Joey Barton

Time is running out... but can we hold on!

Time is ebbing away now, but the transfer speculation continues - what, if anything, will it bring though? The Lassana Diarra to Spurs talk keeps on being mentioned, but surely a deal of this proportion would have seen...

Joey Barton faces 12match ban from FA for his attack on Ousmane Dabo

According to Kevin Keegan, Joey Barton is drinking "in the last-chance saloon'', which is the last place the troubled midfielder should be given the effect alcohol has on his self-restraint mechanisms. Target man: Joey...

Wenger: Great future for Gunners

Arsene Wenger insists there is plenty "more to come" from his young Arsenal side this season following Saturday's 3-0 home win over Newcastle. The Gunners have produced the perfect response following the fall-out from...

Football - Anfield's wasted space could be put to good use

What's the point in moving into a multi-storey mansion if you don't even use all the rooms in your current bungalow? That, perhaps, is the question potential creditors asked Liverpool when the Reds recently came looking...

Alan Fraser's screen test: It's just another Beeb repeat with goals and gobs

Mark Lawrenson is a fountain of footballing knowledge on Match of the Day on Saturday nights Never, it is often said, change a winning side. So, in the confident knowledge that the powers that be at the BBC would never...

Saturday games: Sampdoria spoils Mourinho's Serie A coaching debut at Inter Milan

Marco Del Vecchio scored a second-half equalizer to help Sampdoria to a 1-1 tie with Inter Milan and spoil José Mourinho's Serie A coaching debut. Zlatan Ibrahimovic had given Inter the lead in the 33rd minute on Saturday...

Robin Van Persie gets Arsenal back on track

Arsenal (2) 3 Newcastle United (0) 0 By Duncan White at the Emirates Stadium Battle cry: Arsenal return to form as Robin van Persie opens his account Photo: Reuters The goal was emblematic of the performance: a glorious...

Ince expects his usual lovely afternoon down the east end

Saturday, August 30 2008 This Afternoon 25°C This Evening 15°C 5-Day Forecast Defoe is all go again as he ends eight-game goal drought by PAUL SHERWOOD LIVE commentary on today's Premier League matches from top Mail on...

Ince Hammered on East End return

Sunday, August 31 2008 This Morning 15°C This Afternoon 22°C 5-Day Forecast Van Persie double gets Gunners back on track against Toon by PAUL SHERWOOD LIVE commentary on today's Premier League matches from top Mail on...