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by Tony Bugby
MAN CITY 3, WEST BROM 0
Manchester City hardly had to break sweat as they stretched their lead at the top of the Premier League to 15 points.
West Brom, who won 3-2 at Liverpool in the Emirates FA Cup on Saturday, offered little threat as City made it 100 goals for the season in all competitions.
Goals from Fernandinho, Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero completed a stroll as City recorded a 13th straight win against the Baggies since 2012.
by Tony Bugby
OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1, PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 2 It was the dawn of a new era, but a losing start for new Oldham Athletic owner Abdullah Lemsagam as Plymouth Argyle triumphed at SportsDirect.com Park. And the pressure continued to mount on manager Richie Wellens as the team is still looking for its first League One win of […]
by Tony Bugby
Oldham Athletic is under new ownership after Abdallah Lemsagam’s takeover of the club was confirmed today at a news conference at SportsDirect.com Park.
The Dubai-based Lemsagan has been forced to relinquish his role as a football agent before being permitted to take charge of the EFL League One club.
Lemsagam has been in discussions with Oldham since August with the negotiations painstaking and often complicated before they were approved by the EFL.
by Tony Bugby
HYDE UNITED 5, MOSSLEY 1 YOU would imagined Mossley would have learned from their mistakes as they were heavily beaten at high-flying Hyde United in an Evo Stik League, first division north derby. That was not the case as Hyde’s first four goals all came from long balls over their defence as Mossley were caught […]
by Tony Bugby
SHREWSBURY TOWN 2, OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1 The dream of a Wembley appearance disappeared as Oldham Athletic lost at Shrewsbury Town in the quarter finals of the Checkatrade Trophy. Latics were undone by goals early – after only 16 seconds from Stefan Payne – and late in the game by substitute Alex Rodman as they were […]