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Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
The symmetry between Spurs in the league and winning a trophy
Much has been made of Tottenham's contrasting form in the Premier League and Europa League this season. But history suggests when Spurs lift a trophy, a dip in league performance often goes hand in hand. Since the early 1990s, Spurs have not combined a strong league season with cup success. It has typically been one or the other. Before this season's league struggles, the last time Spurs finished in the bottom half of the Premier League was that memorable 2007-08 season with its February flourish of a League Cup win over Chelsea. Since then, they have racked up 16 consecutive seasons of solid to strong Premier League finishes, but without any silverware along the way. Going further back, the 1990-91 season offers a familiar pattern. Terry Venables' FA Cup-winning side were third in the table at the end of November. However, from the FA Cup fourth round onwards, they only managed one league win in their final 15 matches. That's worse than the one win in 12 matches Ange Postecoglou's side recorded at the end of this season as their focus shifted to Europe.
Scottish Sun
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Liverpool and Crystal Palace in never-before-seen DOUBLE guard of honour before final day clash
But another Prem side did not receive the same honour ON GUARD Liverpool and Crystal Palace in never-before-seen DOUBLE guard of honour before final day clash Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) LIVERPOOL and Crystal Palace performed a never-before-seen DOUBLE guard of honour on the final day of the season. Arne Slote's Premier League champions were honoured by Oliver Glasner's FA Cup-winning Eagles. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Liverpool and Crystal Palace performed a never-before-seen double guard of honour 2 Liverpool returned the favour for FA Cup-winners Palace But Liverpool then returned the favour with a guard of honour in the wake of Palace's cup victory against Manchester City earlier in the month. The two teams will play each other again in the season opening Community Shield in August. But for now, it was mutual respect between the two clubs as one said: "Nice gesture from both teams!" Another added: "Mutual respect strong sportsmanship shown." READ MORE IN football REFFIN' HELL League One play-off final DELAYED with just minutes left after tech failure One hailed: "Double guard of honour is f***ing class! Special special day." Another said: "Love the double guard of honour!" Elsewhere, Tottenham were due to get a guard of honour after ending their 17 YEAR wait for silverware. Their 1-0 victory over Manchester United in Bilbao won them the Europa League. CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS North London was gridlocked on their Friday bus parade - two days before hosting Brighton. And the Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler planned for his players to give Spurs a guard of honour at Spurs' stadium. Inside Tottenham's wild Europa League open-top bus parade as 200,000 fans greet heroes He said: "Like we did against Liverpool, if great clubs achieve great things then it's always a positive thing and also if English clubs achieve great things in the international cups. "I'm very happy for them. Of course, they deserve it, so we will do it." But Spurs were not given the honour before the match.
Daily Mirror
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
Crystal Palace finally confirm FA Cup parade plan but fans left furious
Crystal Palace have announced how they will celebrate their FA Cup victory over Manchester City with supporters - and confirmed when their bus parade will take place around Selhurst Park Crystal Palace have confirmed their plans for a bus parade to celebrate their FA Cup win. The Eagles earned their first piece of major silverware with victory over Manchester City at Wembley and will now extend their celebrations with supporters to Monday May 26. Eberechi Eze's first half strike earned the south London side victory against Pep Guardiola's men as goalkeeper Dean Henderson controversially avoided a red card. Palace have already lifted the trophy on the Selhurst Park pitch as they celebrated with a Premier League win over Wolves on Tuesday night. And now they will host a more formal celebration to enable their fans to join the side and see the FA Cup trophy up close. The Eagles' FA Cup-winning heroes and their trophy will take part in an open-top bus parade down the SE25 streets on Bank Holiday Monday (May 26). It will begin at the top of Whitehorse Lane from 13:00 on Monday and last 45 minutes as it completes a route that will turn into Park Road and down Holmesdale Road. A party on the pitch at Selhurst Park will then follow from 14:30. The club will host a ticketed event, though it will be free, that will serve up live entertainment, special guests and the end-of-season awards for those in attendance. Standing tickets on the pitch and seats in the Main Stand will be available to witness a trophy lift or two. But some fans have been left frustrated with the day's itinerary after a dispute with the local council forced a change in plans. It was earlier reported that there were issues raised by Bromley Council over potentially using Crystal Palace Park for the FA Cup parade. And the council has now seen criticism after the confirmation of the route. One social media user said: "@LBofBromley thanks for being party poopers, if you have had anything to do with stopping the parade. Don't get or understand why you wouldn't want this to be celebrated, this is a massive achievement! Shame on you!" "The Crystal Palace bowl would have been the perfect place to end," said another. "Ready made stage which would require little setting up. "Route could have travelled through Croydon and Selhurst past the ground, made it's way to Penge road left up along Penge high street then into the park." "Be ashamed of your actions," said one frustrated fan. "The biggest and best thing to happen to South London in decades and you can't facilitate it." Another said: "Oi @LBofBromley hang your heads on shame. Once in a lifetime opportunity here. No other council have banned these. Think of the South London children this will inspire." As well as being able to lift the FA Cup trophy, Crystal Palace were also awarded a place in next season's Europa League. The club are confident that they will be able to compete in the competition despite their largest shareholder John Textor also owning Lyon, who could also qualify for the tournament. UEFA's club financial control body (CFCB) is set to look into the case, but the Eagles are confident that there will be no issue as Textor's Eagle Football Holdings do not have the majority of voting rights. Palace boss Oliver Glasner is not thinking about European competition just yet however, even with the Premier League season almost over. The Austrian said: 'It makes just no sense thinking and talking about the Europa League. "It's so far away. I think this could be the biggest mistake you can do. My only thoughts are how we can improve our game, how we can improve as a team. here won't be big changes. "I think from a financial perspective, Crystal Palace will never be a top four club in England. I think this club got promoted in 2013. Since then, this club has always progressed. Not huge steps. You can be a one-hit wonder. But then you're back. Then you're gone. 'It just makes no sense. That's why we said our planning shouldn't be: 'Now we play in Europe. We do crazy things and everything collapses'. We follow the pathway. "Now we get a special reward. We can play in Europe. But we don't leave our pathway. This pathway didn't start with Oliver Glasner. It started with the new owners in 2010. For me the next step is to play between eight and 12 in the Premier League.'
