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 […]
Category: Football
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 […]
Montpellier 1-0 Olympique Lyonnais
Lyon disappointingly fell to their first defeat of the season away at Montpellier on Tuesday night in a match shown live on BT Sport in the UK. It was a chance to reclaim their position at the top of the Ligue 1 table from Rennes, and maintain a one hundred per cent record at the […]
USM Endoume Catalans 1-1 OL Reserves
The Olympique Lyonnais B team made it four points from three games so far in their National 2 Group D campaign with a creditable 1-1 draw away at US Marseille Endoume Catalans. Joint managers Gueïda Fofana and Philippe Bizeul saw their team fall behind to an early strike from Hammoud, which Anthony Racioppi in the […]
Olympique Lyonnais 6-0 Marseille
The Olympique Lyonnais women’s team resumed where they left off as the reigning Division 1 champions went straight back to the top of the table with a crushing 6-0 win against Marseille in their opening match of the new season. Three of OL’s England internationals started the match and it was a dream home debut […]
Marseille, Endoume & Montpellier on the menu for OL
The Olympique Lyonnais women’s team get their title defence under way this weekend with a match against Olympique de Marseille. New coach Jean-Luc Vasseur has named a squad of nineteen for the clash, which could see new signings Nikita Parris and Alex Greenwood make their competitive debuts. The England forward and left-back both joined the […]
Athletic Club weekend fixtures
Athletic Club follow their magnificent opening day win over Barcelona with their first away trip of the new season, a visit to Getafe. The match is scheduled to kick of at 21:00 local time on Saturday night at the Estadio de Alfonso Pérez. Getafe started with a 1-0 defeat at Atletico Madrid last weekend. It […]
Manchester United v Crystal Palace
It’s a rare Saturday afternoon 3:pm kick off for Manchester United this weekend as they face Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. On paper, it should be their easiest fixture of the season so far, as Chelsea at home and Wolves away are usually both tougher assignments than a visit from the Eagles. Roy Hodgson’s Palace […]
Steve Bruce’s Homecoming
Newcastle United recently appointed Steve Bruce as their new manager to succeed Rafa Benitez after the Spaniard left the club in the close-season. Bruce, now aged 58, is a Geordie born and bred and Newcastle was his boyhood club, so in many ways it’s a dream come true for him to finally manage them, having […]