Aston Villa were 3-1 up after 43 minutes but were made to sweat for their first win of the season, emerging victorious from an entertaining Champions League opener with Club Brugge. John McGinn, who struck the only goal when Villa belatedly got their season up and running last September against Bologna, opened the scoring before Emi Buendía and a first goal for Nicolas Jackson in claret and blue appeared to put Villa out of sight at half-time.The Belgian side have become familiar foes since Villa returned to the big time, the glitziest club competition of them all; a freakish Tyrone Mings handball gifted the hosts a penalty, and subsequently victory, in 2024-25 and on this occasion Aaron Wan-Bissaka conceded a second-half penalty to plunge a seesawing contest back into the balance. Continue reading...
From starting his coaching journey with MK Dons in 2015, it took the Ireland international 10 years to become a top-flight manager. "I went on a journey to try to be a head coach, but that wasn't straightforward," Andrews told The Football Interview. Playing his junior football in the Dublin District Schoolboy League, second tier Wolves identified Andrews as a target.
Sporting director disappointed to lose Bruno GuimarãesManchester United target Lewis Hall agrees new contractNewcastle’s sporting director, Ross Wilson, has revealed he began planning at the start of this year for Eddie Howe’s departure.Howe stepped down as manager in late July and the club turned to Matthias Jaissle, who had been identified as the preferred successor. Continue reading...
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