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Scottish Sun
25-06-2025
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Ex-Premier League manager wins bitter battle with neighbours over 7 ‘nuisance' trees full of squawking magpies
Newcastle are called the Magpies because of their black and white striped kit LEAF IT OUT Ex-Premier League manager wins bitter battle with neighbours over 7 'nuisance' trees full of squawking magpies Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) FORMER Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan has won his battle with neighbours to axe seven "nuisance" trees at his Cheshire mansion - despite fears for magpies. The Liverpool legend, 74, and his next door neighbours were left stumped after half a dozen locals living opposite objected to the "wholesale" cull. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 Retired football player Kevin Keegan Credit: Getty 3 The sycamore trees near his home (not pictured) are all in poor condition. Similar trees are pictured on a public road Credit: Matthew Pover One protestor even sent a sound recording to the local council of birds in the trees including blackbirds, blue tits, parakeets, robins and Magpies, in a desperate bid to save the 60ft-high sycamores. Newcastle are called the Magpies because of their black and white striped kit, like the bird's plumage, and Keegan bossed them back in the 1990s. The 50-year-old trees were slapped with a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) before the row of four houses, including Keegan's, were built. But Keegan and his neighbours have now successfully applied to the local council to have the "dead and decaying" trees completely felled to the ground. In a letter, one objector wrote: "The protected trees have always provided a welcome and quite natural habitat for the wide diversity of animals, especially birds. "For many years, our property and those of our neighbours have overlooked an empty field. Now our view, especially during the winter months, is of four detached houses. "During the summer months, a time when most people enjoy being out in their gardens, the protected trees have provided a level of privacy, shade from the sun and good noise reduction (for all parties). "Over the last 40 years I can honestly say the protected trees have caused no real problems at all. To destroy live trees would be a tragedy." Another objector, whose house backs on to Keegan's, paid towards the cost of previous tree works in a gesture of good will. They said: "I am in total agreement that tree maintenance and action is required to the trees. My objection is with some of the proposed action." A third objector said: "The face the trees are now considered a nuisance shouldn't necessitate their wanton removal, after all the trees were there long before the houses were built." Keegan won three Division One Championships, two UEFA Cups, one FA Cup and a European Cup in his playing career at Liverpool, and also won the Ballon d'Or twice. As a manager, he is famous for his "I would love it if we beat them" rant at Sir Alex Ferguson as his Newcastle side threw away a 13-point lead and lost the Premier League title to Man Utd in 1996. The former England boss moved to his five-bedroom Cheshire pad in 2002 and has since added a loft conversion, two dormer windows and a rear conservatory. Officials at Trafford Council gave the go-ahead for the tree felling by April 2027, but ordered that new trees should be planted. They said: "The sycamore trees proposed for removal are all in poor condition, most have areas of dead bark on the lower stem, structural weaknesses in the crown and poor leaf budding rates. "Decay is evident in several previous pruning points and these trees are likely to become hazardous in the near future if they remain."
The Irish Sun
25-06-2025
- General
- The Irish Sun
Ex-Premier League manager wins bitter battle with neighbours over 7 ‘nuisance' trees full of squawking magpies
FORMER Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan has won his battle with neighbours to axe seven "nuisance" trees at his Cheshire mansion - despite fears for magpies. The Advertisement 3 Retired football player Kevin Keegan Credit: Getty 3 The sycamore trees near his home (not pictured) are all in poor condition. Similar trees are pictured on a public road Credit: Matthew Pover One protestor even sent a sound recording to the local council of birds in the trees including blackbirds, blue tits, parakeets, robins and Magpies, in a desperate bid to save the 60ft-high sycamores. Newcastle are called the Magpies because of their black and white striped kit, like the bird's plumage, and The 50-year-old trees were slapped with a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) before the row of four houses, including Keegan's, were built. But Keegan and his neighbours have now successfully applied to the local council to have the "dead and decaying" trees completely felled to