Arsenal’s Kieran Gibbs has been called into the England squad for Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier in Slovenia. Gibbs replaces Southampton left-back Ryan Bertrand, a former Oldham Athletic loanee, who limped out of Saturday’s win against Malta with a hamstring strain.
Oldham Athletic climb off bottom spot after win at Gillingham
GILLINGHAM 1, OLDHAM ATHLETIC 2 Struggling Oldham Athletic’s fortunes have taken an upward turn following back-to-back away wins in the space of four days. The midweek victory at Fleetwood Town in the Checkatrade Trophy was followed by a success at Gillingham in Sky Bet League One. And the triumph at Priestfield was achieved the hard […]
Gareth Southgate off to a winning start as England’s interim manager after victory against Malta in World Cup qualifier
ENGLAND 2, MALTA 0 Gareth Southgate made a winning start as England’s interim manager as they defeated minnows Malta in their World Cup qualifier. It was only a modest margin of victory bearing in mind Malta are ranked 173 in the world, but England ended a tumultuous period on a positive note after Sam Allardyce’s […]
Impressive comeback against Germany for Paul Williams’ England U20 team
ENGLAND U20 3, GERMANY U20 1 Philipp Ochs with early free kick Ademola Lookman quickly equalises Dominic Calvert-Lewin scores twice to secure victory Lewis Cook limps off injured Interim manager Paul Williams rotated his entire England U20 team after the impressive 2-0 win over Netherlands U20 team at Oldham’s SportsDirect.com Park on Wednesday night in […]
Manchester City overcome Russian resistance to win their first Champions League game against Zvezda
MANCHESTER CITY WOMEN 2, ZVEZDA-2005 PERM 0 Goals by Jill Scott and Lucy Bronze ensured victory for Manchester City Women, despite a late chance to equalise for visitors Zvezda, in their first ever Champions League fixture. After a slow start City were in total control of the game after Jill Scott stabbed home from six […]