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After a difficult 2020/2021 season, Celtic have played some great football at times this campaign They have also shown some inconsistencies and were once again knocked out of the Champions League at an early stage. A defeat against Rangers would have also been a huge disappointment. Let's have a think about how good they actually here. Recent match: Celtic 3 - 0 Ross County Three second-half goals from Celtic saw them breakdown a determined Ross County.  Manager Ange Postecoglou said: "When you don't get it, it gives them confidence and they defended well. We've seen in other games if we score early it opens the game up. The info we gave to the whole group at half-time was 'stick to our principles'." 🎥 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗤𝗨𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘 🎥 Ajeti double + Carter-Vickers strikes on Hoops debut! 👇 #CELROS | #COYBIG 🍀 pic.twitter.com/DrYcHskzAt — Celtic TV (@CelticTV) September 12, 2021 Mixed fortunes in Europe Celtic have played a number of European games duri...

Ahead of England's upcoming world cup qualifiers, let's take a look at some of England's most memorable moments at this stage of the competition. There' heroic defending against Italy, late drama against Greece and a memorable night in Munich. Keep reading for more memories Italy 0 - 0 England - Qualification for France 98 is secured England only needed a point from their final match to qualify for the following summer's World Cup. Easier said than done when that final match is Italy away.  A battling and sometimes heroic display from the Three Lions earned them a 0-0 draw and qualification was secured. Not a lot of flair from the attacking players but the point was well deserved. Watch some of the highlights from the game in the video below. Germany 1 - 5 England - Even Heskey scored Germany had beaten England at the start of the end of the qualifying campaign. A disappointing end to the reign of Kevin Keegan and an awful way to say goodbye to the old Wembley S...

Tottenham maintained their 100% start to the season against Watford. The win means Spurs will top the table going into September's international break. Watford are 12th. They were made to work hard for their victory by a Watford side who were unfortunate to concede when Son's inswinging free-kick deceived the Watford goalkeeper and found the bottom-right corner. 📬 He always delivers. pic.twitter.com/jICUySCtWo — Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 29, 2021 Nuno Espirito Santo became just the second Spurs boss to win his first three league games in charge of the club. The last man to accomplish that was Arthur Rowe in 1949. Nuno Espirito Santo spoke with BBC Sport: "We worked hard. The boys have been very committed to our idea on how we want to be. We still have a lot of things to improve. Performances help create this atmosphere. "We go beyond our own limits when we need to. This is what the boys did today. It was a tough game." Harry Kane, who was un...

It was another thrilling day of Premier League action, let's take a look a closer look at the action. West Ham United finished the day on top of the Premier League. How many people would bet on them staying there? Manchester City thrash woeful Arsenal Manchester City outplayed ten-man Arsenal on a sunny afternoon at the Etihad Stadium. Ilkay Gundogan and Ferran Torres scored in the first 12 minutes. Any hope Arsenal had of a comeback was ended when midfielder Granit Xhaka was sent off for lunging into a challenge on Joao Cancelo Greater Manchester Football: Manchester City score five against woeful Arsenal https://t.co/StWkcpCUgw — News Ball (@UKNewsBall) August 28, 2021 Ten-man Chelsea hold Liverpool Chelsea frustrated Liverpool in a fast and furious Premier League encounter to earn a hard-fought point. They were reduced to 10 men after Reece James' first-half sending-off. You can see some of the highlights in the tweet below. Give it a watch! A strong and resilient perfo...

With Cristiano Ronaldo returning to Manchester United instead of signing for Manchester City, Greater Manchester Football have taken a look at some of the most shocking transfers involving Manchester United and Manchester City.  We also explore some other controversial signings.  Carlos Tevez to Manchester City in 2009 This was a strange one. Tevez had spent the previous two seasons at Old Trafford, where he won the Premier League twice and the Champions League in 2008.  The Argentinian had claimed he was never offered a new contract at United. He was the latest signing to join the ongoing revolution across the city.  City announced the transfer with this cheeky poster. How good was Carlos Tevez at Manchester City? Click here to find more news from across Greater Manchester More Manchester City news can be found here Michael Owen to Manchester United in 2009 The former Liverpool striker  signed for United  in 2009 after being released by recently relega...

