Norwich hauled themselves off the bottom of the Premier League table with their first away win of the season to pile the pressure back on Everton manager Marco Silva.

Shots fired. A fresh round in an ancient war: big-time pro from across the water versus small-time Chicken Leaguer.

Respect. It is not just an Otis Redding song, or Aretha Franklin’s cover version.

Martial’s first-half penalty secured a 1-0 triumph.

Former Cork City manager John Caulfield fears the League of Ireland will be scraping a fragile existence a century from now, without major support from the FAI. And he warns Cork City will never be more than a couple of years of poor results from a threat to the club’s survival.

He kitted out for Manchester United in the 90s alongside such footballing legends as Roy Keane, David Beckham and Ryan Giggs.

A warning to all those disenchanted Arsenal fans heaving a sigh of relief that the Unai Emery era has drawn to a close: while there are a number of credible candidates who could take his place, I don’t think there is a manager out there possessed of the kind of magic wand which would be needed to cure all the club’s ills overnight. Or, for that matter, any time soon.

Nostalgia is bigger than it used to be. A great fear of what’s coming down the tracks has turned the world towards the good old days.

It was all sweetness and light between Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp at the Football Writers’ Awards dinner in Manchester last Sunday.

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.

Liam Brady is "looking forward to a good row with the lads", after it was confirmed that the famous RTÉ football panel will be back in the harness next week — on Premier Sports.

David Gray released White Ladder on this day in 1998. He tells Des O’Driscoll about the slow-burn success of the album that changed his life.

There are obvious holes to be picked in the belief it is never a bad idea to watch a game of football.

Former Dublin coach Mick Bohan reckons Jim Gavin agreed to stick around for an eighth season as manager partly because “he felt under pressure from his group” to do so.

Gerry Cox No, argues Gerry Cox

So long to the childhood sweetheart, hello to the rebound trainwreck.

Troy Parrott landed back to turbulent Tottenham yesterday but at least there are no tremors looming for his international career.

Daniel Storey asks if Mourinho will change for Spurs or if Spurs will change for Mourinho.

Jose Mourinho has been appointed as Tottenham’s new manager following the sacking of Mauricio Pochettino.

Mauricio Pochettino has left Tottenham Hotspur.