Bristol City midfielder Mark Sykes misses the Severnside derby against Cardiff on Sunday through suspension.Sykes was sent off in Tuesday’s 2-0 home win over Luton for a challenge on Luke Freeman, which sparked a melee between the two sets of players and ended with both clubs being charged by the Football Association.Kane Wilson would seem to be Sykes’ natural replacement for the Sky...Full Story »

Carlos Mendes Gomes is set to be absent for Fleetwood’s Sky Bet League One fixture at home to Derby.The winger, on loan from Luton, faces a spell on the sidelines after being forced off with a tight hamstring in the first half of his debut in the midweek draw with Cheltenham.Joe Garner could make his first league start of the season in place of Spaniard Mendes Gomes after coming on to repl...Full Story »

Peterborough are waiting for the results of a scan on Joel Randall but the midfielder is likely to miss the visit of Lincoln.The 22-year-old fell awkwardly in training and injured his shoulder and collarbone which ruled him out of the midweek win over Sheffield Wednesday and he is not expected to return at the weekend.Fellow midfielder Kwame Poku could make his first appearance of the season aft...Full Story »

Middlesbrough boss Chris Wilder was left bewildered by his side’s 2-2 draw with Stoke after City substitute D’Margio Wright-Phillips spared the blushes of veteran team-mate Phil Jagielka.Wright-Phillips, 20 years the junior of 40-year-old Jagielka, headed a stoppage-time equaliser after Boro came from behind thanks to Duncan Watmore and Jagielka’s generosity.Watmore cancelled o...Full Story »

Sunderland boss Alex Neil expressed pride in his team despite their 2-1 loss at Sheffield United.Goals from Anel Ahmedhodzic and Max Lowe, either side of the break, gave the Blades victory.After being forced to play with only 10 men for around an hour following Dan Neil’s sending off, Sunderland reduced the arrears with a goal from Lynden Gooch, but they never seriously threatened to draw ...Full Story »

Sheffield United continued their strong start to the Championship season with a 2-1 victory over Sunderland.Goals from Anel Ahmedhodzic and Max Lowe, either side of the break, put the Blades in command.After being forced to play with only 10 men for around an hour after Dan Neil was sent off, Sunderland reduced the arrears with a goal from Lynden Gooch, but they never seriously threatened to dra...Full Story »

A bloke somehow got into Anfield wearing these ... madness! Wearing any old sliders to a football match is bold (imagine the half-time toilets), but wearing a pair with Manchester United's logo on them to a Liverpool match is even riskier. The unnamed fan was spotted on the steps of Anfield's Main Stand ahead of Liverpool's draw with Crystal Palace on Monday night. The Reds supporter who snap...Full Story »

Norwich manager Dean Smith was happy to see his side get their Championship campaign up and running by beating 10-man Huddersfield 2-1 at Carrow Road.Early goals from Josh Sargent and Danel Sinani settled the nerves for the Canaries, who had started the evening bottom of the table, and they went to complete a well deserved first league win.Substitute Pat Jones pulled one back late on for Hudders...Full Story »

Aldershot lifted themselves off the foot of the National League table with a 2-1 win against Boreham Wood.Goals from Justin Amaluzor and Ryan Glover earned the Shots their first points of the season.Aldershot opened the scoring after 13 minutes when Inih Effiong picked out Amaluzor and the winger stabbed it home.The hosts had some chances of their own. Jack Payne nearly levelled 10 minutes later...Full Story »

Derby interim manager Liam Rosenior claimed his side should have taken all three points after their entertaining 0-0 draw against Shrewsbury.The Rams were forced to settle for their first draw of the season despite Richard Stearman, Tom Barkhuizen and Louie Sibley all going close.Rosenior said: “Same story as Charlton, although we get a point when we should get the three points. The domina...Full Story »

Shrewsbury and Derby played out a 0-0 Sky Bet League One draw at Montgomery Waters Meadow.The Rams controlled the first half before Steve Cotterill’s men came out all guns blazing after the break but neither side were able to break the deadlock in the first league meeting between the sides since 1987.Richard Stearman missed Liam Rosenior’s side’s best chance of the first half w...Full Story »

Skipper Billy Sharp will miss Sheffield United’s Sky Bet Championship fixture against against Sunderland on Wednesday evening through injury.The 36-year-old striker turned an ankle in Sunday’s 2-2 draw at Middlesbrough and the damage is yet to be fully assessed because of swelling around the joint.However, midfielder Ben Osborn is facing at least two weeks on the sidelines after suff...Full Story »

Chelsea are prepared to wait until the final days of the summer market to try again for Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong. Sport says there are two teams pushing for him, Manchester United and Chelsea. They have both negotiated with Barcelona and are ready to pay the €80 million the Catalan club want, but the toughest thing is the Dutchman's desire to remain at Camp Nou. But the int...Full Story »

A congested week of fixtures could see Steve Cotterill make limited changes to Shrewsbury’s starting XI to face Derby on Tuesday.The manager revealed – but refused to name – one injury concern that has developed since his side’s 2-1 win over Wycombe on Saturday.Cotterill admitted, however, that he did not have enough options to make a considerable rotation, so his line-up...Full Story »

QPR could hand a debut to Ethan Laird as they welcome Blackpool to Loftus Road.The Manchester United defender has joined on loan for the rest of the season and could come straight into the Rangers side as they continue to struggle with injuries.Hoops boss Michael Beale is hoping Kenneth Paal and Chris Willock could be fit enough to feature.However, Jake Clarke-Salter, Luke Amos and Taylor Richar...Full Story »

Norwich have lost another left-back to injury, with Jacob Sorensen ruled out for several weeks ahead of their Sky Bet Championship clash with Huddersfield.The defender suffered a stress fracture in his foot during the loss to Hull and joins Sam McCallum, who broke a bone in his foot last week, and Dimitris Giannoulis (ankle) on the sidelines.Sam Byram has trained but Tuesday may come too soon wh...Full Story »

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Chris Wilder admitted Chuba Akpom had won him over since returning to the Middlesbrough squad at the end of pre-season after the striker’s first goals for the club in more than a year secured a 2-2 draw with Sheffield United.Akpom scored in each half as Boro twice came from behind at the Riverside, with his goals cancelling out a first-half strike from Sander Berge and a second-half own go...Full Story »

Inter Milan wonderkid Cesare Casadei would reportedly prefer to join Chelsea over Ligue 1 side OGC Nice. According to Corriere dello Sport, as quoted by Sport Witness, Chelsea have received a significant boost in their pursuit of the 19-year-old midfielder after it is revealed that the youngster wishes to join Chelsea over Nice. They also wish to acquire his talent. The teen, who is yet to m...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 »