From Metz feeding Bernd Schuster ham to Aberdeen lighting up the north, here are some of the great European shocks 1. Barcelona 1-4 Metz (agg: 5-6), 10 October 1984, Cup Winners' Cup, first round No one saw this coming – almost literally, because after Metz had lost the home leg 4-2 no French TV or radio station bothered to cover the seemingly pointless return match and the Camp Nou was only...
Subscribe here for your own daily copy delivered to your inbox QUESTION TIME Often over the last decade the Fiver has wondered why Liverpool fans continue to flock to Anfield to suffer the constipated performances regularly served up under Zanussi-eyed mystic Ged Houllier and then Rafa Benitez. Several times, in fact, we have suspected the Kop of being the HQ of the Scandinavian Society of Self-Flaggellators....
Email paul.doyle@guardian.co.uk with any musings. You can also follow Manchester United v CSKA Moscow and Milan v Real Madrid . And for a full list of all of tonight's scores, click here Join Paul from around 7.15pm to find out whether Chelsea can book their place in the last 16 with a couple of matches to spare. Didier Drogba returns to Champions League action tonight following the three-match ban...
You don't need to press refresh for the latest updates but you do need to email paul.doyle@guardian.co.uk with your musings or else. Plus here's the live scoreboard for all tonight's games Will Sir Alex Ferguson have been able to concentrate on his Carling Cup preparations today what with answering FA charges and worrying about Rio Ferdinand's form ? Manchester United could do with a big win to improve...
Today it's Champion League chat, from a Football Weekly panel featuring James Richardson , Barry Glendenning , Jonathan Wilson and Paul Doyle . There are lots of tasty group matches to get stuck into and the pod discuss Milan's shock win in Madrid and Rubin Kazan defeating Barcelona, with a little help from Spanish football expert Sid Lowe . There's the ongoing crisis at Liverpool and, after defeat...
Click on our automatic update tool (that gizmo just above the big photo) for all the latest news. Follow Chelsea v Atlético Madrid here , our live scores page here , see how Manchester United fared against CSKA Moscow here and follow our live scoreboard for the rest of tonight's updates Evening all Contrary to what you may previously have been told, I'll be here from 7.15pm to provide minute-by-minute...
Liverpool's acute shortage of firepower is becoming unnerving for a club famed for its predators By rights a manager should not feel the breath of the mob on his neck five months after his team finished second in the Premier League with 86 points and two defeats but there was a sense at Anfield last night that Rafa Benítez's reign is unravelling – not fast enough for him to go the way...
Have your say on all of the day's big stories, send us your favourite links and follow us on Twitter 12.00pm: Breaking News ... Sir Alex Ferguson has been charged with improper conduct by the FA in relation to the comments he made questioning the referee Alan Wiley's fitness. More on that shortly ... GR 11.53am: As mentioned below, Steven Gerrard was jogging around freely in a Liverpool training session...
Sean Ingle , Barry Glendenning and Paul Doyle join James Richardson to discuss the latest round of World Cup qualifiers as the race to reach South Africa heats up. The pod wonder where the best place to watch England's game (and James in conversation with Sven-Goran Eriksson) will be, and what Ukraine's chances of victory are. They look at the key games around Europe, including Germany's tough trip...
Have your say on the burning issues of the day on our rolling blog, send us your favourite links, and follow us on Twitter 9.05am: Good morning and welcome to our daily rolling sports blog. For those of you who are not familiar with the concept, the idea is this: throughout the day we will update this page with news, links, and what's expected to happen in the hours ahead. Time permitting, we'll also...
James Richardson is joined in the pod by James Dart , John Ashdown , and Paul Doyle to look at the big issues thrown up by the weekend's results. We start at Stamford Bridge, where there was nothing Hilário -us about Chelsea's performance as they beat Liverpool 2-0 . Are Carlo Ancelotti's Blues back to their ruthless, efficient best? How many more defeats can Liverpool afford this season? And...
Have your say on the day's burning sporting issues, including tonight's Champions League games, in our rolling news blog 4.00pm: There's an early start to this evening's European action, with Inter making the trip to Champions League debutants Rubin Kazan at 5.30pm UK time. You can follow that match, plus the build-up to all the other games, with our clockwatch . Paul Doyle will be covering Arsenal...
James dissects the week's football news with a little help from John Ashdown , Paul Doyle and, fresh from his sunshine break in Seville, Barry Glendenning . They look at the few highlights of the Carling Cup, including an improved Portsmouth performance which hints at better things to come for the south coast side. There's also a preview of the weekend's Premier League games, including Stoke v Manchester...
Press refresh for all the latest updates and why not email Paul at paul.doyle@guardian.co.uk ? Preamble: Should I start with a joke about how this match could go into extra-time, penalties and, in the event of Manchester United still not having won, as much special bonus Fergie-time as is required? No, that would be lame. Besides, I don't get why folks should complain about there being more time in...
Videos
