Burnley FC apologise for fan flying ‘White Lives Matter’ banner

Burnley FC has apologised and vowed to hand out lifetime bans after a plane carrying a banner reading ‘White Lives Matter Burnley’ was flown over the Eithad stadium ahead of the team’s match with Manchester City this evening.  A private plane bearing the message flew over the stadium in Manchester just moments after both Burnley and … Read more

Burnley FC apologise after ‘White Lives Matter’ banner is flown over match against Manchester City’

Burnley FC apologise after ‘White Lives Matter’ banner is flown over their Premier League match against Manchester City moments after players take the knee for BLM Burnley apologised and vowed to hand out lifetime bans to those responsible The private plane crossed the sky above the stadium after players took a knee Premier League players have … Read more

Liverpool’s title run-in, Arsenal vs Spurs and Chelsea games – the Premier League’s ‘high risk’ ties

BREAKING NEWS: Police call for SIX ‘high risk’ Premier League games to be moved to neutral venues over crowd fears… with Liverpool, Man United, Chelsea and Newcastle all facing high-profile switches Police have identified six ‘high risk’ PL games that could be at neutral venues There are concerns fans could gather near grounds and breach … Read more

The ALTERNATIVE Premier League table: Manchester United miss out, Arsenal fall to 12th

As doubts grow about the viability of playing out the rest of the Premier League season, a number of methods have been mooted to complete the campaign. There are those who would take the table at the halfway stage – when everybody had played each other once – and simply double the points totals. Others … Read more

Premier League clubs remain committed to finishing the 2019-20 season

Premier League clubs remain committed to finishing the 2019-20 season… but the June 30 cut-off date was NOT discussed during a top-flight meeting on Friday Premier League stakeholders held their latest meeting on Friday The season has been suspended since early March due to coronavirus crisis  Some sides arrived looking to install a June 30 … Read more

Why voiding the Premier League and EFL seasons would cause chaos amid coronavirus pandemic

Everything around football is up in the air. The season has been suspended for weeks and it is unclear when – and if – it might return. As time goes on, there are more voices calling for the campaign to be called off amid the coronavirus crisis. They do not seem to factor in the … Read more

Premier League plan to resume season at start of May behind closed doors

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES   The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Premier League stars are ‘ready to revolt over plans play behind closed doors’

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES   The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday March 13 – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of coronavirus. That forced … Read more

Premier League’s plan to save the season: Start again on June 1, play all matches in just SIX weeks

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES   The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday March 13 – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of coronavirus. That forced … Read more

Premier League Coronavirus Q&A: Will Liverpool win the league?

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES  In doubt  The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more