Kieran Beckles Archives: 05/2009

It’s been a long hard slog for Liverpool this season, with no end reward. A season in which they have shown a vast improvement.

Aston Villa captain Martin Laursen announced on Friday that he has been forced into retirement at the age of 31 after a succession of knee injuries.

After Joey Barton’s dismissal for a reckless lunge on Liverpool’s Xabi Alonso, Alan Shearer declared that the hot-headed midfielder would not play for Newcastle United again.

It may have seemed that after his embarrassing spell as England manager, Steve McClaren’s managerial career was as good as over.