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11:50 EDT, 7 May 2021 Ex-Aston Villa star Dalian Atkinson 'went down like a ton of bricks' when police shot him with a taser, a witness told a murder trial today. Julia Shilton told jurors she witnessed the moment PC Benjamin Monk pulled out a stun gun on the former footballer in a street in Telford, Shropshire, in 2016. Monk, 42, then delivered 'five or six' kicks to Mr Atkinson as he lay on the floor, Ms Shilton told jurors. Pc Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith, Monk's police partner and lover, who was also at the scene, is accused of hitting Atkinson with her police baton. Ex-Premier League star...

Last modified on Thu 6 May 2021 08.18 EDT This is a perfectly watchable documentary, but events have overtaken it, exposing a crucial naivety. It is about the soap-operatic tragedy and triumph of legendary football club Manchester United, co-written, co-produced and presented by its saturnine bad-boy hero Eric Cantona, and in this version of history, he looms larger than Bobby Charlton or George Best. Cantona smoulders his way outrageously through his script, though revealing little or nothing about himself, except for one remark about the notorious kung-fu incident against an abusive Crystal...

The Most Memorable Day in Town’s History Saturday, 5th May 2018 18:06 by Mel Henderson As Sunday’s 40th anniversary of Town’s 1978 FA Cup triumph approaches, Mel Henderson, the club’s public relations officer at the time, recalls that great day, the run which took the Blues to Wembley and how he came to be among those sitting on the bench during the final. May 6th, 1978, was undoubtedly the most memorable day in the history of our favourite club. I’m not forgetting what must have been an unforgettable climax to a fairytale 1961/62 season as Alf Ramsey’s team were crowned Footba...

10:42 EDT, 5 May 2021 The police officer accused of the murder of Dalian Atkinson colluded with his colleague and lover to lie about kicking the ex-footballer in the head, a court has heard.  Pc Benjamin Monk said in his initial police interview that he had only kicked the former Aston Villa player once on the shoulder during the struggle in Telford, Shropshire in August 2016.  However, his defence barrister told Birmingham Crown Court today that the officer does not dispute kicking the ex-footballer twice in the head - but only did so because he was 'terrified'.   Monk denies murderin...

© Calum Woodger/DCT Media Dundee United midfielder Ian Harkes (right) and his dad, former United States international John Harkes. Although it’s not quite Jordi and Johan Cruyff, Dundee United midfielder Ian Harkes seems accustomed to a career in the shadows of dad John. Harkes Sr turned out for the likes of Sheffield Wednesday, Derby County and West Ham United in a 15-year career that yielded 90 caps for the United States. At Wednesday, he would have his best spell, winning the 1991 League Cup as the second-tier Owls beat Manchester United 1-0 in the final. John Harkes opened the scoring ...