Wayne Rooney believes he is ready to return to Premier League action after making his comeback from a horrific thigh injury in Manchester United’s 2-1 win over Newcastle in the …

Sam Allardyce hopes last night’s thrashing at the hands of Wigan will stun some of his young players in to realising how much they need to improve to play regular …

Jay Rodriguez admits he would much prefer to play up front for Southampton than out wide but promised to do his utmost however Nigel Adkins chooses to utilise him. The …

One of the most colourful club managers in English football from the 1970’s and 1980’s John Bond died on Wednesday aged 79. Bond – always dapperly dressed and often seen …

The English Football Association has charged Wigan manager Roberto Martinez for publicly criticising a referee. Martinez was unhappy about a penalty being awarded to Manchester United, and about Danny Welbeck …

Emmanuel Frimpong is in line for an early return to Arsenal duty after recovering from the serious knee injury he sustained while on loan at Wolves last season. The 20-year-old …

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says he is concerned by his leaky defence after the English champions were dumped out of the Capital One Cup in the third round on …

Liverpool goalkeeper Brad Jones has dismissed criticism of team-mate Jose Reina’s form and insists he has no worries about the Spain international’s form. The 30-year-old has, by his own high …

Reading boss Brian McDermott admitted his players have yet to reach the level of performance he knows they are capable of producing, but is hoping that changes when they travel …

Former Chelsea manager Avram Grant on Tuesday slammed the Football Association (FA) for taking action against John Terry, but admitted he was surprised by the player’s decision to end his …

Arsenal forward Theo Walcott insisted on Tuesday that his delay in signing a new contract has anything to do with money. Talks over extending the 23-year-old’s contract, which expires at …

Stale Solbakken takes his Wolves side to Stamford Bridge on Tuesday with comprehensive knowledge of their Capital One Cup opponents thanks to his fanatic Chelsea-supporting father. Norwegian Solbakken grew up …

Roberto Di Matteo has revealed he wanted to sign Victor Moses “years ago” as the Italian looks set to hand the 21-year-old his full Chelsea debut. After adding Oscar and …

Arsene Wenger is confident Arsenal are firmly on the right track after continuing their encouraging start to the season with a draw at Manchester City. Many pundits expected the Gunners …

Liverpool defender Daniel Agger could be back in action sooner rather than later after a scan revealed no ligament damage to his injured left knee. The Denmark captain was stretchered …

Premier League referee Mark Halsey has made a complaint to Greater Manchester Police after receiving two abusive tweets. Halsey received the insulting messages on Sunday on the social networking site …

The Twitter abuse directed towards English Premier League referee Mark Halsey has been described as “beneath contempt” by the match officials’ union, Prospect. Halsey was the victim of two abusive …

England manager Roy Hodgson said on Monday that he had “reluctantly” accepted John Terry’s decision to call time on his international career, as the centre-half contested a Football Association racism …