St Johnstone manager Callum Davidson will assess players who are carrying knocks and niggles ahead of the cinch Premiership clash with Dundee United.Some players could be taken out of the team as a precaution with Thursday’s second leg against LASK to follow.David Wotherspoon is due to get out of self-isolation but Sunday’s game may come too soon for him to start.Wales and Manchester...Full Story »

St Johnstone boss Callum Davidson revealed his players came away disappointed after a 1-1 draw against LASK despite setting up an “enormous” second leg in Perth.Scotland’s double cup winners more than held their own against the Austrians with a place in the Europa Conference League group stage at stake.Saints led through Chris Kane’s close-range strike and created a strin...Full Story »

Boss Callum Davidson admitted that Arbroath gave his St Johnstone side a tough afternoon before the holders prevailed on penalties in the Premier Sports Cup with Ali McCann netting the decisive spot-kick to ensure a place in the quarter-finals.Davidson was pleased to progress 3-2 on penalties against the Championship side – with the scores 2-2 after extra-time – but admitted that Thu...Full Story »

Manager Callum Davidson has told his St Johnstone players to hold their heads high despite their 5-3 Europa League exit to Galatasaray at McDiarmid Park.Scotland’s domestic double cup winners had drawn 1-1 with the visitors in the first leg of their Europa League third qualifying round in Istanbul last week but the second leg proved just too much.Striker Mbaye Diagne put the visitors ahead...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday will be without Callum Paterson for the visit of Doncaster on Saturday.The 26-year-old was carried off on a stretcher in the early stages of their opening League One game against Charlton last week after suffering from concussion.Olamide Shodipo is also a a doubt after he picked up a hamstring injury in their Carabao Cup tie against Huddersfield.Josh Windass continues to reco...Full Story »

Ten-man Crewe dug out a 1-0 win at Hartlepool in the first round of the Carabao Cup.Callum Ainley’s thumping volley proved decisive in Pools’ first game in the competition since 2016 after four seasons in the National League.The Railwaymen were a man down after only 13 minutes as Billy Sass-Davies was shown a red card by referee Thomas Bramall when he pulled Tyler Burey after the Har...Full Story »

Callum Elder is facing a battle to be fit for Hull’s Carabao Cup first-round clash with Wigan at MKM Stadium.Elder missed the win over Preston on Saturday with an ankle injury and will be assessed ahead of the visit of the Latics.New signings Di’Shon Bernard, Andy Cannon and Matt Smith were all named on the bench at Deepdale and will hope to be involved.Randell Williams, Thomas Meyer...Full Story »

St Johnstone boss Callum Davidson was disappointed that his side were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw against Motherwell having been in control for the majority of the cinch Premiership game before Tony Watt’s equaliser 10 minutes from time.St Johnstone had led through a first-half Stephen O’Donnell own goal but the visitors hit back late on.“The disappointing thing is we did n...Full Story »

A debut goal for Callum McManaman gave Tranmere a 1-0 opening-day win over Walsall.The former Premier League winger struck midway through the second half to give Micky Mellon’s side a deserved win.McManaman also had Rovers’ best moment of a goalless first half as fellow new signing Emmanuel Dieseruvwe played him through on goal, only to be denied by a perfectly-timed tackle from Mann...Full Story »

St Johnstone boss Callum Davidson hailed his players for rising to the occasion after they held Galatasaray to a 1-1 Europa League draw in Istanbul.Davidson’s incredible initial spell as a manager continued as the double cup winners briefly led in the third qualifying round.Saints skipper Jason Kerr silenced the Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium by netting a 58th-minute penalty after the home...Full Story »

Chelsea are reportedly trying to negotiate a loan deal with Bayern Munich to complete the capture of Kingsley Coman. The Blues are allegedly looking to add more firepower to their frontline and that may involve letting Callum Hudson-Odoi depart in a part-exchange deal. Earlier this week, it was reported that Chelsea discussed the possibility of sending Hudson-Odoi or Tammy Abraham to Borussia D...Full Story »

Callum Davidson saluted St Johnstone’s saviour Geoff Brown after the 1-0 Scottish Cup final win over Hibernian secured an extraordinary cup double.Wing-back Shaun Rooney, who scored the only goal in the Betfred Cup final win over Livingston at Hampden Park in February, was the hero again with a header in the 31st minute at the national stadium, with Hibs keeper Matt Macey’s penalty s...Full Story »

St Johnstone manager Callum Davidson will assess his squad for the Scottish Cup final following a recent Covid-19 outbreak.Eight players in all were affected, with some only returning to training in the middle of the week.Left-back Scott Tanser is rated at 50-50 after making decent progress following the ankle injury that he suffered in the quarter-final win over Rangers.Hibernian have no fresh ...Full Story »

Callum Davidson believes St Johnstone’s campaign has been “phenomenal” no matter what happens in next weekend’s Scottish Cup final after they clinched fifth spot in the Premiership.A goalless draw with Livingston was enough to keep their visitors at bay and guarantee Davidson’s side will be playing European football next season.It is a remarkable turnaround for Sain...Full Story »

Newcastle striker Callum Wilson will miss Friday night’s Premier League clash with newly-crowned champions Manchester City through injury.Wilson suffered a hamstring injury during last Friday’s 4-2 win at Leicester, in which he scored his 11th and 12th goals of the campaign, and will sit out the final three games of the season as a result.Loan signing Joe Willock is fit after struggl...Full Story »

St Johnstone manager Callum Davidson admits he is very concerned about his Scottish Cup final plans after losing more players to Covid-related issues.Already without four self-isolating players before Sunday’s semi-final win against St Mirren, Davidson only had a 16-man squad for their 4-0 defeat at Celtic Park with Zander Clark, Liam Gordon, Michael O’Halloran and Ali McCann droppin...Full Story »

Dagenham kept their National League play-off hopes alive as they racked up a fifth straight victory with a comfortable win over lowly Woking.The Daggers have been in fine form of late and eased to a 3-1 success, Paul McCallum scoring twice and Angelo Balanta securing the win after Sam Ashford had halved the deficit for the visitors.McCallum opened the scoring early on as he headed home a Will Wr...Full Story »

St Johnstone manager Callum Davidson admits his players have given him a Scottish Cup selection headache after Glenn Middleton scored the only goal in the victory over Hibernian.Despite making seven changes to his line-up, Davidson’s team still managed to claim the spoils at Easter Road.Middleton, one of the players recalled to the starting line-up, found the net after 22 minutes with a ca...Full Story »