United began to unravel and space opened up for Sone Aluko to exploit, which he promptly did with two goals inside three minutes, the first when he romped into the penalty box on the left to drive smartly between Pernis and the near post and then when got free for a low shot which left [...]

Bendtner and Cattermole are understood to have been for a meal at a Japanese restaurant in the city that evening. They were interviewed before being released on bail, leaving them available for selection for the club’s game at Tottenham on Sunday If the allegations are proved, Cattermole and Bendtner can expect to be heavily fined [...]

Police investigating the M5 motorway tragedy are focusing on a rugby club fireworks event held close to the scene, as details of more victims emerged. The stretch of the road, near Taunton in Somerset, has reopened for the first time it was closed in the wake of Friday evening’s smash, in which seven people died [...]

“We represent a massive club and we’re not running away from the mistakes, but we have to move on.” Moving on would, normally, include concentrating on Tuesday’s Champions League tie away to KRC Genk but Villas-Boas knew the agenda would be dominated by domestic matters even if he also disclosed that Didier Drogba – serving [...]

“I felt my ambition for where I wanted to take the club was not matched,” Hughes explained. “Historically, Fulham was a club that was happy to be in the Premier League and that was their ambition but it was not my ambition for them. “In conversations, they were saying, ‘We know exactly what you’re about [...]

“If I’m being true to myself, I think if I had gone around another year I would have regretted it.” Deacon amassed a club record 2,609 points in 326 appearances for Bradford and played in five consecutive Grand Finals for them, winning the Harry Sunderland Trophy as man of the match in 2002. He was [...]