A MANCHESTER UNITED icon has donated a load of items to a charity shop - which are now available on the cheap. Shelter's Crystal Palace shop received an influx of clothes from the football legend and a lot of it has already been picked up off the shelf. Anna Roberts stumbled upon some generous donations from one Man United legend as she visited a charity shop It was a friend of Rio Ferdinand'...Full Story »

Chelsea boss Graham Potter has revealed how Antonio Conte would make contact when he was in charge of Brighton. The Blues boss says Conte — who won the title and FA Cup at Chelsea — reached out offering advice to him as a young coach forging his path. Potter said: “I spoke to him when I was at Brighton and we've had conversations. “We have kept in contact from a dist...Full Story »

Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said he is targeting a domestic double after being knocked out of the Europa League by Manchester United on Thursday. Barca lost 4-3 on aggregate to United over two legs, meaning the Catalan club will be left without European football in the month of March for the first time since 1999. However, they remain eight points clear at the top of the LaLiga table ahea...Full Story »

Liverpool tracking Barella Nicolo Barella is on Liverpool's list of candidates to boost their midfield in the summer. La Gazzetta dello Sport claims that the Inter star is considered a possible signing alongside Jude Bellingham, Moises Caicedo and Matheus Nunes. Top clubs lining up for Man Utd target Frimpong Manchester United are just one of several top teams eager to sign Jeremie Frimpong ...Full Story »

RB Leipzig will have to dig out the chequebook and put a few zeros in to snap up Jonathan David this summer – between €40-45m to be precise, according to an exclusive reveal from Christian Falk. The Canada international has garnered serious interest from the English top-flight too with both Tottenham and Arsenal thought to be keen. “There’s a big question for RB Leipz...Full Story »

Notts County’s seven-match winning streak was brought to an end by a 2-1 home defeat to Dagenham and Redbridge in the National League.County remain top of the table, but their lead over second-place Wrexham was cut to two points after their loss at Meadow Lane.Ruben Rodrigues put the home side ahead in the 21st minute with his 14th goal of the season.However, 10 minutes later Dagenham equa...Full Story »

Neil Harris insists his Gillingham side fear no-one after they made it six wins in eight games with a 2-1 victory at home to AFC Wimbledon.Cheye Alexander scored the winner against his former club midway through the second half to complete the hosts’ comeback, Max Ehmer having earlier cancelled out Ali Al-Hamadi’s opener.The previously goal-shy Gills have been a side transformed in r...Full Story »

Leeds boss Javi Gracia described his side’s 1-0 home win against Southampton in his first game in charge as “something really special”.Junior Firpo’s second-half strike halted Leeds’ 10-game winless run in the Premier League and lifted them out of the bottom three.Former Watford, Malaga and Valencia boss Gracia was delighted with his winning start after being appoin...Full Story »

Paul Simpson heaped praise on his side for a “ruthless” display after Carlisle climbed to second in Sky Bet League Two with their biggest away win of the season.Carlisle marked Simpson’s first year back in charge in style with an eighth win in the last 12 games, 5-2 at Crawley.The Cumbrians raced into a 4-0 lead after only 38 minutes with goals from Joel Senior, Omari Patrick, ...Full Story »

John Mousinho hailed Portsmouth’s first-half demolition of Cheltenham as the best display of his reign as the south coast side ran out 4-0 winners.Ryan Tunnicliffe scored one goal and made another as the hosts cruised into a 3-0 half-time lead at Fratton Park.Head coach Mousinho said: “The first 45 minutes were the best I’ve seen under my tenure.“We were sloppy starting t...Full Story »

Kieran McKenna says his Ipswich side grinding out an ‘anxious’ 1-0 victory at MK Dons can fuel a promotion-winning mentality.Sam Morsy’s first-half strike fired the Tractor Boys to an important win to keep the heat on Sheffield Wednesday and Plymouth in the automatic promotion places.Ipswich have breezed past Forest Green, Morecambe and Oxford by three goals or more in recent w...Full Story »

Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom praised his side’s performance against a tough Watford side following their narrow 1-0 Championship victory.An own goal by Ryan Porteous in the second half saw United defeat their promotion rivals and move seven points clear of the play-off places.Heckingbottom said: “It’s all about how many points we get. We changed slightly due to W...Full Story »

Swindon boss Jody Morris hit out at his own fans after they booed during the 3-0 win at home to Harrogate.Rushian Hepburn-Murphy scored his first league goals to earn former Chelsea star Morris his first home win, with Joe Tomlinson added the third.Morris said: “I do actually mirror the feelings of the fans sometimes. They are right on some occasions but wrong on some others.“I thoug...Full Story »

Dave Challinor was furious with his Stockport players after a “horrendous” 1-0 defeat at Barrow ended their five-game winning run.The match was settled by Josh Kay’s goal 20 minutes from time and, after naming the same starting line-up for five successive matches, Challinor admits changes are likely for their next fixture at home to Doncaster.“That performance is nowhere ...Full Story »

Gary Rowett praised his Millwall side for ‘grinding out’ victory as they continued their promotion push with a 1-0 win at Stoke.The ex-Potters boss enjoyed a happy return to Staffordshire as Millwall consolidated their position in the play-offs.Zian Flemming’s ninth-minute strike – his 11th league goal of the season – proved the winner in a tight contest.The hosts t...Full Story »

Mikel Arteta revealed he has got his Arsenal players doing the basics right after their win at Leicester kept them top of the Premier League table.An early second-half strike from Gabriel Martinelli earned the Gunners a 1-0 victory at the King Power Stadium a week on from a last-gasp win at Aston Villa.Those six points followed the only rocky patch of Arsenal’s season to date where defeat ...Full Story »

Aston Villa head coach Unai Emery praised the team spirit which saw Emi Buendia hand penalty duties to Ollie Watkins to allow the striker to score the decisive opener in a 2-0 win at Everton.Buendia, who would later fire home the second to end their three-match losing run, had only been on the pitch a couple of minutes when Idrissa Gana Gueye brought down John McGinn.But having picked up the bal...Full Story »

Norwich head coach David Wagner was impressed with the way his side put a poor start to the game behind them to maintain their Championship play-off push with a 2-0 win over Cardiff.The Canaries were firmly on the back foot in the early stages at Carrow Road before they effectively settled the match by scoring twice in five minutes just past the half-hour mark.Gabriel Sara settled the nerves by ...Full Story »

Shaun Maloney admits Wigan’s 2-1 defeat at Preston is a “big blow” to their Sky Bet Championship survival hopes.The relegation-threatened Latics looked set for a first away win in 11 matches as they deservedly led at the break through Greg Cunningham’s own goal.But Preston rallied to score twice in the space of four second-half minutes as Daniel Johnson’s penalty an...Full Story »

Paul Simpson marked his first year back in charge at Carlisle in fine style as the Cumbrians strengthened their promotion hopes with a thumping 5-2 win at Crawley in Sky Bet League Two.The Cumbrians were 4-0 ahead by half-time, on the way to their best away victory of the season.Crawley, winners now of only one of their last 10 games, remain second to bottom following a third successive defeat.C...Full Story »