Queen’s gambit

Every fan should have blind faith at this time of year, as we throw cynicism and logic out of the window and embrace reckless optimism. If not now, when? Celtic have won the Scottish title convincingl

hings were moving somewhat slowly in Nottingham, as 1974 dissolved into 1975. Not just outside, where pit smoke still spiked the air, but inside the Palais nightclub. A 1920s revolving dancefloor move

On a dark February evening, teenage midfielder Harrison Rimmer swivelled inside the penalty area and fired low into the bottom corner, to score the first goal at Everton’s new home. If that seemed lik

The 2024-25 Championship was a split league. The second tier produced an unprecedented two 100-point campaigns, with Leeds and Burnley pulling clear of play-off finalists Sheffield United and Sunderla

Rarely have two points been such cause for celebration. Come the end of the 2015-16 Premier League campaign, that was all that would separate Sam Allardyce’s Sunderland, in 17th, from relegated rivals

But that sense of respite is temporary. Luton have landed still with Premier League parachute payments, while Cardiff – in the third tier for the first time since 2003 – and Plymouth Argyle are planni