The FC crew examine the World Cup playoff draw in Europe and Italy’s chances of qualifying for Russia.
Steven Davis met the Duke of Cambridge last week and will earn his 100th Northern Ireland cap on Thursday, but insists the World Cup playoff with Switzerland is more important than such personal landmarks.
Southampton midfielder Davis, 32, will become just the third Northern Irish centurion, following in the footsteps of Pat Jennings and Aaron Hughes when he leads Michael O’Neill’s team out at Windsor Park in the first leg against the Swiss.
It is another significant milestone for a player who recently…
The Duke of Cambridge presents Steven Davis with his MBE on Tuesday.
Southampton and Northern Ireland captain Steven Davis spoke of his honour after receiving his MBE at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.
Davis was presented with his medal by the Duke of Cambridge, who is president of the Football Association.
The 32-year-old said it was an “honour that I will cherish” to be given an MBE at such a point in his career.
He added: “I think to get it in any given field is huge, and obviously to still be playing as well, it’s unbelievable. It’s nothing I ever expected, to…
ESPN spent a day behind the scenes at Everton to find out why they are the “people’s club.” Just in case you’d managed to forget about him, former Tottenham and Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood emerged from the shadows this week to provide his views on youth football in a television debate show. One of his complaints, among many others, was that too many youth footballers in England consider themselves No. 10s.
This was a particularly peculiar complaint considering one of English football’s failings over the past few decades is the inability to produce talented, creative, gifted No. 10s…
The pressure continues to mount for bottom-of-the-table Sunderland after Southampton cruised to an easy win.
English Premier League: Shane Long (90’+2) Sunderland 0-4 Southampton
English Premier League: Shane Long (88′) Sunderland 0-3 Southampton
English Premier League: Vito Mannone (74′) Sunderland 0-2 Southampton
Manolo Gabbiadini continued his sensational start to his Southampton career by scoring twice in Saturday’s 4-0 rout of bottom club Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.
The Saints added a third via a Jason Denayer own goal and substitute Shane Long bagged a fourth late on as the EFL Cup finalists claimed a morale-boosting win ahead of their big Wembley date with Manchester United.
It was only the south coast side’s second Premier League win since mid-December.
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Nathan Redmond and Southampton were deserved winners, taking the game to Liverpool at St Mary’s.
Southampton took a big step towards their first League Cup final in more than 30 years by upsetting the form book with a 1-0 semifinal first leg win at home against a disappointing Liverpool.
Nathan Redmond’s early goal was enough to give the Saints a narrow, but deserved, lead to take to Anfield in two weeks’ time.
Redmond and Cedric Soares both missed gilt-edged opportunities to give the Saints a 2-0 lead, which would have put them within touching distance of Wembley.
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