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Crawley Town v Stoke City – as it happened | Evan Fanning

Stoke reached the quarter-final despite playing with 10 men for 75 minutes after a controversial game at the BroadfieldPreamble. Roll up, roll up to watch amazing, spectacular, fantabulous, FA Cup upset-o-meter. Watch the Premier League big boys hover ...

Bayer Leverkusen v Barcelona – as it happened | Evan Fanning

Alexis Sánchez scored twice before Lionel Messi's third all but assured a dominant Barcelona's place in the quarter finalEvenin' all. It's back. The Champions League returns the first leg of the last 16 clash between Bayer Leverkusen and Barcelona fro...

The Fiver | The Return of Tevez | Evan Fanning

Click here to have the Fiver sent to your inbox every weekday at 5pm, or if your usual copy has stopped arrivingGUESS WHO'S BACK ... If English football is, as they like to tell us, a soap opera then Manchester City must be its Ramsey Street; with Carl...

Mick McCarthy’s decency was not enough to prevent sacking by Wolves | Evan Fanning

The writing was on the wall for Mick McCarthy but a thrashing by Black Country rivals West Brom proved to be the final strawMick McCarthy likes to say that you are either inside the tent "pissing out" or outside the tent "pissing in". Following his sac...

Aston Villa v Manchester City – as it happened

Joleon Lescott scored the only goal of the game as Manchester City moved two points clear at the top of the tableGreat news everybody! Carlos Tevez is on his way back to Manchester. Obviously tired of Luis Suárez grabbing all he headlines, Carlitos wi...

Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Bromwich Albion – as it happened

Peter Odemwingie scored a hat-trick as West Brom trounced Wolves in the Black County derby at MolineuxHello there. One year ago last Monday West Brom parted company with Roberto Di Matteo with the club hovering just above the relegation zone on 26 poin...

Manchester City v Fulham – as it happened | Evan Fanning

Manchester City moved three points clear at the top of the table with an easy win over Fulham in the snow at the EtihadGood evening. Fulham were the last team to avoid defeat in a league game at Manchester City almost one year ago. In fact you have to ...

Football transfer rumours: José Mourinho to Chelsea?

Today's fluff has little resolveThe month of February is to transfer rumours what new year's resolutions are to the rest of us. A period of big ideas that starts with a resolve to make things dramatically better at the first available opportunity, foll...

Premier League clockwatch – as it happened | Evan Fanning

Newcastle closed the gap on fourth place with a win at Blackburn while Villa came from behind to draw with QPRMidweek football, bloody hell. After the shocks among last night's fixtures (Everton beating Manchester City, man handcuffing himself to a goa...

The Fiver | Like a magician on a car ferry | Evan Fanning

Click here to have the Fiver sent to your inbox every weekday at 5pm, or if your usual copy has stopped arrivingELLAND WOEDSometimes it can be hard for football to make an impact in a world where there is just so much important news taking place, such ...

Sunderland v Middlesbrough – as it happened | Evan Fanning

Fraizer Campbell equalised for Sunderland after Barry Robson had given Middlesbrough the lead in a full-blooded cup tieWhat could be more civil than a Sunday lunchtime FA Cup stroll between two noble historic clubs? After the antagonism of yesterday's ...

Brighton & Hove Albion v Newcastle United – as it happened | Evan Fanning

Will Buckley's late effort deflected off Danny Williamson to send Brighton into the fifth round at the expense of NewcastleGood evening. After all the animosity of the earlier games let's rejoice in this fixture as two of Britain's most-loved and cheri...