Liverpool 4 Chelsea 1 – as it happened| Simon Burnton
Liverpool score four and miss a penalty as Chelsea arrive bearing gifts for the FA Cup final rematchSo, a question: These teams played in the FA Cup final on Saturday, where Liverpool didn't turn up for the first hour and then were excellent in the fin...
Blackburn Rovers v Wigan – as it happened | Simon Burnton
Blackburn are relegated, Wigan are safe, and a chicken runs on the pitch – all on one amazing night!Pre-match ramble: Wigan are bang in form, having won five of their last seven games to drag themselves from the very cusp of disaster to the very brin...
West Ham 3 Cardiff City 0 – as it happened | Simon Burnton
West Ham qualify for the Championship play-off final with an emphatic victory over Cardiff CityPre-match chatter: If this is the last game of Cardiff's season, it'll look a lot like the first: 276 days ago I was at Upton Park to watch them kick off the...
Marathon FA Cup coverage suits those with taste for jumping off roofs
In a unique experiment into the extremes of human endurance, ESPN showed six times more FA Cup final buildup than match"Good morning," said the ESPN anchor, Rebecca Lowe, a few moments after 8am on Saturday, "and welcome to Wembley Stadium, where in ju...
Arsenal 3 Norwich 3 – as it happened
A brilliantly exciting match ended with Arsenal's Champions League aspirations perhaps mortally wounded12.25pm: OK, I'll be absolutely clear about this: this match was scheduled for MBM coverage in the belief that it was being broadcast live in the UK....
Championship final day – as it happened | Simon Burnton
Southampton thrash Coventry to secure promotion to the Premier League, while Middlesbrough miss out on the play-offsHello world! So, no beating about the bush: let's get things straight.The fixturesBarnsley v BrightonBirmingham v ReadingBurnley v Brist...
Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea – as it happened | Simon Burnton
Chelsea spank five past hapless Tottenham in an FA Cup semi-final that will be remembered for referee Martin Atkinson's moment of madnessEarly arrivals were treated to Dom Fifield's piece on Roberto Di Matteo. And I don't see why you can't still read i...
Alan Davies defends comments on Liverpool and Hillsborough disaster
• Comedian mocks Liverpool's refusal to play on anniversary• Davies later donates £1,000 to Hillsborough Justice CampaignThe comedian Alan Davies has made a £1,000 donation to the Hillsborough Justice Campaign after comments he made about the clu...
Fulham v Chelsea – as it happened | Simon Burnton
Clint Dempsey's late equaliser secures Fulham a deserved point against an unconvincing ChelseaFulham: Schwarzer, Kelly, Hangeland, Hughes, John Arne Riise, Duff, Murphy, Diarra, Frei, Dembele, Dempsey. Subs: Stockdale, Orlando Sa, Kasami, Senderos, Etu...
Manchester United v QPR – as it happened | Simon Burnton
Manchester United stretched their lead at the top of the Premier League to eight points in a match marked by a controversial early penaltyEarly arrivals were offered this snippet from Paul Wilson's match preview to tide them over, and I see no good rea...
Football transfer rumours: Mario Balotelli to Inter?
Today's fluff is as live as it getsAnother day, another Mario Balotelli headline. We start with news that the Italian crashed his £120,000 white Bentley into a Vauxhall Corsa in Manchester yesterday. "It was a hefty bang," a witness told the Mancheste...
