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 […]
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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 […]
Real Sociedad 3-0 Athletic Club
Athletic Club Femenino succumbed to their great rivals in the final of the Euskal Herria Kopa, the summer tournament for women’s teams in the Basque Country. The defeat at the Estadio de Garmendipe brings to an end Athletic’s series of six straight titles in the competition and puts Real’s named back on the trophy for […]
Haro 1-4 Bilbao Athletic
Bilbao got their season off to a dream start with a 4-1 win away at the Estadio de El Mazo to sweep aside Haro and go joint top of the Segunda Division B Group 2 table on the opening day of the season. They had to come from behind too, having conceded in only the […]
Getafe 1-1 Athletic Club
Athletic Club followed up their sensational opening day win over Barcelona with a useful point at Getafe to maintain their unbeaten start to the 2019-20 La Liga season. They enjoyed a great start to this match too, with Raul Garcia giving them the lead in only the fifth minute at the Estadio Alfonso Perez, but […]