Perhaps the biggest surprise about Peter Swan, the larger-than-life former Leeds United and Hull City defender, is that it has taken so long for his story to be told in print.

The mark of champions is the ability to blow teams away and make sure the opposition can't cope with you. Liverpool won that game at Manchester City in the space of 25-30 minutes and in that time they could have made the margin of victory even bigger....

But the Denmark international has vowed to make the most of his team-mate's misfortune after the Slovakian was injured in Sunday's win at Manchester City.

& 8220;It& 8217;s important that a club, such as Manchester City and as big as this one, needs to have the profile of European football.

Martin Skrtel may face months out of the game after a scan showed he had damaged his posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee when he fell awkwardly late into the win at Manchester City on Sunday.

The Swiss blasted the super-rich investors willing to buy and part with clubs 'like you would sell a shirt', citing the example of former Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra, who sold up to Abu Dhabi United Group amid allegations of corruption i....

Hughes will not be travelling to Abu Dhabi to discuss potential purchases with the club's chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak until the November international break. But another bid for Blackburn Rovers' Roque Santa Cruz, for whom City's offer of 15m was r....

After around two hours' sleep, he set off to confront her in Coventry, ignoring friends' pleas to wait until he had sobered up.

McCormick had been drinking all evening at an ex-team-mate s wedding in Bolton and had just two hours sleep when he went to confront girlfriend Naomi Richards in Coventry over allegations on the internet site Facebook that she had cheated on him.

Fabregas, who underlined his importance to Arsenal with a last-minute equaliser in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Sunderland, insisted it was his choice to stay with the Gunners last summer and that he has not abandoned the logic that kept him in north Londo....

McCormick had been drinking all evening at an ex-team-mate s wedding in Bolton and had just two hours sleep when he went to confront girlfriend Naomi Richards in Coventry over allegations on the internet site Facebook that she had cheated on him.

he is definitely a one-off. I remember one game for Hull at Middlesbrough when I got a whack in the eye and had to come off.

Being from Leeds, I particularly enjoyed one at Manchester where me and the missus were sitting in the VIP area surrounded by Manchester United players such as Teddy Sheringham, Paul Scholes and Dennis Irwin.

Manchester United fans Arron and Ben were buried in a double coffin decorated in the club s colours and manager Sir Alex Ferguson wrote their parents a letter of condolence.

That is one of the reasons why he also turned down his native Portugal when they approached him about succeeding Chelsea-bound Scolari - a job which was later taken by former Manchester United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz.

Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho considered becoming England coach but was deterred by his desire to continue his career in club football.

But the Liverpool manager can sit back, relax and finally know his side has got what it takes to realistically challenge for the title.

The international break this week may be a blessing in disguise for Spurs, who at least now have time to get over their latest upset and plan for the trip to another promoted club, Stoke City, on 19th October.

Devastated: Amanda and Phil Peak leave Stoke Crown Court yesterday afternoon following the sentence of former Plymouth Argyle footballer Luke McCormick

The boys father Phil, who suffered a broken back when McCormick ploughed into them, said after the case at Stoke Crown Court: His barrister spoke of the effect this case has had on Luke. We find this offensive.