East Thurrock United · Midfielder · #0 · England · 44 yrs
Stewart progressed up the ladder from the West of Scotland League with Ardeer Thistle and Kilwinning Rangers to Albion Rovers, St Mirren, Ross County and Sunderland before his switch to Southampton in 2023. Stewart earned his third Scotland cap as a substitute in their 4-0 victory over Bolivia at the weekend as Steve Clarke's side prepare to begin their World Cup campaign against Haiti on Saturday.
Being Mexico's star in the 2026 World Cup, Raul Jimenez keeps using his headband after his traumatic episode. The 2026 World Cup is officially underway, with Raul Jimenez taking center stage as one of the marquee stars featuring in Mexico’s highly anticipated opening match against South Africa. While his attacking prowess always commands attention, viewers will also notice his signature protective headband, an essential accessory stemming from a harrowing chapter in his veteran career that permanently altered how he plays the game. Jimenez wears the specialized headgear as a direct result of a catastrophic skull fracture he suffered in late 2020. During a Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Arsenal, the Mexico striker rose for an aerial duel and suffered a sickening clash of heads with defender David Luiz, an impact that immediately left the soccer world fearing the worst. The collision fractured his skull and left him unconscious, requiring medical staff to administer emergency oxygen on the pitch before rushing him to the hospital. Though the injury was initially considered life-threatening, Jimenez beat the odds and completed a grueling rehabilitation process to make a defiant return to professional soccer. He remarkably made his way back to the pitch for the 2021-22 season, scoring an emotional first post-injury goal in September 2021 against Southampton. While he initially wore a full protective head band, medical clearance eventually allowed him to transition to a more streamlined headband designed specifically to shield the exact area of the original fracture. Raúl Jiménez of Wolverhampton Wanderers. In an interview with The Guardian during his recovery in 2021, Jiménez opened up about the severity of the incident: “I feel like a player again. They told me it was like miracle to be there. (There was) the skull fracture, the bone broke and there was a little bit of bleeding inside the brain. It was pushing my brain to the inside and that is why the surgery had to be quick. It was a really good job by the doctors.“ Beyond just saving his life, doctors initially warned Jiménez that he might have to hang up his boots for good. “Since the first moment, the doctors told me the risks. Because they are doctors, they have to tell you the truth and you have to take it. The skull fracture did take a little longer than we all expected to heal, but it is a miracle to be here.“
After Southampton’s exclusion from the Championship play-offs due to a member of their staff being caught filming Middlesbrough’s training session, head coach Tonda Eckert has offered an apology. A personal message from Head Coach, Tonda Eckert. pic.twitter.com/dHlDdF6XFd — Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) June 2, 2026 The post Southampton boss Tonda Eckert apologizes after “Spygate” scandal (Video) appeared first on SoccerNews.
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Southampton don’t have an official club motto. But at the start of next season, as they try to leave behind the spying scandal that devastated their 2025-26 campaign, they could borrow a phrase from the poetry of Alexander Pope: to err is human; to forgive, divine. The club’s owner Dragan Solak has confirmed that their German head coach, Tonda Eckert, will not be sacked for his part in the fiasco that led to Southampton being kicked out of the playoff final. “I think he deserves a second chance and I would give it to him,” soothed Solak. “My full support would be behind him actually, because I think he’s a super-talented manager.”Don’t worry about your version of the Tim Payne tune, Andy Korman (yesterday’s Football Daily letters). If he heard it, he’d probably know the song was about him. He is probably walking into the dressing room like he was walking on to a yacht, with all this attention. The Phoenix kit could conceivably be called Apricot. Oh god, I’ll stop” – Jon Millard (and no other AOR enthusiasts).Ben Fisher reckons Andoni Iraola can ‘bring the swagger back to Arsenal’ (yesterday’s Still Want Mores, full email edition). Well, yes, but maybe that’s just a little too on-the-nose for Liverpool fans hoping for a resurgence at Anfield” – Mark Rae (and 1,056 others) Continue reading...
