Cardiff consider switching to red strip from blue in Asian rebranding
• Malaysian investors may end 104 years of history• Cardiff rugby side to return to Arms Park next seasonCardiff City's Malaysian investors are giving serious consideration to changing the team's colours as part of a highly controversial rebranding...
West Ham 3-0 Cardiff (5-0 agg) | Championship play-off match report
West Ham are one step away from returning to the Premier League after easing their way into the Championship play-off final with an emphatic victory over Cardiff City. Goals from Kevin Nolan, Ricardo Vaz Tê and Nicky Maynard enabled Sam Allardyce's si...
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...
Blackpool 1-0 Birmingham City | Championship play-off match report
Ian Holloway's Tangerines can start dreaming of Wembley again. The margin they take into Wednesday's return leg of this play-off semi-final at St Andrew's is slim, though Blackpool's manager can be encouraged by their second-half display."It was a fant...
Football League weekender | James Dart
Ahead of the final weekend of the regular season, further promotions beckon in our latest rundown from the lower divisionsKey matches• After West Ham's thoroughly professional first-leg display at Cardiff on Thursday night, the Championship play-off ...
Cardiff City 0-2 West Ham
West Ham United's erratic home form will ensure they approach the second leg on Monday with a degree of caution but Sam Allardyce and his players are within touching distance of a place in the play-off final after this convincing victory. Two first-hal...
Cardiff City v West Ham United – as it happened | Jacob Steinberg
Jack Collison's double saw West Ham establish a commanding lead after the first leg of their play-off semi-finalGood evening. The last time West Ham were involved in a play-off game in Cardiff, Bobby Zamora's winner against Preston North End at the Mil...
Hull City owners silent over future of manager Nick Barmby
• Manager stressed team strengthening was vital • Club fell short this season of making play-offsHull City's owners, Assem and Ehab Allam, have refused to comment on rumours that the club have suspended the manager, Nick Barmby, over alleged commen...
5 Large (UK) Football Club Sponsorship Deals Spanning a Decade
Who's Behind These Football Club Sponsorship Deals?English Football Banter, as always, is pivotal in keeping you abreast of the latest football news, topics and debates. In this edition we take a step back and dive into the mud and grit to gi...
Nigel Adkins has the vision and grounding for life in the top flight | Sachin Nakrani
Southampton manager is looking forward to playing high-tempo, possession-based football in the Premier LeagueNigel Adkins punched the air as Southampton rattled in their goals on a gloomy yet glorious afternoon for the club but, that aside, he showed l...
Mark Noble: ‘West Ham must get over disappointment and focus on Cardiff’
• 'We wanted to go up straight away,' says Noble• Squad have spirit and experience to get to WembleyHis 18th birthday was barely behind him when Mark Noble, still in his first season as a professional footballer, savoured one of his finest moments ...
Play-off relegation curse haunts West Ham, Birmingham and Blackpool | John Ashdown