Jack Wilshere reached a momentous junction in his short career this week, but the Arsenal player chose the wrong path
The modern starlet always comes to a junction where he must choose theatricality and deviousness or …

But it may not be too much to hope that Craig Bellamy joins Arsène Wenger in football management
Pleasing as it was to discover that Arsène Wenger learned all he knows about football from spending his …

• Italian surprised at Wigan’s performance• Roberto Martínez heaps praise on his side
Chelsea’s storming start to the season hit an unexpected brick wall at Wigan, where Petr Cech was sent off after 50 minutes as …

• Money could be spent on players or new training ground• Peter Storrie to stay on as chief executive

Sulaiman al-Fahim’s acquisition of Portsmouth can finally be signed off by the Premier League after the governing …

The story of this tense match was encapsulated in the facial expressions of its two goalkeepers. Fulham’s Mark Schwarzer, for much of the game under-employed, was a picture of smooth composure. Down the other end, …

The best images from the Premier League’s afternoon matches

Comment on today’s talking points, including Man Utd going top, Liverpool and Spurs’ goalfests and Chelsea’s defeat at Wigan
The big surprise of the afternoon was Chelsea’s defeat to Wigan Athletic, who made history by recording …

As fulfilling as employment as a Premier League manager would appear to be, the 20 incumbents apparently need the odd reminder as to why they get out of bed each morning. ForSam Allardyce this was …

Fernando Torres was nine when his father took him around Atlético Madrid’s trophy room and allowed him to touch a piece of silverware for the first time and it would be impossible to imagine that …

Chelsea’s 100% start to the season was always going to end somewhere, but it was expected to happen in more salubrious surroundings than the stadium that the shrinking violet Dave Whelan has named after himself. …