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The Carabao Cup has reached the Semi Final stage of the competition and tonight sees the first of two semi final clashes take place, not only that it is the first of two, two legged encounters as the all conquering Manchester City play host to EFL Championship outfit Bristol City. …

Monday is out of the way but transfer gossip at this time of year is not bound by days of the week, with that in mind there is another hefty serving of rumours this morning, so once again I will look to separate the wheat from the chaff as I …

The F.A. Cup 4th Round Draw Liverpool v West Brom Peterborough v Fleetwood/Leicester Huddersfield v Birmingham Notts County v Wolves/Swansea Yeovil v Manchester United Carlisle/Sheffield Wednesday v Stevenage/Reading Cardiff/Mansfield v Manchester City MK Dons v Coventry Millwall v Rochdale Southampton v Watford Middlesbrough v Brighton/Crystal Palace Bournemouth/Wigan v Shrewsbury/West Ham …

Tonight’s fixture at The AMEX Stadium is one that will make history as we will see the the introduction of the Video Assistant Referee for the game between Brighton and Crystal Palace. If it’s not called upon then it will mean the match has passed by with few talking points, …

Another week is upon us and what better way to start it than by diving head first into a big pile of transfer gossip, now I’m going to cut through all the rumours and give you a full run down on what is making the headlines on the back pages. …

The pressure continues to mount on Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane after his side were held to a 2-2 draw away at Celta Vigo last night, a result that sees the defending La Liga champions now 16 points behind their arch rivals Barcelona. In an evening where Gareth Bale made …

La Liga table toppers Barcelona celebrated their £142m capture of Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho in perfect fashion as they continued their unbeaten start to this La Liga campaign with a comfortable 3-0 win over Levante at the Camp Nou. Ernesto Valverde’s men have picked up where they left off after …

The F.A. Cup has returned and once again the discussion as to it’s standing in the modern day game has come to the fore. For the Premier League clubs it can be only be deemed something of a nuisance as it is a competition that gets in the way of …

With the news that Philippe Coutinho is set to move to Barcelona for a staggering £142m, it got me thinking as to just how much money has been spent if you were to build the most expensive team in the world. So as it’s a Sunday and an F.A. Cup …

Arsenal start their defence of the F.A. Cup this afternoon as they travel to the City Ground to face Nottingham Forest but they do so with Arsene Wenger serving the first of a three match touchline ban after comments he made about Mike Dean at the tail end of 2017. …