Port Vale chair Carol Shanahan says she "came away shaking" after voting to end the League Two season despite the club being one point outside the play-offs. The English Football League said clubs "unanimously indicated" a wish to end the season via a "framework" including tables decided on points per game. Vale are eighth in League Two and would miss out on any potential play-offs. It wasn't an easy thing to do.
It may be the season of good cheer, but those festive celebrations have been on short supply in Torquay as the football club have been extremely poor on the pitch and have failed to win any of their last seven league games. With so little points coming in, it should come as no surprise to learn that they have dropped down the league and they go into this weekend’s fixture just five points off the bottom four.
Tottenham HotspurNewcastle (a, 15 July), Leicester (h, 19 July), Crystal Palace (a, 26 July)Spurs are looking at a season without any European football unless they can close a three-point gap on Wolves (or two points on Sheffield United if seventh place is enough). ArsenalLiverpool (h, 15 July), Aston Villa (a, 21 July), Watford (h, 26 July)Arsenal will be guaranteed a Europa League group place if they win the FA Cup - they face Manchester City in the semi-finals on 18 July.
We rely on our outstanding staff to deliver an exceptional service and experience to fans at Old Trafford," executive vice chairman Ed Woodward said in a statement. We understand that these are unprecedented circumstances and want to give them security whatever may happen regarding our remaining fixtures this season.
But he left Los Angeles last month and the Sun say sources in Italy are confident that he is going to re-sign for Milan imminently. Ibrahimovic spent two years with the Serie A outfit, initially on loan before sealing a permanent move and winning a league title. Paper Round’s view: Love him or hate him, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is box office wherever he goes.
The visitors have kept clean sheets in 31% of their away games this season and their hosts have failed to score in 33% of their home games, adding further weight to our prediction for a 1-0 win for Colchester on Saturday. 28% of Morecambe’s and 24% of Colchester’s league games this season have produced exactly 1 goal, making a 1-0 scoreline the most common result for both teams so far this season.
I think he gave an extraordinary answer, the reality is that I have dedicated my life to football and so has he (Klopp), I don't know what value my opinion has when I know nothing about this situation," Setien told a news conference on Friday. There are much more competent people out there who can talk about this issue, it's as if people want to know everything but I don't understand these questions, I guess people feel they have to ask something.
Seven wins on the spin in the Premier League is a great achievement, we have a winning mentality," Rodgers said. We fight and work and see where it takes us. Chelsea manager Frank Lampard got the better of former team mate John Terry, assistant manager at Aston Villa, as his side shrugged off back-to-back league defeats with a 2-1 victory to consolidate fourth spot.
I think you should protect the players. What I think now is that they use the players to just entertain other people. Who defends the players? You basically defend other people because you want the game to go on. Players in the top two divisions of Dutch football stood still for the first minute of matches last weekend as a protest against racism after Excelsior forward Ahmad Mendes Moreira was racially abused by a section of FC Den Bosch supporters.
So if it's not safe enough for fans to be inside a stadium, why should it be safe for players to be in there?"The Premier League has been suspended since 13 March because of the Covid-19 pandemic and most teams have nine fixtures left to play. Deeney's side Watford were outside the relegation zone on goal difference when the season was halted; Hanley's Norwich were bottom of the table, six points from a position of safety.
The curse had struck. Liverpool finished seventh, trophyless, Benitez was sacked at the end of the season and they still wait to win the title to this day. Other than that, it was a stunningly accurate prediction. Man City sack Hughes and appoint Mancini - now why would they do that? Roberto Mancini led Manchester City to the Premier League title in 2012It was December 2009 - and after much speculation, Manchester City sacked Mark Hughes.
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Everybody had a fine from Sir Alex at some point. Even for the slightest things - you were in the treatment room without his permission, you got fined. He used to love fining you for anything he could. The classic was when we were training in the winter - we were on the way back from the gym and the roads were clear but it had been snowing. I had a car full of players, He was in front of me in his Mercedes doing about 10mph.
We know that there are some things more important than football, and that the coronavirus shutdown is for the greater good. But that still doesn't alleviate the boredom of a Saturday with a blank fixture list, does it?There were, though, some clubs and players that did their best to entertain us. The Football Manager simulationGiven the amount of football-related video games there are, it was inevitable that someone would simulate their fixture.
Only Werder Bremen have conceded more home league goals than Hoffenheim. Borussia Dortmund have only lost one of their last 13 league games. Borussia Dortmund have won their last two away league games, scoring six goals. Hoffenheim have only won one of their last five league games. Hoffenheim had a good win in midweek away at Union Berlin.
