It’s not easy being a Premier League referee, with the key decisions regularly determining the outcome of a match. This was certainly the case at Old Trafford on Saturday, with Rob Styles pointing to the penalty spot after J-Lloyd Samuel had fairly tackled Cristiano Ronaldo in the area. The arbiter had a bird’s eye view […]

With the creation of 24-hour news, transfer deadline day has now taken on the form of a Hollywood thriller. Sky Sports News has you on the edge of your seat, dangling carrots of information and keeping you captivated until the climax of the window closing. Will he, won’t he? How much?

Looking at the Premier League table, you might be forgiven for assuming that Bolton Wanderers have got off to a decent start this season. Indeed, if they hadn’t missed from the penalty spot at St James’ Park ten days ago, they could have seven points to show from their first three matches.

Who will be the first Premier League manager to be sacked this season? Last term, it was Jose Mourinho who unexpectedly left his post first, although it’s pretty safe to assume that Phil Scolari will not be walking away from Stamford Bridge anytime soon. However, there are already one or two gaffers looking over their […]

It’s often difficult to tell whether Premier League clubs care too much about the Carling Cup, especially when they make wholesale changes for these midweek matches. For example, Hull changed their entire team ahead of the visit to Swansea and couldn’t be too surprised when the Welsh club won the match. However, for Bolton, their […]

After all, a football club would be pretty pretty pretty foolish to let their best player leave for a few million, when he has the potential to make a difference over whether they stay up or not. This is not the first story linking this Fulham playmaker with a potential move back north, but surely […]

Experience goes a long way in the Championship, just look at what Hull City achieved with Dean Windass and Nicky Barmby last season. Ipswich Town manager Jim Magilton is hoping to emulate the Tigers’ success by bringing in a Spaniard who might just have one or two decent seasons of football left in him.

The Daily Mail reports that Bolton Wanderers have bagged Levante striker Mustapha Riga, but might have to partake in some legal malarkey in order to push the signing through.
According to the Mail’s press hounds:
“Riga is in dispute with his Spanish club after they failed to pay his wages for nine months.
“He has penned a two-year […]

Roy Keane is having a glorious summer, a host of players seem to be queuing up to play for his side, El Hadj Diouf being the fifth signing this close season, and Keano was quick to big up the fact the Senegalese striker was a bit of an annoying git.

Roy Keane wasn’t joking when, at the end of last season, he told reporters that he needed a large influx of players to ensure his team continued to survive in the Premier League. The Irishman seems to be set on signing an entirely new team at the moment, with a new face coming in every […]