the ground. Advertisement Read more neighbour rows In a letter, one objector wrote: "The protected trees have always provided a welcome and quite natural habitat for the wide diversity of animals, especially birds. "For many years, our property and those of our neighbours have overlooked an empty field. Now our view, especially during the winter months, is of four detached houses. "During the summer months, a time when most people enjoy being out in their gardens, the protected trees have provided a level of privacy, shade from the sun and good noise reduction (for all parties). "Over the last 40 years I can honestly say the protected trees have caused no real problems at all. To destroy live trees would be a tragedy." Advertisement Most read in Football Exclusive Exclusive Another objector, whose house backs on to They said: "I am in total agreement that tree maintenance and action is required to the trees. My objection is with some of the proposed action." A third objector said: "The face the trees are now considered a nuisance shouldn't necessitate their wanton removal, after all the trees were there long before the houses were built." Keegan won three Division One Championships, two UEFA Cups, one FA Cup and a European Cup in his playing career at Advertisement As a manager, he is famous for his "I would love it if we beat them" rant at Sir Alex Ferguson as his The former England boss moved to his five-bedroom Cheshire pad in 2002 and has since added a loft conversion, two dormer windows and a rear conservatory. Officials at Trafford Council gave the go-ahead for the tree felling by April 2027, but ordered that new trees should be planted. They said: "The sycamore trees proposed for removal are all in poor condition, most have areas of dead bark on the lower stem, structural weaknesses in the crown and poor leaf budding rates. Advertisement "Decay is evident in several previous pruning points and these trees are likely to become hazardous in the near future if they remain." 3 The former England boss moved to his five-bedroom Cheshire pad in 2002 Credit: Jon Bond - The Sun
Daily Mirror
29-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
Real Betis president declares 'war' with bitter swipe after Enzo Maresca message
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca received a message of congratulations from his former employers after his side swept aside Real Betis 4-1 to win the Conference League Real Betis have refreshed tensions with Sevilla after their rivals congratulated Chelsea for their victory in the Conference League final. Chelsea put on an impressive display in the second half to come from a goal behind to run out deserved 4-1 winners in Poland on Wednesday night. Abde Ezzalzouli put Betis ahead in the ninth minute with a cool finish, but the Spanish side were blown away after the break. Goals from Enzo Fernandez, Nicolas Jackson, Jadon Sancho and Moises Caicedo saw the Blues become the first side to win all of the UEFA competitions and end their season on a high. It was a bitter blow for Betis, who were playing in their first European final in the club's 117-year history. Their defeat was noted by Sevilla, who sparked some beef on social media with a cheeky post. They wrote on X: "Congratulations to our beloved Enzo Maresca on his first European title as a coach." Chelsea boss Maresca spent four seasons with Sevilla as a player, making over 100 appearances and winning two UEFA Cups, but the message didn't go down well with Betis. Club president Angel Haro couldn't resist having a pop back at their cross-city rivals, who finished 17th in La Liga this season, just one point above the relegation zone. 'I haven't seen it [the post], but they're now in another war,' Haro said after the game. 'We're growing, focusing on doing well next year, and they're in a very different war from ours.' Asked if his club would have done a similar social media post, Haro replied: "Well, if it were up to me ... Well, never mind, I also congratulate Sevilla on staying in the first division this year.' Chelsea were the heavy favourites coming into the match and their strength and depth proved the difference in the second half as Cole Palmer set up their first two goals with great crosses. 'We couldn't maintain the rhythm we expected,' said Betis manager Manuel Pellegrini. 'It was a tough opponent. A final rout that I don't think reflects the difference between the two teams, "We mustn't forget that we were facing Chelsea. I'm disappointed that we outplayed them in the first half but then let it slip in the second half.' Betis defender Marc Bartra added: 'In the second half, we probably needed to keep pressing higher. It's a source of pride to see the fans like this. I love this club for the way they always support us, the way they cheer us on. 'It's a source of pride even in defeat. It says a lot about this club. It seems like the season is worthless now, but we'll appreciate it more as time goes on."
