In this issue

January 28, 2024

FOXES IN THE CUP HUNT!

THEY say you need a bit of luck in the FA Cup- and Leicester boss Enzo Maresca admitted they enjoyed a slice of it against Birmingham.

1 min

PATIENCE NEEDED IN ROYAL SEARCH

READING fans have been warned that it will take ‘at least a couple of months’ before the club is sold.

2 mins

ELLIOT EAGER TO REPAY TOP FANS

FREE-SCORING midfielder Elliot Lee reckons Wrexham’s “incredible” away following can help claim another Championship scalp in the FA Cup.

2 mins

FROM STARS IN SAUDI ARABIA TO A PILGRIMS MISSION

IAN Foster may have jumped at the chance to quit Steven Gerrard’s Al-Ettifaq to become manager of Plymouth Argyle.

3 mins

HURST & COTTERILL GET CALL

Strugglers turn to experienced bosses

2 mins

This Pole certainly knows way to goal!

WHEN Michal Helik made his debut for Ruch in 2013, a coach at the Polish club tipped the teenager for stardom.

3 mins

ELIAS HAPPY TO HELP YOUNG U'S

ELIAS Kachunga is keen to pass on advice as one of Cambridge United’s senior pros – but still wants to make his own mark on the pitch.

2 mins

Stunned McKenna salutes Stones

KIERAN McKenna was full of praise for NonLeague Maidstone after seeing his Ipswich Town side humbled at Portman Road.

2 mins

STOLARCZYK AIDS THE ‘LUCKY' FOXES

ENZO Maresca admitted Leicester City rode their luck en route to booking their place in the fifth round. Birmingham spurned a number of first-half chances, before Foxes striker Jamie Vardy opened the scoring with his first goal in over two months.

2 mins

ROBINS IN A RAGE AT BOO-BOY 'CLOWNS'

MARK Robins called the Sheffield Wednesday fans who booed Kasey Palmer “idiots” and “absolute clowns” as his Coventry side were held in Friday night’s fourth-round tie.

2 mins

MANNING: I WANT THIS EVERY WEEK!

MARK Robins called the Sheffield Wednesday fans who booed Kasey Palmer “idiots” and “absolute clowns” as his Coventry side were held in Friday night’s fourth-round tie.

2 mins

WILLIAMS SORRY AS SWANS CRASH LAND

LUKE Williams admitted it was a “horrible night” for Swansea as they were unceremoniously sent packing by topflight Bournemouth.

2 mins

BURSTOW EASES BEALE PRESSURE

Loan star off mark in style

1 min

POMPEY FURY AT PITCH PROTEST

JOHN Mousinho slammed the fan who ran onto the pitch in protest against the awarding of the late penalty that secured his Portsmouth team a narrow away win.

2 mins

KNIBBS NETS TO THWART VISITING O'S

JAMES Oliver-Pearce, assistant manager at Reading, believes his players are “pushing their bodies to the limit” in a bid to escape League One relegation after a battling draw against Leyton Orient.

2 mins

FIVE-STAR HATTERS GIVE DONNY A HAMMERING!

STOCKPORT boss Dave Challinor was full of praise for his table-topping side, labelling them “sensational”. “You can’t really get off to a better start than we did and the performance in the first half was sensational at times,” said Hatters boss Challinor.

2 mins

JOHNNIE: IT'S AS GOOD AS IT GETS!

JOHNNIE Jackson said he understands why Jurgen Klopp wants to take a break from management after Ronan Curtis snatched his Wimbledon side a last-gasp win against ten-man Mansfield at Plough Lane.

2 mins

'MY PLAYERS WILL GROW FROM THIS'

MIDDLESBROUGH boss Michael Carrick says his players will learn lessons from their Carabao Cup semi-final disappointment against Chelsea.

1 min

'UGLY' WIN SO PRETTY FOR IS EVATT AS ACE VICTOR STRIKES

BOLTON boss Ian Evatt was delighted to claim three points from a ‘pretty ugly’ win against lowly Cheltenham on Tuesday night.

4 mins

JON BACKS ROVER STANCE OVER ADAM

BLACKBURN Rovers boss Jon Dahl Tomasson has praised the club for rejecting an £18.5m offer from Crystal Palace for teenage midfielder Adam Wharton.

2 mins

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