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Former Premier League referee Mike Dean says he used to set himself mini-challenges during matches “as a laugh”.
Appearing on Jamie Vardy’s podcast, Dean said he would see how long he could go without blowing his whistle, or stay inside the centre circle.
“We used to say ‘we’ll kick off now. Right, see how long we can go without blowing a whistle’,” Dean said.
“I’ve done that a few times
Former Wolverhampton Wanderers captain Mike Bailey has died at the age of 84 after a long illness.
The midfielder, who was capped twice by England, started his career at Charlton Athletic before moving to Molineux in 1966.
He made 436 appearances and scored 25 goals for Wolves, lifting the League Cup in 1974, after helping the West Midlands club reach the Uefa Cup final two years earlier.
In his final
It’s remarkable that Penders has become a specialist with his feet given it used to be his weakness.
When Genk first scouted Penders from Sint-Jan Berchmans College, alongside his games for grassroots club Bregel Sport, his ability on the ball was his Achilles’ heel.
“One of the teachers recommended him to me,” Roex, who recently left Genk, added. “When I saw him, he had a great profile, he played well
“I want to reach the easy wins,” said Wolves’ executive chairman Nathan Shi at the fans’ forum last month.
He wasn’t talking about Raul Jimenez, but in terms of raising the morale of their supporters, bringing him back is the easiest win imaginable.
The idea had clearly been fully formed some time before the final home game against Fulham, but the impassioned singing of Raul’s song around Molineux that day
Chelsea are in talks with AC Milan over signing France goalkeeper Mike Maignan.
The Italian club value Maignan at about £25m but the Blues do not want to meet that price and are in talks about a lower fee.
The 29-year-old has been a regular for Milan since joining on a five-year contract from Lille in 2021.
He has also been first choice for France since Hugo Lloris retired from
“Usually when a manager leaves a team it’s because he’s underperformed – Mike Dodds left Sunderland to take on the managership of Wycombe Wanderers.
“I still think Regis Le Bris is fantastic, I’m sure the backroom team are great and I still think we’ve got a brilliant squad but when somebody has been there for four years and has been a really important and instrumental part to the club…”
With
Plymouth Argyle head coach Wayne Rooney says he and the club will benefit from Mike Phelan’s experience.
The former assistant manager at Manchester United has been brought in at Argyle to work as Rooney’s number two after Pete Shuttleworth left the club for personal reasons.
Rooney says it was his decision to try and get Phelan, who has also worked as manager at Hull City and had spells coaching at
Shuttleworth, 45, was appointed as Rooney’s number two in June and had assisted the former England skipper throughout his managerial career, working alongside him at Birmingham City, DC United and Derby County.
Shuttleworth has also worked with the Republic of Ireland as a coach, and was in the dugout when they played England in their Uefa Nations League match at Wembley last month.
“I am sad to see Pete leave
Sunderland will have some timely returnees for the double-header over Easter to help reverse their Championship slump, said Mike Dodds.
Saturday’s stalemate with QPR ended a six-game losing run for the Wearsiders, but it is now seven games since their most recent win over Plymouth Argyle.
The slide has coincided with the absence