Glasgow Times
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
Conor Bradley can deal with fresh competition at Liverpool, says Michael O'Neill
O'Neill has welcomed Bradley back into his Northern Ireland squad for the friendlies against Denmark and Iceland after the 21-year-old missed the March fixtures through injury, and Bradley will join up as the first Northern Ireland player to pick up a Premier League winners' medal since Jonny Evans in 2013. Bradley took on a growing role in Arne Slot's side this season, making 28 appearances for Liverpool in all competitions despite some injury setbacks as he competed with Alexander-Arnold for the right-back spot. With Alexander-Arnold joining Real Madrid this summer Liverpool are close to signing Jeremie Frimpong as his replacement, but O'Neill said Bradley – who has signed a new four-year contract at Anfield – can face any challenge. 'You're not going to play at a club like Liverpool and not have a challenge for your position,' O'Neill told the PA news agency. 'The difference will be when Conor was a young player coming through he had to challenge an experienced player who had really established himself with a very successful and brilliant career and was a local hero. That's as tough as it gets in terms of trying to dislodge someone. 'So whatever Liverpool do in terms of recruitment it will be different because a player coming in will not be established in the way Alexander-Arnold was and Conor's already proven he can do the job… 'I think he's ready for whatever the challenge may be.' Bradley is not the only Northern Ireland player to be celebrating a major trophy this season, with Crystal Palace's Justin Devenny lifting the FA Cup after being an unused substitute in the final against Manchester City last weekend. 'You want your players to grow, not only in how they play but how they are in terms of their personalities and the influence they have as well,' O'Neill add. 'Conor is an influential player in our group already but he comes in having been part of a championship-winning team at Liverpool so he's going to have the experience now from that. It's fabulous for him to have that. 'It's part of his progression and journey as a player and we benefit from that because he grows as a player. And we have Justin as well, he's part of an FA Cup-winning team and squad, and hopefully he feels the same way when he comes in.' Squad locked in 🔒 #GAWA — Northern Ireland (@NorthernIreland) May 22, 2025 As O'Neill prepares for Northern Ireland's friendly away to Denmark on June 7 and the meeting with Iceland in Belfast three days later, Bradley returns to the squad alongside Sunderland pair Daniel Ballard and Trai Hume, as well as Ali McCann and Dion Charles. Ciaron Brown, Eoin Toal, Ross McCausland, Jordan Thompson and Josh Magennis miss out through injury, but O'Neill believes his squad is in better shape than it was in March as they go into the final warm-up games before the World Cup qualifying campaign begins in September. 'We're still missing one or two through injury, but I think overall we look a little bit stronger than we did in March,' he said.
Rhyl Journal
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Rhyl Journal
Conor Bradley can deal with fresh competition at Liverpool, says Michael O'Neill
O'Neill has welcomed Bradley back into his Northern Ireland squad for the friendlies against Denmark and Iceland after the 21-year-old missed the March fixtures through injury, and Bradley will join up as the first Northern Ireland player to pick up a Premier League winners' medal since Jonny Evans in 2013. Bradley took on a growing role in Arne Slot's side this season, making 28 appearances for Liverpool in all competitions despite some injury setbacks as he competed with Alexander-Arnold for the right-back spot. A post shared by Conor Bradley (@conorbradley.03) 'You're not going to play at a club like Liverpool and not have a challenge for your position,' O'Neill told the PA news agency. 'The difference will be when Conor was a young player coming through he had to challenge an experienced player who had really established himself with a very successful and brilliant career and was a local hero. That's as tough as it gets in terms of trying to dislodge someone. 'So whatever Liverpool do in terms of recruitment it will be different because a player coming in will not be established in the way Alexander-Arnold was and Conor's already proven he can do the job… 'I think he's ready for whatever the challenge may be.' A post shared by JUSTIN DEVENNY (@justindevenny_03) Bradley is not the only Northern Ireland player to be celebrating a major trophy this season, with Crystal Palace's Justin Devenny lifting the FA Cup after being an unused substitute in the final against Manchester City last weekend. 'You want your players to grow, not only in how they play but how they are in terms of their personalities and the influence they have as well,' O'Neill add. 'Conor is an influential player in our group already but he comes in having been part of a championship-winning team at Liverpool so he's going to have the experience now from that. It's fabulous for him to have that. 'It's part of his progression and journey as a player and we benefit from that because he grows as a player. And we have Justin as well, he's part of an FA Cup-winning team and squad, and hopefully he feels the same way when he comes in.' Squad locked in 🔒 #GAWA — Northern Ireland (@NorthernIreland) May 22, 2025 As O'Neill prepares for Northern Ireland's friendly away to Denmark on June 7 and the meeting with Iceland in Belfast three days later, Bradley returns to the squad alongside Sunderland pair Daniel Ballard and Trai Hume, as well as Ali McCann and Dion Charles. Ciaron Brown, Eoin Toal, Ross McCausland, Jordan Thompson and Josh Magennis miss out through injury, but O'Neill believes his squad is in better shape than it was in March as they go into the final warm-up games before the World Cup qualifying campaign begins in September. 'We're still missing one or two through injury, but I think overall we look a little bit stronger than we did in March,' he said.
