John Fallon looks back on Irish soccer’s 2017

Daniel Storey shares the weekend’s storylines...

On Thursday afternoon, a day after Dynamo Kiev had been beaten 2-1 for Chelsea’s first win in five games and all the players had gone home, Jose Mourinho was finally able to corral his coaching staff for an intense session of their own.

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Jon Walters knows all about being on Roy Keane’s bad side but the Stoke player insists they have cleared the air.

With Giovanni Trapattoni having previously been warned by the FAI that he needed to put a stop to his media outbursts about Ireland players, apparent evidence of fresh tension between the association and the manager has surfaced in the wake of Stephen Kelly’s stinging response to the Italian’s claim that the player had issued a ‘play me or I go’ ultimatum.

Everton must do without midfielder Marouane Fellaini for the next three matches after he was banned for his clash with Stoke's Ryan Shawcross.

West Ham have confirmed manager Avram Grant will not take charge of the team for Saturday’s Barclays Premier League match at Stoke so he can observe the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur.

FOOTBALL’S obsession with turning Transfer deadline day into a drama to rival a James Bond thriller came to a grinding halt yesterday as the Premier League seemed to run out of money and Robbie Keane out of options.

ARSENAL defender Bacary Sagna was dropped last month as he was struggling to cope with the two-year anniversary of the death of his brother.

Peter Andre is to join This Morning as a showbiz reporter, ITV said today, as the flagship daytime show is revamped for its new series.

Arsenal look to be closing in on their pursuit of Russia international Andrei Arshavin – provided they can overcome the hurdle of the “unacceptable” fee demanded by Zenit St Petersburg, according to the player’s agent.

NEWCASTLE United supporters make no secret of the fact that they have a particular affinity for the FA Cup, more than half a century after the black and white ribbons were last draped on the famous old trophy.