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Bristol City have taken up an option in defender Ross McCrorie’s contract to keep him at the club until at least the end of next season.
McCrorie signed a three-year deal when he joined from Aberdeen in 2023 with the clause of an additional 12 months, but had been linked with a return to Scotland this summer.
The 28-year-old has made 89 appearances for Bristol City – 41 of
Bristol City have won only once in their past five games and also lost 10 players through the January transfer window, bringing six in.
Yet McCrorie said he believes the club have the players to push on and challenge for the top six.
“We’ve lost big players, we’ve lost a lot of players this window which is not ideal but I always look on the positives – we brought in
Bristol City forward Harry Cornick was also given a three-game ban for violent conduct for his part in the melee, while midfielder Joe Williams has also been charged along with Millwall goalkeeper Joel Coleman and coach Dave Livermore.
In addition to the individual sanctions, both clubs have also been charged by the FA.
Of the players charged, only McCrorie actually featured in the game, having come off the bench for
Villa’s apparent attacking shortcomings – especially in the early part of the season – have been well documented.
Those sluggish early games, when they went four matches without scoring, now feel like a distant memory.
After a fourth consecutive home win, Villa Park looks to be back to the fortress Unai Emery made it last season, when they lost just once in the league.
Their biggest margin of victory this
Eddie Howe was just a couple of days into an end-of-season break when the Newcastle head coach’s phone “exploded” last summer.
Sporting director Paul Mitchell had just announced that he was departing.
While there were initial tensions between the pair, Howe was the first to recognise that such a figure “protects the manager from a lot of things”.
That is why the arrival of Ross Wilson is so significant for
Two years ago Ross Stewart was one of the EFL’s most sought-after strikers. He averaged a goal every other game at Sunderland, form which he would have expected to continue after making the switch to Southampton.
Sadly injuries have seen the Scot spend more time in the club’s treatment room than out on the pitch.
It was hoped his two goals, including the winner in the 2-1 victory over Sheffield