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Which football managers have followed legends with instant success? | The Knowledge
Plus: footballers who put parenting first, title playoffs in Italy, and relegated Golden Boot winnersMail us with your questions and answers“Arne Slot is going to win the Premier League in his first season after taking over from Jürgen Klopp,” writes Hannah Mitchell. “What examples are there of managers who have had instant success after succeeding a legendary manager?”It’s not unusual for a new Liverpool manager to win the league in their first season. Matt McQueen (1922-23), Joe Fagan (1983-84) and Kenny Dalglish (1985-86) all did so, – but they were established figures at the club, whether in the boardroom, the boot room or the dressing-room. Arne Slot was new to English football, never mind Liverpool, and was succeeding one of the most charismatic figures in the club’s history. In that context, winning the Premier League with (potentially) four or five games remaining is a remarkable achievement. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/23/which-football-managers-have-followed-legends-with-instant-success-the-knowledge
European football: Dani Olmo extends Barça’s La Liga lead to seven points
Olmo scores winner early in second half against MallorcaPSG held 1-1 by Nantes but retain unbeaten runBarcelona’s Dani Olmo scored inside the first minute of the second half to earn a hard-fought 1-0 home win against Mallorca, extending their lead in La Liga over Real Madrid at the top of the table to seven points with five games to go.Barça dominated proceedings despite coach Hansi Flick deciding to rest several key starters ahead of Saturday’s Copa del Rey final against bitter rivals Real, but Mallorca goalkeeper Leo Román put on a show between the posts to keep them at bay. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/22/european-football-dani-olmo-extends-barcelona-la-liga-lead-seven-points
Manchester City 2-1 Aston Villa: Premier League – live reaction
Matheus Nunes scored the winner deep into added time as City put some clear blue light between themselves and Villa in the race for Champions League qualification17 secs: Ollie Watkins scored after 34 seconds against Newcastle on Saturday. Marcus Rashford nearly does so after half that tonight! He twists and turns down the inside-left channel before threading a shot across Ortega and off the base of the right-hand post!Villa get the ball rolling. It’s not a sell-out. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/apr/22/manchester-city-v-aston-villa-premier-league-live-score-updates
Manchester City v Aston Villa: Premier League – live
Premier League updates from the 8pm BST kick-offLive scores | Read today’s Football Daily | Email Scott17 secs: Ollie Watkins scored after 34 seconds against Newcastle on Saturday. Marcus Rashford nearly does so after half that tonight! He twists and turns down the inside-left channel before threading a shot across Ortega and off the base of the right-hand post!Villa get the ball rolling. It’s not a sell-out. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/apr/22/manchester-city-v-aston-villa-premier-league-live-score-updates
Manchester City v Aston Villa: Premier League – live
Premier League updates from the 8pm BST kick-offLive scores | Read today’s Football Daily | Email ScottUnai Emery speaks to Sky Sports. “Good evening … the match today … game 34 … now we are going to play for three points … to be consistent is the most important … the demand for us will be huge … a challenge … try to dominate … duels … feel comfortable … we know all the difficulties we are going to face … it is not a final but it is important … City are favourites … we are motivated and I am very excited.”He’s pushed on picking Marcus Rashford ahead of the in-form and fuming Ollie Watkins, but won’t be drawn, instead simply repeating the word “collective”.Ollie Watkins has a point. What is the appropriate response to losing your starting place in a team you helped drive into the Champions League, to a loan player who has one goal in nine league games? Watkins said he was “furious” and – also, just to be clear – “angry” after being replaced by Marcus Rashford in attack for the prime games against Paris Saint-Germain. He played like it against Newcastle, scoring after 23 seconds, his 15th of the season in the league, and hitting the woodwork twice. Unai Emery made the entirely correct point in victory that football is a squad game and Watkins a fantastic team player. But he is also 30 this year, Villa’s best forward and would slot nicely into the first XIs of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. Maybe don’t make him too angry. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/apr/22/manchester-city-v-aston-villa-premier-league-live-score-updates
Football Daily | It’s party time at Leeds and Burnley – but how long will the good times last?
