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When it comes to saying it straight, few football managers get close to the one and only Mick McCarthy. Born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire as the son of an Irish immigrant it’s no surprise Mick is rarely afraid to speak his mind when in range of a microphone. Before becoming …

Ah, the ‘one season wonder’. Players who lit up the Premier League for a brief yet brilliant period, before seeing their form drastically dip before falling off the proverbial cliff face. There’s something quite enchanting about a one season wonder – burning brightly before fading swiftly back into obscurity – …

The Premier League is fast approaching three decades since its inception in the early nineties, with English football’s landscape having changed significantly over the course of the division’s existence. Football’s finances continue to boom as fees and figures soar season upon season, whilst the league’s foreign influx has raised the …

Since the introduction of the European Champion Clubs’ Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1955, seven British teams have secured themselves at least a qualification place in European competition and been relegated to the second tier of English football in the same season. Five of these have been in …

Sheffield United are taking the Premier League by storm this season, currently sitting in the top six despite it being their first season back in the top flight since 2006/07. The Blades were playing in the third tier for a sixth successive campaign just three seasons ago, which makes their …

The third round of the FA Cup was drawn in full on Monday.  Liverpool will host Everton in the pick of the third round draw for the oldest cup competition in world football. The Merseyside Derby will come at a pivotal point in the season for the Reds, who are …

Leicester City’s 9-0 win over Southampton equalled the record for the biggest winning margin ever in the Premier League.  The Foxes shocked the world when they claimed the Premier League title in 2016, but they will forever be in the history books after Friday night’s demolition of the Saints. It …

For the vast majority of newly promoted club’s, simply preserving their top-flight status is the sole objective in their debut Premier League campaigns. Research suggests a little under half of all teams promoted to the Premier League suffer relegation after just one season, but there are of course exceptions to …

The worst kind of defeat is a humiliating one. For all the Premier League prides itself on its competitiveness, history tells us there are occasions when the playing field simply isn’t level. Free-flowing attacks and defences that continue to capitulate, there’s nothing quite like when the flood-gates open for a …

This just in: Roy Keane and Jonathan Walters still do not like each other. If anyone was still wondering whether or not the former Manchester United captain was worried about how people thought of him, then his comments last night should dispel any notion once and for all. As is …