sammie Szmodics equalised three minutes later with a clinical finish.Wednesday took control when Marvin Johnson got on the end of an Anthony Musaba cross ...Full Story »

Real Madrid great Zinedine Zidane is interested in the Manchester United job. While there's talk of an agreement being close with Bayern Munich about succeeding Thomas Tuchel at the end of the season, L'Equipe says the Frenchman is watching Erik ten Hag's situation at United. Zidane is said to be willing to wait for United's decision regarding Ten Hag's position in the hope that it will open...Full Story »

Hull boss Liam Rosenior saw Daniel Bachmann dent the Tigers’ play-off hopes – then heaped praise on the Watford keeper after the 0-0 draw at Vicarage Road.Bachmann saved Ozan Tufan’s 11th-minute penalty to rob City of vital points in their push for the top six.Rosenior spared Tufan any criticism for the miss, insisting Bachmann deserved all the credit for keeping City at bay.Th...Full Story »

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers praised Joe Hart’s mentality after his goalkeeper sealed a Scottish Gas Scottish Cup final place despite missing a penalty.The Hampden crowd thought they had seen it all following a dramatic 3-3 draw between Celtic and Aberdeen, until Hart stepped up to take his side’s fifth penalty of the shoot-out at 4-3 up.The former England goalkeeper, who celebrate...Full Story »

Macaulay Langstaff’s 28th league goal of the season worsened Colchester’s relegation fears as they lost 1-0 to Notts County.The visitors almost took the lead early on when Ellis Iandolo’s speculative effort from distance almost caught Luca Ashby-Hammond off guard, the keeper tipping the ball onto the woodwork.It was the Colchester full-back involved once again minutes later, pr...Full Story »

Dunfermline and Queen’s Park played out a goalless draw to leave the visitors a point adrift of cinch Scottish Championship safety.Spiders keeper Calum Ferrie found himself in the thick of the action early on, punching clear from Lewis McCann and then blocking Chris Kane’s effort at point-blank range.McCann headed wide from a Malachi Fagan-Walcott cross and the latter picked out Ferr...Full Story »

Crewe boss Lee Bell was livid that James McClean was allowed to stay on the pitch after the winger’s part in a first-half dust-up in Wrexham’s 3-0 win.Bell accused the officials of failing to take action against the Irishman, who reacted angrily after a late challenge by Aaron Rowe which ended with Red Dragons goalscorer Ollie Palmer acting as peacemaker.Referee Seb Stockbridge hande...Full Story »

Zinedine Zidane would prefer to join Manchester United as opposed to Bayern Munich this summer, according to a new report. Zidane out of work and available Bayern to part ways with Thomas Tuchel this summer Erik ten Hag under pressure at Manchester United WHAT HAPPENED?Per L'Equipe, any potential deal to take Zidane to Germany faces significant hurdles, despite the former Real Madrid b...Full Story »

Danny Cowley insists Colchester still have work to do to secure their League Two status despite their vital 2-0 home win over Grimsby.Colchester took a fifth-minute lead through Tom Hopper, who ran onto Arthur Read’s excellent pass and coolly lifted the ball over goalkeeper Jake Eastwood and in.And John Akinde sealed the Us’ victory in the 79th minute when he lifted a fine effort fro...Full Story »

Barrow ended a run of three successive defeats with a 1-1 draw at Crawley, a result which also keeps the Red Devils in the play-off places.Emile Acquah headed Barrow in front shortly before the break, but Danilo Orsi’s penalty midway through the second half gave Scott Lindsey’s side a deserved point.Crawley, with only two home wins since New Year’s Day, had an early let-off whe...Full Story »