By Danny Wright
Everton leap frogged Liverpool into fourth place with an impressive 3-1 win over Portsmouth. The Reds, who beat Bolton by the same score line just hours earlier, were to be displaced in the coveted league position thanks to Yakubu’s two goals either side of Tim Cahill’s header.
Jermaine Defoe scored his first ever goal [...]
By Danny Wright
A horror tackle on Croatian striker Eduardo marred an entertaining 2-2 draw between Arsenal and Birmingham at St Andrews. Martin Taylor was the culprit, and despite no malice being intended by the big centre-back, the Gunners’ hit man suffered a sickening break. Play was held up for seven minutes as team mates looked [...]
On loan goalkeeper Luke Steele had an afternoon to remember as his fantastic solo display helped Championship side Barnsley dump Liverpool out of the cup, 2-1 the score in favour of the ecstatic Tykes. Steele signed on Friday on loan from West Brom, with Barnsley having no goalkeeper available following Heinz Muller’s injury and fellow [...]
Manchester City stunned their city rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford by beating the Red Devils 2-1 in an unlikely win. The result dents Sir Alex Ferguson’s title hopes and matches the mood around the famous ground at the moment, who impeccably observed the minute’s silence for kick off to remember the Munich Air [...]
Carlos Tevez’s late equaliser rescued a point for Manchester United with the last kick of the game as they drew 1-1 at Tottenham. The hosts had held firm throughout and even took the lead to shock the Champions, Dimitar Berbatov polishing off Edwin van der Saar’s parry to give Spurs the lead from Aaron Lennon’s [...]
Havant and Waterlooville came agonisingly close to producing one of the most famous FA Cup upsets of all time, despite going down 5-2 to Liverpool at Anfield. The Hawks lead twice at the five times European Champions, punishing some slack and complacent home defending. Richard Pacquette’s close range header sent the visitors in delirium, emoting [...]
By Danny Wright
Everton leap-frogged Liverpool into fourth place by beating Wigan 2-1 at the JJB. In truth, Everton were dominated by Steve Bruce’s strugglers and were lucky to be 2-0 ahead at the break, Marcus Bent seeing a header saved and Emile Heskey being denied by Tim Cahill’s block. Bumbling Titus Bramble did his reputation [...]
by Danny Wright
‘Grand Slam Sunday’ turned out to be a tepid, cagey occasion in which there were wins for Manchester United and Arsenal, defeating Liverpool and Chelsea by a 1-0 score line respectively, the football on show somewhat undermining the hyperbole pumped out by Sky over the past week. In a gritty encounter on a [...]
by Danny WrightLiverpool were upset by a buoyant Reading side at the Madejski. With one eye on Tuesday’s crunch clash with Marseille, Liverpool were all at sea as a much changed side – fielding youngster Jack Hobbs at centre half – slumped to defeat. It was Hobbs’ experienced partner Jamie Carragher who was found wanting [...]
by Danny Wright
The FA Cup Second Round got under way in earnest this weekend, and League Two Peterborough taught non-league Staines a lesson in finishing, 5-0 the final score at Wheatsheaf Park. Having dumped Stockport out in the last round, the hosts were in a confident mood ahead the visit of Posh, however [...]
