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Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur (5-3 on aggregate), 2007 Tottenham had stormed into a 2-0 lead inside 20 minutes of the first leg of this all-north London League Cup semi-final in 2006/07, only for a Julio Baptista brace to level the scores at the midway point of the tie. It took until the 77th minute of the second game for the deadlock to be broken,…

We’re in for a bit of a Thursday treat this week, with the Cheltenham Gold Cup favourite Presenting Percy returning to action in the Grade 2 Galmoy Hurdle at 1.50pm, along with the Goffs Thyestes Chase taking place at 3pm, where Gordon Elliott (6) and Willie Mullins (8) are responsible for 14 of the 18 runners… Gowran Park – 1.50pm Last year, Presenting Percy…

Our traders have cut Presenting Percy to 3/1 (from 4/1) for the Magners Gold Cup at the 21019 Cheltenham Festival. The move comes after an impressive victory on his long awaited return to the track in the Galmoy Hurdle at Gowran Park. Last year’s winner Native River (9/2) and Kemboy (7/1) are the second and third favourites respectively. Coral’s Harry Aitkenhead said: “Presenting Percy…

Odds and preview ahead of Matchday 19 The second week of the Ruckrunde is nearly upon us and there’s a full schedule of matches in store. You can find all the odds as Hertha Berlin host Schalke in the Friday night kick-off here. Elsewhere Wolfsburg do battle with Bayer Leverkusen at the Volkswagen Arena on Saturday afternoon. But our preview begins with Bayern Munich’s tie…

Premier League legend also discusses the transfer window It’s been a really difficult week for the football world with the news of the airplane carrying Emiliano Sala disappearing as he was travelling from Nantes to Cardiff. We are all praying for positive news and when something like this happens, it just puts football into perspective. The transfer window There is just a week left…

[ad_1] Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe voice message Emiliano Sala sent on missing plane The search for missing footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson has been called off after rescuers failed to find their plane. Cardiff City's Argentine striker, 28, and Mr Ibbotson, from Crowle, Lincolnshire, were on the aircraft that disappeared from radar on Monday. After three days…

[ad_1] Having masterminded a surprisingly straightforward win against Chelsea last weekend, Unai Emery now faces another stern test of his crisis management skills. With silverware one of Arsenal’s main objectives for the season and the FA Cup representing one of their best chances of winning a trophy, Emery will inevitably face heavy criticism should Arsenal fail to progress past the fourth round of the…

[ad_1] Another weekend of Premier League action means we’ve got another tasty treble for you! After hitting the woodwork with a tremendous effort of two-out-of-three last week, we’re ready to do it all again! First off, we’re heading to the Molineux for the early kick-off between Wolves and Leicester. Both sides are a bit of a mixed bag – they will play brilliantly one…

[ad_1] The Premier League pauses for the FA Cup again this weekend and the fourth round is chockablock with upset potential. Accrington Stanley, Shrewsbury, Millwall and non-league Barnet will all be looking to pull off a giant killing whereas plenty of Premier League sides will be concerned about making the fifth round at all. The following article picks out four potential upsets that are all…

Ben Robinson has only ever sacked one manager. It’s just one of the records that sets Burton Albion’s chairman apart from most trigger-happy club executives lining boardrooms up and down the country. The measly tally, which covers Robinson’s 24-year tenure at the club, epitomises everything that has helped to make the Brewers what they are today: one of modern-day football’s greatest fairy tales. As…

Red Rom finding game-time hard to come by It’s played seven, won seven for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s revitalised Manchester United. The smiles have returned to the Stretford End and to much of the Red Devils’ squad. But the situation isn’t looking so bright for one man at Old Trafford – Romelu Lukaku. The Belgian has started none of United’s six league wins under Solskjaer,…

Hoffenheim striker finding his form on the continent After plundering goal after goal in the Croatian top-flight for three years, Leicester City paid Rijeka £9 million for Andrej Kramaric to help save their season in 2015. The Foxes clawed their way to safety and then amazingly won the league the following season. But the 23-year-old forward was just a mere spectator on their incredible…

Odds and preview for Carabao Cup tie Burton Albion may be in the Carabao Cup semi-final, but they’ve got virtually no chance of making it to Wembley after losing 9-0 to Manchester City in the first leg. After that mauling two weeks ago, it’s set to be a damage-limitation job for the hosts at the Pirelli Stadium tonight. Will City completely outclass them again?…

[ad_1] Mauricio Pochettino’s latest magic trick has been to squeeze more out of Tottenham Hotspur’s increasingly thinning squad than appears to be physically possible. A bit like when Jesus fed the thousands with seven loaves of bread and a few small fishes. A little can go a long way, seems to be one meaning of that fable and that certainly applies to Spurs. Yet…

[ad_1] Two big clubs in search of a vital win There’s an important clash with regard to both ends of the Championship table on Monday night – as Bolton Wanderers (19/5) host West Bromwich Albion (3/4) at the University of Bolton Stadium (Draw, 13/5). Wanderers are second-bottom at present, and manager Phil Parkinson will want to erase recent January memories of a hiding at Hull, and a narrow…