Forward Philippe Coutinho was Liverpool's matchwinner but Jamie Carragher was the star of the show at Anfield on his 737th and final appearance for the club - a 1-0 win against QPR. The veteran centre-back brought the curtain down on a first-team career spanning 16 years 131 days - the seventh longest in the club's history. Such is his longevity the 35-year-old has served under six different p...Full Story »

Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher will bring the curtain down on a 16-year playing career on Sunday but he has not ruled out making a return to the game in a coaching capacity. The 35-year-old, due to lead the side out on his 737th appearance for the club against QPR, will become a television pundit next season. However, he accepts nothing will ever replace the buzz of the dressing room and t...Full Story »

Early strike from the Belgian set the tone for a classy Toffees display that saw the Hammers have Jussi Jaaskelainen and James Collins to thank for a respectable scoreline   David Moyes said farewell to Goodison Park by overseeing a classy 2-0 win for Everton over West Ham. Kevin Mirallas’ double proved the difference between the two sides, with the Belgian’s early strike set...Full Story »

David Cox scored twice as Peterhead eased into the final of the Second Division play-offs with a 3-1 victory against Queens Park - 4-1 on aggregate. Cox opened the scoring in the fourth minute when he neatly converted Rory McAllister's pull-back from the right. The same pair combined for Peterhead's second shortly afterwards, only this time McAllister crossed from the left with Cox driving the...Full Story »

Peterhead's top goalscorer Rory McAllister is struggling to be fit for the second leg of his side's Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division play-off semi-final against Queen's Park. McAllister sustained a leg knock as the Blue Toon won 1-0 at Hampden Park in the first leg. Andy Rodgers, who came on as a substitute and scored the winning goal, will start if McAllister does not make it, while Dean Cowi...Full Story »

Peterhead snatched a 1-0 win in their Second Division play-off semi-final at Queen's Park thanks to Andrew Rodgers' injury-time penalty. It looked as if they would be denied despite dominating, until Rodgers struck with the last kick of the game from the spot. The visitors, who finished second 24 points behind champions Rangers, started the strongest and only a double save from Neil Parry kept...Full Story »

Queen's Park welcome back Blair Spittal to their squad to face Peterhead after illness and he is joined by suspension-free Giuseppe Capuano. They will be joined by Neil Parry, Andrew Robertson, David Anderson and Jamie Longworth who were rested on Saturday as the Spiders lost 3-0 to the Blue Toon in their final league match of the season. Head coach Gardner Speirs said: "Peterhead put in a rea...Full Story »

Theo Walcott struck his 20th goal of the season after 20 seconds as Arsenal beat relegated QPR 1-0 to return to third place in the Barclays Premier League. Arsenal's quickest Premier League goal and the swiftest of the season - surpassing efforts by Robin van Persie - secured Arsene Wenger's side a straightforward win over hapless QPR, who are now without a goal in four games and six hours. Lo...Full Story »

QPR will welcome Bobby Zamora back from his three-match ban for the visit of Arsenal on Saturday. Rangers have already been relegated from the Barclays Premier League and could still be without on-loan Tottenham Andros Townsend (hamstring) and Christopher Samba (knee), although the latter has a late fitness test. Shaun Wright-Phillips (ankle) and Andrew Johnson (knee) will miss the remainder o...Full Story »

Harry Redknapp: Says QPR players will have to work hard in the Championship Harry Redknapp says Queens Park Rangers will have to work 'very hard' to secure an immediate return to the Premier League after a 0-0 draw at Reading condemned both clubs to relegation. QPR needed to win at the Madejski Stadium to stand any chance of climbing out of the bottom three, but rarely looked likely to fulfil ...Full Story »

If there is one ground where Sunderland boss Paolo Di Canio is guaranteed a welcome as hostile as St James’ Park, it is Villa Park. Although he has offered his explanation for the gesture at the end of Aston Villa’s Capital One Cup win at Swindon this season, when the Italian  manager was still in charge at the County Ground, Villa fans were incensed. Tonight he will discover t...Full Story »

Reading and QPR were both relegated from the Barclays Premier League after a 0-0 draw at the Madejski Stadium. In a game bereft of quality both sides were guilty of wasting the few chances that fell their way as they both bowed out of the top flight with a whimper. A win for either would have kept them mathematically in the hunt for survival and relegated the losers, whereas the draw condemned...Full Story »

Reading manager Nigel Adkins believes he has a squad of players eager to feature against QPR on Sunday even though they could be relegated from the Barclays Premier League by full-time. The Royals face Rangers with both clubs knowing defeat would mean they will become the first team to be relegated to the npower Championship. Other permutations could even see the victors relegated but Adkins h...Full Story »

DORTMUND, Germany, April 25 (Reuters) - When Germany advanced to the 2010 World Cup semi-finals with four-goal wins over England and Argentina it became clear something special was brewing in German football. Fast forward three years and two more four-goal thrashings for German sides this week showed the nation's international comeback looks to have jumped on another stage. Borussia Dortmund g...Full Story »

Neymar's father and agent has fired the starting pistol for one of the biggest transfer scrambles of recent times after admitting Santos’ Brazil forward will head for Europe next year. Neymar Snr said: ‘My son will close a chapter in his life after playing in the World Cup here and will then leave for Europe.’ Barcelona, Real Madrid and Chelsea lead the £50million chas...Full Story »

Peter Crouch pushed former club QPR closer to a seemingly inevitable relegation as Stoke kick-started their own battle to beat the drop with a 2-0 win at Loftus Road. Harry Redknapp urged Rangers to keep the faith in the build-up but even he will be hard pushed to remain positive after this defeat. As fate would have it, a player the QPR boss had hoped to bring to Loftus Road during the Januar...Full Story »

Deserves a penalty ... Bentley in disabled bay, where it escaped ticket ENGLAND goalie Joe Hart left his Bentley in a disabled bay for two hours — while he took his girlfriend to Nando’s. The Manchester City idol, 25, enraged passers-by as he selfishly flouted the law to bag a space close to a branch of the chicken restaurant. One who spotted the footie ace’s flash motor sto...Full Story »

If their display at Goodison Park is anything to go by then QPR's return to the npower Championship appears a mere formality as a performance lacking in attitude, endeavour and invention got its just desserts with a 2-0 defeat to Everton. A deflected strike from Darron Gibson - Everton's 50th goal in the Premier League this season - and a smart finish from Victor Anichebe five minutes either si...Full Story »

Everton midfielders Marouane Fellaini and Steven Pienaar both return from suspension to face QPR at Goodison Park. Manager David Moyes reported a few unnamed players had niggles but nothing too serious. Full-back Tony Hibbert made his first competitive outing after four months out with a calf problem for the under-21s this week. Moyes admits the impending departure of veteran Phil Neville has...Full Story »

Wigan forward Shaun Maloney struck a free-kick four minutes into injury time to nudge QPR closer to relegation from the Barclays Premier League. Loic Remy appeared to have given Rangers renewed hope in their survival quest with a stunning 85th-minute strike, only for Maloney to drive home a ferocious equaliser from 20 yards just seconds from the final whistle. It was a spectacular twist to the...Full Story »