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Bury Football Club, the 134-year-old Football League outfit, is facing a winding-up petition in the High Court, launched by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), due to unpaid debts. The case was adjourned on October 16 and is due to re-commence this Wednesday (October 30).

England cricket legend and ex-Ashes winning captain David Gower is going back on tour. No, he’s not batting for England again, but is instead travelling the country with his autobiographical show, On the Front Foot.

Manchester United meet Liverpool on Sunday, and going into the game a staggering 15 points separate Liverpool at the top and United in 12th just two months into the season.

Without even addressing the nauseous levels of bare-faced marketing spiel that such a slogan evokes, Liverpool Football Club’s merchandising tagline ‘This Means More’ has received a mixed reception in recent times, especially amidst reports concerning the club’s recent controversial attempt to trademark the word ‘Liverpool’.

Finally back on the grandest stage once more, St Helens have learnt their lessons according to captain James Roby.

If you ask Salford Red Devils coach Ian Watson, being written off at the start of the season was the best thing that could have happened.

The sun has set on an extraordinary summer for English cricket. However, with the recently-proposed Hundred competition – the ECB’s answer to glitzy T20 tournaments like the Indian Premier League and Australia’s Big Bash – the move away from county cricket has the potential to alienate masses of loyal cricket fans.

MM spoke with Andy Goode – the former flyhalf who appeared 17 times for England throughout his career and made 236 outings in English top-flight rugby, scoring over 2,000 points and becoming the second-highest point scorer in the league’s history – about England’s World Cup chances come later this month.

As Stage 8 of the Tour of Britain wound its way around Greater Manchester yesterday, the riders were greeted at various locations along the route by placard waving, devil-mask wearing protestors.

With just a handful of games played in the 2019/20 season, it already looks like Manchester United are destined to finish their seventh season without a Premier League title win.

The 2019 Football Writing Festival continued at the National Football Museum in Manchester on Monday night with ‘Opta Live’.