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• EFL stars awarded first ever RED boot: Why Swansea City and Leyton Orient stars are sharing new prize after Football League season came to a close3 May 2026, 10:12 am
  A pair of EFL footballers have been awarded the inaugural Sky Bet EFL Red Boot following the conclusion of the 2025-26 season on Saturday.
  
• Forgotten former Arsenal star shares cryptic social media post after explosive falling out with Real Madrid boss Alvaro Arbeloa - with player telling coach 'do NOT contact me anymore' after dressing room bust-up3 May 2026, 10:06 am
  On Friday, it was reported that the former Arsenal midfielder had requested a meeting with Arbeloa last week, having not featured since returning from injury at the start of April.
  
• Ex-Liverpool flop celebrates promotion from second-tier as glamorous wife reveals he came close to QUITTING the game after Champions League nightmare3 May 2026, 9:36 am
  He never played for Liverpool again after that fateful night and was released by the Anfield club in 2022. But now he has played a crucial role at his current club.
  
• Pep Guardiola's model daughter who is by Man City's side in Premier League title bid: Maria Guardiola reveals the one trait she shares with her legendary father3 May 2026, 9:26 am
  Maria Guardiola is the bedrock by her father Pep Guardiola's side as he pursues his seventh - and most impressive - Premier League title with Manchester City .
  
• Virgil van Dijk is joined by Man United's 'Mr Reliable' in a back three, Michael Carrick's renaissance man sits in midfield but there is NO place for Arne Slot's mega-money signings: Stats boffins reveal combined Man United vs Liverpool XI3 May 2026, 9:00 am
  According to stats boffins SofaScore, the bitter northwest rivals have little to separate them - with five Anfield stars and six United players featuring in this combined XI.
  
• The Arsenal star who emphatically answered his critics and the surprise change Mikel Arteta deserves huge credit for as Gunners blow away 'bottling' fears in Fulham win, writes ISAAN KHAN3 May 2026, 8:49 am
  ISAAN KHAN: It was January when Mikel Arteta implored Arsenal supporters to 'jump in this boat, it's going to be fun'.
  
• Jens Berthel Askou has been a roaring success at Motherwell... but here's the one massive mistake he will surely rue3 May 2026, 6:00 am
  Assuming he gets the big move this summer that he deserves, Jens Berthel Askou ought to leave Motherwell with one massive bugbear gnawing away at him.
  
• Shankland is the one that got away from Rangers3 May 2026, 6:00 am
  There are some things in life which seem destined to remain beyond our comprehension for all time.
  
• Danny Rohl's time will be up at Rangers if he finishes the season behind an OAP at a club in crisis and a team with a fraction of Ibrox budget3 May 2026, 6:00 am
  Professional football comes with some amount of lazy tropes attached. One of the real pearlers you hear on repeat is that clubs, no matter how grim their results, just can't keep changing managers.
  
• Inside Man United's cancelled clash with Liverpool - five years on: Fans storming Old Trafford dressing room, abuse thrown at Jamie Carragher... and what club chiefs REALLY thought about the TV coverage3 May 2026, 1:00 am
  It was the spring uprising of 2021. Festering discontent over the Glazer family's ownership of Manchester United erupted in fury over the club's role in the failed European Super League.
  
• Ipswich's A Team! Ed Sheeran joins in the celebrations after beloved club's Premier League promotion as he drinks Guinness in the dressing room and stars belt out rendition of his hit song3 May 2026, 12:20 am
  Ed Sheeran joined in with the celebrations at Ipswich as they sealed their immediate return to the Premier League, taking centre stage as the players enjoyed a singalong in the Portman Road dressing rooms. 
  
• League One's 'ghost goal'?: Fans claim Stevenage's 92-minute winner to send them to the play-offs did NOT cross the line as Luton star blasts 'shocking' decision in deleted post after Jack Wilshere's side missed out2 May 2026, 11:32 pm
  The chance that Luis Garcia watched Stevenage's play-off clinching win on Saturday is slim - but he'd have had a laugh about their dramatic 92nd-minute winner. 
  
• Liverpool dealt hammer blow ahead of Man United clash at Old Trafford - with £130m Alexander Isak now a major doubt after training injury2 May 2026, 10:13 pm
  Alexander Isak is a major doubt to face Manchester United for Liverpool in Sunday's Old Trafford showdown. He is understood to have suffered a groin issue in training.
  
• Roberto De Zerbi names the misfiring star who can be Tottenham's hero in their relegation dogfight ahead of Aston Villa clash2 May 2026, 9:45 pm
  Beyond the excuses about injuries and managerial turmoil, Tottenham have laboured for much of this season without serious goal threat from their stable of expensive strikers.
  
• McCowan has no intention of tuning in for Hearts and Rangers clash2 May 2026, 9:35 pm
  Celtic midfielder Luke McCowan insists he will pay no attention to the title showdown between Hearts and Rangers at Tynecastle tomorrow.