Football

On Wednesday night, Kilmarnock beat Livingstone 2-0 at Rugby Park and went top of the Scottish Premiership. You heard me right – top. It’s been a remarkable year for the East Ayrshire Club. Just 416 days ago, Killie were rock-bottom of the SPL and facing relegation. Steve Clarke has done a remarkable job since he […]

Real Madrid’s fans have grown accustomed to the routine often gone through for the unveiling of a big-name, big-money signing. In the summer of 2009, 80,000 supporters packed out the Santiago Bernabeu to welcome Cristiano Ronaldo as the club’s latest Galactico. Four years later, it was Gareth Bale who was given the ticker-tape reception. Thibaut […]

Wolves began the current Premier League campaign this season with high expectations. They were back in the top flight for the first time since 2012 with a group of talented players to call upon, and the assumption was that they would challenge for a place in the top half. Nuno Espiritio Santo’s men have struggled […]

He’s been a key part of a Liverpool defence that has conceded just five Premier League goals so far this season, and the first line of attack on his flank. But now Andy Robertson which already saw him miss Liverpool’s midweek fixture against Burnley And it’s not just Liverpool fans who will be sweating on […]

“We’ve got to get back to being ‘us’. We’ve got to get back to the consistency of being ‘us’.” This may, disconcertingly, sound like bad dialogue from a fraught Hollyoaks relationship plotline, but it is in fact Sean Dyche’s latest verdict on Burnley. Having lost 3-1 to Liverpool on Wednesday night, the Clarets are currently […]

Ander Herrera‘s diligent sprinting towards Bernd Leno paid off, as his hope of a fumble from the Arsenal goalkeeper came to fruition after Marcos Rojo’s free-kick. His cross from the rebounded save found Anthony Martial, who equalised on the half hour mark. Manchester United had conceded only four minutes earlier, a header from Shkodran Mustafi cleared […]

Jonathan Albon could be a millionaire by lunchtime on Sunday. All he has to do is win a 24-hour running race, covering 100 miles of hilly six-mile laps with obstacles including monkey bars, sandbags and walls interrupting him every half mile or so. Oh, and his run will be in Iceland. Where it is daylight […]

Manchester United David De Gea 4/10 Complete howler trying to catch Mustafi’s header. Beaten with a soft shot for Lacazette’s. Also saw Mkhitaryan smash a disallowed volley past the face of goal. Grew as the game went on, but overall a poor showing. Matteo Darmian 4/10 Not that confident on the ball, nor persuasive in […]

Great football between great teams can be enthralling. Football between one great team and one poor team can be enjoyable too, although usually provokes interest rather than intrigue. Football between two poor teams is often hugely entertaining, although not always aesthetically. But for the perfect football recipe, you need good players doing things badly. Neither […]

Welcome to the BetBright STATZONE, where we give you the stats and you make the decisions! The top-flight Premier League action is coming at us thick and fast at the moment as we head into ‘Week 16’ in the English top-flight this weekend. Another full set of fixtures to get stuck into that starts with […]

It was a fairy tale nobody believed would ever be written. And Barnsley was a town where nobody believed it would be set. Yet, as the clock ticked down on 26 April 1997, the distant dream was about to be realised. All Barnsley needed were three more points to guarantee their place in the Premiership. […]

Sadio Mane has been a Fantasy Premier League favourite since he banged in two goals in the opening gameweek of the season, setting the tone for a fruitful campaign. This form has seen 32.3 per cent of FPL players recruit the Senegalese attacker, who has now racked up 80 points, the ninth most in the league […]

Kieran Trippier has once again been a standout player for Tottenham this season, playing a key part in four clean sheets and chipping in with four assists and a goal too. His impressive form has seen him earn 59 Fantasy Premier League points. In Gameweeks 13 and 14, however, the full-back was sidelined with a […]

It can be difficult to measure the predominant feeling of a football club’s fan base, but Arsenal’s appointment of Unai Emery seemed to be considered underwhelming by large swathes of the Gunners’ support. The former Sevilla and Paris Saint-Germain boss may have won eight trophies in his previous five seasons in management, but he is […]

If you’re going to be remembered for one thing in your football career, you want it to be a good one. Brazilian prodigy Kerlon might not have hit the heights expected of him, but mention his name and someone will point to his seal dribble. Pajtim Kasami struggled to make an impact in the Premier […]