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Saturday Sundae: Stephen Ireland's career has not gone up in smoke

Stephen Ireland's topsy-turvy week, Ben Watson's immediate impact and Simon Grayson's troubles at Leeds United MAN OF THE DAY Stephen Ireland: In the same week he was castigated for being photographed sucking on a shisha pipe, Ireland played a stormer for Villa against Chelsea, scoring one and...

Ricketts rocket gives Coyle hope as Fletcher has last word

The trouble with Bolton this season, apart from the obvious one that they have forgotten how to win games, is that they have also forgotten how to draw them.

Spot-on Watson rescues point for 10-man Wigan

Stoke is where Wigan survived on the final day of last season and the resilience they displayed here suggests that of the three Lancashire sides that finished 2011 in the relegation zone, they are still the likeliest to scramble free.

Redknapp: 'You can't win every game but we can still take title'

The Tottenham manager, Harry Redknapp, remained defiant over his side's hopes of claiming the Premier League title despite dropping two points late on.

Jackson's late leveller tough on Fulham

2011 was a good year for Norwich City, but now they have to ensure that their good work in winning promotion to the Premier League is not undermined in 2012. Yesterday they needed a goal in the fourth minute of added time to rescue a point against a superior Fulham team who should have recorded...

Transfer window: Who's chasing who in the Premier League

Arsenal : Taye Taiwo (Milan) def; Casemiro (Sao Paulo) mf; Eden Hazard (Lille) fwd; Alexandre Pato (Milan) fwd; Isaac Cuenca (Barcelona) fwd; Thierry Henry (NY Red Bulls, loan) fwd; Lukas Podolski (Cologne) fwd.

Dennis Tueart: A prime mover in tale of two Cities

Manhattan's skyscrapers offer spectacular views but during his days at the New York Cosmos, the glamour club of the North American Soccer League in the 1970s, Dennis Tueart had a glimpse of something even bigger: the future.

A great rivalry that turned into a racist rant

It started as the sort of physical clash and verbal reaction which take place in most matches on every Saturday of the season, but is already enshrined as a cause célèbre, not least because so much of the detail has now been made public.

Suarez's evidence was implausible and incredible

Luis Suarez gave "unreliable" and "inconsistent" evidence to the independent commission investigating claims that he racially abused Patrice Evra during Liverpool's match against Manchester United on 15 October, it emerged last night.