Carlisle and Barrow will play each other next season in the Cumbrian derby in the National League, writes Peter Hutchinson. The clubs are located at opposite ends of Cumbria and the distance between the two grounds is some 78 miles [by car]. Does this make it the greatest distance between two teams involved in a derby'? A couple of clarifications: answers here will feature the shortest distances by car. The second, perhaps more important, point is that we are excluding matches that are simply rivalries.
Welcome to Wrexham is back for its fifth season as it follows the North Wales club in their first campaign in the EFL's second tier for more than 40 years. The documentary has captured Wrexham's journey since the takeover by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney in 2021, chronicling the club's rise from the National League all the way to the Championship. After becoming the first team in the history of English football's top five divisions to achieve three successive promotions, Wrexham faced their biggest challenge of the Reynolds and McElhenney era in 2025/26 - their first season in the second tier since 1982.
Football Association of Wales (FAW) bosses are "very confident" Craig Bellamy will remain head coach of the men's national team despite interest from Burnley. Bellamy is among the candidates for the managerial vacancy at Turf Moor after Scott Parker left by mutual consent following the Clarets' relegation from the Premier League. It is a club Bellamy knows well, as the 46-year-old served as an assistant coach to now Bayern Munich boss Vincent Kompany when his former Manchester City team-mate was in charge of Burnley.
Kerry and Cork meet in a 73rd provincial final - the most regular provincial final pairing in the country, these are familiar foes. Kerry have enjoyed much the better of things in Munster in recent years, winning 13 of the last 14 titles. And Cork haven't won a championship match at this venue since 1995 - can John Cleary's team turn the page today?
Eoin Kelly sat down to watch Limerick and Clare duke it out in Ennis last Sunday and he couldn't believe what he was seeing. It was like hurling from a world that he had little familiarity with compared to his own playing days.
