LIVERPOOL 2, MAN CITY 1 Manchester City could have blown their hopes of retaining their Barclays Premier League title following their defeat at Liverpool. Certainly it was missed opportunity to heap pressure on league leaders Chelsea who could have seen their lead cut to two points had they triumphed. With Chelsea playing in today’s final […]
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Horror show for caretaker manager Dean Holden as Oldham Athletic lose 4-0 at home to Preston North End
OLDHAM ATHLETIC 0, PRESTON NORTH END 4 It was a horror debut for caretaker manager Dean Holden as Oldham Athletic were walloped 4-0 at home by Preston North End. There was precious little joy for Latics who suffered a third successive defeat to slip five points adrift of the promotion play-off places. Latics had a […]
Wayne Rooney at the double as Manchester United struggle to beat Sunderland
MAN UNITED 2, SUNDERLAND 0 Wayne Rooney’s double finally saw off spirited Sunderland as Manchester United put in another indifferent performance. It was a game which will be remembered not for the football, though, but for a refereeing blunder by Roger East. The match official wrongly sent off Wes Brown in a case of mistaken […]
Bury sign five-year lease for Manchester City’s former training complex at Carrington
League Two club Bury is punching well above its weight after agreeing to lease Manchester City’s former training ground at Carrington from March 1. It represents a great move for the ambitious Shakers whose existing facility at Lower Gigg Lane had only one pitch, which severely limited Bury’s options in developing youth players, according to the club. Carrington, which […]
Adding insult to injury as Oldham Athletic lose at lowly Leyton Orient
LEYTON ORIENT 3, OLDHAM ATHLETIC 0 It was very much a tale of woe for promotion-chasing Latics following their defeat at lowly Leyton Orient in Sky Bet League One. If the defeat was not hard enough to swallow, the two serious injuries sustained made it an even more unpalatable loss as the Londoners recorded only […]