Category: Football

Former Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick has returned to the club as caretaker head coach. Carrick replaces Ruben Amorim, who was shown the door on 5th January after never gelling at the club. It’s the second time Carrick has been called upon by Manchester United to serve as a caretaker…

Manchester United missed the chance to move level on points with Chelsea, who are in fourth place in the Premier League table, as the Red Devils let victory slip away from them at Old Trafford. Ruben Amorim’s men led three times in Monday night’s game against Bournemouth and must have…

The goal machine that is Manchester City’s Erling Haaland broke yet another record this week as he reached the benchmark of 100 Premier League goals in the fewest games. It took the Norwegian sharpshooter just 111 games to reach the century, smashing Alan Shearer’s long-standing record. It took the Blackburn…

Erling Haaland has long been a sensational goalscorer, scoring almost a goal per game on average throughout most of his career to date. The 2024/25 season was something of an anomaly, however, as the Norwegian netted only 22 times in the Premier League for Manchester City. That’s not a bad…

A long time ago, it wasn’t unusual to see players represent both sides of Manchester – United and City. Before World War II, there was little rivalry between the two clubs, so switching from one to the other caused few problems for players. Since the war, however, the number of…

As a manager in English football, if you join a club that features David Moyes, Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson, you can be sure you are doing pretty well. Moyes has won nothing like the silverware of the other two Premier League legends. However, he has enjoyed incredible longevity…

Manchester City opened the 2025/26 Premier League season with a 4-0 win away from home against Wolves. Erling Haaland got a brace, while new signings Tijjani Reijnders and Rayan Cherki also scored, the former looking particularly impressive. Following the comprehensive victory, many wondered if City might have returned to their…

Ahead of the first Manchester derby of the 2025/26 season, neither City nor United had made a particularly impressive start. So when the sides met at the Etihad on Sunday, 14th September, the pressure was on both sides to put in a performance and get a positive result. As it…

Considered by many to be one of the greatest football managers of all time, Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola has an impressive managerial record against most sides. However, there does appear to be a team against whom Pep’s magic touch falls short, and that team are their Premier League rivals Tottenham…

Just four years after Manchester City splashed a whopping £100 million to purchase Jack Grealish from Aston Villa, the club have allowed him to join Everton on a season-long loan. At the time of his move from Villa to City, Grealish appeared to have the world at his feet. He…