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• Old Trafford prodigy bailed until 25 May • Charged with assaulting girlfriend and criminal damage Manchester United are reeling from the news that their most highly regarded youth-team player, Ravel Morrison, is facing the possibility of a prison sentence that threatens to wreck his career.

Posted: Friday 6 May 2011 at 12:38 AM

Manchester United’s Ravel Morrison faces assault charge Share

• Midfielder left stadium before draw with Wolves • Alex McLeish says Bentley was not given rule book Birmingham City will not be taking any disciplinary action against David Bentley, despite the fact that the on-loan winger breached the club’s code of conduct by leaving St Andrew’s before last Sunday’s 1-1 Premier League draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers kicked off. Bentley, who has made little impact at Birmingham since arriving on loan from Tottenham Hotspur in January, drove away from the stadium after learning that he had failed to make the substitutes’ bench. Alex McLeish has spoken to him about his behaviour and explained why it is important that those players not included in the squad remain at the ground

Posted: Friday 6 May 2011 at 12:38 AM

Birmingham’s David Bentley escapes punishment for driving away early Share

• Stoke manager has not given up hope of fielding injured winger • Hamstring tear threatens final place against Manchester City Tony Pulis, the Stoke City manager, has not given up hope that Matthew Etherington can defy the odds and recover to play a part in the FA Cup final against Manchester City at Wembley on Saturday week. Etherington collapsed in agony against Wolverhampton Wanderers last Tuesday and it remains likely that he will be sidelined for the remainder of the season, after scans showed a tear in his left hamstring. Pulis, however, refuses to concede that Etherington’s absence is a foregone conclusion

Posted: Tuesday 3 May 2011 at 10:56 PM

Matthew Etherington not out of Tony Pulis’s FA Cup plans Share

Wolverhampton Wanderers missed a prime opportunity to clamber out of the relegation zone as they were held to a draw by a Birmingham City side who were reduced to 10 men midway through the first half following Craig Gardner’s dismissal for diving. Steven Fletcher had given Wolves an early lead from the penalty spot but slipshod defending enabled Sebastian Larsson to equalise a short time later. And for all their huffing and puffing in the second period, Wolves could not blow the Birmingham door down again

Posted: Sunday 1 May 2011 at 4:19 PM

Birmingham City 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers | Premier League match report Share

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – MAY 01: Steven Fletcher of Wolverhampton Wanderers scores a penalty during the Premier League match between Birmingham City and Wolverhampton Wanderers at St Andrew’s on May 1, 2011 in Birmingham, England.

Posted: Sunday 1 May 2011 at 1:16 PM

Steven Fletcher of Wolverhampton Wanderers scores a penalty Share

• Wolves face Birmingham for important Midlands derby • McCarthy worried by sudden loss of form in past month It was, by Mick McCarthy’s own admission, Wolverhampton Wanderers’ worst performance of the season. Stoke City out-thought, outfought and outplayed Wolves on Tuesday night at the Britannia Stadium, inflicting a defeat that brutally exposed their shortcomings and left McCarthy searching for answers to a wider problem.

Posted: Saturday 30 April 2011 at 2:11 AM

Mick McCarthy admits loss of Kevin Doyle has hit Wolves hard Share

• Wolves face Birmingham for important Midlands derby • McCarthy worried by sudden loss of form in past month It was, by Mick McCarthy’s own admission, Wolverhampton Wanderers’ worst performance of the season. Stoke City out-thought, outfought and outplayed Wolves on Tuesday night at the Britannia Stadium, inflicting a defeat that brutally exposed their shortcomings and left McCarthy searching for answers to a wider problem. “Why we’ve come from where we were at Aston Villa to what we’ve had in the last four games, I don’t know,” the Wolves manager said.

Posted: Saturday 30 April 2011 at 12:15 AM

McCarthy says loss of Doyle hit Wolves hard Share

• Winger suffered a torn hamstring against Wolves • ‘We’ll give him the best opportunity to play,’ says Pulis Matthew Etherington’s hopes of playing in the FA Cup final next month have been all but extinguished after it emerged that the Stoke City winger has torn a hamstring. Etherington was carried off on a stretcher after he collapsed in agony during Stoke’s victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday, and the club’s worst fears were realised when they received the scan results. Tony Pulis, the Stoke manager, has refused to concede that Etherington is definitely out of the final and remains keen to give the 29-year-old, who has been one of the club’s most influential players over the past couple of seasons, every opportunity to be fit to face Manchester City at Wembley on 14 May

Posted: Friday 29 April 2011 at 3:45 AM

Stoke City’s Matthew Etherington likely to miss FA Cup final Share

STOKE ON TRENT, ENGLAND – 26 APRIL: Matthew Etherington of Stoke City goes down injured during the Barclays Premier League match between Stoke City and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Britannia Stadium.

Posted: Wednesday 27 April 2011 at 7:26 AM

Matthew Etherington of Stoke City goes down injured Share

First half goals left the visitors reeling before former Liverpool winger rounded off second-half counterattack to steer Potters towards almost certain safety

Posted: Tuesday 26 April 2011 at 10:50 PM

Stoke City 3-0 Wolves: Jones, Shawcross and Pennant leave Mick McCarthy’s side rooted in drop zone Share