Cameron Archer scored three as Aston Villa eased into the next round of the League Cup with a 6-0 win at League Two Barrow   He scored first goal of the night before Anwar El Ghazi added two, one from the penalty and then volleying home from close in to make it 3-0 at the break.Archer dinked in a lovely finish for his second before Frederic Guilbert smashed goal number five. The teenager completed his hat-trick with a low shot late on. More football news can be found by clicking here It was a dream first start for the club for Archer, who spent last season on loan at Solihull Moors. He was one of ten changes boss Dean Smith made from Saturday's win over Newcastle. Archer will hope his goals have put him in the reckoning to be included in the squad against Brentford at the weekend. Barrow competed well at times but were playing catch-up from the tenth minute when El Ghazi got in behind and squared for Archer to slot in his first from six yards out. Reaction The Barrow manager ...

Real Madrid and Levante played out a thrilling 3-3 draw in La Liga The game saw Gareth Bale's first La Liga goal since 2019 and an outfield player end up in goal. The Wales legend scored from Karim Benzema's pass but Roger Marti levelled 28 seconds after the restart. ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Gareth Bale opens the scoring for Real Madrid against Levante this evening. A first goal of the season for the Cymru captain 🙌 [🎥 @PremierSportsTV ] pic.twitter.com/YIwZ7yhV7d — welshfootie (@welshfootie) August 22, 2021  Jose Campana volleyed Levante ahead but Vinicius Jr levelled. Rober Pier put Levante back into the lead but Vinicius made it 3-3 with a clever finish before Levante goalkeeper Aitor Fernandez was later sent off. Wild weekend gets wilder... Levante keeper sent off, outfield player about to go in goal... minutes to go (but imagine plenty of time added on) and it's still 3-3 against Real Madrid — Gabriele Marcotti (@Marcotti) August 22, 2021 He dashed twenty yards outs...

Steven Gerrard told the media that his Rangers side needs to be more ruthless.  They began a massive week with a 4-2 victory over Ross County.  (Footage below courtesy of the SPFL.) Jordan White's late penalty pulled it back to 3-2 before Scott Arfield eventually put the game beyond the hosts. Rangers had surged ahead through Joe Aribo and Connor Goldson header. Harry Clarke responded after Alfredo Morelos restored the two-goal margin. 🐃🇨🇴⚽️🔥 pic.twitter.com/o1pUgAnXuG — Alfredo Morelos (@morelos2106) August 22, 2021 Gerrard's men are now only a point off the top and are away with a 1-0 lead against Alashkert of Armenia in the second leg of their Europa League play-off on Thursdat. Celtic then visit Ibrox for Sunday's Old Firm derby. He told Sky Sports after the match: "It was a really strong away performance, a lot of our attacking play was quality and we could have scored more goals," "I'd like to see us be more ruthless - I can see goals five ...

Brentford kept their second successive clean sheet as their impressive start to life in the Premier League continued. The Bees named an unchanged starting eleven from that win against Arsenal, but offered little attacking threat in the opening stages. Ivan Toney went close with a shot from distance. The Brentford manager tiold Match Of The Day: “I think we slightly edged it to be the better side. We won the ball a lot of times in good areas, but we didn’t have the quality to put a good counter-attack chance together. “We ended the first half on top, which pleased me in many ways. We need a little bit more confidence and composure. But I think it is a positive that we have another level to take from this game."   The Palace perspective Patrick Vieira has argued that his side's performance in 0-0 draw with Brentford does give them hope for the rest of the season. He added that he is confident that the fans will remain patient as he looks to change the playing style at Selhurst P...

PSG were without a number of superstars including Lionel Messi and Neymar. They still had more than enough for Brest as they made it three wins out of three to top Ligue 1. Ander Herrera's scored a volley and a Kylian Mbappe added header put to PSG in control before Franck Honorat pulled a goal back. Other stories from our network Idrissa Gueye then fired in from way out, but PSG's opponents refused to lie down with Steve Mounie side-footing in. Another former Manchester United player in Angel di Maria then decided the contest for good with a cracking lob. Click here for more football news Despite all those absentees, Pochettino's squad still featured still included a host of stars including Mbappe, Achraf Hakimi, Giorginio Wijnaldum and Marco Verratti. PSG fans in the stadium and on Twitter were clearly happy with the result.  Their next game is against Reims, will Lionel Messi make his debut?  ❤️💙 #WeAreParis pic.twitter.com/zgvGThjhJt — Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG...

