Women’s FA Cup will get a TENFOLD increase in prize money from next season with the pot rising from just £300,000 to £3MILLION in a move which will ‘benefit so many clubs’

The Football Association has announced a huge £3million increase in prize money for the 2022-23 Women’s FA Cup. The current prize pot stands at just £309,000, meaning next season will see almost a tenfold rise in winnings. The FA are yet to decide on how the money will be divided and allocated but want all…

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‘”Chelsea” and “sporting integrity” don’t belong in the same sentence’: Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson tears into the ‘rotten’ world champions, calls for counterpart Bruce Buck to be ‘thrown out’ and vows to complain to the FA

Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson has ripped into Chelsea and branded the club ‘rotten’ for requesting to play their FA Cup quarter-final tie behind closed doors on Saturday. The Blues, who have been left in a state of limbo after owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the UK government last week, announced on Tuesday that they…

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‘”Chelsea” and “sporting integrity” don’t belong in the same sentence’: Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson tears into the ‘rotten’ world champions, calls for counterpart Bruce Buck to be ‘thrown out’ and vows to complain to the FA

Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson has ripped into Chelsea and branded the club ‘rotten’ for requesting to play their FA Cup quarter-final tie behind closed doors on Saturday. The Blues, who have been left in a state of limbo after owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the UK government last week, announced on Tuesday that they…

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MARTIN SAMUEL: How dare Chelsea lecture anyone on integrity given the root cause of their problems… why do they want to punish Middlesbrough’s fans for what is clearly their issue?

So whose smart idea was that? With new owners poised and waiting, there has been much speculation around which Chelsea executives will be asked to stay on. At least we now know who they don’t need. Whoever had the brainwave to issue arguably the most tone-deaf statement in the history of football can begin clearing…

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MARTIN SAMUEL: How dare Chelsea lecture anyone on integrity given the root cause of their problems… why do they want to punish Middlesbrough’s fans for what is clearly their issue?

So whose smart idea was that? With new owners poised and waiting, there has been much speculation around which Chelsea executives will be asked to stay on. At least we now know who they don’t need. Whoever had the brainwave to issue arguably the most tone-deaf statement in the history of football can begin clearing…

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‘It was not the very best idea… me and the team were not involved!’: Now even Thomas Tuchel hits out at Chelsea’s attempt to get Middlesbrough game played behind-closed-doors as he opens up on difficult week for the club after their win at Lille

Thomas Tuchel has criticised Chelsea’s request to play their FA Cup quarter-final against Middlesbrough this weekend behind closed doors. On Tuesday, the Blues asked the FA for the fixture to go ahead without fans ‘for matters of sporting integrity’ after they were not allowed to sell any more away tickets for the match due to…

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‘It was not the very best idea… me and the team were not involved!’: Now even Thomas Tuchel hits out at Chelsea’s attempt to get Middlesbrough game played behind-closed-doors as he opens up on difficult week for the club after their win at Lille

Thomas Tuchel has criticised Chelsea’s request to play their FA Cup quarter-final against Middlesbrough this weekend behind closed doors. On Tuesday, the Blues asked the FA for the fixture to go ahead without fans ‘for matters of sporting integrity’ after they were not allowed to sell any more away tickets for the match due to…

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Trent Alexander-Arnold faces a race against time to be fit for Liverpool’s title showdown with Manchester City after suffering a hamstring injury in the win at Arsenal… with the right back to miss England duty this month

Trent Alexander-Arnold is facing a race to be ready for Liverpool’s title showdown at Manchester City after he suffered hamstring damage. It is a huge blow for both Jurgen Klopp and Gareth Southgate, who will now be without the right-back for England’s friendlies against Switzerland and Cote D’Ivore, and Liverpool’s manager said the issue will…

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Trent Alexander-Arnold faces a race against time to be fit for Liverpool’s title showdown with Manchester City after suffering a hamstring injury in the win at Arsenal… with the right back to miss England duty this month

Trent Alexander-Arnold is facing a race to be ready for Liverpool’s title showdown at Manchester City after he suffered hamstring damage. It is a huge blow for both Jurgen Klopp and Gareth Southgate, who will now be without the right-back for England’s friendlies against Switzerland and Cote D’Ivore, and Liverpool’s manager said the issue will…

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Thomas Tuchel confirms Chelsea WILL travel to Middlesbrough by plane despite fears they would have to carry out a 10-hour coach journey for the FA Cup quarter-final tie amid Roman Abramovich’s UK sanctions

Thomas Tuchel has revealed Chelsea will be travelling to Middlesbrough by plane for Saturday’s FA Cup quarter-final showdown at the Riverside Stadium after amending their special Government licence. The Blues’ travel arrangements for this weekend’s Cup fixture were unclear amid sanctions imposed on owner Roman Abramovich by the UK Government. After Abramovich’s British assets were frozen…

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