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
List of Europa League and UEFA Cup winners, all-time finals
Manchester United seek their second UEFA Cup on Wednesday in Bilbao, with would-be three-time champion Tottenham Hotspur standing in their way of the 2024-25 Europa League crown. MORE — Man United v Tottenham Hotspur live updates Advertisement It's a big-name, all-Premier League battle for what's become Europe's second-biggest club prize in a tournament that has evolved over the years to become more powerful and increasingly-similar to the UEFA Champions League. Here's a abridged history of the UEFA Cup/Europa League, as well as a list of all finals. What is the Europa League and why was it started? The Europa League, formerly the UEFA Cup, is the second most-prestigious competition in European football after the UEFA Champions League. The Champions League was formerly the European Cup and was limited in berths, which opened up room for a second tournament that featured the best teams to not have won their domestic league. Instead there were two: The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. Advertisement The UEFA Cup replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as the third tournament in 1971, then slid up to second when it essentially merged with the Cup Winners' Cup in 1999. Who have won the most UEFA Cups? Sevilla have been to the most UEFA Cup/Europa League Finals with seven, and they've won all of them. Perhaps even more remarkably, Sevilla's first UEFA Cup was in 2006, making them the force of the tournament this century and all-time. Inter Milan, Liverpool, Juventus, and Atletico Madrid have each won three UEFA Cups. List of UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup finals Played over two-legs 1972: Tottenham Hotspur over Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 1973: Liverpool over Borussia Monchengladbach 3-2 1974: Feyenoord over Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 1975: Borussia Monchengladbach over Twente 5-1 1976: Liverpool over Club Brugge 4-3 1977: Juventus over Athletic Bilbao 2-2 (pens) 1978: PSV Endhoven over Bastia 3-0 1979: Borussia Monchengladbach over Red Star Belgrade 2-1 1980: Eintracht Frankfurt over Borussia Monchengladbach 3-3 (pens) 1981: Ipswich Town over AZ Alkmaar 5-4 1982: Goteborg over Hamburger SV 4-0 1983: Anderlecht over Benfica 2-1 1984: Tottenham Hotspur over Anderlecht 2-2 (pens) 1985: Real Madrid over Videoton 3-1 1986: Real Madrid over Koln 5-3 1987: Goteborg over Dundee United 2-1 1988: Bayer Leverkusen over Espanyol 3-3 (pens) 1989: Napoli over Stuttgart 5-4 1990: Juventus over Fiorentina 3-1 1991: Inter Milan over Roma 2-1 1992: Ajax over Torino 2-2 (pens) 1993: Juventus over Borussia Dortmund 6-1 1994: Inter Milan over Austria Salzburg 2-0 1995: Parma over Juventus 2-1 1996: Bayern Munich over Bordeaux 5-1 1997: Schalke over Inter Milan 1-1 (pens) Advertisement Single match at host site 1998: Inter Milan 3-0 Lazio in Paris 1999; Parma 3-0 Marseille in Moscow 2000: Galatasaray 0-0 (pens) Arsenal in Copenhagen 2001: Liverpool 5-4 Alaves in Dortmund 2002: Feyenoord 3-2 Borussia Dortmund in Rotterdam 2003: Porto 3-2 Celtic in Seville 2004: Valencia 2-0 Marseille in Gothenburg 2005: CSKA Moscow 3-1 Sporting Lisbon in Lisbon 2006: Sevilla 4-0 Middlebsrough in Eindhoven 2007: Sevilla 2-2 (pens) Espanyol in Glasgow 2008: Zenit Saint Petersburg 2-0 Rangers in Manchester 2009: Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 aet Werder Bremen in Istanbul 2010: Atletico Madrid 2-1 aet Fulham in Hamburg 2011: Porto 1-0 Braga in Dublin 2012: Atletico Madrid 3-0 Athletic Bilbao in Bucharest 2013: Chelsea 2-1 Benfica in Amsterdam 2014: Sevilla 0-0 (pens) Benfica in Turin 2015: Sevilla 3-2 Dnipro in Warsaw 2016: Sevilla 3-1 Liverpool in Basel 2017: Manchester United 2-0 Ajax in Solna 2018: Atletico Madrid 3-0 Marseille in Lyon 2019: Chelsea 4-1 Arsenal in Baku 2020: Sevilla 3-2 Inter Milan in Cologne 2021: Villarreal 1-1 (pens) Manchester United in Gdansk 2022: Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 (pens) Rangers in Seville 2023: Sevilla 1-1 Roma (pens) in Budapest 2024: Atalanta 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen in Dublin 2025: Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur in Bilbao
