Football

Features & Analysis

• How do you manage the Old Firm?

  Old Firm managers of yesteryear highlight some of the unique experiences awaiting Ronny Deila and Kenny McDowall.

• Afcon 2015: Team of the group stages

  BBC Sport takes a look at the stats to see which players have been the stars of the group stages in the Africa Cup of Nations.

• Che Adams: Who is Blades' double scorer?

  The 18-year-old only had 136 minutes of professional football under his belt before the League Cup semi-final.

• Diego Costa: arch villain or cult hero?

  Diego Costa steals the headlines on a difficult night for referee Michael Oliver as Liverpool stand up to be counted.

• Ex-Premier League star returns in Wessex League

  Former Stoke and Portsmouth striker Vincent Pericard comes out of retirement to play for Wessex League side Moneyfields.

• Drummers, DJs and Tendulkar as my boss

  Jamie McAllister is back with Exeter, weeks after playing for Sachin Tendulkar's Kerala Blasters in front of 60,000 fans.

• What latest Ashley loan means for Rangers

  BBC Scotland's Richard Wilson looks at how Mike Ashley's £10m loan to Rangers will affect the club.

• Defour 'Red or Dead' banner explained

  How a controversial banner depicting an Anderlecht player's decapitated head came to be unfurled at a game in Belgium.

• Vexed Mexes: Europe's angriest footballer?

  AC Milan's Philippe Mexes grabs the throats of two Lazio players after being sent off in fiery Serie A clash.

• LeRoy: French coach but African legend

  BBC Sport looks at Claude LeRoy, the French coach who has reached the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals seven times.

• All the latest transfer deals for January 2015

  Track all the latest signings day by day throughout January in England, Scotland and across Europe.

• Manager ins and outs - January 2015

  Track the managerial ins and outs and a list of every boss in the top five leagues in England and the Scottish Premiership.