Steve Bruce received the unqualified backing of Aston Villa legend Nigel Spink as the man to get the club back into the Premier League. A member of the Aston Villa side which won the 1982 European Club Champions Cup final, Spink isn’t convinced that his former club will qualify via the automatic promotion places. Second-placed … Read more
Reading appointed Paul Clement as their new boss yesterday and the former Swansea manager wasted no time in declaring that his experience with the Welsh club will be put to good use in Berkshire. “It’s a great opportunity at a club I’ve always respected in my years in coaching,” he said. The man who shot … Read more
Faced with a run of one win in the last 18 games, Reading sacked Jaap Stam today, as per a report from The Telegraph. The official statement from the Royals said, “Reading Football Club announce that Jaap Stam has left his position as manager of the club with immediate effect. “Majority shareholders, Mr Yongge Dai … Read more
He was the one who got away, according to Arsenal fans at the time. After impressing at MK Dons on loan and during his first season at Wolves on loan, that assessment seemed to be right. Benik Afobe was destined for the top. Things haven’t quite worked out as planned and now the Bournemouth striker … Read more
Aston Villa’s hopes of finishing in the automatic promotion places crashed against the rocks with consecutive defeats against Queens Park Rangers and Bolton Wanderers, with no-one else but Steve Bruce to blame. Those were the combative words of Kevin Phillips, an assistant coach at Derby County in his weekly column for the Express & Star. … Read more
When Chris Coleman walked away from the Wales job to join Sunderland in November 2017, he knew he had a huge task on his hands to save the club from a second successive relegation. Four months later, he is no less enamoured with the club but knows his future is in the hands of others. … Read more
Leeds United, one of the Championship’s biggest clubs and serial underachievers, is on the verge of imploding after owner Andrea Radrizzani criticised the players earlier in the week for failing to show “commitment, passion and spirit”. The Italian made no attempt to hide his disappointment at the club’s failure to challenge for the promotion places … Read more
After a run of eight consecutive defeats, words mean nothing to Birmingham City; points are all that matter. The newly-appointed Blues boss tweeted: Seen a lot of things to like in our first week. Everyone committed to making it count. pic.twitter.com/ByP3ZTFkEo — Garry Monk (@GarryMonk) March 13, 2018 Monk took over nine days ago and … Read more