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Not content with prompting scenes of unbridled jubilation at Turf Moor by securing promotion to the Premier League after a one-year absence, Burnley’s win over Sheffield United also sparked similar, if less densely populated scenes of elation across t’Pennines in yonder Leeds. Sporting shades and busting the kind of moves you don’t often see in the formal surrounds of Elland Road’s Lorimer Suite, Largie Ramazani was still dressed in full kit almost three hours after the 6-0 slaughter of Stoke. He was also the conspicuous life and soul of a party in which his teammates could be seen whooping, hollering and popping champagne corks safe in the knowledge that Burnley’s blunting of the Blades confirmed they’d be returning to the top tier too. Inside one ground and outside another, the euphoria of players and fans of both teams knew no bounds.I think I showed I could do it [on a cold, rainy night in Stoke] many times. It was very windy there and the fans were always behind us – it was a loud stadium” – Xherdan Shaqiri reckons he is living proof that tricky little flair players can deal with the often grim conditions that come with playing football on top of a hill in north Staffordshire.The unbridled joy of promotions for Leeds, Burnley and probably Sheffield United before their inevitable relegations this time next year leads me to conclude we need a new competition. We could call it the Parachute League. Get relegated from the Premier League and you go into this with your shed-load of money along with the top three in the Championship. So Leeds, Burnley, Sheffield United, Southampton, Ipswich, Leicester could play each other for ever with perhaps Norwich and West Brom added for good measure. This would save the rest of us having to watch them getting hammered each week, and would make the Championship fairer for the rest who don’t get money for failure. We need to add to this a new individual award. We could call it the Mourinho Cup. It would be awarded to the manager making the most excuses not involving himself in a season. Previous winners would have included Chris Wilder, Chris Wilder and, er, Chris Wilder. A special award for anyone who makes an original excuse but there wouldn’t have been any winners of that over the last couple of seasons” – Jonathan Harris.Of course, the great thing about this ‘Back where we belong’ quote is that both Leeds and Burnley will be able to use it at this time next season too” – Noble Francis.In the comments section of Big Website the other day, someone (sorry, I can’t find the line) suggested that both Manchester United and Spurs would find a way to get to the Bigger Vase final, and then both would find a way to lose. They might be ri
Lyon and PSG have lessons to learn after careless performances in Europe
Both clubs threw away convincing leads in England last week. They need to get their seasons back on track quicklyBy Get French Football NewsHubris cost Lyon last week and it almost cost PSG too. “We thought we were too good,” admitted Ousmane Dembélé after PSG conceded three goals at Villa Park and were nearly knocked out of the Champions League. “We eased off a bit. We thought it was over but big matches are like that,” said Malick Fofana after Lyon’s spectacular three-goal collapse against Manchester United did cost them a place in the Europa League semi-finals. “It is a match I won’t forget,” added Fofana, who knows that Lyon – like PSG – will have to re-engage if their season is to end well.With a derby at Saint-Étienne on Sunday, Lyon had no time for a postmortem. But for Paulo Fonseca, one thing was clear. “We led 4-2 with one less player on the pitch but we celebrated the 4-2 too much when the match was not finished,” said the Lyon manager after his team’s 5-4 defeat at Old Trafford. “We should have thought about continuing to manage the match. We lacked experience at this moment,” he added. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/22/lyon-psg-lessons-learn-careless-performances-europe
Norwich sack head coach Thorup and place Wilshere in interim charge
Canaries missed out on playoff spot in ChampionshipA 3-1 defeat at Millwall marks Thorup’s final matchNorwich City have sacked their head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup, with Jack Wilshere taking interim charge until the end of the season.More details soon … Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/22/norwich-sack-johannes-hoff-thorup-and-place-jack-wilshere-in-interim-charge
Gary Lineker says he felt BBC wanted him to leave Match of the Day
Broadcaster says corporation wants to bring in new people, and says he does not regret criticism of Tory asylum policyGary Lineker has suggested the BBC wanted him to leave Match of the Day, ahead of his departure next month after more than a quarter of the century at the helm of the show.In an interview with Amol Rajan for the BBC, Lineker discussed his departure from the football highlights programme, which was announced late last year. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/apr/22/gary-lineker-bbc-match-of-the-day
Nuno and Nottingham Forest grateful recipients of Dr Tottenham’s elixir | Ed Aarons
