A FEMALE referee will take charge of a Grimsby Town match for the first time in the club's history on Saturday. Amy Fearn will officiate the Mariners' Blue Square Bet Premier clash against Bath City at Blundell Park. The 23-year-old last season became th

Start as you mean to go on - Neale Cooper's first game in charge was thrill a minute. Pools were 2-0 and 3-1 behind before finally taking the lead in injury time. Five players made their debuts and four of them scored, creating Football League history o

IT was the first game of the season at a new level after getting promoted with Mike Newell the season before. Neale Cooper had made changes during the summer and I wasn't even expecting to play. He had brought in Jock (Andrew Jordan) and was in the proc

The female official at the centre of the Paul Jewell sexism row has told friends she was not offended by his ill-judged comments about her. Assistant referee Amy Fearn came under attack from the Ipswich manager after his side were denied a penalty in

Ipswich are 20th in the Championship, three points above the relegation zone Ipswich manager Paul Jewell criticised female assistant referee Amy Fearn after the 2-1 defeat at Birmingham. Jewell was furious Ipswich were not awarded a penalty for Steven C

Liverpool's Champions League hopes were dented at Wigan but surely they will have no problems seeing off basement boys Blackburn Rovers today, will they? The visitors slumped to the foot of the Premier League table for Christmas and history suggests that

Maxi Rodriguez could be set for a landmark 50th league appearance for Liverpool if he is selected for the Boxing Day clash with Blackburn Rovers. Here are more facts and stat ahead of the festive showdown courtesy of Ged Rea. Last season Liverpool won th

The UEFA Champions League group stage provided excitement in abundance, right down to the last whistle on matchday six. A number of records were broken, landmarks reached and eyebrows raised, as UEFA.com recaps. 0: Three clubs failed to earn a point: Vil

Lyon's 7-1 win over 10-man Dinamo Zagreb sent the French club through to the last 16 of the tournament at the expense of Ajax who, coincidentally, had two goals wrongly ruled offside by the referee in the game against Real Madrid. Lyon scored six

Reuters - 6 minutes ago Dec 7 (Reuters) - Olympique Lyon hero Bafetimbi Gomis scored the quickest ever Champions League hat-trick to help his side pull off an astonishing 7-1 win at Dinamo Zagreb and secure last 16 qualification on Wednesday. His three g

His three goals in seven minutes, including the first just before halftime, meant the France striker beat the previous record set by Blackburn Rovers' Mike Newell in December 1995. The 7-1 scoreline in Group D, which put Lyon through to the knockout stag

2235: So the Premier League's current top two crash out of the Champions League and into the Europa League. What a story. Commiserations Manchester City and Manchester United, but on the bright side, people - we're spreading the football love even more a

Relegation to the Conference really is frightening. Though coverage is limited in the Football League’s nethers and supporters of the PL rarely look below 20th place in the pyramid, it just doesn’t compare to the vacuum of non-league. Take, for instance,

MEDIA INFORMATION TV: n/a Radio: The game can be heard live on 103.7 FM (online at www.1037thebuzz.com) Online: Live audio/video stream available at www.nsudemons.com/showcase/ THE COACHES UALR - Steve Shields, 9th season as head coach (Baylor, 1988)