Premier Class: The 10 best Irish players in this season’s top flight

Emmet Malone ranks the top Premier League performers before the shutdown for coronavirus

Premier League 2019/20: End of season (for now) report card

Patrick Madden hands over the marks for each side with the current campaign suspended

Wilfried Zaha strikes to save Palace a point against Brighton

Striker’s equaliser cancelled out the visitors’ opener which was scored by Neal Maupay

Watford sack Quique Sanchez Flores and are expected to hire Chris Hughton

Defeat to Southampton leaves Watford six points from safety at bottom of the table

Chris Hughton in West Ham frame as pressure grows on Pellegrini

Hughton has been out of work since being fired by Brighton at the end of last season

Brighton putting Ireland back on Premier League map

Brighton ‘look after the Irish lads particularly well’ and it’s starting to pay off

Hendrick and Duffy leading battle against perception

The Burnley midfielder proved a point to his manager against a more expansive Brighton

All in the Game: Hourihane has final say after achieving his Premier League dream

Sheridan still believing in miracles . . . fun and games in Serie A . . . summer awards round-up . . . quotes of the week

Chris Hughton ‘disappointed and surprised’ by Brighton sacking

‘I thoroughly enjoyed my four and a half years managing this special football club’

Brighton announce Graham Potter as new boss

44-year-old leaves Swansea for Seagulls, replacing Chris Hughton on four-year deal

The Premier League 2018-2019 flops of the season

It wasn’t just Manchester United who didn’t get their money’s worth this season

Brighton & Hove Albion sack manager Chris Hughton

Former Ireland international fired after Seagulls finish two points above the drop

Added Time: Saracens squeeze Leinster until their pips squeak

Gavin Cummiskey sings Billy Vunipola’s praises, Seán Moran on the Munster SHC

Guardiola: City will be ‘destroyed’ if they fail to win league

‘I know we will be judged, we have to win,’ says manager ahead of final clash at Brighton

TV View: Klopp’s Liverpool succeed in the most beautiful way

Presenters and commentators left speechless

Arsenal’s draw with Brighton settles race for the top four

The Gunners will now need a scoring miracle to qualify for the Champions League

Christian Eriksen’s late stunner breaks Brighton hearts

Tottenham end Seagulls’ stubborn resistance and take a big step towards place in top four

Chris Hughton desperate to halt Brighton’s downward spiral

Albion have not scored in the league in seven weeks and are now in a relegation dogfight

Chris Hughton calls for unity after four league defeats without scoring

Brighton were jeered off the pitch following a toothless defeat to fellow strugglers Cardiff

Cardiff take the win and the momentum as Brighton slide goes on

Welsh side reduce gap on Chris Hughton’s side to two points after deserved victory

Pep Guardiola insists quadruple is ‘almost impossible’ for City

Gabriel Jesus’s early header enough to secure FA Cup semi-final win over Brighton

Manchester City make pursuit of ‘impossible’ quadruple look realistic

Jock Stein’s Celtic in 1967 remain the only British team to have achieved one

Man City turning improbable scenario into realistic ambition

Only one English team have won a true treble, and not one have won the quadruple

Brighton come back from the dead to book Wembley spot

Pearce and O’Brien put Millwall 2-0 up before Albion came back and won on penalties

Brighton keep revival going as they storm Palace for three points

Chris Hughton’s side drawn level with palace on 33 points after second straight win

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer tells players to be proud of form

‘I don’t care whatsoever about records, I’m never bothered about these things’

Solskjær’s magnificent seven breaks Busby’s old Man United mark

Paul Pogba and Marcus Rasford on target in victory over Brighton

Robertson hails Liverpool’s ability to grind out vital win at Brighton

Results rather than performances now the focus for everyone at Anfield

Cillian Sheridan moves down under with Wellington Phoenix

Well-travelled striker’s career takes latest twist as he swaps Poland for New Zealand

Brighton hold Arsenal but Aubameyang scores again

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores his 13th goal of the season but Brighton cling on

Irrepressible Tony Galvin a late starter but still a green at heart

Winger was 22 when he joined Spurs but Republic of Ireland days remain fresh in his memory

Mick McCarthy tasked with working wonders in second coming

FAI moved quickly to bring back former manager with unveiling set to happen this weekend

Mick McCarthy remains frontrunner in possible six-strong shortlist

FAI will see Mick McCarthy as a proven option, while Chris Hughton rules himself out

Chris Hughton rules himself out of Ireland job

Former Ireland assistant coach concentrated on his work at Brighton

Mick McCarthy the early favourite for Ireland job

A number of factors point to a second stint for McCarthy who left the job in 2002

Brighton bring West Ham back to earth with a bump

Glenn Murray’s first half strike ends Hammers’ resurgence on the south coast

Sterling and Agüero on target as Manchester City go top

Pep Guardiola’s side dominate against Brighton at the Etihad Stadium

Shane Duffy heads Brighton comeback in St Mary’s draw

Southampton go two goals ahead but Chris Hughton’s team battle back to earn draw

Sideline Cut: Fundamental reform the only way forward for Irish football

The age of the big persona leading limited Ireland to improbable glory has passed

Steve Sidwell: I cried when I accepted my career was over

‘It was a real relief. Once it happened I accepted it. That was it. I was done as a player’

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