Chris Weatherspoon

Football League Trophy B teams, nonsensical suspension rules, joke substitutions – and a bumper Wembley crowd this weekend between two well-supported sides that will offer this competition legitimacy it does not deserve

Sunderland Where Paolo went wrong - and how to put it right

Newcastle United ​Newcastle’s fans may aim ire solely at their club’s abrasive owner – but he is a symptom, not a cause, of what has gone wrong in the Premier League