Wales’ hopes of qualifying automatically for Euro 2024 were dented by a 1-1 draw in Armenia.Lucas Zelarayan came back to haunt Wales again with a fifth-minute opener before a Nair Tiknizyan own goal in first-half stoppage time restored parity.The draw helps neither side as far as joining already-qualified Turkey in the top two is concerned.Even beating Turkey in Cardiff on Tuesday would no...Full Story »

Struggling Northern Ireland found no respite in the freezing temperatures of Helsinki as they suffered a seventh defeat of their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign in a 4-0 loss to Finland.Michael O’Neill’s injury-ravaged side started well but crumbled after Joel Pohjanpalo’s penalty late in the first half, with second-half goals from Daniel Hakans, Teemu Pukki and Robin Lod piling ...Full Story »

Man City have reached a full agreement on a record-breaking deal for Leeds United starlet Finley Gorman worth £1.2million in total, sources have told Football Insider. It is believed that everything is now in place for the 15-year-old to join the Premier League giants following negotiations taking place over months. The fee is a British record for someone of his age and comes after his im...Full Story »

Man City have agreed a deal with Leeds to sign 15-year-old Finlay Gorman and the Premier League champions won’t stop there when it comes to shopping at the Yorkshire club. According to The Athletic, it will be a British record transfer fee for a player of that age, which currently stands at £2million from Jermaine Pennant’s move in 1999 from Notts County to Arsenal. Man Cit...Full Story »

Northampton ended their six-game winless run by beating Burton 2-0 at Sixfields in League One.After a tight first half, the Cobblers dominated the second and came away with all three points thanks to goals from Marc Leonard and Sam Hoskins.Joe Powell curled an early free-kick over the angle of post and crossbar as Burton made a bright start before the home side grew into the game and enjoyed a g...Full Story »

Oleksandr Zinchenko scored the pick of the goals as 10-man Arsenal secured a comfortable win over Burnley to move level on points with Premier League leaders Manchester City.Mikel Arteta’s side took advantage of rivals Tottenham losing earlier in the day to pick-up a 3-1 victory over struggling Burnley, whose captain Josh Brownhill cancelled out Leandro Trossard’s brave opener at the...Full Story »

Gerard Pique was accused of cheating following an acrimonious split with pop superstar Shakira last year - but he has now insisted that the public only know 10% of the story Gerard Pique insists that the public do no know the full story (Image: Europa Press via Getty Images) Gerard Pique has opened up for the first time regarding his acrimonious split with Shakira - and the public reaction tha...Full Story »

Reading manager Ruben Selles urged his team to be more ruthless in front of goal after a scrappy 1-1 home draw with Bristol Rovers in League One.Bottom-of-the-table Reading went ahead five minutes before the interval when striker Sam Smith rifled in his first goal of the season.But Rovers levelled in the 57th minute when former Reading loanee Chris Martin lofted a fine shot over home keeper Davi...Full Story »

Reading remain rooted to the bottom of League One and are now winless in eight matches after they were held to a scrappy 1-1 draw by Bristol Rovers at the SCL Stadium.After a disjointed first half, Reading went in front in the 40th minute when Sam Smith drove home his first goal of the season.Chris Martin levelled for Rovers in the 57th minute, but the game drifted towards a stalemate long befor...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest ended their six-match winless streak in style as they beat Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League at the City Ground.Forest had not won since beating Chelsea way back on September 2 and the pressure had begun to grow on boss Steve Cooper as they slipped down the table.But goals from Ola Aina and Orel Mangala lifted the gloom and the performance was a reminder that they are a dif...Full Story »

Vincent Kompany insisted Burnley were not getting the rewards their performances deserve after they slumped to a top-flight record sixth straight home defeat to start the season, losing 2-0 to Crystal Palace at Turf Moor.A mistake from Jordan Beyer allowed Jeffrey Schlupp to put Palace in front in the 22nd minute and, despite dominating the ball and having 16 shots to Palace’s four, Burnle...Full Story »

Burnley became the first club in top-flight history to lose their opening six home fixtures of a season as Crystal Palace deepened the gloom over Turf Moor in a 2-0 win for the Londoners.Jeffrey Schlupp put Palace ahead in the 22nd minute and Tyrick Mitchell’s second Palace goal sealed it in stoppage time as Burnley suffered a club-record eighth consecutive top-flight home defeat, a run th...Full Story »

Philippe Clement thanked the Rangers supporters for backing their team in the 5-0 win over Dundee at Dens Park but asked them to leave the pyrotechnics at home in future.The match was delayed by 45 minutes after the Rangers team bus was held up in traffic and then suspended for 18 minutes after the travelling fans let off a large number of flares that triggered fire alarms under the stand.Ranger...Full Story »

Substitute Kenneth Vargas scored his first Hearts goal to secure a 1-0 victory over Livingston and ease the pressure on manager Steven Naismith.The Jambos started the night in the bottom six of the cinch Premiership and, after failing to win any of their previous three matches, they looked set for more frustration until their Costa Rican summer signing stepped off the bench to make their dominan...Full Story »

Managerless St Johnstone finally ended their wait for a first league win of the season as they secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Kilmarnock at McDiarmid Park.In their first match since manager Steven MacLean lost his job, the Saints got off to a dream start with Nicky Clark grabbing a double in the first 10 minutes.Kilmarnock grew into the game, though, and Kyle Vassell’s volley got t...Full Story »

Maidenhead ended a 13-match winless streak in the National League by hanging on to edge out Eastleigh 3-2 and move off the bottom of the table.After claiming two wins from their opening four fixtures, Maidenhead had spiralled in recent weeks but they made a bright start and went ahead when Remy Clerima netted following a goalmouth scramble.The hosts were two up inside 15 minutes as Casey Pettit ...Full Story »

Alex Neil claims the last seven days have shown what his Stoke side are capable of in the remainder of the Sky Bet Championship season.Having started the campaign reasonably slowly, the Potters have exploded into life in the past week with successive victories over Sunderland, Leeds and Middlesbrough.The latest of those wins saw them triumph 2-0 over Boro at the Riverside Stadium thanks to first...Full Story »

Queen’s Park saw their winless Championship streak extended to eight games following a topsy-turvy 2-2 draw at home to Partick Thistle.The hosts dominated the majority of the first-half possession but could not break the deadlock with efforts from Lewis Reid and Dom Thomas kept out before Alex Bannon headed wide, while the Spiders had a goal ruled out for a foul on Thistle goalkeeper Jamie...Full Story »

Ryan Hardie took his Championship goal tally to six as Plymouth kept bottom-placed Sheffield Wednesday winless with a 3-0 victory at Home Park.Mustapha Bundu and Morgan Whittaker scored within a four-minute spell at the end of the first half to put Argyle 2-0 up and 70th-minute substitute Hardie added the gloss.Winless Wednesday have now lost 10 of their opening 13 league games, with their new b...Full Story »

Thomas Frank celebrated five years in charge at Brentford with a much-needed 3-0 Premier League win over 10-man Burnley.But there was another VAR issue for Darren England to deal with after Neal Maupay had an early header ruled out.Goals from Yoane Wissa, Bryan Mbeumo and Saman Ghoddos secured a first home victory of the season for the Bees.But earlier Brentford striker Maupay saw a first-half g...Full Story »