OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1, SHEFFIELD UNITED 1 Oldham Athletic held Sky Bet League One high-flyers Sheffield United, even though they played the last half hour with 10 men. Jonathan Burn’s sending off changed the dynamics of the game as Latics, who more than matched the Blades in the opening 60 minutes. Danny Philliskirk had given Latics […]
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Sterling work as Raheem scores first senior hat trick of career for Manchester City in 5-1 home won against AFC Bournemouth
MAN CITY 5, AFC BOURNEMOUTH 1 Raheem Sterling scored the first senior hat trick of his career as Manchester City blitzed newly-promoted AFC Bournemouth to stay top of the Barclays Premier League. The striker looked every inch the £49million he cost City in the summer as he found the net three times, his first treble […]
Manager David Dunn blasts Oldham Athletic following home defeat by Scunthorpe United
OLDHAM ATHLETIC 2, SCUNTHORPE UNITED 4 It was not the loss, but the manner of the defeat at home to Scunthorpe United that disappointed David Dunn in his first match as Oldham Athletic’s permanent manager. Latics were 2-1 ahead with less than half an hour played before caving in against an Iron side that had […]
Eighth draw in 11 league games for Oldham Athletic at Gillingham
GILLINGHAM 3, OLDHAM ATHLETIC 3 Oldham Athletic ended high-flying Gillingham’s 100-per-cent home record in Sky Bet League One as yet another game ended in stalemate. This was the eighth draw in 11 league games, but without doubt the most pleasing as Latics gave the Gills an almighty fright. And interim manager David Dunn viewed this […]
Sergio Aguero scores five as Manchester City blitz bottom-club Newcastle United
MAN CITY 6, NEWCASTLE UNITED 1 Sergio Aguero joined an elite group of players to have scored five goals in a Premier League match. What made the Argentine’s haul in Manchester City’s home match against Newcastle United special was that it came in a 21-minute spell. And Aguero could conceivably have scored even more had […]