We’re 19 games into the 2023/24 Championship campaign and the XI of the season is dominated by six standouts from Leeds United, Leicester City and Ipswich. This XI is based on WhoScored‘s player ratings… GK: Vaclav Hladky (Ipswich Town) Kieran McKenna’s Ipswich Town are taking the Championship by storm and […]
Saturday 2 December Bob Dylan: Shadow Kingdom BBC Two, 10pm A rare treat for Bobcats and an equally rare opportunity for the Bob-curious to find out whether the Bard of Hibbing’s quixotic way with live performance is for them. Where once it ranged whimsically across his back catalogue, his “Never […]
HERE’S HOW to tip the Scales in your favour. At the start of the season, Brendan Rodgers was planning without Stephen Kenny’s latest debutant at senior international level. Having joined Celtic from Shamrock Rovers, Liam Scales – like so many Irish youngsters before him – struggled to break into the […]
THE TRANSFER OF Leicester City winger Kasey McAteer to Ireland awaits the completion of one final piece of paperwork, Stephen Kenny has confirmed. Kenny revealed last month that he was close to securing an international transfer for a winger in the Championship, who was subsequently identified as McAteer. The Irish […]
CELTIC BOSS Brendan Rodgers hailed Irish defender Liam Scales after the reigning Scottish champions’ 3-1 Scottish Premiership win over Kilmarnock on Saturday. After joining from Shamrock Rovers in 2021, the 25-year-old was largely on the periphery of the squad initially. He spent last season on loan at Aberdeen and appeared to […]
ERLING HAALAND EQUALLED another record as Manchester City increased the pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal with a 3-1 win over relegation-threatened Leicester. The prolific Norwegian struck twice at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday to draw level with the competition’s record of 32 goals for a 38-game season. His double […]
LEICESTER HAVE PARTED company with manager Brendan Rodgers as they look to maintain their Premier League status. The Foxes dropped into the bottom three after Saturday’s last-gasp defeat at Crystal Palace, which extended their winless run to six games. Rodgers, who recently celebrated four years in charge at the King […]
