Jay Stansfield scored two poignant goals for Exeter – the first league goals of his career – as they won 2-0 at in-form Barnsley.Stansfield is on loan at Exeter from Fulham and is the club’s first number nine since the death of his father, Adam, who previously wore the shirt.Jay Stansfield kicked things off in the first minute, latching on to a cushioned header from Sam Nombe o...Full Story »

Sheffield United were undone by a familiar face as Phil Jagielka proved instrumental in Stoke’s 3-1 home win.The 40-year-old, who made 309 appearances for the Blades across two spells, scored one and set up another, recording a goal and an assist in the same game for the first time in his career.Jagielka first assumed the role of creator, teeing up centre-back partner Ben Wilmot to fire th...Full Story »

Steve Bruce’s future as West Brom manager is hanging by a thread as their dreadful start to the season continued with 0-0 draw against Luton on a toxic afternoon at The Hawthorns.Tensions were high heading into a game where Albion created enough to have won – but were again left ruing those missed opportunities.The crowd remained behind the Baggies for the majority of the match &ndas...Full Story »

Ange Postecoglou believes the manner of Celtic’s last-gasp victory in Perth can give his side confidence.The cinch Premiership leaders looked like dropping points on the road for a second league game running when St Johnstone defender Alex Mitchell levelled three minutes into stoppage-time following a free-kick into the box.But Giorgos Giakoumakis turned home Alexandro Bernabei’s cro...Full Story »

Substitute Callum Powell’s 79th-minute equaliser earned Southend a 1-1 draw at Dagenham and Redbridge in the National League.The Daggers led in the 19th minute through Junior Morias, whose fifth goal in six games came when a right-footed shot beat on-loan Stoke goalkeeper Blondy Nna Noukeu.The hosts could have doubled their advantage 17 minutes later when Morias – who later went...Full Story »

Giorgos Giakoumakis netted the winner for Celtic in a dramatic finale to their cinch Premiership clash against St Johnstone in Perth.Defender Alex Mitchell scored a stoppage-time equaliser for St Johnstone to cancel out Andrew Considine’s 42nd-minute own goal and Celtic looked set to drop points for the second consecutive away match in the league.But Giakoumakis turned home Alexandro Berna...Full Story »

Manchester City have benefitted from the prowess of Kevin de Bruyne during his time at the Etihad where his incredible range of passing has helped them overtake Manchester United Kevin de Bruyne had a priceless reaction after being handed a Man Utd shirt Kevin de Bruyne looked shocked when he was handed a Manchester United shirt and immediately asked if he could burn it. The Manchester City s...Full Story »

Chelsea are set to appoint Christopher Vivell as the club's new technical director after his departure from RB Leipzig, sources have told ESPN. Chelsea co-owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, represented by Behdad Eghbali, are believed to have met with a series of candidates in the past fortnight including Vivell, who was sacked by Leipzig on Thursday. "Christopher Vivell was released f...Full Story »

The Championship club sacked Chris Wilder on Monday after a dismal start to the campaign left them in the bottom three. Middlesbrough want talks with Michael Carrick over their vacant manager's job Credit: EPA Leo Percovich, a coach at the club under Aitor Karanka, Jonathan Woodgate, Neil Warnock and then Wilder, was placed in temporary charge following Wilder’s dismissal. He guided Bor...Full Story »

The champions allowed the Belgian midfield ace to join today’s opponents Southampton in early July, once their swoop for Kalvin Phillips was agreed. Chelsea failed with a bid for Romeo Lavia just weeks after he joined Southampton Credit: Getty However he was very highly-regarded by Pep Guardiola and staff at the Etihad. Therefore they secured an option to buy him back if any bids were a...Full Story »

The Spanish giants have made their opening moves in the race to sign the Borussia Dortmund star, despite the Prem sides having monitored him since his Birmingham days. Real Madrid are confident of sealing a deal for Jude Bellingham ahead of his Prem suitors Credit: Getty Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and champions Manchester City are all eyeing the 19-year-old. But Madrid believe they...Full Story »

Rodgers refuses to rule out Maddison exit James Maddison has had an electric start to the season, scoring five goals and assisting two in his opening eight games, and manager Brendan Rodgers admitted he knows there will be interest in the playmaker. However, he didn't rule out a transfer adding: "He also knows he's in a good place to develop and learn, and he knows he can focus on day-to-day...Full Story »

QPR boss Michael Beale hailed the performance of Lyndon Dykes and revealed good news regarding injured talisman Chris Willock after their 2-1 victory over Reading.Birthday boy Dykes ended a 10-game drought by scoring twice, with his late penalty securing a third consecutive Rs win and taking them to third in the Sky Bet Championship table, after Andy Carroll had given the visitors the lead.Beale...Full Story »

Hibernian could have Rocky Bushiri, Elias Melkersen and Demi Mitchell back in contention for Saturday’s cinch Premiership match at home to Motherwell following their recent injury lay-offs.Jake Doyle-Hayes and Momo Bojang both face several weeks on the sidelines after sustaining ankle and groin injuries respectively.Kevin Dabrowski (shoulder), Kevin Nisbet (knee) and Aiden McGeady (knee) a...Full Story »

St Johnstone will be without Adam Montgomery for the cinch Premiership game against Celtic at McDiarmid Park on Saturday lunchtime.The on-loan defender cannot play against his parent club but he also has a broken toe.Connor McLennan was on the bench against Kilmarnock in midweek only due to lack of numbers but he is available to play after an improvement of his shoulder problem while Dan Phillip...Full Story »

Nathaniel Clyne will be unavailable for Crystal Palace against Leeds.The defender suffered an ankle injury in the 2-1 loss to Chelsea last weekend, but there was no major damage and Eagles boss Patrick Vieira said it will be “a couple of weeks” until Clyne is back on the pitch.Sunday could see the return of defender Joachim Andersen (calf), while midfielder James McArthur and right-b...Full Story »

Stoke manager Alex Neil will be without four key players for his side’s Sky Bet Championship clash against Sheffield United at the bet365 Stadium.Sam Clucas will miss out again with a hamstring injury, while Harry Souttar is continuing his recovery from an anterior cruciate ligament tear.Gavin Kilkenny (groin) and Jacob Brown (muscle) are also expected to be absent.Harry Clarke, who marked...Full Story »

N’Golo Kante will miss Chelsea’s Premier League clash with Wolves despite returning to training.Boss Graham Potter is determined to see the France midfielder fully shake off his latest hamstring issue before retuning to action.Defender Wesley Fofana will be out of action for several weeks due to strained knee ligaments.Wolves were dealt a major blow this week with the news winger Ped...Full Story »

West Ham remain without winger Maxwel Cornet for the Premier League match against Fulham at the London Stadium on Sunday.Summer signing Cornet picked up a calf strain against Wolves, and missed the Europa Conference League win at Anderlecht.Hammers boss David Moyes reported no other major selection concerns, with defender Nayef Aguerd (ankle) continuing his recovery.Fulham manager Marco Silva co...Full Story »

Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin is set for his first involvement of the season at home to Manchester United.The England international was sidelined by a knee injury on the eve of the opening weekend but is now fit enough to join the squad.Defenders Yerry Mina and Mason Holgate have returned to training after respective ankle and knee injuries.United defender Raphael Varane faces a race to ...Full Story »