A win over the Portuguese’s obliging former club breathed life into Nottingham Forest’s chase for the top fiveAs the old adage goes, never go back. Unless your opponents are Tottenham Hotspur and your name is Nuno Espírito Santo that is.On a night when Nottingham Forest desperately needed to get their Champions League challenge back on the rails, Ange Postecoglou’s side could hardly have been more obliging opponents until they finally mounted a late flurry after Richarlison had pulled a goal back with three minutes to play. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/21/nuno-and-nottingham-forest-grateful-recipients-of-dr-tottenhams-elixir
Wood caps Forest’s blistering start at Tottenham to refuel European dream
There is no need to attempt to rewrite history by arguing that Tottenham Hotspur failed to see what they had in Nuno Espírito Santo. All that matters now is that this meticulous, softly spoken manager is the perfect fit for Nottingham Forest. They have provided Nuno with the perfect platform for his counterpunching tactics and, in what would surely be the story of the Premier League season, are closing in on Champions League football after cruising to victory over Ange Postecoglou’s limp and uninterested Spurs side.This was cool, clinical and resilient from Forest as they bounced back from two successive defeats by rising into third place with five games left. Nerves, it seems, are not for them. They struck early through Elliot Anderson and Chris Wood, who punished diffident defending, and then leant on their defensive prowess to claim the points. Spurs, stuck in 16th after falling to their 18th defeat in 33 games, were beaten inside 16 minutes, a header from Richarlison coming too late to save them. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/21/spurs-nottingham-forest-premier-league-match-report
Championship roundup: West Brom sack Mowbray after Derby defeat
Hull beat Preston 2-1 as four of bottom five winMillwall bolster playoff hopes as Coventry and Boro falterWest Brom have announced the departure of Tony Mowbray after the club’s play-off hopes were all-but ended by a 3-1 Championship defeat at home to relegation-threatened Derby.The visitors twice punished the Baggies from set-pieces when Ebou Adams and Jerry Yates struck from corners in the first half. Adam Armstrong’s goal halved the deficit and made for a nervy final 20 minutes until Nathaniel Mendez-Laing sealed maximum points for Derby, two minutes from time. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/21/championship-roundup-gelhardts-spot-kicks-give-hull-crucial-win-over-preston
Leeds promoted to Premier League after Piroe’s four-goal salvo in Stoke rout
Leeds United’s long march out of the wilderness is over. The last lap of an often gruelling and sometimes downright painful journey into the Premier League proved joyous and unexpectedly straightforward, the only frustration being a slight delay to the start of the formal celebrations.It was occasioned by the need to wait for the final score from Turf Moor, where Burnley beat Sheffield United to join Leeds in the top tier while consigning Chris Wilder’s side to the playoffs. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/21/leeds-stoke-championship-match-report
Tottenham v Nottingham Forest: Premier League – live
Updates from this 8pm BST match in the Premier LeagueTen talking points from the weekend’s actionLeague table | Top scorers | Email DanielWhere is the game? Well, we know what Spurs will do: press high, with a high line; and we know what Forest will do: sit deep and counter. Simple?Not quite. With Richarlison through the middle, not Solanke, I’m not totally certain what type of goal Spurs will be trying to score. I think they’ll be hoping Kulusevski drives through midfield; that Tel makes another man in the box; and Odobert and Porro get around the outside to pick out cut-backs. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/apr/21/tottenham-v-nottingham-forest-premier-league-live
Championship roundup: Gelhardt’s spot-kicks give Hull crucial win over Preston
Hull beat Preston 2-1 as four of bottom five winMillwall bolster playoff hopes as Coventry and Boro falterJoe Gelhardt scored two second-half penalties as Hull boosted their Championship survival hopes by coming from behind to beat their fellow strugglers Preston 2-1. Lewis Gibson put the visitors ahead to give them hope of ending a five-match winless run that has dragged them into trouble, but Gelhardt twice struck from the spot at a rainy MKM Stadium.Defeat for Hull would have put them in the bottom three after Derby and Luton also won, but Rubén Sellés’ side remain two points above the drop zone in 20th. They can guarantee their Championship status by beating Derby at the weekend, while a third successive loss leaves Preston three points above 22nd-placed Luton and desperately low on confidence. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/21/championship-roundup-gelhardts-spot-kicks-give-hull-crucial-win-over-preston
‘So important’: Pep Guardiola delighted after last-gasp strike stuns Aston Villa
City manager turns focus to FA Cup after vital victoryGuardiola praises stand-in full-backs Nunes and O’ReillyPep Guardiola said he was “really happy” after Matheus Nunes’s winner in added time gave Manchester City a crucial win against Aston Villa in the race for Champions League qualification.Victory lifts the champions to third place on 61 points, four ahead of Chelsea in sixth, with four games left. A top-five finish will secure European Cup football. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/22/pep-guardiola-delight-manchester-city-aston-villa
