2024

So the farewell tour started with a frightful scare for Chelsea in the humble surroundings of Luton Town followed by a sigh of relief as Romelu Lukaku, the most expensive of all the footballers signed under Roman Abramovich, came to the rescue. Twelve minutes remains when Lukaku, the club’s £97.5million record signing, turned in a…

Ralph Hasenhuttl raised eyebrows by ringing the changes and needed one of his first-choice picks to come off the bench and inspire Southampton into the quarter-finals. ‘Trust every player we have,’ he urged after introducing nine new faces for this fifth round tie. But, regardless of the faith he may have in his back-ups, in attack…

Ralph Hasenhuttl raised eyebrows by ringing the changes and needed one of his first-choice picks to come off the bench and inspire Southampton into the quarter-finals. ‘Trust every player we have,’ he urged after introducing nine new faces for this fifth round tie. But, regardless of the faith he may have in his back-ups, in attack…

Another season and another trophyless one for Tottenham. Spurs’ hopes of ending their silverware drought were ruined by Middlesbrough on Tuesday night. Antonio Conte’s side suffered a shock 1-0 defeat by the Championship outfit after extra-time to knock them out of the domestic cup competition. Spurs were beaten in the Carabao Cup semi-finals by Chelsea…

Another season and another trophyless one for Tottenham. Spurs’ hopes of ending their silverware drought were ruined by Middlesbrough on Tuesday night. Antonio Conte’s side suffered a shock 1-0 defeat by the Championship outfit after extra-time to knock them out of the domestic cup competition. Spurs were beaten in the Carabao Cup semi-finals by Chelsea…

Luke Garrard finds sleep elusive as Everton loom and he plots more FA Cup thrills for Boreham Wood and wonders how he will react if he bumps into Ashley Cole inside Goodison Park. ‘I’m driving my wife mad,’ admits Garrard. ‘She says I’m thinking too much. I’m wired. Up at 4.30am after going to bed…

Luke Garrard finds sleep elusive as Everton loom and he plots more FA Cup thrills for Boreham Wood and wonders how he will react if he bumps into Ashley Cole inside Goodison Park. ‘I’m driving my wife mad,’ admits Garrard. ‘She says I’m thinking too much. I’m wired. Up at 4.30am after going to bed…

Manchester City are sweating on the fitness of star defender Ruben Dias ahead of Sunday’s derby. Dias was substituted at half-time of Tuesday night’s 2-0 FA Cup victory at Peterborough United with what Pep Guardiola described as a leg injury. The 24-year-old is undergoing tests and City are awaiting those results before they can ascertain…

Click:cement block machine Manchester City are sweating on the fitness of star defender Ruben Dias ahead of Sunday’s derby. Dias was substituted at half-time of Tuesday night’s 2-0 FA Cup victory at Peterborough United with what Pep Guardiola described as a leg injury. The 24-year-old is undergoing tests and City are awaiting those results before…

Ruben Loftus-Cheek has been widely praised by Chelsea fans after shining as a makeshift centre-back in the side’s 3-2 win against Luton on Wednesday. The Blues were looking to book their place in the quarter-finals of the competition, but they got off to the worst possible start when Reece Burke put Luton ahead inside two…