Coaching and a new lease of life for Shay Given at Derby

Former Ireland goalkeeper relishing his coaching role alongside manager Frank Lampard

Unai Emery: banana skin thrown at Aubameyang ‘unacceptable’

Arsenal coach condemns behaviour at Emirates Stadium as four charged over incidents

Hughes starts Southampton reign in style with FA Cup win at Wigan

Home side meet their match as Hojbjerg and Soares score debut goals for Southampton

Man City fined €55,000 for ‘failing to control players’ against Wigan

Pep Guardiola confronted Wigan boss Paul Cook at half time of shock FA Cup defeat

Guardiola could face more yellow ribbon sanctions from FA

Manchester City manager may be banned from touchline for ‘Catalan political message’

Sergio Agüero may press charges against Wigan fan

Manchester City striker says he was verbally abused and spat at after FA Cup defeat

Impressive Wigan looking forward to FA Cup fifth round draw

League One side look for another big scalp after wins over Bournemouth and West Ham

Wayne Rooney joins list of Premier League halfway line scorers

Everton striker scored from his own half against West Ham, but it’s been done before

Wenger hopes restorative powers of Cup will help Arsenal banish blues

Manager sees his 11th FA Cup semi-final as a ‘special opportunity’ for his side

Mourinho worried fixture pile-up could damage United’s ambitions

St Étienne arrival in Europa League pits Paul Pogba against his older brother, Florentin

Belgium appoint Roberto Martinez as manager

Former Everton head coach succeeds Marc Wilmots after Euro 2016 quarter-final defeat

Roberto Martinez can have few complaints if taxi calls soon

Even victory at Wembley on Saturday may not be enough to save the Catalan

Roberto Martinez knows benefits of a good run in FA Cup

Everton manager’s priority is still to climb table to Champions League places

Kirk Broadfoot given record 10 game ban for James McClean abuse

Rotherham and ex-Rangers defender found guilty for incident in Championship in March

Arter scores as Bournemouth go up as champions

Derby slump to defeat at Reading meaning Ipswich and Brentford make play-offs

Gary Caldwell can be Wigan’s long-term saviour

David Sharpe: ‘Granddad is over in Barbados, he didn’t know what I was doing’

Pellegrini’s position as Manchester City manager safe for now

Pellegrini facing job appraisal at end of season

Jack Grealish indicates availability for Republic of Ireland next season

John O’Shea says he feels ‘very privileged’ to be named senior player of the Year at FAI International awards.

Dave Whelan resigns as chairman of Wigan Athletic

Recently served a six-week ban for racist comments and will be replace by 23-year-old grandson

Alexis Sánchez steals the show for Arsenal against Hull

The Emirates Stadium rose as one to applaud the Chilean on his departure from the stage

Wigan chairman Dave Whelan banned for six weeks

78-year-old must take education course after comments about Jewish and Chinese people

Joe Hart: title race with Chelsea will be a titanic struggle

Manchester City goalkeeper says eight wins in row were necessary to put season back on track

Arouna Koné to make Everton return against Krasnodar

‘I am so excited and really motivated to help the team after such a long time out’

Houston Dynamo name Owen Coyle as new manager

Former Burnley, Bolton and Wigan manager has been out of work for two months

Dave Whelan: ‘When I was growing up we used to call the Chinese ‘chingalings’’

Wigan owner risks further outrage following comments over Malky Mackay appointment

Darren O’Dea joins Blackpool on short-term deal

Ireland international was a free agent having left Ukrainian club Metalurh Donetsk in August

If this column causes any offence, it apologises

John Delaney, Gerry Adams and ‘Morning Ireland’ all said sorry this week – in different ways, and with various degrees of conviction

Dave Whelan ‘is a good-natured person’ says Roberto Martinez

The Everton manager has defended his former chairman following his perceived-to-be racist comments

Dave Whelan warns he will resign if FA charges him

Wigan chairman branded a ‘racist’ by Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan

Mourinho’s managerial mastery evident as his rivals flounder

Portuguese quickly identified and then addressed Chelsea’s shortcomings

Wigan’s Whelan facing FA investigation

Club owner written to regarding his remarks about Jewish and Chinese people

Dave Whelan apologises for remarks but claims he was misquoted

‘I think Jewish people do chase money more than everybody else. I don’t think that’s offensive at all, it’s telling the truth.’

Wigan owner accused of racism

Dave Whelan’s defence of new manager Malky Mackay gets derided

Disgraced Mackay confirmed as new boss of Championship strugglers Wigan

The FA are still investigating a dossier of messages involving Mackay and Cardiff’s former head of recruitment Iain Moody

European exit would pile real pressure on Manuel Pellegrini

Sheikh Mansour has not spent over €1 billion to contemplate such a scenario

Martin O’Neill will give Glenn Whelan every chance to make Scotland game

Stoke midfielder named in 36-man extended squad for Parkhead qualifier

Cautious O’Neill refusing to take victory over Gibraltar as a given

Republic of Ireland boss says Poland experienced some nervous moments against minnows

Roy Keane dismisses Georgia fear factor

‘You keep going on about a hostile atmosphere. Brilliant. Bring it on.’

Little change expected in O’Neill’s Ireland squad

Jack Grealish may earn an early call-up ahead of Oman friendly and Georgia qualifier

Ex-England footballer Ian Wright’s family robbed in UK

ITV World Cup pundit flying home from Brazil after aggravated burglary in London

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