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BBC News
a day ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Celtic 4-1 Falkirk: Have your say
Holders Celtic scored three goals in 10 second-half minutes to ease into the Premier Sports Cup quarter-finals, as Falkirk were given another insight into how tough life will be against top-flight the full match report your say here.
New York Times
3 days ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Transfer news live updates: Latest on Isak, Guehi and Liverpool plus Bailey, Donnarumma futures
Good morning! And welcome back to The Athletic where we are still very much in transfer mode. The return of domestic top-flight football is now just a couple of days away, but there is no rest for the wicked in the wonderful world of incomings and outgoings. There are plenty more deals to be done and I'm sure we will have lots of interesting developments throughout the course of the day, so stick with us as we take you through it all!
BBC News
6 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Feeney 'not surprised' with Bangor win over Reds
Bangor boss Lee Feeney said he was "not surprised" his side beat Cliftonville 3-1 as they "have it in them" to produce impressive performances like they showed on from Kyle Owens, Ben Arthurs and Michael Morgan helped the Seasiders to victory in their first top flight game since praised his side's response after Ryan Curran equalised for Cliftonville in the second half, but knows they will need to deliver similar performances week in week out to stave off relegation."It was a pleasing performance and result. We have 37 more league games to put in performances like that, but I'm really proud as a big ask for them to come here and beat Cliftonville," he told BBC Sport NI."We'd only two players different from last season's Championship so it's very pleasing, I put trust in the boys that got us here, but we have to do it all season."We reacted brilliantly to the Cliftonville goal going in and we were a better version of ourselves after that goal."Owens, who scored Bangor's first goal from close range, believes the victory will give his side confidence that they can compete at this level."We showed today we can go up against anyone," he said."People expect you to get relegated straight away and it is a fight and a battle every week, but the boys have to be up for that. "I'm one of the older guys, I've played here before but a lot of our young lads haven't played in the Premiership but they didn't look out of place."
Yahoo
01-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Premier League opponents
Ahead of the Premier League fixture release day on June 18th 2025, we're taking a look at our upcoming opponents for next season, having returned to the top-flight. Next up on the list, we take a look at Arsenal. Advertisement Stadium: Emirates Stadium Capacity: 60,704 Distance from Elland Road: 193 miles Founded: 1886 A memorable meeting: Time in Premier League: 33 years The Gunners have been in the Premier League since its inception in the 1992/93 season, beginning as one of the founder members. They've been crowned champions of the division on three occasions, but not since the 2003/04 season. Last season: Mikel Arteta's side have finished second in the league table three times on the bounce. A points total of 74 last season was the lowest of the last three years, with 20 wins, 14 draws, and just the four losses throughout the year. The strongest defence in the league saw them concede just 34 times, netting 69 at the other end. One to watch:
BBC News
15-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
The stats behind St Johnstone's relegation
St Johnstone's 16-year stay in the Scottish Premiership has come to an end, with a bleak season giving way to what has looked inevitable for some time statistics illustrate why they have dropped out of the top Perth side struggle to get going in games and often left themselves with too much to do later have conceded 35 first-half goals in 37 games, more than any other in the Premiership this season. In addition, they have failed to score a first-half goal in 26 of their 37 games, more often than any other team in the Premiership this term.A fair few of those goals have been avoidable, Perth Saints have conceded 10 goals leading from errors, the top flight's joint-worst record along with often, they concede when they shouldn' cumulative expected-goals (xG) against is 54, but they have conceded 12 goals more than that, suggesting they are susceptible to letting soft goals in and not forming the type of solid rearguard they were associated with for much of their top-flight Saints have also dropped 20 points from winning positions, the fourth worst in the league and another damning indictment of a side who have often seemed devoid of confidence and belief.
