Mark Hughes speaks on remaining as head coach of Carlisle United after the club suffered relegation from League Two for the 2024/25 season. Since joining in February, Hughes fostered a strong bond with fans, united the squad, and led the team to three consecutive victories, a feat not achieved in over two years. With only one home defeat under his leadership, Hughes is set to guide the Cumbrians back to
Newport County confirm the appointment of former Manchester United Under-21s coach and assistant manager David Hughes as their new manager. Hughes, who has a strong background in youth development, previously held senior coaching roles at Cardiff City, Southampton, and managed the Wales Under-17 team. A former professional footballer with Aston Villa and Wales, his career was cut short by injury at 26. He is joined by assistant manager Wayne Hatswell,
Brentford player Iwan Morgan went viral after he falls over advertising board during a throw-in then scores in his team’s title win. It was an exciting encounter that saw the young Bees beat Bournemouth 3-2, a result which meant Brentford B had won the Under-23 PDL2 play-off final. It also meant Brentford ended Bournemouth’s 14-game win streak, incredible achievement in the club’s first season in the competition. But it was
Released Sheffield Wednesday youngster Joey Phuthi admits he was blindsided by Josh Windass as a video of an X-rated rant emerges. Speaking on Open Goal, Windass had said: “We had a young lad called Joey. I think he’s been released, he’s p*** anyway. “I was speaking to him in the canteen and one of our coaches said ‘have a word with Joey, he never runs more than 9k in a
Everton say they are working with police as they condemn “threatening” abuse sent to Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s wife on social media. They also said it was racist and misogynistic abuse directed, calling it criminal and against the club’s values. They have a zero-tolerance policy for such behaviour and are working with Merseyside Police and the Premier League to identify and hold the perpetrators accountable. The club urges reporting of such abuse
Plymouth’s relegation from the Championship was mocked by a Sheffield United player as the FA release written reasons regarding the incident. An independent Regulatory Commission has sanctioned Plymouth Argyle and Sheffield United for the mass confrontation at their EFL Championship fixture on Saturday 12 April. It was alleged that Plymouth Argyle and Sheffield United failed to ensure their players and/or technical area staff did not behave in an improper and/or
It was absolute chaos on Monday afternoon as Sheffield United’s Twitter gets hacked with tweets made about Barry Bannan. As per The Star, the club used its fan services account to alert supporters, with a post saying: “Due to an online attack, Sheffield United’sX social media account has been temporarily compromised. Any posts, interactions or private messages made from the account are not authorised by the club.” A statement has
With fans back in the stands, we look at every attendance in the Premier League, EFL and non league including the biggest of the week. It was a busy few days of football with supporters up and down the country going through the turnstiles to watch their sides all in action. The last 7 days saw the most highly anticipated clashes, local derbies, managerial debuts and with that in mind,
Two promotions have been confirmed following the 2024/25 National League North and South playoff finals played out this afternoon. In the lunchtime kick off, Boreham Wood secured promotion to the National League with a 1-0 victory over Maidstone United in the National League South promotion final at a sold-out Meadow Park. Charles Clayden scored the only goal of the game two minutes into the second half, curling a stunning left-footed
Jamie Vardy was left emotional after scoring a 200th Leicester goal on what was his 500th and final appearance for the club. In the words of John Percy, it was always going to happen, a trademark finish, trademark celebration and a fitting end to an outstanding career at Leicester. He joined the Foxes from then non league Fleetwood Town in 2012. Some called it a risky signing. But he’s gone
