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Huddersfield Town must go to a replay after being held by Birmingham City

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HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1, BIRMINGHAM CITY 1 (FA CUP 4th ROUND)

David Wagner’s side were made to pay for their wastefulness in front of goal and both teams will have to go again in the FA Cup at St Andrew’s after Huddersfield Town were held to a draw by Championship side Birmingham City who did enough to beat the Terriers but for a great late save by Joel Coleman.

Town’s opening goal by Steve Mounie was cancelled out in the second half by Lukas Jutkiewicz. Jutkiewicz had a goal ruled out for offside and had a late effort saved as the visitors finished strongly.

Ellie Roebuck signs first professional deal at Manchester City

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England Under 20 goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck has signed her first professional contract with Manchester City’s women’s team.

Roebuck first joined City from Sheffield United in 2016 and has gone on to make 12 appearances for the club, including her UEFA Women’s Champions league debut in October 2017.

Oldham Athletic has new owner as Abdallah Lemsagan succeeds Simon Corney

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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.

Alexis Sanchez has his Manchester United debut at Yeovil Town as the Reds cruise into 5th Round of the FA Cup

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YEOVIL TOWN 0, MANCHESTER UNITED 4

Jose Mourinho had even more to celebrate this week with an FA Cup victory over Yeovil Town in a week in which he turned 55, signed a new contract extension with Manchester United, snatched Alexis Sanchez from rivals Manchester City, and watched the Chilean lay on the ball that saw Marcus Rashford score after hesitation in the Yeovil defence shortly before the break.

Ander Herrera fired home the second just after the hour and although Juan Mata had a late effort disallowed for offside, Jesse Lingard hit a third a minute from time before Romelu Lukaku’s injury time tap-in completed the rout against their exhausted hosts.

Derby delight but nowhere to ‘Hyde’ for neighbours Mossley

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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 […]