After spending three years in HMP Mooreland, a penal institution, Adam Johnson was released. The ex-England international was sentenced to serve six years for sexually grooming an underage teenager. He served just over three. Johnson’s…

Tom Pyman brings us the latest from the Premier League. An Adam Johnson-inspired Sunderland jumped off the foot of the Premier League table with a remarkable 4-1 victory over Fulham.The England winger stole the headlines as he scored a hattrick…

Its looking more and more likely that Roy Hodgson will be given the England job, and some of his doubters have to look at his record.Liverpool aside, Hodgson has done a good job everywhere he's been and I'm still convinced that given more time…

Sunderland came within a whisker of emulating their Stamford Bridge heroics from last season – denied a double over Manchester City and their first top flight win in Manchester since 1981. City needed the victory to temporarily return to the…

In a week when Lionel Messi broke records for Barcelona, the most technically gifted ‘big man' in world football, Peter Crouch, stole sporting headlines with a sublime volley to dent Manchester City's title hopes.The 6ft 7in striker's goal…

Bolton Wanderers succumbed to a fourth consecutive Premier League defeat as they produced yet another pathetic, abject performance in a 2-0 defeat to Manchester City. The hosts maintained their 100% home record to move five points clear as…

A game that shall not live long in the memory of Stoke City fans that's for sure. With manager Tony Pulis deciding to play the game with square pegs in round holes against a team flying high at the top of the Premier League, it was clear from…