The second weekend of the Premier League season is almost here. There could be even more goals this weekend.  Let's have a quick look at where they might come from. Can Manchester City recover from their poor start? City followed up their defeat in the Community Shield with a 1-0 defeat away at Tottenham. Will a return to the Etihad Stadium and their biggest crowd since March 2020 see City recover from that poor start? Can Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea make it two wins from two? Three of the teams looking to take City's crown will all be hoping to make it two wins from two. Liverpool face Burnley, Chelsea play Arsenal and Manchester United travel to Southampton. Check out the Premier League website and some of the tweets below for all the latest news. More news and stories on Manchester United can be found by heading to Greater Manchester Football. A Twitter List by UKNewsBall Can the Brentford bandwagon continue? Everyone was impressed with Brentford's wi...

Celtic's recent great form continued as they took a huge step towards the next stage of Europa League  after a pulsating victory against AZ Alkmaar. You can see all the highlights in the video below. Kyogo Furuhashi scored from Tom Rogic's fantastic cross to open the scoring in the first half and make it six goals in six games since signing for Celtic. In the second half. Kyogo teed up James Forrest, whose deflected effort reached the back of the net.  The fantastic football on show brought about a great atmosphere from the Celtic fans. They will be hoping to comfortably secure their passage to the Group Stage in the next round.  Celtic fans singing You’ll Never Walk Alone before kick off tonight pic.twitter.com/N12NYGGquK — Fitba Culture 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@fitbaculture) August 18, 2021 We played some outstanding football. Wee man from Japan scored the opener followed by Jimmy Forrest. Wizard of Oz superb. Joe Heart another Clean Sheet. Paradise Rockin Green Brigade ...

Brentford celebrated their arrival in the Premier League with a superb victory over Arsenal as they opened their league campaign in style. We have previously asked if Brentford can survive and thrive in the Premier League.   Judging from the highlights in the video below, it looks like they can! Brentford fans celebrated wildly at full time. This was a result and performance that instantly turns the spotlight on Mikel Arteta. He certainly needs an improvement on last season and this was an appalling start to the campaign. Throughout the 90 minutes, Brentford were showing the pedigree that made them such a thrillinmg side on their journey to biggest stage of English football.  Post match reaction This is what Arteta said after the match. As you can imagine, the reaction to this tweet was mixed. 🗣 “It’s a very disappointing night. We needed to start in a very different way." #BREARS — Arsenal (@Arsenal) August 13, 2021 One Arsenal fan replied: "Arteta if you have ...

Rangers crashed out of the Champions League after losing to 10-man Malmo at Ibrox. The 2021 Scottish Premiership champions levelled the  tie on aggregate with Alfredo Morelos's goal, and at times looked well placed when Malmo's Bonke Innocent was sent off before half-time. Antonio Colak then changed the outcome of the when  he scored two goals in four minutes early in the second half. Despite dominating the ball and creating a fistful of chances, Rangers were unable to respond. For Rangers, a Europa League play-off awaits against Kazakhstan's Kairat Almaty or Alashkert of Armenia. More football news can be found here You can see and listen to Steven Gerrard's reaction in the video below. Gerrard added: "The most frustrating part is we've lost the second half to 10 men. To be 1-0 up and then go 2-1 down, a bit of fear and panic set in. We've got the second-half performance wrong and that's on all of us. "We've lost three games out of four and,...

Let's look back at an interesting weekend of Scottish football Celtic 6 - 0 Dundee Kyogo Furuhashi scored three as Celtic thrashed Dundee to give Ange Postecoglou a fantastic first Scottish Premiership victory in front of 24,500 fan. Despite a difficult and troubling start to life in Scotland, Postecoglou was given a warm reception from those allowed into the stadium as the Australian took charge of his first home league game. Dundee United 1 - 0 Rangers Rangers long unbeaten run is over! Jamie Robson's goal just after 60 minutes was enough to earn Thomas Courts his first league win as Dundee United manager and condemn Steven Gerrard's side to a first league defeat since losing to Hamilton  in March 2020. 🗣 "I think I can say with some conviction that we just about shaded that one today. It was a perfect day today." 🎥 Hear from Head Coach Tam Courts and goalscorer Jamie Robson after today's 1-0 victory over Rangers. #UnitedTogether pic.twitter.com/tzMFB...

