Minute-by-minute retro coverage of Group 4 gameThe Fiver: Ally’s Army on the brink of eliminationGet in touch! Email scott.murray@theguardian.com 2.20pm GMT The pointlessly stubborn Ally MacLeod has finally seen sense, selecting Graeme Souness for the …
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It’s 149 years to the day since Scotland and England played the first rugby union international. From the archive, here are half-a-dozen great stramashesThis article was first published on 3 February 2012 Continue reading…
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Launching our new twice-weekly reports, kick-off 3pm GMTBoth teams bidding for first FA Cup after Wembley draw Feel free to email scott.murray@theguardian.com 2.20pm GMT Both teams are unchanged from the first match, with one exception: David Harvey re…
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!It’s fair to say the success of the Fiver’s STOP FOOTBALL campaign has proved something of a Pyrrhic victory. We had long assumed a world without soccer would be an excuse to throw our tatty old boots …
Champions League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-offLive scoreboard: the latest from Tuesday’s matchesAnd you can get in touch with Scott by email here 1.49pm GMT This looks like an uphill battle for Spurs, who at the halfway point of this Champions Leag…
Champions League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-offLive scoreboard: the latest from Tuesday’s matchesAnd you can get in touch with Scott by email here 1.49pm GMT This looks like an uphill battle for Spurs, who at the halfway point of this Champions Leag…
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Premier League updates from the 5.30pm GMT kick-offLive scores: the goals as they go in around the UK and EuropeAnd send your thoughts to Scott by email here 4.31pm GMT Burnley: Pope, Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Hendrick, Cork, Westwood, McNeil, …
Premier League updates from the 12.30pm GMT kick-off Live scores: goals as they go in around the UK and EuropeAnd send your thoughts to Scott by email here 12.09pm GMT Cherries boss Eddie Howe throws down the gauntlet. “It’s the ultimate test and that’…
Premier League updates from the 12.30pm GMT kick-off Live scores: goals as they go in around the UK and EuropeAnd send your thoughts to Scott by email here 12.09pm GMT Cherries boss Eddie Howe throws down the gauntlet. “It’s the ultimate test and that’…
FA Cup fifth-round updates from the 7.45pm GMT kick-offLive scoreboard! | Quarter-finals draw due at 9.50pm GMTAnd feel free to email scott.murray@theguardian.com 6.51pm GMT Sheffield Wednesday: Wildsmith, Palmer, Fox, Lee, Pelupessy, Bannan, Borner, M…
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Follow the 3pm GMT kick-offs in the Premier League and beyondChelsea prescribe rest for Abraham’s troublesome ankleYou can email Scott here about the day’s action 1.49pm GMT So having said nothing much was happening, Leeds nearly make it three in spect…
First-leg updates from Stamford BridgeLive scores | Napoli v Barcelona – live!Send your thoughts to Scott by email here 8.25pm GMT 24 min: Some space for Barkley out on the left. He enters the box and thinks about a curler towards the top right. Instea…
First-leg updates from Stamford BridgeLive scores | Napoli v Barcelona – live!Send your thoughts to Scott by email here 8.25pm GMT 24 min: Some space for Barkley out on the left. He enters the box and thinks about a curler towards the top right. Instea…
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Chelsea’s relationship with Big Cup has often been fraught. They declined to take part in the very first competition, as English champions in 1955, cravenly succumbing to the narrow-minded worldview of…
Premier League updates from the 5.30pm GMT kick-offLive scores: follow all the goals | Saturday clockwatchAnd feel free to email Scott with your thoughts 5.35pm GMT 4 min: Tielemans looks lively. He wins another midfield battle before driving his team …
Updates from the 12.30pm GMT kick-offLive scores | 10 things to look out forAnd feel free to email Scott here 11.31am GMT Chelsea: Caballero, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger, James, Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso, Barkley, Mount, Giroud.Subs: Arrizabalaga…
