January 2024

‘You must be mad?’ he shouts, the long goatee and curly hair resting on his broad shoulders unmistakable, even from a distance. Brian ‘Killer’ Kilcline is waiting for me on the platform. It is lunchtime in the Cornish town of St Austell. Come bedtime, we would have drunk tea in his ‘hobbit hole’ house, drank beer at…

Sky Sports’ lead commentator Martin Tyler missed covering a Premier League trophy lift for the first time in 20 years due to a sore throat. As revealed by Mail Sport’s Ahead of the Game, the 77-year-old had been due to commentate on Manchester City’s 1-0 win over Chelsea and the subsequent title celebrations at the Etihad…

Sky Sports’ lead commentator Martin Tyler missed covering a Premier League trophy lift for the first time in 20 years due to a sore throat. As revealed by Mail Sport’s Ahead of the Game, the 77-year-old had been due to commentate on Manchester City’s 1-0 win over Chelsea and the subsequent title celebrations at the Etihad…

Pep Guardiola will hand his champions two days off after Sunday’s visit to Brentford before ordering them to focus on a ‘once in a lifetime’ chance of football immortality. The end of yet another successful league campaign will be followed by finals in the FA Cup and Champions League which could steer City to only…

Pep Guardiola will hand his champions two days off after Sunday’s visit to Brentford before ordering them to focus on a ‘once in a lifetime’ chance of football immortality. The end of yet another successful league campaign will be followed by finals in the FA Cup and Champions League which could steer City to only…

Fulham boss Marco Silva insists Aleksandar Mitrovic has nothing to prove on his Old Trafford return following an FA Cup meltdown there in March. Mitrovic was handed an eight-game ban after grabbing referee Chris Kavanagh during Fulham’s FA Cup quarter-final defeat to Manchester United. The Serbia striker has scored three goals in two games since…

Fulham boss Marco Silva insists Aleksandar Mitrovic has nothing to prove on his Old Trafford return following an FA Cup meltdown there in March. Mitrovic was handed an eight-game ban after grabbing referee Chris Kavanagh during Fulham’s FA Cup quarter-final defeat to Manchester United. The Serbia striker has scored three goals in two games since…

Manchester United will want nothing more than to wreck Manchester City’s ambitions of emulating their 1999 Treble triumph when they meet in Saturday’s FA Cup final. Although Pep Guardiola’s side will start as overwhelming favourites at Wembley, Erik ten Hag has demonstrated enough tactical acumen this season to come up with an effective game plan….

Manchester United will want nothing more than to wreck Manchester City’s ambitions of emulating their 1999 Treble triumph when they meet in Saturday’s FA Cup final. Although Pep Guardiola’s side will start as overwhelming favourites at Wembley, Erik ten Hag has demonstrated enough tactical acumen this season to come up with an effective game plan….

Wayne Rooney believes Erik ten Hag should take a leaf out of Jose Mourinho’s book in Saturday’s all-Manchester FA Cup final.  Man United will bid to stop arch-rivals Man City from emulating their historic 1998-99 Treble-winning campaign when the two neighbours go head to head at Wembley next weekend. City have already got their hands…