QPR are closing in on the signing of Gary Hooper from Celtic. The Londoners have fought off keen interest from premier league sides Norwich and Hull, who both had bids rejected for the forward. Rangers offered £5m for the striker and are believed to be concluding personal terms. Hooper’s Celtic side are traveling to Belfast … Read more
Financially troubled Portsmouth have named ex player Alan McLoughlin as the club’s new first-team coach. The forty-six year old played for the south coast side during the nineties and with over 300 appearances to his name he is considered to be a true club legend. McLoughlin has also been working in the academy for the … Read more
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is usually called in to mediate high profile sporting disputes and this season has been involved with the Spanish FA to uphold bans on Rayo Vallecano and Malaga participating in next season’s Europa League. However, CAS is now being called to rule on Thurrock FC’s relegation from the … Read more
Big 4 championship clubs – transfer report As another season seems to be somewhat just around the corner, clubs scour the transfer market for any additions to the squad along with getting rid of the unwanted players. I’m going to be taking a look at the ins and outs so far of the 5 favourites for promotion next … Read more
On July 8th Sky Blues fans were once again dealt another heavy blow when they found that the club they support, which has already had to endure irresponsible ownership and financial struggle, will now no longer remain in Coventry and instead ground share with Northampton Town 34 miles away. Not only is the move a … Read more
In a week in which English under-21 international Tom Ince has had a £8million bid accepted for his services and Spanish international David Villa has been valued at £4.4million, you can see the huge gulf in the valuation of players from England compared to the rest of Europe. For a number of years now there … Read more
Newly-promoted Crystal Palace’s £6 million deal to bring Dwight Gayle to Selhurst Park may strike as one of the more surprising deals in this summer’s transfer window, but it will rank as a shrewd move by Ian Holloway to those aware of his frenetic rise through the leagues. Palace’s move for Gayle would complete his … Read more
As a Leeds fan myself I have seen Byram play a lot last season and I saw something massively impressive in the young full-back and I firmly believe he has what it takes to play at the highest level as he is only 19 and has many years of progression and development to come. Can’t … Read more
Now that all English sides involved in the melodrama of the play-offs know which division they’ll be playing in next season, but with still two months before the first fixture of the next Football League season, we can aimlessly speculate about how well those moving up and down the leagues are likely to do next … Read more
Many of the plaudits for Crystal Palace’s promotion to the Premier League may have gone to Wilfried Zaha and his extraordinary season in which he was capped by England and earned a £15 million move to Manchester United. Zaha is however, just one of a series of youngsters to graduate from Crystal Palace’s production line, … Read more