Let's start our 7M Daily Laugh today.   The Champions League will be without Cristiano Ronaldo for the first time in 20 years if he stays at Manchester United next season     Chelsea's last five Premier League games: LWDLDNow only four points ahead of Arsenal and six ahead of Spurs, having played a game more, after conceding a 97th minute equaliser to Wolves     ...Full Story »

Boss Jon Brady issued a defiant message after 10-man Northampton saw automatic promotion back to League One snatched from their grasp.Instead of an immediate return to the third tier, Town face a play-off semi-final against Mansfield after being pipped to third place by Bristol Rovers on goals scored.Northampton won 3-1 at Barrow but were still overhauled by Rovers, who hit seven past Scunthorpe...Full Story »

Motherwell manager Graham Alexander was delighted to pick up all three points in his side’s cinch Premiership clash away to Ross County after a tough week with illness at Fir Park.Eventual match winner Kevin Van Veen was one of those affected. The player had not trained at all during the week before coming off the substitutes’ bench to score the decisive penalty to move the Steelmen ...Full Story »

Notts County confirmed their place in the National League play-offs with a 3-0 victory over Altrincham at Meadow Lane.The hosts forced the issue early on and were nearly rewarded for their efforts when Ruben Rodrigues’ goalbound cross was tipped over and Jayden Richardson’s cross from the resulting corner came back off the crossbar.County hit the woodwork again on the stroke of half-...Full Story »

Northampton saw the final automatic promotion place from League two snatched from their grasp in agonising fashion despite a 3-1 win at Barrow.The Cobblers relinquished third place to Bristol Rovers on goals scored on the final day of the season as Rovers thumped Scunthorpe 7-0.Instead, Northampton were left to face the play-offs as they bid to return to the third tier after a 12-month absence a...Full Story »

Substitute Jon Afolabi’s extra-time strike sent Airdrie into the cinch Championship play-off final as the hosts pulled off a dramatic second-leg comeback to defeat Montrose 6-5 on aggregate.Cammy Ballantyne headed home in the 12th minute to give the visitors a 2-0 aggregate lead and, when he struck again in the 26th minute, Montrose looked to be cruising into the promotion showdown with Qu...Full Story »

A thrilling 2-2 draw at Mansfield sparked joy all round as visitors Forest Green were crowned Sky Bet League Two champions while the home side clinched their spot in the play-offs.Port Vale’s win at title rivals Exeter helped Rovers claim the title with a single point thanks to a dramatic 80th-minute goal from substitute Josh March as the visitors twice came from behind.The home side broke...Full Story »

A first-half penalty from Wilfried Zaha confirmed Watford’s relegation from the Premier League as they lost 1-0 to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.The Hornets already needed a miracle to survive but it was old nemesis Zaha who had the decisive say to ensure his former manager Roy Hodgson endured an unhappy return to south London.Hodgson, who received a CBE at Buckingham Palace in midweek, ...Full Story »

Boreham Wood’s National League play-off hopes all-but ended after surrendering a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 at Yeovil.After Tyrone Marsh and Dennon Lewis struck in the first half, the Glovers responded through Morgan Williams and Luke Wilkinson to leave Wood six points off seventh-placed Chesterfield with two games remaining and an inferior goal difference.Marsh fired Wood in front in the 11th m...Full Story »

Aramide Oteh ensured relegated Oldham were denied a final-day win as he rescued a point for Crawley from a 3-3 Sky Bet League Two draw.In Latics’ final game of their 115-year stay in the Football League, they led twice but failed to at least send their fans home with something to shout about.Hundreds of Oldham fans had gathered outside the ground ahead of kick-off, calling for controversia...Full Story »

Manager Steve Cooper insists Nottingham Forest are “in great shape” after the 1-1 draw at Hull teed up a Sky Bet Championship play-off clash with Sheffield United.Huddersfield’s victory at home to Bristol City means fourth-placed Forest must now return to Yorkshire next Saturday.Cooper said: “We go into the play-offs feeling really good about ourselves.“We are looki...Full Story »

Steve Bruce says he will always look back on his first month in charge of West Brom with regret after his side finished 10th in the Championship table.The Baggies secured a 4-0 win over already relegated Barnsley on the final day of the campaign with Karlan Grant netting a brace and Adam Reach and Matt Clarke also on target at The Hawthorns.But while Albion ended the season with two wins and a d...Full Story »

Fourth-placed Nottingham Forest will play Sheffield United in the Sky Bet Championship play-offs after they were held to a dramatic 1-1 draw at Hull.With the game going nowhere, Forest substitute Brennan Johnson converted a stoppage-time penalty after Tom Huddlestone was adjudged to have fouled Sam Surridge.But with Forest’s fans in party mode, Hull equalised just two minutes later through...Full Story »

West Brom ended their Championship season with an emphatic 4-0 win to pile even more misery on relegated Barnsley.The Baggies, with one of the biggest wage budgets in the division, had been expected to push for an instant return to the Premier League following relegation last year.But having started the season under head coach Valerien Ismael, new manager Steve Bruce was only able to steer them ...Full Story »

Sheffield United secured a play-off spot after sweeping aside champions Fulham 4-0.Knowing a win would guarantee the extension of their season, the Blades were 3-0 up after 25 minutes following goals from Morgan Gibbs-White, Iliman Ndiaye and Sander Berge.Enda Stevens rounded off the scoring early in the second half, with Nottingham Forest next up in the play-offs for Paul Heckingbottom’s ...Full Story »

Blackburn turned on the style for departing manager Tony Mowbray as he signed off with a 2-1 win against Birmingham at St. Andrew’s before a mass pitch invasion by home supporters at full-time chanting for the removal of the board.Goal of the season contenders from John Buckley and Ben Brereton Diaz put Rovers comfortably in charge by half-time as Mowbray, 58, prepares to bow out after fiv...Full Story »

Patrice Evra claims that some of his former West Ham teammates vowed to leave the club if they found out that any of their fellow players were homosexual. The Frenchman alleged that a member of the English Football Association sought to spread a message of acceptance which was met with strong resistance. "It's like you can't be a gay football player, people will go mad," Evra told Gabby Loga...Full Story »

TOTTENHAM may be handed a Christian Eriksen blow as the midfielder is considering staying at Brentford Christian Eriksen reportedly has 'fears' about making a sensational return to Tottenham this summer and could extend his stay at Brentford. The midfielder has starred for the Bees and helped them avoid relegation from the Premier League this season, and his return to form has seen him linked w...Full Story »

The former Real Madrid and Bayern Munich midfielder was snapped in Miami this week sporting some snazzy pink locks. James Rodriguez shows off his pink barnet Credit: https://www.instagram.com/jamesrodriguez10/ But SunSport understands Becks and his Inter Miami side have been in touch with the 30 year-old to tout a possible move from Qatari club Al-Rayyan. Rodriguez’s whopping £6.5m...Full Story »

Arsenal defender Ben White is back in contention for Sunday’s Premier League visit of Leeds.The England international, who spent the 2019/20 season on loan at Elland Road, missed the 2-1 victory at West Ham with a tight hamstring.He is the only fitness doubt for Mikel Arteta’s side, who remain favourites to finish in the top four as the season draws to a close.Leeds skipper Liam Coop...Full Story »