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Martin O’Neill is praying talisman Steve Sidwell will be fit to face Manchester City after hailing his last performance his best in a Villa shirt.

What a shocker . . .

The script was written – all Walsall had to do was follow it. Dwayne Mattis, a boyhood Huddersfield fan, and Darren Byfield, a striker celebrating his 33rd birthday, should have placed a bet.

Wolves’ Captain Marvel is preparing to return to the speedway track – two weeks to the day since breaking his collarbone.

No effort, simple as that. You cannot doubt that our squad has more quality than most teams in this division but what we have lacked in our last two league games is pure fight and determination, writes Jarrod Hill.

Stafford Rangers boss Chris Brindley is considering his Marston Road future after his side’s shock 3-2 FA Cup defeat at home to minnows Coventry Sphinx.

Dozens of workers were evacuated as a fire raged through a Black Country industrial estate, in what has been confirmed as the biggest blaze in the West Midlands this year.

Expressandstar.com bring you all the latest transfer gossip on Wolves, Albion, Villa, Walsall and Blues.

Pictures from Albion’s 3-1 Championship defeat against Barnsley at Oakwell.

Wolves Sporting Star columnist John Lalley looks at Portsmouth and the big guns taking aim after the international break with Online Sports Journalist Craig Birch.