Manchester United assistant boss Mike Phelan is confident the usual animosity between rival fans at tomorrow’s FA Cup fourth-round tie with Liverpool at Anfield will not spill over into something more sinister.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish does not think last week’s defeat to Manchester City will have any bearing on their two-legged Carling Cup semi-final.

THE KOP has always been good at coming up with amusing little ditties.

CAPTAIN Matt Mills struck the only goal as Championship side Reading claimed another notable scalp to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals for a second successive year.

Everton 0 Reading 1

THREE points for Burnley and plenty of bullish rhetoric from both sides, but results elsewhere suggest that both these sides will still be plying their trade in the Championship next season.

Another blast of wintry weather in the UK led to more problems for travellers today, with forecasters predicting further snow over the weekend.

Three people died after being caught up in avalanches and three others were killed in a crash on a snowy stretch of motorway as the cold snap continued to grip Britain today.

WAYNE ROONEY was not at Manchester United in 2002 – but he has heard the song often enough to make sure he intends tomorrow to be payback time for Arsenal.

Manchester United 5 Tottenham 2

NEW Argentina boss Diego Maradona held “helpful and positive” talks yesterday with Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez and his captain-elect Javier Mascherano.

Man Utd 4 Hull City 3

A speeding case against boxer Amir Khan is due back in court today.

Liverpool’s conquering heroes brought the European Cup back for keeps tonight in an emotional return to the city.

Casino operator Stanley Leisure today unveiled plans to bring a slice of Las Vegas to Yorkshire in England in a move that could also create more than 1,000 jobs.

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The six passengers and four railway employees killed in the Selby train disaster were unlawfully killed, an inquest jury decided today.

Leeds midfielder Seth Johnson today admitted driving at 135mph on a motorway while over the drink-drive limit.

Leeds midfielder Seth Johnson was arrested today on suspicion of drink-driving, the club said.

The IRA has been responsible for death and terror both in Northern Ireland and on mainland Britain for more than three decades.

Liverpool's Premier League sideshow tonight could produce a major psychological boost, claims defiant Phil Thompson.

Police fear up to 150 people may have been injured in this morning's rail accident near Selby in Yorkshire.

The death toll in the Selby rail crash has risen to 13, with a further 50 people injured - 30 of them seriously - following this morning's collision involving two trains and a Land Rover at Great Heck, near the Yorkshire town of Selby.

The death toll in the Selby rail crash has risen to 13, with a further 30 people seriously injured.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue officials now say 13 people have been killed in the Selby rail crash.