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Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers’ new owners had plenty to cheer as a Morten Gamst Pedersen brace sealed a 2-0 win against Aston Villa. Rovers, playing for the first time since being taken over by Indian company Venky’s, took the lead in stoppage time at the end of the opening period at Ewood Park thanks [...]

Fulham 1-4 Manchester City

Carlos Tevez showed old boss Mark Hughes no mercy at Fulham as Manchester City romped to a 4-1 victory. Twelve months ago Hughes was the man profiting from the South American’s prowess in front of goal.Now it is Roberto Mancini hailing two goals and a man-of-the-match display from the inspirational [...]

Manchester United 2-0 Wigan

Wayne Rooney made it a perfect day for Manchester United as Sir Alex Ferguson’s side beat Wigan 2-0. United brushed aside Wigan, who self-destructed in the second half with two unnecessary red cards, but perhaps more importantly Rooney made his first appearance since the contract saga that saw [...]

Arsenal 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur

Arsenal blew the chance to go top of the Barclays Premier League as Tottenham fought back from 2-0 down to win 3-2. Samir Nasri and Marouane Chamakh had put the Gunners in complete control as they looked set to leapfrog Chelsea, who play Birmingham later this afternoon.However, Spurs – who had [...]

Blackpool 2-1 Wolves

Luke Varney and Marlon Harewood piled on the pressure for Wolves by firing Blackpool to a 2-1 victory. Varney set up a thrilling Barclays Premier League contest with a stunning volley after just three minutes at Bloomfield Road and Harewood added a second just before the interval.Kevin Doyle set up [...]

Birmingham 1-0 Chelsea

Birmingham keeper Ben Foster produced a superb performance help his side beat Chelsea 1-0. Lee Bowyer’s opening-half goal – his first for nearly 12 months – earned Alex McLeish’s side a shock victory.But their hero was Foster who bounced back from his error on England duty in [...]

Bolton 5-1 Newcastle

Newcastle’s Kevin Nolan’s big return to Bolton turned sour in spectacular fashion as he gave away an early penalty to lost 5-1. Kevin Davies hit a brace from the spot and in-form Johan Elmander also scored two as Owen Coyle’s men brushed aside the beleaguered Magpies, who finished [...]

West Brom 0-3 Stoke

Stoke netted three times in the second half at West Brom to grab a 3-0 win in the Barclays Premier League. Matthew Etherington’s penalty put the visitors 1-0 up in the 55th minute after referee Chris Foy adjudged Scott Carson to have fouled Kenwyne Jones.Substitute Jon Walters converted another [...]

Liverpool 3-0 West Ham

It was hardly a proper test of being able to cope without Steven Gerrard but Liverpool did more than enough to beat West Ham 3-0. With the captain out for a month with a hamstring tear manager Roy Hodgson called for his players to step up to fill the void and the Barclays Premier League’s bottom [...]

United prep for Fergie’s long goodbye

The next manager of Manchester United looks increasingly likely to be someone with a track record of success and experience at a big club. While no date has been set for the impending retirement of manager Sir Alex Ferguson, the club remain acutely aware of the mammoth task that lies ahead in replacing [...]

Glazers to pay off £220 million debt

The Glazer family, who own Manchester United, are set to pay off £220million of their high-interest PIK loans. The Glazers’ holding company Red Football Joint Venture will pay off the entire payment-in-kind debt next week, according to a voluntary free-payment notice seen by Bloomberg.The American [...]

Rooney to return against Wigan?

Wayne Rooney could make his Manchester United return against Wigan Athletic at Old Trafford, according to Sir Alex Ferguson. The striker has just returned to United’s Carrington training base after spending a week doing conditioning work in Portland, USA, and Ferguson believes the England star [...]

Aston Villa 2-2 Manchester United

Manchester United launched a comeback to rescue 2-2 draw with Aston Villa through goals by Federico Macheda and Nemanja Vidic. Villa, lacking nine players through injury or illness, stunned United as Ashley Young and Marc Albrighton put them in command with only 15 minutes remaining.But United rallied [...]

Stoke 2-0 Liverpool

Liverpool’s stuttering mini-revival petered out in dismal fashion as they lost 2-0 to Stoke at the Britannia Stadium. A six-match unbeaten run came to end as they were outfought, outplayed and outmanoeuvred by Tony Pulis’ side.Ricardo Fuller opened the scoring just after half-time and Kenwyne [...]

Tottenham 4-2 Blackburn Rovers

Tottenham cruised to a 4-2 victory over Blackburn Rovers thanks to another impressive performance from two-goal Gareth Bale. Bale put Spurs in front with a header in the 16th minute and after Roman Pavlyuchenko had missed a penalty, he made amends by heading the second four minutes before the interval.Peter [...]

Manchester City 0-0 Birmingham

Roberto Mancini felt the full weight of frustration as his Manchester City side were booed off after drawing 0-0 with Birmingham. Just as against Manchester United on Wednesday, the entertainment value was sadly lacking, except this time City were playing against a side who could be in the bottom three [...]

Wigan 1-0 West Bromwich Albion

Victor Moses stepped off the bench to help secure a 1-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion for Wigan Athletic. The 19-year-old showed remarkable maturity in front of goal to steer his effort beyond West Brom goalkeeper Scott Carson and into the corner.Moses had good cause for celebration in the 70th [...]