BREAKING NEWS: Select Premier League and Championship football clubs will be allowed to have safe-standing areas from January for the first time since standing was banned in 1994 Premier League and Championship clubs have been invited to trial safe standing Persistent standing in stadia has been banned in English football since 1994 Safe standing was … Read more
Sol Campbell claims football fans need to ditch their ‘archaic’ attitudes to non-white managers… insisting he’s one of many talented bosses missing out on jobs at the biggest clubs Sol Campbell has spoken out about the imbalance of ethnic minority managers He believes supporters have a big influence in choosing which manager a club hires and that may … Read more
Wayne Rooney defers portion of his £90,000-a-week wages to help Derby through their cash crisis as newly-appointed Rams boss agrees to spread pay-packet over longer period Wayne Rooney will defer a portion of his wages to help Derby in their cash crisis The new Rams manager was given a two-and-a-half year contract last month He has … Read more
Millwall want to BAN Sky Sports from screening their clash with Watford amid dispute over story on fans booing players who took the knee – and club are prepared to sacrifice £75,000 broadcast fee Sky Sports are due to broadcast Millwall’s December 29 game with Watford live But Millwall are moving to ban the broadcaster … Read more
Football fan facing LIFETIME ban from Championship side for booing players who took a knee… with clubs using CCTV to single out supporters who jeer gesture One club has reviewed video footage and witness statements to identify a fan The fan could become the first in the country to be permanently banned The move follows … Read more
Arsenal will be among the first football clubs whose fans will be allowed to return to stadiums for matches next week, but Manchester United will miss out, following the announcement of a new regional tier system today. Liverpool will also be in the first wave of top tier matches allowed to admit spectators. Football and … Read more
Sports fans have received the news they have waited months for – stadiums will re-open from December 2 when the current Covid-19 lockdown in England is eased. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that the country will return to the tier system of coronavirus restrictions early next month and sports venues in tiers one and … Read more
Wayne Rooney is expected to learn on Monday whether he has tested positive for coronavirus as he faces the possibility of missing Derby’s next three games. England’s record goalscorer was visited at his home last Thursday by Josh Bardsley — the younger brother of Burnley defender Phil Bardsley — unaware that Bardsley Jnr had been … Read more
Former England star Wayne Rooney ‘takes emergency coronavirus test amid fears he could’ve caught the virus off infected pal who delivered a luxury watch to him at his house’… a week before he played for Derby against Watford on Friday night Derby captain Wayne Rooney has reportedly suffered a coronavirus scare The 34-year-old has taken … Read more
The EFL have rejected the Premier League’s £150million rescue package because they do not accept the conditions attached to what is primarily a loan. The offer of financial help, which was ordered by the Government to get football through the pandemic, is not a part of the Project Big Picture plan which has rocked the … Read more