27 h. ago Betis celebrate end of derby drought as Antony and Isco finally feel at home

Manuel Pellegrini’s team of misfits beat Sevilla in the league for the first time in seven years and celebrated in styleThis weekend, 46,731 people came to see Betis and Sevilla but the derby wasn’t until the following night – so 33 hours later they came back and did it all over again, even better. Saturday’s second-biggest attendance in Spain had watched the country’s most passionate rivals train. Sunday’s very biggest crowd saw them play, a record 58,538 fans still inside and still singing late into a night they’ll never forget. The Benito Villamarín was bouncing, smoke rising round the home fans as they belted out the club’s anthem – here we are, squashed together like cannon balls – as the players started a lap of honour. Somewhere in all the madness and the noise, Antony, stripped to the waist and sitting on the goalkeeper Adrián’s shoulders, heaved a giant flag through the air. “This is incredible,” he said, and it was.This was Antony’s first Seville derby and he’d not seen an...

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29 h. ago Daniel Levy sends Tottenham transfer warning to risk angering fans again

Tottenham are not expecting to spend big on new players in the upcoming transfer window, with club chairman Daniel Levy firing a warning to fans after the release of their latest financial results

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61 h. ago The 1% Club player loses out on £94k after walking away from final question

The 1% Club ended in heartbreak for one player who walked away from a chance to win the £99,000 jackpot - before getting the final question right

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2 d. ago ITV The 1% Club viewers fume as they spot 'sneaky' production change on show

The 1% Club fans have called out the producers of the ITV show for what they perceive as a "sneaky" tactic in the game

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3 d. ago Ant McPartlin screams as Newcastle United fans swarm him during club's historic parade

Geordie presenters Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly were excited to join the Newcastle United team on their Carabao Cup parade as they celebrated a historic first domestic trophy win in 70 years

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3 d. ago Watch live: Newcastle United fans celebrate club’s historic EFL cup win amid open bus parade

Watch live as 150,000 Newcastle United fans are expected to gather in the city to celebrate the side's historic victory in the EFL Cup, with players marking the end of a 70-year wait for a domestic trophy with an open bus parade.

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3 d. ago Manchester United supporters protest against the Glazers on 'United United day' in pictures

United supporters teamed up with FC United of Manchester fans to protest against the Glazers' ownership of the club

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3 d. ago Rangers warn fans over 'illegal singing and pyro' for Dundee trip as club continue crusade against rogue supporters

The Ibrox club are trying to stamp out unruly behaviour among an element of their support

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4 d. ago Hot WAG flaunts 'astonishing' washboard abs in bikini as fans beg her Prem ace

Catherine Harding, the WAG of Arsenal midfielder Jorginho, had football club fans swooning over her as she flaunted her washboard abs in Rio de Janeiro

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4 d. ago Man City fans announce Etihad Stadium protest at Viagogo partnership and ongoing ticket wait

Manchester City fans will protest the club's new partnership with ticket re-seller Viagogo as well as wider concerns with ticket policies at the Etihad.

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5 d. ago Graeme Souness blueprint to catch Celtic pitched to Rangers takeover kings in different guise despite UEFA veto power

The Ibrox takeover is inching closer with the fans hoping their club can close the gap on the Hoops long-term

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6 d. ago 30 years after music icon Selena's murder, Yolanda Saldívar is up for parole. Here's what to know

Thirty years ago, Latino music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was killed by her fan club’s president, Yolanda Saldívar

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7 d. ago Rangers hit with suspended stadium CLOSURE over banner as club blast their own fans

Rangers have received a severe punishment from UEFA after their supporters held up a banner reading “Keep woke foreign ideologies out. Defend Europe" during a Fenerbahce game

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7 d. ago 15 things football fans would do if they could be owner of their club for a day

A survey of 2,000 football fans found that the majority would make a range of changes at their club if they were owner for a day, with one in five wanting to make a stand with their name on it

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7 d. ago Everton 'troll' Liverpool FC with half time snack during new stadium test event

Fans of Everton Football Club were left in hysterics after the club served up an bizarre alternative form of 'ketchup' on their hot dogs at a test event at the new stadium

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8 d. ago The 1% Club fans stumped by 'impossible' final question they couldn't solve 'in a million years'

Quiz show host Lee Mack, 56, welcomed 100 hopefuls as they tried to answer questions in a bid to win a cash prize on the ITV programme.

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9 d. ago The Guardian view on Manchester United’s stadium plans: put the fans first | Editorial

A £2bn new arena for Britain’s biggest football club will bring regeneration to the surrounding area. But matchgoing supporters are right to be circumspectVisitors to Salford’s Lowry art gallery this summer will be able to enjoy a new take on one of the greatest paintings about sport. Depicting thousands of supporters bent purposefully towards a 1950s football stadium, LS Lowry’s Going to the Match has become part of the iconography of the national game. As part of its silver jubilee celebrations, the gallery is staging an immersive experience of the painting, including a nostalgic soundtrack evoking the sounds of a lost world.So much for the past. Barely a mile away from the Lowry, at Manchester United’s Old Trafford base, it is the ghosts of football’s future that are being summoned up. To great fanfare, this month the club unveiled computer-generated images of Lowryesque hordes approaching the new £2bn stadium it hopes to build by 2030. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Sir Jim Ratcliffe faces 99 Man Utd questions as fan who slammed Glazers changes focus

Manchester United part-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has drawn the ire of John-Paul O'Neill, the fan behind the formation of breakaway club FC United of Manchester in 2005

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1 week ago Steven Gerrard makes feelings on Liverpool return crystal clear with Chelsea gesture

Steven Gerrard was back strutting his stuff at Anfield on Saturday as his beloved Liverpool played Chelsea in a charity match, with one moment summing up his love for his former club's fans

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1 week ago ‘Star making not star taking’: how LA Galaxy rose back to top of US soccer

Years after Beckham-mania, fan activism and changes in recruitment strategy secured club’s first MLS Cup since 2014When the Major League Soccer champions were crowned last December, Lionel Messi was not on the podium. He, Luis Suárez, Sergio Busquets and the rest of the Inter Miami galácticos had been dispatched in the playoffs. Instead, the new kings of US football were the old aristocrats of LA Galaxy, back on top after a 10-year absence, but without a household name in their ranks.The team that brought you Beckham-mania, staged the Captain America show and gave a number of people Zlatan-itis had retaken the summit of the US club game with a roster of unheralded talent. But the twist was more profound than that: this 180-degree turn on strategy was brought about by fan activism, after supporters went on strike to force the club to change their approach. Continue reading...

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