We wanted it to work out for David Moyes.

Former Manchester United star Gary Neville feels his former club should stand apart from the culture of firing managers when things don’t go well immediately.

Soccer writers Miguel Delaney and Tim Abraham address the big sporting question of the day.

Manchester United is a club associated with dignity and class, but those values look to be consigned to the history books with an appalling and short-sighted decision to sack David Moyes as manager.

Should Manchester United look abroad to replace David Moyes, who are the best potential candidates?

Norwich City 2 Liverpool 3

Everton 2 Manchester United 0

Liverpool: This latest heart murmur just wasn’t necessary

Chelsea 1 Sunderland 2

“I honestly think Liverpool will win the league,” said Clare’s powerhouse half-forward John Conlon this week.

Roberto Martinez has no doubt Everton fans will find the right balance when David Moyes makes his first return to Goodison Park as Manchester United manager.

Just last week on Second Captains Niall Quinn declared he would not advise his own son to move to an English club at 16.

PREMIER LEAGUE:

Everton hosting Crystal Palace at Goodison Park on Wednesday was always going to be a tough game for the Toffees, as their opponents had won three on the bounce and surged from relegation candidates to relative mid-table safety under the guidance of the experienced Tony Pulis.

Eleven years on from digesting the words of rejection from Martin O’Neill, Michael Doyle stands on the cusp of becoming the first Irish FA Cup final captain since 2008.

Tonight’s FA Cup semi-final against Wigan is one of the most important in Arsene Wenger’s entire career — and will go a long way to deciding his future.

A mixed week at the upper echelons of the bullshit trade. We lost one of the greats. It says much about the business The Ultimate Warrior was involved in that many people took time to be convinced he was really dead and that the announcement wasn’t a stunt.

Back in 1996, just before Champions League cash really began to change football, an official from one of that season’s semi-finalists was caught in a discussion about the future of the game.

A season which began full of promise and was then torn apart by injury could yet end on a high note for Robbie Brady, with the Hull City winger eyeing up a comeback in time for Ireland’s summer friendlies and, possibly, a Wembley cup final.

Out of the Champions League, out of the title race, out of the battle for the top four, the FA Cup and Carling Cup both a distant memory; Manchester United’s miserable season is now complete and their 2014-15 campaign will begin almost immediately — in the boardroom rather than on the pitch.