Chris Hughton’s Ghanaian heritage is not widely known in the UK and Ireland, but it is in Africa. So when he was on holiday with his wife, Cheryl, in the country of his father’s birth earlier this year, his phone started to ping with messages from home. ‘Three days before […]
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Teemu Pukki scored twice to put Norwich 10 points clear at the top of the Championship and earned the praise of manager Daniel Farke as the leaders beat struggling Birmingham 3-1 at St Andrew’s. Pukki also missed a penalty before Iván Sánchez’s equaliser for the home side. The Finnish striker […]
Sir Alex Ferguson has led the tributes to Tony Collins, the first black manager in English league football, who has died aged 94. Collins was appointed as Rochdale manager in 1960 and took the club to the only major final in their history, in the League Cup, two years later. […]
WWJWD? The global pandemic was always likely to make for a quiet January Transfer Deadline Day, not least because lockdown means the supporting cast of extras including such characters as Stoke roll-up man and the fabled Finch Farm fake purple willy-waver are confined to barracks and unable to wreak their […]
Xisco Muñoz’s first game in charge of Watford ended with an impressive 1-0 win over leaders Norwich at Vicarage Road. The visitors looked dangerous early on but went behind just before the break when Ismaïla Sarr slid in to finish from a Ken Sema cross. Teemu Pukki had a penalty […]
Bournemouth jumped into top spot in the Championship on Tuesday night after a 68th minute goal from Junior Stanlislas gave them a 1-0 home win against Wycombe Wanderers. The victory put them ahead of Norwich, who play at Reading on Wednesday, on goal difference. Wycombe, who are firmly in the […]
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Swansea: Connor Roberts puts his head where it hurts to lift City up to fourth as Chris Hughton’s struggling side slip to a third straight defeat Swansea City moved to fourth in the Championship with 1-0 win over Forest Connor Roberts leaped highest to head home the […]
Reading’s indifferent form continued as they were thrashed 3-0 at home by Preston, though they remain top of the Championship, three points clear of Swansea. Although the visitors dominated the first half, Reading went close to breaking the deadlock through a header from top scorer Lucas João. Preston’s Daniel Johnson […]