Liverpool FC

Liverpool FC

When the parting comes, the stats, considerable though they are, will not define him. The mountain of goals, only Ian Rush and Roger Hunt have scored more than the 255 and counting, will not be the entirety of his legend.

Findlay Curtis, a 19-year-old winger from Kilmarnock, has made a remarkable rise to be considered for the World Cup squad after being excluded from the Under-21s.

I just feel really sad about it. I feel helpless and hopeless. The prime seats near the dugout in the Sir Bobby Charlton stand will be reallocated to hospitality from next season.

I had heard his grandad used to be Celtic chairman. We had to stall. I thought 'I am going to try and get his dad down to give us a little bit of stalling time'.

Wembley Stadium will not host the 2026 edition of the Community Shield, the FA have announced. The traditional curtain-raiser pits the reigning league champions against the FA Cup winners and typically takes place on the weekend before the Premier League gets under way.

Kenny McLean launched a shot 50 yards through the night sky and into the back of Kasper Schmeichel's net to seal Scotland's place at the men's World Cup this summer, their first since France 1998.

I felt the players we'd brought in were different to the ones we'd lost and I enjoy working with them. They're coachable and they want to learn. Sometimes when you get a group of players at the end of January, you work, work, work but it doesn't happen straight away. You get the fruits of your labour further down the line. That's always happened - it takes time for them to get going.

Crawley Town owner Raphael Khalili stated, 'This was not an easy decision for the club. Scott has given this club some everlasting memories, which we will all be eternally grateful for.'

I want to take two minutes to thank everybody, to thank all those who shared these 20 years with me. It was something exceptional.