Will Lankshear endured a rollercoaster night in front of a raucous Rams Park crowd after he was sent off in Tottenham’s 3-2 loss at Galatasaray in the Europa League.Lankshear scored his first goal for the club in the 18th minute to cancel out Yunus Akgun’s sixth-minute opener.However, the 19-year-old forward received two bookings in quick succession after half-time to earn a maiden r...Full Story »

Shamrock Rovers came from behind to beat Welsh side The New Saints 2-1 in their Europa Conference League tie at Tallaght Stadium.After Jordan Williams had given TNS a shock early lead in Dublin, Johnny Kenny soon equalised before in-form Dylan Watts turned the game around ahead of half-time.Rovers had missed out on a fifth successive Premier Division triumph last week, finishing runners-up as Sh...Full Story »

Neil Harris has vowed that Millwall will keep upsetting the Championship’s big guns after they sank Leeds 1-0.Japhet Tanganga scored the winner as the Lions ended Leeds’ unbeaten record on the road this season.It was a fourth consecutive 1-0 win for Millwall and they are now up to fifth, having been fourth from bottom when they kicked off at home to Plymouth just two weeks ago.&ldquo...Full Story »

Arsenal’s turbulent run took another twist when they were dealt a 1-0 defeat by Inter Milan at the San Siro.Mikel Arteta’s side dominated large spells of the match but were left to rue a controversial penalty in first-half stoppage time when Mikel Merino was adjudged to have handled the ball.Hakan Calhanoglu converted the ensuing spot-kick, and, despite bravely pushing for an equalis...Full Story »

Tyrone Mings’ calamitous error condemned Aston Villa to their first Champions League defeat as they lost 1-0 at Club Brugge.The centre-back inexplicably picked up a short goal-kick by Emiliano Martinez without knowing referee Tobias Stieler had restarted the game.Brugge captain Hans Vanaken converted the resulting 52nd-minute penalty to earn victory for the Belgian champions and end Villa&...Full Story »

Brendan Rodgers feels Celtic have discovered they can compete in the Champions League as he savoured his best night in the competition with the Hoops.Celtic came from behind to beat RB Leipzig 3-1 thanks to the outstanding Nicolas Kuhn’s double and a well-deserved goal from Reo Hatate.The Scottish champions have now bounced back from their 7-1 thrashing against Borussia Dortmund by holding...Full Story »

Head coach Des Buckingham said he had no doubts about Hidde ter Avest’s quality after the Dutch defender scored on his Oxford debut to give his side a 1-0 win over Hull.It was a first win in nine games for the U’s, though Buckingham played that down.“It’s funny how things can be spun because one media outlet said we hadn’t won in eight, but we’d also only lost...Full Story »

Middlesbrough got back to winning ways with a dominant 4-1 victory over QPR at Loftus Road in Sky Bet Championship.After the weekend’s disappointing 3-0 collapse against Coventry, Boro bounced back with first-half goals from Riley McGree and Tommy Conway.After Anfernee Dijksteel scored an own goal in the second half, Emmanuel Latte Lath killed the game off with a composed finish in th...Full Story »

Ruben Amorim endeared himself to Manchester United fans before even arriving at Old Trafford by engineering a stunning 4-1 defeat of Manchester City with Sporting Lisbon.The Portuguese was taking charge of his final home match as Sporting boss before officially starting work as United’s head coach and watched as his side came from behind to thrash City in the Champions League.City took an ...Full Story »

Harrison Burrows scored with almost the last kick of the game as Sheffield United came from behind to snatch a 2-1 Sky Bet Championship victory over Bristol City at Ashton Gate.The hosts took a 75th-minute lead when substitute Sinclair Armstrong raced onto Max Bird’s through-ball and was tripped as he rounded goalkeeper Michael Cooper.Another replacement, Anis Mehmeti, drilled the resultin...Full Story »

Wycombe leapfrogged Birmingham to the top of League One after an impressive 5-0 victory at Stockport.Richard Kone’s brace, including a penalty, and Fred Onyedinma’s strike saw the visitors grab a three-goal advantage inside 18 minutes at Edgeley Park.Onyedinma’s header and Aaron Morley’s strike after half-time further confirmed Wycombe’s fifth successive league win ...Full Story »

CHRIS BIRCHALL's football career took him from Port Vale to Los Angeles - and now he's eyeing up the Premier League. The former LA Galaxy midfielder has retrained as a referee since hanging up his boots in 2016. Chris Birchall (right) could finally be ready to achieve his Premier League dream The former LA Galaxy midfielder has retrained as a referee Birchall played alongside David Beckham i...Full Story »

Xabi Alonso had been linked with the Liverpool job after Jurgen Klopp announced his decision to step down as manager. Xabi Alonso has revealed that he never seriously considered taking over the Liverpool job after Jurgen Klopp announced his departure earlier this year. He also believes that his Bayer Leverkusen team will be facing the best team in Europe when they clash with the Reds in the C...Full Story »

Marco Silva said Harry Wilson deserved his second half added-time brace after he came off the bench to help Fulham to come from behind and snatch a 2-1 victory over Brentford in the Premier League.A stunning goal from Vitaly Janelt looked set to give Thomas Frank’s side the points against their west London opponents at Craven Cottage.However, Wilson – who has not made a league start ...Full Story »

Substitute Harry Wilson scored two late goals as Fulham came from behind to beat west London rivals Brentford 2-1 in a Premier League thriller.The visiting Bees initially stung their hosts through Vitaly Janelt’s goal before Wilson came off the bench to net twice in stoppage time and settle matters at Craven Cottage.The dramatic climax enabled Marco Silva’s men to end a run of three ...Full Story »

Lincoln overcame a potential FA Cup banana skin at Chesham with a 4-0 victory at The Meadow.Goals by Jack Moylan, Jovon Makama, Conor McGrandles and an own goal from Callum Adebiyi set up an all-Sky Bet League One clash with Crawley in the second round.Chesham came close after 38 minutes when goalkeeper George Wickens had to claw away a looping Nathan Minhas header after a Samson Esan cross.Howe...Full Story »

Interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy is looking forward to getting to know Ruben Amorim better and has offered to help the new head coach and Manchester United in any way he can.Having returned to the club he shone for as a player in the summer as one of Erik ten Hag’s assistants, the fan favourite is temporarily filling in as manager following his compatriot’s sacking on Monday.Van Nist...Full Story »

An exasperated David Gray lamented “inconsistent” officiating after Hibernian were not awarded a stoppage-time penalty for shirt-tugging just minutes after Dundee United salvaged a 1-1 draw from a spot-kick given for the same offence.Hibs looked to be on course to end a five-game run without a win as they led through Lewis Miller’s first-half header.But for the fifth time in ni...Full Story »

Harrogate boss Simon Weaver applauded his players for performing in front of a “global audience” as they dumped Wrexham out of the FA Cup.Veteran striker Jack Muldoon’s first-half header secured a shock 1-0 success for the Sulphurites in the televised clash and, in a clear reference to the Dragons’ Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, argued his players&rsqu...Full Story »

Richie Wellens breathed a sigh of relief after his Leyton Orient side reached round two of the FA Cup by winning on penalties at Boreham Wood.Orient had eased into a two-goal lead after 49 minutes, Sonny Perkins and Dan Agyei the men on target, but the visitors hit back with goals by Tyrone Marsh and Charlie O’Connell making it 2-2 and taking the tie to extra time.“I’m relieved...Full Story »