RTÉ release lovely clip of Billo's final day. Not a dry eye in the house…

Andre Villas-Boas insists he is the right man to lead Tottenham up the table despite yesterday’s humiliating defeat to Liverpool.

Mesut Ozil has apologised for failing to acknowledge fans after Arsenal’s 6-3 hammering at Manchester City.

Kris Commons believes Celtic paid the price in the Champions League this season for the club’s unwillingness to pay the going rate for a quality striker to replace Gary Hooper.

Celtic dramatically crashed out of the Champions League for the second time this season with a 1-0 play-off defeat by Maribor at Parkhead taking the visitors through 2-1 on aggregate.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti admits the European champions still have plenty of room for improvement after seeing them open their Primera Division campaign with an uninspiring 2-0 win over minnows Cordoba.

Antrim 1-10 Clare 4-28

Stoke 1 Everton 1

Chelsea 2 Liverpool 1

Newcastle 0 Arsenal 1

Jack Colback struck in injury time to earn Sunderland a point and stun managerless Cardiff.

Aston Villa 1 Swansea 1

Stoke boss Mark Hughes hit out at referee Martin Atkinson after being sent to the stands as his nine men succumbed to a 5-1 drubbing at Newcastle.

Malky Mackay insists he still does not know when he will hold critical talks with owner Vincent Tan which could decide whether he remains as manager of Cardiff.

West Brom 1 Hull 1

Malky Mackay reiterated that he will not resign as Cardiff manager following his side’s 3-1 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield.

There were first-round wins for Leitrim and Galway, while Roscommon and IT Sligo drew in the FBD League this afternoon.

Aston Villa 1 Sheffield United 2

Tyrone, Donegal, Monaghan, Derry, Antrim and Cavan were victorious in the Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup in Ulster this afternoon.

Toronto-bound Jermain Defoe started his Tottenham swan song by scoring the winner as Tim Sherwood enjoyed another victory.