The game was suddenly thrust into the spotlight following a controversial decision by the National League to play when the rest of the world was announcing postponements because of the coronavirus.

It has been such an unusual Premier League season, even Crystal Palace seem to be aiming for European football, writes Daniel Storey.

Look, they’re going to make this 10 times harder than it needed to be, writes Steven Kelly.

Ask any long-suffering Liverpool fan like me what's been missing over the last 30 years, and one name comes to mind - Graeme Souness.

Will the bargain have been worth it when Faust calls in the loan?, asks Enda McEvoy.

It was a case of in with the old but also in with the new, when Vera Pauw yesterday unveiled her provisional squad for Ireland’s crucial Euro 2021 qualifiers.

Westwood has effectively signalled his exit from Sheffield Wednesday, while condemning the "rumours, lies, and accusations" being spread online.

Jimmy was diagnosed with dementia in 2009, a condition his family believes was directly related to his football career.

At Vicarage Road, Carlo Ancelotti’s Everton were drawing 2-2 with Watford and had been reduced to 10 men. They made an immediate substitution, but did not sit back and try and defend their one point.

I’ll bite the bullet and boldly predict it’s inevitable; we are going to be playing in next season’s Champions League — and that’s as much as you’re going to get.

Taking his lead from Jurgen Klopp and club captain Jordan Henderson, Van Dijk refuses to countenance the question of ‘when?’ preferring to preface such talk with ‘if’ about the title lift

Daniel Storey gives his Premier League review.

Mick McCarthy says that Adam Idah has put himself “right into our thoughts” with his sensational hat-trick for Norwich in their 4-2 FA Cup win at Preston.

With the 2019/20 Premier League now just past its halfway point and a busy Christmas programme almost done, it’s time to hand out some imaginary mid-season awards.

How very West Ham. The club’s owners twice gave Manuel Pellegrini an ultimatum that he must win his next match to avoid the sack, and twice saw their side win.

Jurgen Klopp insisted on Christmas Eve that he is not a man to invite himself to a party without having something worth celebrating.

Allegations of racism again marred the weekend’s football schedule, with Chelsea’s Antonio Rudiger the victim during his side’s win at Tottenham.

Just when a beautiful story, which famously began with a newspaper asking ‘Arsene Who?’ looked to be instead ending with a headline of‘Arsenal Who?’, the Gunners have taken one tiny step torediscovering their identity.

Daniel Storey casts his over the Premier League's weekend action.

ARSENAL likes to boast it is 'always ahead of the game.' Maybe they were, once, but now the club is in a mess of their own making having sacked head coach Unai Emery less than halfway through his second season in charge.

Shuffle served up The Killers’ Smile Like You Mean It on the way to the game. The line ‘Dreams ain’t what they used to be’ seemed apt. Spurs have gone for change, a break with all that has been created over five years that brought so much joy to so many. But no trophies. And it seems that is the only measure that matters. So we’d better get on with it.

Mourinho starts as he means to go on at Tottenham...

Gerry Cox No, argues Gerry Cox

"Declan has chosen to play for England and Roy Keane needs to get over that."

Roy Keane hasn't spared ex-Ireland hopeful Declan Rice in a withering assessment of the midfielder who chose to play with England over the Republic.

Nathan Collins is confident that decimated Ireland can keep their U21 European Championship challenge on course in Armenia today.

Spurs teenager Troy Parrott and Celtic's Lee O'Connor both make the move up from Stephen Kenny's U21 squad

Newcastle roared into a three-goal lead and then held off a late comeback to beat West Ham 3-2 at the London Stadium.

Liverpool left it late to maintain their six-point advantage at the top of the Premier League on Saturday.

Everton midfielder Fabian Delph has stressed the need for the Toffees to build momentum as they prepare to host Tottenham on Sunday.

After what United fans have been through this past six months, one doesn’t wish to sound ungrateful.

Daniel Storey with the main talking points from the weekend's Premier League action.

Barring one adventurous run in which he cut inside a couple of Georgian defenders into their penalty box, Matt Doherty made little impact during the stalemate in Tbilisi.