Crystal Palace’s pre-FA Cup semi-final scheduling is unfair, says Oliver Glasner
Opponents Aston Villa have an extra day to prepare‘You are shouting against the wind and nobody hears you’Oliver Glasner has complained that the buildup to Crystal Palace’s FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa is unfair, after the Premier League turned down a request from the London club to have both sides play on the same night in midweek.Villa were in action at Manchester City on Tuesday night while Palace travel to the Emirates Stadium 24 hours later. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/22/crystal-palace-fa-cup-oliver-glasner-aston-villa-unfair
Serie A matches and Italy’s Women’s Six Nations game move due to pope’s funeral
Serie A leaders Inter will now host Roma on SundayItaly v Wales in Women’s Six Nations to be rescheduledSerie A has postponed Saturday’s three fixtures due to Pope Francis’ funeral being held that day in Rome. Meanwhile, Italy’s Women’s Six Nations match against Wales is also set to be rescheduled as the country prepares to pay its respects.Earlier media reports in Italy had suggested that Serie A might make an exception for Inter’s clash with visitors Roma to allow Simone Inzaghi’s side additional rest time before their midweek Champions League semi-final at Barcelona. However, the league has confirmed that the game at San Siro will now kick off at 2pm (all times BST) on Sunday. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/22/serie-a-matches-inter-italy-v-wales-womens-six-nations-move-pope-francis-funeral
Manchester City v Aston Villa: Premier League – live
Premier League updates from the 8pm BST kick-offLive scores | Read today’s Football Daily | Email Scott17 secs: Ollie Watkins scored after 34 seconds against Newcastle on Saturday. Marcus Rashford nearly does so after half that tonight! He twists and turns down the inside-left channel before threading a shot across Ortega and off the base of the right-hand post!Villa get the ball rolling. It’s not a sell-out. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/apr/22/manchester-city-v-aston-villa-premier-league-live-score-updates
ght” – Colum Farrelly. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/22/football-daily-newsletter-party-time-leeds-burnley-promotion
Leeds are back among the elite but the real task for Farke is to keep them there | Louise Taylor
Reaching the Premier League after selling £140m worth of players is remarkable but investment is need if an immediate relegation is to be avoidedWhen Leeds United sold £140m of playing talent last summer, Daniel Farke deviated from accepted managerial convention and declined to throw his toys out of the pram. Farke is a little too unconventional, a little too resistant to groupthink, to always do the expected and his club’s owner, the San Francisco-based 49er Enterprises, is set to reap the benefits.The German’s unusual amalgam of high emotional intelligence and advanced numeracy have helped provide the framework for the freshly secured promotion to the Premier League Leeds so narrowly missed out on last May. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/22/leeds-are-back-among-the-elite-but-the-real-task-for-farke-is-to-keep-them-there
Burnley rise again but will Parker’s battlers buck trend of recent history? | Will Unwin
The Premier League-bound Clarets and their manager have no shortage of motivation heading into next seasonIf the opening night was anything to go by, it looked as if Burnley’s return to the Premier League at the first time of asking was inevitable. It was Scott Parker’s first game in charge, a tricky trip to Luton, who had dropped down with the Clarets. One team had enjoyed a summer of continuity whereas everything had changed at Turf Moor but it was Burnley who left with a dominant 4-1 victory.That warm night at Kenilworth Road was not indicative of what was to come. By the end of the month, three of the goalscorers had left – 12 first-team players departed in total in August – forcing Parker to almost reset after the campaign had started, but it helped mould his squad into his vision for a promotion push. It would not be done with the flair and style with which Vincent Kompany et al accrued 101 points and 87 goals to win the title two years ago but, with the potential to reach a century, the result could be the same. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/22/burnley-scott-parker-championship-promotion-premier-league
Leeds and Burnley return to the Premier League - Football Weekly
Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, George Elek and Sanny Rudravajhala as Leeds and Burnley confirm their return to the Premier League over a busy Easter weekend in the EFLRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today; the panel briefly summarise Nottingham Forest’s huge win over Spurs that propelled them back into the Champions League qualification spots before moving on to the Championship and Leeds and Burnley being promoted back into the Premier League. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/audio/2025/apr/22/leeds-and-burnley-return-to-the-premier-league-football-weekly
