Birmingham will be without midfielder Ryan Woods for the visit of Blackpool on Saturday afternoon.The 27-year-old was shown a red card by referee Leigh Doughty in their goalless draw with Coventry in midweek for bringing down Ian Maatsen on the counter attack.Birmingham’s appeal against the dismissal was rejected by the Football Association and Woods will serve a three-match suspension.Kri...Full Story »

Antonio Conte says he is not a “magician” and now understands the size of the job on his hands at Tottenham after they suffered one of the most embarrassing nights in their history.Conte watched on as his 10-man side were beaten 2-1 by Slovenian minnows NS Mura – the lowest-ranked team in the Europa Conference League who had lost all four of their previous games.Spurs went down...Full Story »

David Moyes celebrated a job well done after West Ham waltzed into the last 16 of the Europa League with a game to spare by beating Rapid Vienna 2-0.First-half goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Mark Noble in Austria wrapped up top spot in Group H for Moyes’ side.The Hammers go straight through to the knockout stage having avoided a play-off in February against a team dropping down from the ...Full Story »

West Ham waltzed into the last 16 of the Europa League with a game to spare after a 2-0 victory at Rapid Vienna.First-half goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Mark Noble wrapped up top spot in Group H for David Moyes’ side.It was an important victory for the Hammers as they are now straight through to the knockout stage having avoided a play-off in February against a team dropping down from t...Full Story »

Lloyd Isgrove has added to Bolton’s injury problems ahead of Cheltenham’s visit in Sky Bet League One on Saturday.Isgrove limped out of Tuesday’s win over Doncaster with a hamstring issue, which has been confirmed as a grade-three tear and could rule him out for 12 weeks.To compound boss Ian Evatt’s selection worries, forward Dapo Afolayan is also unavailable due to a one...Full Story »

Tottenham endured one of the most embarrassing nights in their history as they were beaten by the lowest-ranked team in the Europa Conference League, going down 2-1 to NS Mura in Maribor.New boss Antonio Conte will have watched on with horror as his side lost at the death to a team with a UEFA coefficient ranking of 341.Even though they were reduced to 10 men just after the half-hour when Ryan S...Full Story »

Northampton manager Jon Brady could name an unchanged side for the visit of Leyton Orient in Sky Bet League Two.Brady urged his fringe players to improve after electing to leave substitutions to the final few minutes of his previous matches, including against Oldham on Tuesday.However, Danny Rose could be nearing a start after impressing when he came on for Jack Sowerby in midweek.Although Brady...Full Story »

Gillingham boss Steve Evans is still facing several injury problems as he prepares to welcome Portsmouth to Priestfield on Saturday.Top scorer Vadaine Oliver is set for another month on the sidelines after suffering an injury in Gills’ 1-1 draw with Sheffield Wednesday earlier this month.Captain Kyle Dempsey will also remain out after he was due an operation on Thursday after suffering a c...Full Story »

Salford pair Matty Willock and Ash Hunter are suspended for the visit of Oldham.Midfielder Willock was shown a red card for a challenge in Tuesday’s draw with Bristol Rovers, while substitute Hunter was dismissed for an elbow in the same game.Another midfielder, Matty Lund, returns after serving a one-match ban.Tom King, Corrie Ndaba, Luke Burgess, D’Mani Mellor and Ian Henderson all...Full Story »

Junior Tchamadeu could be a doubt for Colchester’s clash with Newport in Sky Bet League Two.The defender came off the pitch injured during the first half of United’s 3-1 win against Exeter in midweek.Cameron Coxe could be expected to slot in again if Tchamadeu is unavailable.Jake Turner could also feature between the sticks after making his first league appearance for the side, repla...Full Story »

West Brom will welcome Nottingham Forest to the Hawthorns on Friday night without captain Jake Livermore.The 32-year-old midfielder was shown a red card by referee Tim Robinson for a foul on Fraizer Campbell in the 1-0 loss to Huddersfield last week and will serve his second game of a three-match ban after they lost an appeal against the dismissal.Robert Snodgrass has missed each of the Baggies ...Full Story »

Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling has cemented his place in the record books by moving up to third place in the all time list of English Champions League goal scorers. This comes after the England international poked home Man City’s equaliser in their 2-1 victory against Paris Saint-Germain, a game in which City dominated for large parts, unable to find a way past a stoic PSG defe...Full Story »

Real Madrid have qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League. Getty Images Real Madrid secured a place in the last 16 of the Champions League after they cruised to a comfortable 3-0 at Sheriff Tiraspol on Wednesday. Real took their revenge against the Moldovan side, who pulled off a shock 2-1 win in the reverse fixture in September, with goals from defender David Alaba, midfielde...Full Story »

Wayne Rooney insisted Derby will not give up the fight against relegation after the 0-0 draw with Championship leaders Fulham.The Rams had been left on minus three points following a points deduction last week but after following up Sunday’s victory over Bournemouth with the stalemate at Craven Cottage, the bottom club have collected four points in two games.Rooney’s side held on in ...Full Story »

Sky Bet Championship leaders Fulham were unable to make up for the absence of 21-goal top scorer Aleksandar Mitrovic as they were held to a 0-0 draw by bottom club Derby at Craven Cottage.Marco Silva’s side were seeking an eighth successive win but they were denied by Wayne Rooney’s determined side, who followed up Sunday’s victory over Bournemouth with another impressive displ...Full Story »

Italian champions Inter Milan are ready to cash in on instrumental centre-back Stefan de Vrij. According to The Spurs Web, via CalcioMercato, Antonio Conte’s former club are ready to cash in on the Dutch defender, with Conte asking Spurs to make him the number one transfer target in the upcoming January transfer window. The report indicates that Inter are said to be open to letting the...Full Story »

Oldham manager Keith Curle was angry at his side’s “unacceptable” first-half performance in the 2-1 defeat at his former club Northampton.Curle, on his first return to Sixfields since being sacked in February, saw his side fall 2-0 behind before half-time thanks to goals from Jon Guthrie and Kion Etete.A triple substitution at the break sparked Oldham into life and they had eno...Full Story »

Mark Robins and Lee Bowyer bemoaned refereeing decisions as Coventry and Birmingham battled to a 0-0 draw at the Coventry Building Society Arena.Ryan Woods was sent off for the visitors for bringing down Ian Maatsen and preventing a dangerous Sky Blues counter attack while Robins claimed the hosts should have had a penalty for a foul by Dion Sanderson on Viktor Gyokeres.Blues boss Bowyer said: &...Full Story »

West Brom boss Valerien Ismael wants his side to show more composure in the opposition box after they were held to an entertaining 0-0 draw by Blackpool at Bloomfield Road.The hosts soaked up a barrage of pressure as the promotion-chasing Baggies came close to breaking the deadlock through substitutes Callum Robinson and Jordan Hugill.Blackpool goalkeeper Daniel Grimshaw also denied Matt Clarke ...Full Story »

Cheltenham manager Michael Duff was not satisfied with his team’s performance despite the 2-0 victory at struggling Gillingham.The Robins moved up to 10th in Sky Bet League One following their third win of the season over the Gills, in what was the fourth meeting between the two this campaign, but they survived a few scares along the way.Gillingham, who are beset by injuries and eight game...Full Story »