After an apparent confrontation between Sergio Aguero and a Wigan fan following Man City’s FA Cup defeat, the FC crew discuss the incident and their concerns about fans storming the pitch.
Football’s police lead for England and Wales has told the BBC that disorder at English football grounds will continue to rise if clubs fail to cover policing costs.
Deputy chief constable Mark Roberts, of South Yorkshire Police, delivered his warning after a pitch invasion marred the aftermath of after Wigan’s FA Cup win over Manchester City on Monday, with a fan confronting City’s Sergio Aguero.
Police figures show a growth in incidents including pitch encroachments, the use of pyrotechnics at…
Former Arsenal defender Sol Campbell feels Arsenal need to spend big on a few defensive players to keep up with the Premier League’s best.
Grimsby Town are open to talking to Sol Campbell about their vacant managerial position — and the former England defender wants to make it happen.
Campbell made headlines this week when he said he could not understand why he — “one of the greatest minds in football” — was getting overlooked for jobs.
He was speaking after failing to land the Oxford job, but Grimsby chairman John Fenty has said he is willing to speak to the 43-year-old as he searches for a replacement for Russell Slade.
“I’m surprised…
Kick It Out has said there is ‘still significant work to be done.’
Anti-discrimination group Kick It Out has said incidents of racism, anti-gay abuse and other discrimination have increased by 38 percent from last season in the top four divisions of English football.
The group said that although this could be partially due to incidents having been made easier to report, the increase should serve as “a wake-up call.”
It said there had been 111 incidents of discrimination since August, with 64 of those happening at Premier League games and 47 in the other three divisions.
Those…
Huish Park was the site of a bizarre drone stoppage on New Year’s Day.
Crawley Town benefitted from an extra break when a drone spotted above the pitch delayed their League Two game at Yeovil by about 10 minutes on Monday.
The match was level at 1-1 but the hosts were down to nine men when the officials stopped play in the 80th minute and the players came off after the security breach.
The drone eventually flew off, and after play resumed Crawley were able to find a late winner. Their manager Harry Kewell — the former Australia star — said the interruption gave him…
Charlie Cooper was handed his marching orders on Monday.
It was a case of like son, like father on Monday as a Forest Green player and his manager both received red cards within moments of each other in a League Two match in England.
Rovers player Charlie Cooper — a reported target of Middlesbrough — was sent off with a straight red card for a bad foul in the 39th minute of his team’s game against Wycombe Wanderers.
And in protesting the decision, Forest Green’s manager — and Cooper’s father, Mark — was promptly sent to the stands by referee…
Shaun Harvey wants the EFL to keep progressing on issues such as the appointment of BAME candidates.
All 72 English Football League clubs have agreed to interview at least one black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) candidate for vacant manageri…
Dermot Drummy won the 2010 FA Youth Cup with Chelsea.
Chelsea’s head of youth development Neil Bath has led the tributes to former manager Dermot Drummy, who died on Monday aged 56.
Drummy worked as Chelsea’s academy boss — winning the 2010 FA Youth Cup — and later as reserve-team manager before taking the role of international head coach in June 2014.
After leaving Chelsea he took over at League Two side Crawley in April 2016, departing 13 months later.
Bath said on Chelsea’s official website: “There are no words to convey the sense of shock and…
Harry Kewell has won four matches out of 18 in charge of Crawley Town.
Harry Kewell has “apologised for any misunderstanding” regarding “exaggerated” reports of a furious confrontation with Crawley Town fans.
The Socceroos legend was embroiled in a post-match storm after Saturday’s 4-0 defeat to Wycombe Wanderers left his League Two side in 21st place and outside the bottom three only on goal difference.
UK media allege at full-time Kewell approached a group of angry supporters and reportedly had to be held back by security and his own players.
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Rainbow-coloured corner will be used in Football League games this month.
Every English Football League ground will display rainbow-coloured corner flags between Nov. 25 and Dec. 3 in support of Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign.
Launched in 2013, the campaign is a show of solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender fans, players and staff across football.
As in previous years, players are invited to wear rainbow laces in their boots and the clubs have also been provided with rainbow captain’s armbands and programme adverts, while match officials have also…
Tim Gudgin read the football results on BBC TV for more than 15 years.
Tim Gudgin, who read the classified football results on BBC television for more than 15 years, has died aged 87.
Gudgin’s family told the BBC he died peacefully at home on Nov. 8.
He retired in 2011, having taken over the job of fronting the results service in 1995 following the death of Len Martin.
After finishing National Service in 1950, Gudgin joined BFN Radio in Germany as a newsreader and occasional sports reviewer before becoming a studio manager for the BBC European Service when he returned…