Top flight title dreams became nightmares

Apr. 2 | Newcastle United: 1995-1996Lead: 12 pts.Final position: 2nd. The most spectacular fall of all, as a difference of 12 points in January was downgraded from afar by Manchester United – reference complaining about Kevin Keegan famous “I love...

Rangers in administration: Walter Smith gives backing to Paul Murray and Blue Knights

Mar. 30 | AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota Those achievements, and the way he comported himself during a traumatic second spell at the club, have conferred gravitas on the 64 year-old. His opinions carry weight and are worth listening to. Which...

Rangers will not be bought by Sale Sharks owner Brian Kennedy after bid is deemed too low

Mar. 30 | AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota “I am glad the process is now moving on and I hope the administrators now go with the Paul Murray/Blue Knights bid as they have the best interests of the club and the supporters at heart.” Administrators...

RFU’s naming of Stuart Lancaster holds a lesson for football: FA should not stick with Stuart Pearce

Mar. 30 | AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota As Lancaster was being sworn in on Thursday, football was growing restive again. “It’s gone on too long. Nobody seems to know what’s happening,” said Terry Venables, who took England to the semi-finals...

Pep Guardiola refuses to blame referee and San Siro pitch for Barcelona’s Champion League draw with AC Milan

Mar. 30 | AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota “To win the Champions League, you have to overcome a lot of things, that’s what makes some sportsmen better than others,” Guardiola told reporters. “Things happen and you have to...

Italian jobs carry serious health warning… just ask former Inter Milan manager Claudio Ranieri

Mar. 30 | AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota Claudio Ranieri, shipped out by Inter Milan this week after a threadbare sequence of results, has become – scarcely believably – the 16th coaching casualty of this Serie A campaign. The sugar-daddies...

Lionel Messi serves up magic for Barcelona but AC Milan pull off top trick in Champions League 0-0 draw

Mar. 30 | AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota The failure to land that away goal may serve to put a little extra pressure on the champions; Roberto Di Matteo may have felt strangely comforted. Still, though, at the end of a match in their own citadel...

Terry Venables fears FA delay in appointing Fabio Capello’s successor could set England back at Euro 2012

Mar. 30 | AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota With just 70 days to go before the start of the tournament in Poland and Ukraine, the FA has failed to make headway in its search for a successor to Fabio Capello. Stuart Pearce remains in caretaker charge...

Rangers in administration: Martin Bain drops legal action against Ibrox club

Mar. 30 | AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota He further criticised the “shocking” damage he said has been “inflicted” on the club. Bain’s role at Rangers ended after Whyte’s takeover in May last year. The stricken...

St Mirren v hearts: sense of injustice on Craig Beattie Danny Lennon adds spice to the reproduction of the Scottish Cup

Mar. 21 | For the fourth time this season hearts senior squad members have not received their wages to time and its director, Paulo Sergio, admitted his unhappiness in that are not of his own making but problems arising within the Tynecastle club, whose Web site...