NBC Sports
21-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
List of Europa League and UEFA Cup winners, all-time finals
Manchester United seek their second UEFA Cup on Wednesday in Bilbao, with would-be three-time champion Tottenham Hotspur standing in their way of the 2024-25 Europa League crown. MORE — Man United v Tottenham Hotspur live updates It's a big-name, all-Premier League battle for what's become Europe's second-biggest club prize in a tournament that has evolved over the years to become more powerful and increasingly-similar to the UEFA Champions League. Here's a abridged history of the UEFA Cup/Europa League, as well as a list of all finals. What is the Europa League and why was it started? The Europa League, formerly the UEFA Cup, is the second most-prestigious competition in European football after the UEFA Champions League. The Champions League was formerly the European Cup and was limited in berths, which opened up room for a second tournament that featured the best teams to not have won their domestic league. Instead there were two: The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The UEFA Cup replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as the third tournament in 1971, then slid up to second when it essentially merged with the Cup Winners' Cup in 1999. Who have won the most UEFA Cups? Sevilla have been to the most UEFA Cup/Europa League Finals with seven, and they've won all of them. Perhaps even more remarkably, Sevilla's first UEFA Cup was in 2006, making them the force of the tournament this century and all-time. Inter Milan, Liverpool, Juventus, and Atletico Madrid have each won three UEFA Cups. List of UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup finals Played over two-legs 1972: Tottenham Hotspur over Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 1973: Liverpool over Borussia Monchengladbach 3-2 1974: Feyenoord over Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 1975: Borussia Monchengladbach over Twente 5-1 1976: Liverpool over Club Brugge 4-3 1977: Juventus over Athletic Bilbao 2-2 (pens) 1978: PSV Endhoven over Bastia 3-0 1979: Borussia Monchengladbach over Red Star Belgrade 2-1 1980: Eintracht Frankfurt over Borussia Monchengladbach 3-3 (pens) 1981: Ipswich Town over AZ Alkmaar 5-4 1982: Goteborg over Hamburger SV 4-0 1983: Anderlecht over Benfica 2-1 1984: Tottenham Hotspur over Anderlecht 2-2 (pens) 1985: Real Madrid over Videoton 3-1 1986: Real Madrid over Koln 5-3 1987: Goteborg over Dundee United 2-1 1988: Bayer Leverkusen over Espanyol 3-3 (pens) 1989: Napoli over Stuttgart 5-4 1990: Juventus over Fiorentina 3-1 1991: Inter Milan over Roma 2-1 1992: Ajax over Torino 2-2 (pens) 1993: Juventus over Borussia Dortmund 6-1 1994: Inter Milan over Austria Salzburg 2-0 1995: Parma over Juventus 2-1 1996: Bayern Munich over Bordeaux 5-1 1997: Schalke over Inter Milan 1-1 (pens) Single match at host site 1998: Inter Milan 3-0 Lazio in Paris 1999; Parma 3-0 Marseille in Moscow 2000: Galatasaray 0-0 (pens) Arsenal in Copenhagen 2001: Liverpool 5-4 Alaves in Dortmund 2002: Feyenoord 3-2 Borussia Dortmund in Rotterdam 2003: Porto 3-2 Celtic in Seville 2004: Valencia 2-0 Marseille in Gothenburg 2005: CSKA Moscow 3-1 Sporting Lisbon in Lisbon 2006: Sevilla 4-0 Middlebsrough in Eindhoven 2007: Sevilla 2-2 (pens) Espanyol in Glasgow 2008: Zenit Saint Petersburg 2-0 Rangers in Manchester 2009: Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 aet Werder Bremen in Istanbul 2010: Atletico Madrid 2-1 aet Fulham in Hamburg 2011: Porto 1-0 Braga in Dublin 2012: Atletico Madrid 3-0 Athletic Bilbao in Bucharest 2013: Chelsea 2-1 Benfica in Amsterdam 2014: Sevilla 0-0 (pens) Benfica in Turin 2015: Sevilla 3-2 Dnipro in Warsaw 2016: Sevilla 3-1 Liverpool in Basel 2017: Manchester United 2-0 Ajax in Solna 2018: Atletico Madrid 3-0 Marseille in Lyon 2019: Chelsea 4-1 Arsenal in Baku 2020: Sevilla 3-2 Inter Milan in Cologne 2021: Villarreal 1-1 (pens) Manchester United in Gdansk 2022: Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 (pens) Rangers in Seville 2023: Sevilla 1-1 Roma (pens) in Budapest 2024: Atalanta 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen in Dublin 2025: Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur in Bilbao
