Picture : Wikimedia Commons / Steve Daniels Arsenal made it four wins out of four in the Premier League thanks to a David Raya penalty save and a wonderful first goal from Bruno Guimaraes at Sunderland. Bukayo Saka's injury-time penalty secured a 2-0 win at the Stadium of Light, where the Gunners dropped two points last season in a 2-2 draw. Mikel Arteta should have been beaming after a victory which comes at the end of a week where Chelsea were overcome at the Emirates and N

The Hammers were on song ; Picture @CapitalFootballUK Having swept to the top of the table with three wins out of three, Nathan Jones' Charlton Athletic travelled to Stoke City full of optimism, but a chastening first 45 minutes saw them well and truly humbled. Two goals from Justin Devenny, a deadline signing from Crystal Palace, one from Ethan Galbraith and another from George Hirst gave the Potters a 4-0 half-time lead. The Addicks did well to avoid further embarrassment a

Table Toppers It may not have been that spectacular, but Charlton Athletic fans are not complaining. Karlan Grant's 56th minute strike was enough to beat Preston 1-0 at the Valley on Sunday to make it an unexpectedly perfect start to this new Championship season for Nathan Jones' men. That made it three wins out of three for the Addicks, who are the only team with a 100 per cent record in the division. It once again owed much to a solid defence, with keeper Arthur Okonkwo hav

Picture by @YTJourno QPR turned in a dominant display in their first home league game of the season in the Championship but had to settle for a 0-0 draw against Bolton Wanderers. They won the shot count 18-2 with 10 on target compared to none for the Trotters. But they were unable to follow up last week's impressive win at Portsmouth with another victory. Julien Stephan was in philosophical mood afterwards, however - and happy to move on after a decent performance. "It's foot

Exclusive by Alessandro Schiavone in Nijmegen Champions League play-ofg first-leg Nec Nijmegen 1-3 Bodø/Glimt Tjaronn Chery admitted to being blown away by QPR’s lack of progress since he left the Hoops nearly 10 years ago. Chery spent 18 months at the club between the summer of 2015 and January 2017, carving out a reputation for pulling rabbits out of his hat with the occasional wonder goal. Since their relegation to the Championship, just a few months before his arrival fro

Fratton Park ahead of kick-off : Picture by Julian Taylor Portsmouth 1-3 Queens Park Rangers Consistency. Staying calm. Trusting in the plan. A very satisfied Julien Stephan has pointed to the fundamental tenets for a successful QPR campaign. The R's boss had justified satisfaction following an opening day Championship raid on the south coast. A long-awaited 3-1 win at Portsmouth was well deserved. Coming from an early setback, two goals from Ilias Chair and another from Koki

Opening day match programme His mistake may have paved the way for defeat but new signing Pierce Charles has a big fan in boss Julien Stephan. The 21-year-old, who is on loan from Man City, having cut his teeth at Sheffield Wednesday last season, paid a heavy price for dropping a cross straight into the path of Millwall's Luke Cundle in Saturday's EFL Cup clash at Loftus Road. It offered up the easiest of tap-ins for the Lions' poacher and although QPR foought back with a lat

Back on familiar turf : Picture by @YTJourno EFL Cup First Round QPR (0) 1 Sykes og 86 Millwall (0) 1 Cundle 53 (Millwall win 2-0 on pens) A penalty shoot-out at the School End in front of visiting Millwall fans proved to be too much for QPR as Lukas Jensen became the hero of the hour with four penalty saves to keep out all four Rangers spot-kicks. It was a quite extraordinary way for the drama to conclude. First the inspired stopper dived to his right to deny Ilias Chair, th

Photo by Alessandro Schiavone By Alessandro Schiavone While Spain reached the final of the FIFA World Cup courtesy of a convincing 2-0 win over France in Dallas yesterday, one particular detail may have been lost on Tottenham Hotspur fans: Pedro Porro's strike pulled their club level with Chelsea on three goals in World Cup semifinals. Up until yesterday’s clash between the neighbouring countries, the Blues were 3-2 ahead in these London charts thanks to Oscar (1) and Schurrl

That was the season that was : Picture by @YTJourno AFC Wimbledon 4 Not the greatest of seasons for the Dons, who fell too close to the trapdoor for comfort towards the business end of the season. Johnnie Jackson's men finished only two places above the dotted line after losing nine of their last 11 matches and they managed only two goals in their last eight games. Only Marcus Browne (with 12) managed to get into double figures for goals. And home form was a concern, with onl