AHEAD of tonight's trip to the south east, Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley feels his outfit are a different animal from the side which struggled on Suirside at the start of the season.

Kevin De Bruyne has hit out at football's "impossible" new handball rules and claimed the only way players could avoid accidentally handling the ball in some instances would be to "chop off" their arms.

Mauricio Pochettino believes the "massive mistake" of closing the Premier League window early has left Tottenham Hotspur especially vulnerable among the established top six clubs.

Top of the league with a handy two-point buffer already to Manchester City and the Uefa Super Cup safely in the cabinet; it has ostensibly been a perfect start for Liverpool.

Celtic manager Neil Lennon believes their late, late win over Dunfermline was all part of the learning process for his summer recruits.

A new season has brought a new Arsenal. This time last season, after two defeats from his opening two games as manager, Unai Emery was having to revisit his whole philosophy, and specifically his insistence on asking his new side to play out from the back.

John Delaney will not be invited to any Uefa committee meetings until investigations into the FAI are completed, the European football body confirmed.

Stephen Ward has nothing but good things to say about his former tenant, Matt Doherty. "There were never any problems. He always paid his rent on time, I knew what door to knock on if he didn't, and he got his security deposit back when he left. What more can you ask for?"

Even now, 1,925 days since he last partnered Rio Ferdinand in central defence for Manchester United, Nemanja Vidic still chuckles at how they used to send their team-mates up the wall with their constant chattering on the pitch. "It's funny, I remember our team-mates saying, 'Stop talking you two! You're always talking and we can't […]

A QUICK glance at Saturday's result might suggest this 2-2 draw was closely fought, that Tottenham Hotspur went toe to toe with Manchester City and the teams traded plenty of punches, and that there was not too much to separate them.That would be an illusion and even Mauricio Pochettino, the Tottenham manager, conscious that his […]