Lyon twice relinquished the lead as they dropped two more points on their travels in this disappointing start to their Ligue 1 campaign. Houssem Aouar and Memphis Depay were left on the bench by Sylvinho, as he opted to field Terrier, Traore and Cornet behind Moussa Dembele in an attacking formation with just Tousart and […]
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We need a democratic resolution to the Brexit impasse
I’m sure everyone will agree that the question of Brexit has been dominating British daily life for too long. It is now well over four years since the European Union Referendum Act was voted into law by parliament in June 2015, ensuring that a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU would take place. In […]
Surely we don’t deserve Boris as PM
How has it come to this? How, of all the people in the country, has one of the least suitable for the role ended up as Prime Minister? He doesn’t have the interests of the country at heart. The only thing he has ever been interested in is furthering his own political career. The only […]
Athletic Club 2-0 Real Sociedad
Athletic Club made it a near perfect start to the season with a convincing 2-0 home win against Real Sociedad in the derby at San Mames on Friday night. Inaki Williams gave Athletic the lead in the eleventh minute and Raul Garcia scored for the second successive game to make it 2-0 in the 28th […]
England win third Ashes Test to level series
England produced an astonishing come back at Headingley to win the third Ashes Test by one wicket and level the series against Australia at 1-1 with two tests remaining. All had seemed lost when they were set a mammoth total to chase in their second innings and the wickets were falling in quick succession when […]
Champions League draw: Lyon face Zenit, Benfica and Leipzig
Olympique Lyonnais have been placed in Group G of this season’s UEFA Champions League, where they will face Zenit St Petersburg, Benfica, and RB Leipzig. It’s a tough draw, but one from which they will harbour hopes of progressing to the knock-out stages, or at least into the Europa League. It’s a fairly balanced group […]
United face Rochdale in League Cup
Manchester United will be at home to near neighbours Rochdale in the third round of the League Cup. The tie is due to be played in the week beginning the 23rd of September. Here’s hoping that Ole Gunnar Solskjær puts out a decent team and has a proper go at winning the competition as it […]
Southgate announces first squad of the new season
England manager Gareth Southgate has announced his first squad of the new season ahead of the Euro 2020 qualifiers against Bulgaria (Wembley, 05/09/2019, 17:00) and Kosovo (St Mary’s 10/09/2019, 19:45). It’s a large (25 man) squad with first ever call ups for Manchester United right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Aston Villa defender Tyrone Mings. The full […]
United beat Newcastle and Blackburn at youth level
The youth teams provided some solace for Manchester United fans on another weekend of disappointment for the first team. There’s hope for the future as they have started the season well at both U23 and U18 levels and both teams earned good wins this time out. The U23s won 4-0 at Newcastle in the Premier […]
Manchester United 1-2 Crystal Palace
Manchester United experienced their first defeat of the season and were again made to pay the price of a missed penalty as Crystal Palace left Old Trafford with three points in the bag. It was the first time the Eagles had ever beaten Manchester United in the Premier League. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had named an […]