DOUG Bierton collects vintage football kits that are worth a packet. His company Classic Football Shirts, co-founded with pal Matthew Dale in their student digs at Manchester University in 2006, boasts a warehouse crammed with over 500,000 items, a stones throwaway from the Etihad Stadium. In recent years, they have grown from strength to strength – launching pop up shops

Hossein Vafaei will play Ronnie O’Sullivan in the semi-finals of the UK Snooker Championship Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Hossein Vafaei has vowed there will be no

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Australia’s Min Woo Lee produced a spectacular finish to claim a three-shot lead in the ISPS Handa Australian Open as he pursues

01:19 Oliver Browning | 1701451131 Pep Guardiola has encouraged Manchester City fans to come and support their team during their fixture against Tottenham Hotspur, because it will be a “fun” match. The Spaniard also admitted he was wowed by Ange Postecoglu when he first came up against him as a coach during a pre-season tour back in 2019. “I met

“My biggest regret was picking up a drink and a substance to get through my bad times, and it got out of hand. I think that’s why I feel grateful for everything I’ve got now because I remember those six years with people telling me they were going to get me out of it at the time, and I was

Aberdeen’s game is stopped as fans launch SNOWBALLS at HJK Helsinki goalkeeper… with Dons captain Jonny Hayes urged to speak sense to the Red Army just moment before snow plough is brought onto the pitch! Aberdeen fans threw snowballs at the HJK Helsinki goalkeeper on Thursday Play was stopped and captain Jonny Hayes was urged to speak to the Red Army Manchester United

JOHNNY HERBERT has claimed he “doesn’t listen” to Christian Horner as he responded to the claim that Lewis Hamilton could join Red Bull. Red Bull team principal Horner claimed ahead of last weekend’s season-finale in Abu Dhabi that a member of the Brit’s entourage had reached out to him regarding a sensational switch. That was later alleged to be the

MAURICIO POCHETTINO has been warned that his Chelsea stars are “learning how to walk again”, with many “still scarred from last season”. The Blues have already spent a whopping £1billion under Todd Boehly following his 2022 takeover. But they have little to show for it after already working their way through FOUR game-day managers. Fans are hoping fifth time’s the

CONOR MCGREGOR was set to be welcomed back to the octagon by Michael Chandler – but there are now serious doubts whether the showdown will happen. Fan favourite Chandler has patiently sat out the last year waiting to get his hands on the UFC's poster boy, who was his rival coach on season 31 of The Ultimate Fighter. But doubts

NEIL COX'S biggest regret was missing the 1997 FA Cup final for Middlesbrough following a punch-up with team-mate Fabrizio Ravanelli hours before kick off. And York City's assistant manager is hoping to deliver another knockout blow to former winners Wigan on Friday. Twenty-six years ago, Bryan Robson’s Boro had just been relegated from the top flight before facing Chelsea in