Facemasks and social distancing to be axed at events looking at how to ease lockdown

Facemasks and social distancing to be axed at events looking at how to ease lockdown in latest boost for coronavirus freedom Events Research Programme looking at schemes for events such as FA Cup Final  It is examining ways to safely reopen mass events after the lockdown ends  But fans won’t need Covid passports, only proof of a … Read more

Has Boris shown Covid passports the red card? Vaccine proof will not be needed at FA Cup Final pilot

Has Boris shown Covid passports the red card? Vaccine ‘certificates’ will not be piloted by the crowd at the FA Cup Final at Wembley next month amid furious Tory backlash The football season-ending showpiece is part of Events Research Programme  It is examining ways to safely reopen mass events after the lockdown ends  But fans won’t need Covid … Read more

Manchester City legend Colin Bell dies age 74 after non-Covid related illness

Manchester City legend Colin Bell dies age 74 from ‘non-Covid related illness’, with club to wear retro No 8 shirts against rivals United on Wednesday night in honour of England midfielder who won the title and FA Cup in blue Colin Bell has died at the age of 74 following a short, non-Covid related illness … Read more

Gerard Houllier tributes: Jamie Carragher and Michael Owen lead messages to former Liverpool boss

‘Devastated’ Jamie Carragher leads tributes to former Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier after his death at the age of 73, while ‘heartbroken’ Michael Owen speaks of ‘a great manager and a genuinely caring man’ By Kieran Jackson For Mailonline Published: 10:28 GMT, 14 December 2020 | Updated: 11:13 GMT, 14 December 2020 Jamie Carragher and Michael … Read more

Premier League clubs reject Project Big Picture plans in meeting

BREAKING NEWS: Project Big Picture is officially DEAD: Premier League clubs REJECT the Man United and Liverpool-led plan to shake up the top flight and agree to ‘a strategy review but not a major shake-up’ Premier League clubs rejected the Project Big Picture proposals in a meeting Top-flight clubs met virtually on Wednesday to discuss … Read more

£150m bailout REJECTED by the EFL as Premier League’s loan offer is derided as ‘gun to the head’

The EFL have rejected the Premier League’s £150million rescue package because they do not accept the conditions attached to what is primarily a loan. The offer of financial help, which was ordered by the Government to get football through the pandemic, is not a part of the Project Big Picture plan which has rocked the … Read more

Coronavirus: David Moyes and two West Ham United players tests POSITIVE for covid-19

West Ham rocked by positive Covid-19 tests for manager David Moyes and two players in his starting line-up less than an hour before kick-off against Hull David Moyes tested positive for coronavirus in the lead-up to Tuesday’s match Issa Diop and Josh Cullen, who were named in starting XI, also tested positive All three immediately … Read more