Tonight at 7:45, the first of England’s friendlies as they take on Uruguay. With only a few months until the World Cup in Canada, Mexico, and (gulp) the USA; this match will provide a decent litmus test for how ready they are for this summer’s tournament. England haven’t faced Uruguay since the 2014 World Cup group stage, where they lost 2-1 in a match that ended the World Cup dream very early on and provided an additional 4 years of hurt for David Baddiel and Frank Skinner to sing about. A lot has changed in the last 12 years. England have one of the strongest squads in the world and are among the favourites to lift the trophy alongside Donald Trump at the tournament in July. #englandfootball #ThreeLions #football #woodhallspa #dogfriendly #sportsbar

The first piece of domestic silverware is up for grabs this afternoon in the Carabao Cup final, and there’s an even bigger game happening in the north east, as Sunderland make the short trip over to Newcastle to take on their mortal enemies. Starting with the Tyne Wear Derby at 12pm. 4 months ago Nick Woltemade scored a belting header to win the derby at the stadium of light. Just a shame he put it in the wrong net. Newcastle received a lot of criticism for their lethargic, un-urgent, intensity lacking style of play last time around, whilst Sunderland received a lot of praise for their lethargic, un-urgent, intensity lacking style of play (seriously it was an awful game of football to watch). This game however promises something different.. it will be played at St James’s Park. At 2pm a massive six pointer in the relegation battle as Forest travel to a slightly resurgent Spurs. Tottenham could find themselves in 18th place at close of play today, but their win in Europe and draw with Liverpool in the last week will give them a much needed boost. Forest will leapfrog Spurs if they win, but having only scored 1 premier league goal since Vitor Pereira’s hiring they’ll need to make sure they convert their chances. Them at 4:30 there’s the Carabao Cup final. Arsenal are looking to start their quest for an unprecedented quadruple, Man City are looking for a pick-me-up after being dumped out of Europe by Real Madrid and could yet still complete a domestic treble. This is of course the last game before the international break begins next week, so the high of winning the trophy will ensure for a couple of weeks at least. #SuperSunday #NewcastleUnited #ManchesterCity #tottenhamhotspurfc #ArsenalFC #sunderlandafc #woodhallspa #dogfriendly #CarabaoCupFinal

6 English teams take part in the second leg of the round of 16. All of them must win in order to progress, some may feel their chance is already gone. 8pm tonight sees 3 of these matches. Man City and Chelsea must win by more than 3 goals if they are to go through against Real Madrid and PSG respectively. Arsenal just have to win against Bayer Leverkusen to progress. Tomorrow at 5:45pm Newcastle travel to an impenetrable Camp Nou to take on Barcelona. The Toon were heartbroken last week by a late penalty for the Catalan side, meaning the tie is all square going into this matchup. Barcelona are unbeaten at the Camp Nou this season, if the Magpies are to go through, they have to break that unbeaten streak. At 8pm, Liverpool welcome Galatasaray and Tottenham host Atletico Madrid. Spurs go into this match 3 goals down against the Spaniards but may be buoyed by the draw they managed against Liverpool this weekend. Liverpool meanwhile only have a single goal deficit to make up for, but will be disheartened by said draw against Spurs. Overall, the number of English teams left in the competition is likely to be reduced come the end of play on Wednesday. Arsenal. Liverpool, and Newcastle will be hoping that they can grind a result out against formidable opposition and make the quarter finals. Spurs, City, and Chelsea will need remarkable performances if they are to progress. #championsleague #UEFA #NewcastleUnited #LiverpoolFC #ChelseaFC #ArsenalFC #ManchesterCity #tottenhamhotspurfc #woodhallspa #dogfriendly #sportsbar

It’s Six Nations Super Saturday today. 3 matches, all having massive permutations in how the final table might look. First this afternoon is Scotland’s trip to Ireland. Remarkably both teams could still win the tournament outright. Scotland’s momentum carried them to a staggering win against France last weekend whilst Ireland dispatched Wales. A win for either side leaves their fate undecided, until later this evening. But before that there’s Wales’s clash with Italy, who can finish as high as 3rd if results go their way today. Wales will hope to end a miserable campaign with their first win of the tournament, though they’ll need a massive scoreline to overtake England and avoid this year’s wooden spoon. Finally at 8:10pm there’s the crunch game. France host a despondent England. France need a win and a bonus point to more or less guarantee their second championship in a row. A loss to England would open the door for whomever won the first match of the day. A win with no bonus point, and Scotland will take the title if they beat Ireland and scored enough tries. Scotland could still win the title if they thrash Ireland by a scoreline 59 points greater than a France bonus point win, which whilst unlikely, shouldn’t be completely out of the question considering this has been a tournament full of surprises. #rugbyunion #sixnationsrugby #SixNations2026 #woodhallspa #dogfriendly #sportsbar