On Monday night, most of the country, and beyond, will stop what they’re doing to watch one of the biggest games in the Premier League calendar. Manchester United make the short trip to Anfield where they take on Liverpool. Two of English football’s heavyweights face off against each other for ...
Read More »Arsenal Must Hand Arsene Wenger A Contract Extension
Two decades have passed since a relative unknown arrived at Highbury to oversee an unprecedented revolution in English Football, yet, the unbreakable bond between him and Arsenal has managed to excel the test of times and get even stronger. Makes you think, doesn’t it? Arsene Wenger has been at Arsenal ...
Read More »League One Review: 8/9 October
There were just nine games across League One over the weekend, and as usual at The Sports Lowdown, we have you covered. Embed from Getty Images Scunthorpe United 1-1 Northampton Town Scunthorpe missed the chance to extend their advantage at the top of League One as they were ...
Read More »League Two Review: 8 October
The weekend in League Two saw one of the more competitive set of matches thus far this season, as six of the 12 fixtures ended in draws. We take a look around the country at League Two results for matchweek 12. Embed from Getty Images MANSFIELD TOWN 3 – ...
Read More »Edwards shows just how ‘dangerous’ he is
Embed from Getty Images If you aren’t Welsh, or a fan of either Shrewsbury Town, Luton Town or Wolverhampton Wanderers, there’s a chance you won’t even have ever heard the name, Dave Edwards. Not one to usually grab the headlines, although he represented Wales at Euro 2016 he found ...
Read More »World Cup 2018 Qualifiers Thursday Review: South America
Embed from Getty Images South America went on to the 9th round of CONMEBOL World Cup 2018 Qualifiers on Thursday night. The results saw routine wins for Uruguay and Brazil while Argentina fell to a draw away at Peru in the noteworthy fixtures Uruguay vs Venezuela Uruguay squared off ...
Read More »Swansea replace Guidolin with Bradley
Embed from Getty Images Swansea City have relieved Francesco Guidolin of his duties and appointed former USA manager Bob Bradley as first team coach. It’s been a difficult start to the Premier League season for the Swans as they sit just outside of the relegation zone after seven matches. ...
Read More »Aston Villa part company with Di Matteo
Embed from Getty Images Roberto di Matteo has been sacked by Aston Villa after just 124 days in charge of the Championship club. The Italian manager is the fifth Villa boss to be relieved of his duties in the last year after Tim Sherwood, caretaker Kevin MacDonald, Remi Garde ...
Read More »Zinedine Zidane insists Real Madrid are not in a ‘crisis’ after another stalemate
Embed from Getty Images Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane insists that his team are not in a crisis despite a fourth successive stalemate against mid-table Eibar at home. This is the first time since 2006 that the Madrid side has been on such a run, but Zidane remains defiant ...
Read More »Ligue 1 Review Gameweek 8
Embed from Getty Images There were important wins for Lille and Lyon at the weekend and this Ligue 1 season continues to look like the most unpredictable in years. Friday 30 September Rennes 1-0 Guingamp Venue – Roazhon Park The opening match of the weekend saw Rennes grab ...
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