Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League table thanks to a Joleon Lescott goal as they defeated Aston Villa 1-0 at Villa Park. Lescott was left unmarked in the six-yard box to turn the ball home after Gareth Barry had flicked back James

PLEASE MANUALLY REFRESH THIS PAGE All times in GMT GET INVOLVED: Tweet me chrisbevan_bbc using the hashtag #bbcfootball or text me on 81111 (UK). Make sure YOU PUT YOUR NAME on those texts though. By Chris Bevan ASTON VILLA v MAN CITY TEAM NEWS Both tea

The nationality of the manager is not the cause of England's long litany of failure, writes Dion FanningThe English have always understood irony. On Thursday, the FA announced that they would prefer an English successor to an Italian who had resigned whe

The DailyExpress is running a story suggesting that Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is ready to make a move for talented Sunderland attacker Stephane Sessegnon. The report indicates that Wenger could be willing to offer as much as £12 million in a deal also t

When is criticism going to far? Aston Villa blogger Matthew Turvey asks if there needs to be some restraint in a period where the club have a lot of bad feeling surging around the fan-base. As we know, sadly, there has been a lot of bad feeling around As

The Football Association's stock response to any criticism of appointing Fabio Capello in December 2007 was "you cannot argue with his CV". And it was true the former Real Madrid, Juventus, Roma and AC Milan boss came into the job complete with a glitter