Pundits’ showy partisanship reflects football’s embrace of fan-centric populism | Jonathan Liew
The coverage of Manchester United’s win over Lyon last week was just the latest sign that fandom is consuming everythingImpartiality fan here – for my sins! – but you have to say Robbie Savage and Rio Ferdinand during the closing minutes of Manchester United v Lyon on Thursday night were absolute class. It all starts in the 118th minute, with United 6-5 down on aggregate, and the TNT Sports camera lingering on the face of a crying boy in the crowd. “Let’s hope we can put a smile on that young man’s face by the time we finish,” the commentator Darren Fletcher says.And it’s worth unpacking those 17 words, because contained within them are at least three layers of assumption. Foremost among which is the assumption that it would be a good thing, all round, if United won. The child is crying. Is there any cause more catholic or universal, any image more reliably guaranteed to tug at the tear ducts, than a crying child? The coefficient can wait for now. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/22/pundits-showy-partisanship-reflects-footballs-embrace-of-fan-centric-populism
‘A total embarrassment’: Jamie Vardy says season has been ‘nothing but miserable’
Leicester striker furious with club’s relegation‘Collectively, as players and as a club, we failed’Jamie Vardy has apologised to Leicester’s fans for the club’s relegation and labelled his own season as a “total embarrassment”.Leicester were relegated on Sunday with five games of the Premier League campaign to play after defeat at home to Liverpool. That loss saw Leicester slump to a record ninth successive top-flight home defeat without scoring a goal. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/21/jamie-vardy-leicester-relegation-premier-league
Tottenham v Nottingham Forest: Premier League – live
Updates from this 8pm BST match in the Premier LeagueTen talking points from the weekend’s actionLeague table | Top scorers | Email DanielWhere is the game? Well, we know what Spurs will do: press high, with a high line; and we know what Forest will do: sit deep and counter. Simple?Not quite. With Richarlison through the middle, not Solanke, I’m not totally certain what type of goal Spurs will be trying to score. I think they’ll be hoping Kulusevski drives through midfield; that Tel makes another man in the box; and Odobert and Porro get around the outside to pick out cut-backs. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/apr/21/tottenham-v-nottingham-forest-premier-league-live
Tottenham v Nottingham Forest: Premier League – live
Updates from this 8pm BST match in the Premier LeagueTen talking points from the weekend’s actionLeague table | Top scorers | Email DanielWhere is the game? Well, we know what Spurs will do: press high, with a high line; and we know what Forest will do: sit deep and counter. Simple?Not quite. With Richarlison through the middle, not Solanke, I’m not totally certain what type of goal Spurs will be trying to score. I think they’ll be hoping Kulusevski drives through midfield; that Tel makes another man in the box; and Odobert and Porro get around the outside to pick out cut-backs. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/apr/21/tottenham-v-nottingham-forest-premier-league-live
Leeds and Burnley promoted to Premier League after Clarets beat Sheffield United 2-1 – live reaction
Clarets can seal promotion in 5.30pm BST kick-offGet in touch: email Niall with your thoughtsPeep! We’re off – and in no time at all, Sheffield United create a decent chance …“Smug Leeds fan here, I was nervous at 3pm, it all went away after 26 mins,” cheers Jeremy Boyce. “Big one tonight then, a must-win for Wilder’s Blades. This is going to rattle their teeth and nerves. Do they go all out for the win ? Or keep some back for the possible playoffs?” Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/apr/21/burnley-v-sheffield-united-championship-live
Burnley v Sheffield United: Championship – live
Clarets can seal promotion in 5.30pm BST kick-offGet in touch: email Niall with your thoughtsPeep! We’re off – and in no time at all, Sheffield United create a decent chance …“Smug Leeds fan here, I was nervous at 3pm, it all went away after 26 mins,” cheers Jeremy Boyce. “Big one tonight then, a must-win for Wilder’s Blades. This is going to rattle their teeth and nerves. Do they go all out for the win ? Or keep some back for the possible playoffs?” Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/apr/21/burnley-v-sheffield-united-championship-live
McClean sparks Wrexham victory at Blackpool to boost promotion dream
The Championship may have to start preparing for Hollywood. A third successive promotion remains firmly in Wrexham’s sights after a near-perfect day for them in League One’s tumultuous automatic promotion race. Who writes their scripts?While their rivals Wycombe crumbled to a 4-0 home defeat by Charlton to topple out of the top two, Wrexham took full advantage, overpowering Blackpool with a dominant second-half display capped by quick-fire goals from James McClean and Ollie Rathbone. Behind the champions Birmingham, the Welsh club are two points better off than the Chairboys on 86, with Charlton on 82 and Stockport, who beat Huddersfield, on 81. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/21/blackpool-wrexham-league-one-match-report