6 h. ago English football fans accuse Spanish hoteliers of ‘taking the mick’ over prices

Analysis by the PA news agency found most hotels in Bilbao are already fully booked for May 21.

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21 h. ago If Ange Postecoglou fulfils his Tottenham promise he should give the 'biggest middle finger in English football history'

Gary Neville backed the Tottenham coach to win the tournament - before regretting his words

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28 h. ago Celebrity Big Brother's Ella Rae Wise responds to claims she's 'jealous' of Chris Hughes and JoJo Siwa's bond

During her time on Celebrity Big Brother, the TOWIE icon, 24, was accused by fans of being 'jealous' of the Love Island star and Karma singer's close relationship.

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29 h. ago I watched Celtic leave English press awestruck and Newcastle will be next ones to learn this team doesn’t do friendlies

The Hoops announced a glamour pre-season clash with the Magpies this summer and it will be much more than a bounce game

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52 h. ago Good Morning Britain fans accuse Susanna Reid of taking 'cheap shot' after 'embarrassing' blunder

Good Morning Britain was back on our screens on Tuesday when Susanna Reid made a VE Day blunder

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3 d. ago Palmer breaks goal drought as champions Liverpool beaten by Chelsea

There used to be a rivalry here, once. Two decades ago this was genuinely the most foreboding fixture in English football; a decade ago it was still deciding the destiny of league titles; five years ago it was still appointment viewing. Here, amid a fiesta of missed chances and offside flags, a deeply unserious Chelsea beat a Liverpool team that clearly couldn’t care less.The score could have been 5-0 or 5-5 or 0-0 and frankly nobody would have been any the wiser. There was a guard of honour at the start. There were triumphal odes from the away end. Chelsea fans retorted with the Steven Gerrard song, and the “you’ll never get a job” song, and the “always the victims” song. What was it people were saying about football becoming ever more predictable, ever more rote, ever more uninspiring? Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Fans beg KSI to return after 'worst ever' Britain's Got Talent semi

With audio gaffes and accusations of underwhelming performances, many fans of the iconic Saturday night took to social media to ask how much talent Britain really has

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4 d. ago MP calls for trials of lifting drinking ban in English football stands

Labour’s Luke Charters says allowing alcohol in the top five tiers of the men’s game would be the ‘modern approach’A Labour MP has called for trials to assess the impact of lifting a decades-long ban on drinking alcohol in football stands.York Outer MP Luke Charters said football needs to take a “modern approach” to the issue in a debate on the football governance bill earlier this week. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Wrexham’s revolution faces a whole new challenge in the Championship

After three successive promotions McElhenney and Reynolds will see their club take on their biggest challenge yet in ‘one of the most competitive leagues in world football’A social media soundbite from Rob McElhenney was typically revealing. “If I’m being honest I don’t even know what the word consolidation means,” the Wrexham co-chair said. Days earlier, in between wheeling around the Racecourse Ground celebrating promotion from League One, he had told Ryan Reynolds that things were about to get “a little pricier from here on”.Wrexham: welcome to the Championship. After three successive promotions to earn a slice of English football history, the Welsh club and their owners are steadying themselves for one of the most chaotic and competitive leagues on the planet. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago English trio close on European finals, weekend team news: football – live

Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekendFixtures | Tables | Read Football Daily | And email TomArne Slot has admitted he will rotate his squad a little for Liverpool’s four remaining league games now the Premier League trophy is safely in the bag “We are going to these four games trying to win them all and that’s what every player who wears the Liverpool shirt should aim for. My lineups will be different – we’re not going to change everyone but there will be a certain rotation in the upcoming games. I think some of the players deserved to play earlier in the season but they are good enough to play for this club. Earlier in the season I mainly chose the same people but this is a moment to see where others are but definitely also becauase they deserved to play this season.”Harvey Elliott, who has spoken of his desire to stay at Anfield, is one such. “I think it’s very important that players who are here want to stay – that’s a big compliment. Harvey is one of the players...

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6 d. ago Boffins reckon the beautiful game was invented in Scotland after huge discovery

Some experts reckon football - a game widely understood to be English - was actually started by the Scots, after they discovered the first ever football pitch north of Hadrian's wall

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6 d. ago India Willoughby and Stonewall FC lead critics denouncing 'unjustified and unfair' English FA ruling on trans players' ban from women's football

The FA said it had updated its policy in light of last month's Supreme Court ruling that the words 'woman' and 'sex' in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex.

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7 d. ago BREAKING Arsenal fans accused of 'racist monkey chants' at PSG stars as club investigate

Arsenal have released a statement vowing to take action after allegations of racist chanting from Gunners fans towards black PSG players after their Champions League semi-final first leg defeat

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7 d. ago Arsenal fans accused of 'racist monkey chants' at PSG stars as clubs investigate

Arsenal have released a statement vowing to take action after allegations of racist chanting from Gunners fans towards black PSG players after their Champions League semi-final first leg defeat

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7 d. ago Transgender women to be barred from playing women’s football by FA and SFA

The FA said it had updated its policy in light of last month’s UK Supreme Court ruling regarding the Equality Act.

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7 d. ago English FA announces it will ban transgender players from women's football after Supreme Court ruling

The Football Association announced today that it had updated its policy on transgender women in light of last month's UK Supreme Court ruling regarding the Equality Act.

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7 d. ago Emmerdale fans 'realise who gets framed for Nate's death' after credit card clue

Emmerdale fans are convinced a character will be accused of the murder of Nate Robinson when his body is found on the ITV soap, after a scene involving a credit card

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7 d. ago ‘Never satisfied’: Bompastor turns sights to Chelsea treble after sealing WSL glory

Blues clinch sixth straight domestic title‘I always look for ‘perfect’ I’m focused on the treble’Chelsea’s manager, Sonia Bompastor, immediately turned her attention towards the prospect of completing a domestic treble as her side celebrated winning a sixth consecutive Women’s Super League title.The Frenchwoman’s team, who had already won the League Cup in March, clinched the title in her first season in English football with Wednesday’s 1-0 victory at Manchester United as they capitalised on second-placed Arsenal dropping points earlier on Wednesday evening with their 5-2 loss at Aston Villa. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Chelsea win WSL title after Lucy Bronze goal sees off Manchester United

Chelsea clinched a sixth consecutive Women’s Super League title with two games to spare and continued their relentless dominance of the major silverware in English women’s football as they dug deep to win away at Manchester United, whose own hopes of securing European qualifying suffered a dent as a result.The 1-0 victory, secured by a 74th-minute Lucy Bronze header from a corner, was greeted by jubilant scenes of celebration in the away end and saw Sonia Bompastor’s team remain on course to complete an entire league campaign unbeaten, a feat that has not been achieved by any team since the WSL expanded to be a 12-team division. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago How Wrexham and Birmingham City’s US owners got one step from the Premier League

Tom Brady, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s celebrity status isn’t the only thing that led their clubs to the ChampionshipIt’s been over four decades since Wrexham were last in the second tier of English football and a lot has changed in that time. (A lot has changed in four years, never mind four decades.) Four years ago, Wales’ oldest soccer club were at a non-league nadir. Now, they are preparing for life in the Championship, propelled to three straight promotions by the stardust (and money) of Ryan Reynolds and Ryan McElhenney.Birmingham City’s second tier exile was much shorter – just a single season – but like Wrexham their promotion had the spotlight of celebrity on it. While Wrexham have Reynolds and McElhenney, Birmingham have Tom Brady (albeit it in a far smaller profile). The English lower leagues have never been so glamorous, what with Wrexham players appearing in Marvel movies and David Beckham attending matches. Continue reading...

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