PORTSMOUTH 1, OLDHAM ATHLETIC 2 Eoin Doyle’s red-hot scoring streak continued as he scored both goals for Oldham Athletic in a fabulous win at Portsmouth. Yet the on-loan striker was not down to play in a move by caretaker manager Richie Wellens to hoodwink the opposition. Wellens told the pre-match press conference Doyle had picked […]
Stuart Mathieson bows out after 22 years reporting Manchester United
Stuart Mathieson penned his last Manchester United match report in today’s Premier League win against Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. Mathieson is taking early retirement from his post covering the Reds for the Manchester Evening News for the past 22 years. It was back in 1995 that Mathieson succeeded the legendary David Meek who began […]
Manchester United maintain 100-per-cent home record after beating bottom club Crystal Palace
MAN UNITED 4, CRYSTAL PALACE 0 It was a measure of how bad Crystal Palace were that Manchester United never needed to hit top gear in registering a comprehensive victory. Embed from Getty Images And the match was a microcosm of the season of both clubs with United looking championship contenders and Palace a side […]
Sergio Aguero could miss months after sustaining ‘rib injury’ in car crash in Amsterdam
Sergio Aguero was involved in a car crash in Holland on Thursday night and looks set to be on the sidelines for a period of time. Aguero was in Amsterdam to attend a concert featuring Colombian singer Maluma on his day off and the taxi he was reportedly travelling in on the way back to […]
Fabian Delph returns to England squad
Manchester City midfielder Fabian Delph has been recalled to the England squad for the final two World Cup qualifiers against Slovenia and Lithuania in October. Delph’s last of just nine England caps was in November 2015 against Spain and the 27-year-old has endured an injury-hit spell with City since joined from Aston Villa earlier that […]