You simply can’t beat a goalkeeper scoring a goal

YOU can keep your last-minute winners and 35-yard thunderbolts. You can forget promotions and trophies.

Famous faces help build the brand…

DOES Frank Lampard deserve the Coventry job? Is Wayne Rooney the right man for Plymouth?

Burton Albion regime need to wise up

BURTON Albion's FA Cup exit at the hands of Tamworth was coming a mile off, the Brewers are a mess and...

Talented wideman is hitting his stride

PLAYER PROFILE ANIS MEHMETI BRISTOL CITY WINGER By Chris Dunlavy ONE TO WATCH: Anis Mehmeti is becoming a key man for...

‘Jon’s gone but we have to crack on’

PREVIEW By Chris Dunlavy EXIT: Jon Brady called time on his Cobblers reign NORTHAMPTON T v PETERBOROUGH U Tomorrow, Kick-off: 8pm...

LET’S BE POSITIVE ABOUT OUR CHANGING GAME

Graham Westley EX-STEVENAGE, PRESTON, PETERBOROUGH AND NEWPORT MANAGER AS I stood on the side of the pitch watching my lad Joe...

EFL Team of the Week: Liverpool loanee proves credentials in big Middlesbrough win

It was a full house of EFL Championship fixtures while Leagues One and Two went on their FA Cup journeys, apart...

Shaun Barker: ‘It hasn’t been my whole focus and that helped me’

SHAUN Barker never attempted to conceal the fact that he had no burning desire to play football.

WHITES & THE BLADES SPEED ON

MIDWEEK ROUND-UP By John Lyons LEEDS and Sheffield United maintained their pace at the top of the table with comfortable home...

ALFIE DOUGHTY

PLAYER PROFILE LUTON TOWN WING-BACK Wand of a left foot is magic for Hatters By Chris Dunlavy TECHNIQUE: Alfie Doughty creates...

TANAKA AND ROTHWELL SHOW CLASS

Chris Dunlavy TAKING CONTROL: Leeds midfielder Ao Tanaka in action against Luton in midweek PICTURE: Alamy WHEN Ethan Ampadu and Ilia...

Prince puzzle puts Blades in the dark

Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL CLARITY? Chris Wilder must be joking. When it comes to Prince Abdullah, smoke, mirrors...

Bryon Webster: ‘I’ll take a pen if needed though my family would say leave it!’

EVERGREEN Byron Webster has been a footballer for two decades and enjoyed plenty of notable moments.

EFL Team of the Week: Middlesbrough duo combine for five goals in unstoppable performance against Oxford United

There were goals galore at the weekend in the EFL, with Middlesbrough scoring six, Leeds United winning in a seven-goal thriller...

Bell’s boys get set for biggest test

PREVIEW By John Lyons KEY MAN JAYDEN STOCKLEY Port Vale UP FOR THE CHALLENGE: Crewe boss Lee Bell PORT VALE v...

Watch out for the exciting Boro boys

Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL LEEDS have got the firepower. Burnley have got the squad. Sheffield United are practically...

LET’S NOT GET TOO CARRIED AWAY BY US HYPE

Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL GOOD JOB: Ryan Reynolds IN A segment on the BBC’s Monday Night Club, football...

Nigel Clough enjoys Mansfield Town’s leap into League One

UPBEAT Mansfield Town boss Nigel Clough says he is ‘delighted’ with the way his players have adapted to the step up...

‘People writing us off helped – It gave us a point to prove’

WATFORD, we were told in August, is a broken club. A rookie manager. A disinterested dressing room. An owner who couldn’t...

FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2024-25

WELCOME to the latest update of Fantasy Football League. Today’s update covers the period Sunday, November 3 through to Saturday, November...