Manchester City’s future in the Champions League has been thrown into doubt after Tuesday night’s frustrating defeat to Napoli leaves them one point behind the Italian club and relying on results elsewhere to qualify. Roberto Mancini has slammed his team for letting in ‘stupid’ goals and has described his side as now having a ‘30%’ [...]

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has expressed his desire to stay at the club for many more years to come. The Italian took over in December 2009, replacing the sacked Mark Hughes, and for a majority of his first 18 months in charge he was under considerable pressure. However, this season City have had an [...]

It was inevitable. At some point this season there was going to be a clog in the Manchester City juggernaut, and it comes as little surprise that it involves their disgruntled former captain Carlos Tevez. The controversial striker seemingly refused to come onto the pitch and help out his teammates in City’s defeat to Bayern [...]

After the briefest of restpites the heat is now straight back on Steve Kean after his side were convincingly beaten 3-1 by Newcastle on Saturday. Lapses in concentration and poor defending were to blame as a Demba Ba hat-trick secured Newcastle their third win of the season as they moved up into fourth in the [...]

Last season Manchester City transformed themselves from noisy neighbours into an official top 3 Premier League team but, questions still remain over whether they can make the step up and become genuine title contenders this time round. The bookmakers certainly think so, making City the third favourites behind Manchester Utd and Chelsea, with Paddy Power [...]

In May Swansea City became the first ever club from Wales to get promoted to the Premier League following their thrilling 4-2 play-off final win against Reading. It was fantastic achievement for a club who back in 2003 were agonisingly close (just one defeat) from dropping out of the Football League after entering administration. Since [...]

The LMA Manager of the Year Award is always a popular betting market and one that can spring a few surprises. The prestigious annual award is voted by all of the 92 managers from the Premier League and the Football League, who can pick a winner from any of those four leagues. The winning manager [...]

Following their sixth straight trophyless season, Arsenal fans have drawn accustom to seeing manager Arsene Wenger planting his head in his hands in absolute despair as his team once again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. While their nearest rivals are all busy signing new players to bolster their squad ahead of the new [...]

Rochdale have appointed the former Manchester City youth team coach Steve Eyre as their new manager. The 39-year-old replaces Keith Hill, who left the League One side to take over at Championship side Barnsley at the beginning of June. It’s a huge move for Eyre and arguably a big gamble by Rochdale as Eyre has [...]

Real Madrid are well known for their lack of patience when it comes to managers. Fabio Capello and Bernd Schuster were sacked after both winning La Liga. Vicente Del Bosque was sent packing after winning two Champions League trophies and two Spanish titles in just four years (he has since guided Spain to World Cup [...]