Atlético Madrid v Athletic Bilbao – as it happened | Jacob Steinberg
Atlético Madrid won the Europa League thanks to an inspired display from FalcaoEvening. So often the subject of derision and scorn, even Larry David would have to admit this season's Europa League has been pretty, pretty, prettaaaaaaayyyyyy, pretteh g...
Liverpool 4-1 Chelsea | Premier League match report
Chelsea must win it to stay in it. Champions League qualification was always a distant hope through the Premier League for Roberto Di Matteo but, as though the club's first European Cup was not incentive enough, there is no alternative now but to beat ...
Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Wigan Athletic | Premier League match report
They arrived with visions of Ronaldinho and David Beckham, sacked Sam Allardyce on the grounds he was not the man to deliver Champions League football and asked a coach with no managerial experience to advance on a reduced budget. It may be glib to say...
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...
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...
Newcastle United 0-2 Manchester City | Premier League match report
High in the Milburn Stand, a familiar face from Manchester City's past could be seen wiping away tears of joy. Mike Summerbee, a veteran of the last City team to win the championship in 1968, scarcely seemed able to take it all in. One more win now, on...
QPR 1-0 Stoke City | Premier League match report
Djibril Cissé has twice been the villain since joining Queens Park Rangers from Lazio in January, the hot-tempered Frenchman having been sent off on two occasions in no time at all as his new club plummeted towards the depths of the Premier League.On ...
Bolton Wanderers 2-2 West Bromwich Albion | Premier League match report
"Staying up‚" chorused the home crowd when Bolton Wanderers were 2-0 up after 75 minutes, but they were singing too soon. West Bromwich Albion scored twice, equalising in the 90th minute through James Morrison, and Queens Park Rangers won to leave Ow...
Manchester United 2-0 Swansea City | Premier League match report
This may have been Manchester United's dress rehearsal for true dejection. They scraped together a degree of conviction, but there was neither the ruthlessness nor the flair to trounce Swansea City. In consequence, Manchester City lead the Premier Lea...
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Everton | Premier League match report
Terry Connor was pleased to give the Wolves fans some recompense at the end of a season of lows as they held Everton to a goalless draw at Molineux. The result ended a run of nine successive home defeats in the Premier League and ensured they avoided a...
Fulham 2-1 Sunderland | Premier League match report
Fulham's manager, Martin Jol, sidestepped speculation about the future of some of his key players after his side defeated Sunderland to secure their fifth win in seven games. The goals were scored by Clint Dempsey and Moussa Dembélé, two players who ...
