Former Sunderland academy star Conor Hourihane will now step up to replace Clarke for the remainder of the campaign and he ...

Having signed for Vale he didn’t kick a ball and on February 1, the club announced that Williams had returned to Liverpool.

Ahead of the game, The Echo caught up with Cardiff City insider Dafydd Pritchard, who covers the Bluebirds regularly for BBC ...

Click here to bet £10 on Port Vale vs Notts County and get £40 in free bets with ... Mai Traore and Will Jarvis and the loan acquisition of Sunderland defender Zak Johnson, but 14-goal top scorer ...

Sunderland were entrusted with his development ... Last January, Williams moved to Port Vale, then in League One. He said at the time: “I can’t wait to get on the pitch. I’m good aerially ...

BBC Sport looks at the key talking points before a crucial round of fixtures at the bottom of the Championship.

There are matches of potentially huge significance in the Championship, League One and League Two this weekend.

Ten years after he finished playing in League One - the division is a very different prospect for Bolton Wanderers boss Steven Schumacher.

Since hanging up his boots, Whitehead has also held coaching roles at Huddersfield Town, Shrewsbury Town, Port Vale, Besiktas ... before joining Sunderland in June 2004. Whitehead spent five ...