It has been announced that Lionel Messi's time at Barcelona is over.  At 16 years, four months, and 23 days old, Messi made his first team debut when he came on in the 75th minute during a friendly against José Mourinho's Porto in November 2003. His career has been extraordinary. Let's take a look at some of his best moments.        April 18, 2007 Messi emulates fellow Diego Maradona with this amazing goal, ghosting through half of Getafe’s side while his teammates could only watch in awe. It was at this time when people started to talk about him being one of the world's best. How good is this goal? See Messi at his best by watching the video below. Some have argued that this is his best goal.  OTD in 2007 📅 Lionel Messi did his best Diego Maradona impression v Getafe 🐐 His best ever goal? 🤔 #FCB pic.twitter.com/vuiZgDmFPh — GiveMeSport Football (@GMS__Football) April 18, 2019 May 2, 2009  Messi scores twice in a 6-2 thrashing of Real Madrid...

Manchester City and Leicester City face each other in the traditional curtain-raiser to the football season.  Both teams will be looking to build on their success from last season. Very few Leicester fans will forget their 5-2 thrashing of Man City last season. Whilst it is not considered a major trophy, it us always nice to win Leicester have never won it, whereas Man City have won it on six occasions. Their last appearance came in 2019 when they beat Liverpool on penalties.  Rumours persist about Man City signing a number of players. It will be interested to see who they sign and whether they make an appearance at Wembley. 🚨 Manchester City on verge of agreeing deal with Aston Villa to sign Jack Grealish for £100m. If everything goes to plan 25yo will finalise personal terms, take medical & complete move. Most expensive signing in British history @TheAthleticUK #AVFC #MCFC https://t.co/HnUxEi5A4P — David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) August 4, 2021 Leicester would have...

The Championship is one of the most exciting leagues in the world. This season promises to be no different. Have a read of the teams that could be in contention for the Premier League Sheffield United Last season was a disaster for Sheffield. Finishing bottom of the Premier League and changing their manager half way through the season. They did have some positives though. Beating Manchester United was a definite highlight. On their return to the Championship, they will be hoping for a good start a chance to banish the nightmares of that Premier League campaign.   Bournemouth Their second season back in the Championship. Bournemouth will certainly be one of the favourites to gain promotion but will need to make their home ground a fortress again.  West Brom Another team relegated looking to bounce straight back. Despite relegation, who will ever forget their 5-2 over future European champions Chelsea. What they will be looking for is stability at managerial level. Valé...

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award is the main award of the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year ceremony, which takes place each December. The winner is judged by a vote from the public to have achieved the most that year. The video below shows who was nominated for the award in 2019. Who will be shortlisted in 2021?   Let's take a look at some of the footballers who might be in contention in 2021. Raheem Sterling Sterling hasn't had a great impact for Manchester City in recent months but was superb for England in 2020 and also done lots of great community work. Marcus Rashford Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford was recognised in 2020 for his achievements off the field this year with an Expert Panel Special Award at the Sports Personality of the Year award. His great work off the pitch has been well documented. Greater Manchester Football is so proud of Marcus Rashford. Harry Kane A definite outside bet but Kane played a big part in England's run to ...

Manager Postecoglou received a decent welcome from a 9,000 crowd as Celtic played a competitive game in front of their fans for the first time since March 2020 More Champions League stories from Greater Manchester Football After the match, Postecoglou gave his verdict after the 1-1 draw in the 1st leg. Liel Abada gave Celtic a first-half lead but were down to ten men after Nir Bitton was sent off.   Midtjylland were level after da Silva Ferreira scored on the 66th minute. Midtjylland winger was also sent off in the second half, meaning that both teams finished with ten men. The return leg will take place next Wednesday in Denmark. The winners face a potentially tough next round against either PSV Eindhoven or Galatasaray in the third qualifying round.  More reaction from Celtic fans One Celtic fan on YouTube said: "I think this was an excellent performance by the Bhoys tonight, considering before the game. "I was doubtful that we would get any type of res...