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The reforms in 2017, which they deemed sufficient, led to BAME representation on the board reaching 10%, 10% representation from the LGBT+ community and 40% representation by women. The Premier League has shown its solidarity, with players' names replaced on the back of their shirts with 'Black Lives Matter' for the first 12 matches of the restarted season, and a Black Lives Matter badge will feature on all shirts for the rest of the campaign.
Meanwhile, defending champions Rennes needed penalties to beat Amiens and fourth division Saint-Pryve Saint Hilaire stunned Ligue 1 Toulouse 1-0. Toulouse fans missed Carnejy Antoine's 96th-minute winner because they had been kicked out of the ground by police after smoke bombs and flares saw the game suspended for 10 minutes. Toulouse are bottom of the top flight after losing 10 consecutive games in all competitions.
Given the recent efforts of this pair, 'Both Teams to Score' appeals. For all Bolton have started to struggle again, they do have a good recent scoring record at home. The Trotters have found the net in each of their last seven at home. At the other end, they've failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last four at Macron Stadium, as well as in all but one of their last nine overall. Both teams have scored in six of their last seven at home. Much of the same can be said for Portsmouth, who've scored and conceded in each of their last three on the road. They've also found the net in each of their last 12 games overall.
This list is going to be tough to compile, isn't it?Harry Kane is waiting for his first trophy with Tottenham but he is top of one list - with 10 Premier League goals in north London derbies, he's ahead of the rest and one to watch this weekend. Only Jimmy Greaves and Bobby Smith are ahead of Kane on the all-time Spurs scoring chart. Could he break the record? He's still only 26. Robbie Keane (Tottenham 2002-08, 2009-11) Another forward who had two spells with Spurs, Robbie Keane was prolific worldwide during his fine career.
The last three away Bundesliga games that Bayer Leverkusen have played all had both teams score in them. Bayer Leverkusen have scored in seven of their last eight competitive away games. Both teams have scored in four of the last six Porto games. All three Porto home games in the Europa League this season have seen both teams score.
El Cholo' has struggled this term since losing talisman Antoine Griezmann to Barcelona, with Los Colchoneros currently wallowing in sixth place in La Liga. Andrea Berta, Atleti’s director of football, is a "huge admirer" of Poch who was sacked by Spurs back in November, but the Argentine is said to prefer a return to the Premier League.
PSG have garnered 65 points and are top of the standings while Dijon, with 27 points, are 17th. While they seem likely to win this league race, PSG have shown a bit of cracks lately. They have three wins in the last five matches, and in the five games, they have conceded 12 goals. They have however scored in all of the five matches.
Miller describes it as "a wee bit more spartan" than the squad had grown accustomed to, while Bannon remembers a hairy police escort from the airport and "individual rooms that were like little caves with a tiny window". But the focus was on the opening game with Denmark. They might have been among the best in Europe but the Danes were also adept at the other side of the game, successfully hobbling Nicholas, whose selection with Paul Sturrock caused Archibald to storm out of a team meeting in a huff.
There is a lot of stuff going around in the wind at the moment due to the coronavirus outbreak and the impact that it has had on the football season. Reports on Tuesday morning that Liverpool are interested in bringing Kylian Mbappe to the Premier League fill a space and create lots of talk but it is not something the club will necessarily want to be associated with at the moment.
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Werder Bremen are playing a woeful season, in the Bundesliga things are not in shape at all, after 20 matches in the Bundesliga they have managed to get 17 points which is totally below par compared to Bremen we used to know, they have one of the worst defense in the league and will suffer it again against one of the best attacking team in the Bundesliga with new wonder kid Haaland on board of Borussia Dortmund.
One factor that could keep him in Manchester is Guardiola's good personal relationship with City's director of football Txiki Begiristain, who gave him his chance in management at Barcelona, and with City CEO Ferran Soriano, another ex-Barca man. A dejected Manchester City manager / head coach Pep Guardiola during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Crystal PalaceGetty Images On top of that, Guardiola may feel a sense of responsibility to Khaldoon Al Mubarak, the City chairman and the man behind the club's financial power through their United Arab Emirates owners.
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Take this Sunday for example. Sivasspor, third in the table, take on fourth-placed Galatasaray, both teams level on points, a measly one point away from leaders Istanbul Basaksehir. Sivasspor held the lead for much of the season - there is of course still time to get back to the top - before a shaky run of form allowed their rivals to catch up.
We should have gone better than we did in the second half but you have to give them credit as well," Van Dijk said. Unfortunately we got that red card with Alisson then we just had to defend. City have now won only once in their last five games in all competitions and will be kicking themselves after twice leading at struggling Newcastle.
The 61-year-old Becali, who made a fortune in real estate after the fall of communism in 1989 and served as a member of the European Parliament, praised CFR Cluj coach Dan Petrescu, a former Chelsea and Southampton right back, for restoring discipline at the club. Look at Dan Petrescu," said Becali. CFR players have sex only once a week.
