Anfield celebrated yesterday's centenary of Bill Shankly's birthday with a performance against Manchester United.

Cardiff City had not hosted top-flight football since the Shadows were at No1 with Wonderful Land and huge numbers of filmgoers were saying yes to Dr No.

Jose Mourinho has taunted Tottenham over their failed pursuit of Willian after helping Chelsea woo the Brazilian out of the arms of Andre Villas-Boas.

Real Madrid want Gareth Bale to make his home debut a week on Sunday against Athletic Bilbao because the midday kick-off would maximise the global television audience watching his first game in Spain.

As a player, Ryan Nelsen loved nothing more than testing himself against the world's best strikers. Wayne Rooney, no problem. Thierry Henry, sure thing. Ronaldinho, OK.

Manchester United expect Chelsea to increase efforts to unsettle Wayne Rooney by lodging a third bid for the forward within 48 hours.

Manchester United manager David Moyes praised Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney after his first Premier League match in charge of the English champions.

This video shows Zack, a football fan, invading the field of a match between Real Madrid and Inter Milan and posing with players including Kaka and Sergio Ramos. According to Deadspin the incident happened at the 68th minute of Saturday night's Real Madrid-Inter Milan match in St. Louis. "Oh and they didn't do much I got cuffed and walked to the jail cell there.. And on my way Ramos said yahh when I was looking at the ground and then when I looked up he winked at me it was the best day ever !", Zack reportedly said commenting on the incident.

Liverpool have banished Luis Suarez to train away from the first-team squad until he is ready to show respect to his club and teammates - a move that underlines their refusal to be cowed by a player whose contract leaves them under no obligation to sell.

Doubts are growing whether Wayne Rooney will ever play for Manchester United again.

Gareth Bale made an unexpected return to Tottenham's training ground yesterday.

Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny tells the story of how the extraordinary exploits of one Vietnamese fan got him a very special ride on the team bus. It all started when the team went on a sight-seeing trip in Hanoi... courtesy ArsenalTour/NewsPoint.

Arsenal remain focused on Liverpool striker Luis Suarez while North London rivals Tottenham are set to offer Aston Villa £20 million for star striker Christian Benteke.

Auckland City plan to base themselves in Barcelona ahead of this year's Fifa Club World Cup campaign - with a possible warm-up match against a La Liga team on the agenda.

Is there a greater responsibility in the game than a yellow shirt with a No10 on the back?

The new soccer deal making every match in the English Premier League available online - live and on demand - is an absolute winner in my book, writes Chris Rattue.

Jeremy Christie's road to All Whites redemption passes through North Harbour Stadium tomorrow night.

Waitakere United striker Roy Krishna looks set to miss out on a dream opportunity in England because of an immigration clause.

An English Premier League inferiority complex has become well developed thanks to the German dominance of this year's Champions League.

Much as Barack Obama has been accused of governing America by sermon, so the English game proceeds by holding the back page, shock and awe on Twitter and the titillation of TV's favourite hook: "Breaking".

The 723rd and final home game of Sir Alex Ferguson's 9685 days as Manchester United manager was no local send-off.

When David Moyes walks into the hall at Old Billingsgate in the City of London next week his status among his peers will already have been transformed.

Football's coming home, and it will be striding through the Wembley door wearing lederhosen and yellow-and-black shirts.