Stuart Rayner

1 week ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Stuart Rayner

Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill is uncomfortable with the idea Pierce Charles has played as many games in international as league football, but Sheffield Wednesday's off-field problems could at least put a stop to that. When loanee James Beadle – England's first-choice goalkeeper at this summer's European Under-21 Championship – lost his Owls place to Charles in March, it was clear the club were preparing the ground for the 19-year-old academy graduate to be their No 1 in 2025-26.

1 week ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Stuart Rayner

With Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham, Erling Haaland, Desire Doue, Cole Palmer, new Manchester City signing Rayan Cherki and more all at one tournament, the Club World Cup which starts in the early hours of Sunday our time ought to have the makings of a great spectacle. Mbappe will be just one of 26 players to have won the more established World Cup.

1 week ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Stuart Rayner

LEEDS UNITED are not facing a mini-transfer deadline this month, unlike some clubs battling to keep on the right side of football's financial fair play rules, but it could be July before recruitment really kicks into gear. The Whites have been open about having to sell players to fund the calibre of player manager Daniel Farke wants for a return to the Premier League, and five key signings are understood to be their target.

1 week ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Stuart Rayner

"I'D LIKE to think there's still a bit of Ronnie Moore going about at Rotherham," says the former striker and two-time manager Rotherham United supporters still call ‘The King’ after he led them to promotions in both roles. That is why it is important for the Millers to mark their 100th anniversary this year. "Rotherham County were in the Football League from 1919 and it was an amalgamation (with Rotherham Town) and a name-change to United in '25," explains club historian Garry Bray.

2 weeks ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Stuart Rayner

Chris Wilder's future hangs in the balance with no definitive outcome from boardroom talks about the Sheffield United manager. Despite reports of a meeting on Thursday to review Wilder's fate, at the time of going to press it was believed no decision had been reached. It is three weeks since the Blades missed promotion back to the Premier League after Sunderland beat them with one of the last kicks of the Championship play-off final.