Season 1989/90. Manchester United were on a run of 8 games without a win and had already been humiliated 5-1 by arch rivals Manchester City. They were 15th and in their worst position since relegation in 1974. A tricky 3rd round tie against Nottingham Forest awaited. Next Goal Wins looks back at the season where the banner “3 Years of ... Read More »
Luton Town versus Millwall in this weekends 5th Round of the FA Cup will evoke memories of a bygone era. Next Goal Wins looks back to when they met before on one of the darkest nights of English Football. Read More »
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Wigan and Stoke drew 2-2 for the fourth time in the past seven meetings on Saturday afternoon. Against a Stoke side bereft of any footballing qualities and entirely reliant on set pieces, Wigan twice hit the front but failed to hang on to their lead. The hosts took the lead from the penalty spot after James McCarthy’s effort struck the ... Read More »
Brighton made the long trip to glamorous Burnley on the back of their biggest home win at the AMEX, a 5-1 thrashing of Barnsley. However, the Seagulls had not won away from home since beating Leeds United 2-1 back in February. The two games against Burnley last season were fiery encounters with the Clarets winning both 1-0. When Eddie Howe’s men visited ... Read More »
The last time West Bromwich Albion lined up against Andre Villas Boas, it ended with the Portuguese manager being fired from Chelsea. You can understand why he probably felt some trepidation with us being the first team to visit his new home of White Hart Lane. After facing the home crowd for the first time as Spurs boss, he faced ... Read More »
Southampton 2 – 3 Manchester United R Lambert (16), M Schneiderlin (55) R van Persie (23, 87, 90+2) Robin van Persie scored an almighty hat trick at St Mary’s, as Manchester United won 3-2 in “Fergie Time” against an ambitious Southampton side. Sir Alex Ferguson has reached a milestone that is unlikely ... Read More »
Derby looking for their first win of the season did not only achieve it, they dominated proceedings from start to finish in this one sided encounter. James O’Connor retained his place at centre half despite the availability of Jake Buxton and justified Nigel Clough’s decision to include him in an unchanged side from last week game at Wolves. Right from ... Read More »
Improved Hartlepool Grab First Win Just what the doctor ordered, the doctor being Hartlepool United manager Neale Cooper. After a miserable opening month for Pools and a double dosing of lambasted performances, Cooper’s men finally got their season up and running with a convincing 2-0 victory over Scunthorpe. It could have even been three if Steve Howard’s spot kick wasn’t ... Read More »
Fulham went to Upton Park on Saturday and were beaten pretty well by West Ham 3-0 in their first London derby of the season. This was a match that new West Ham player Andy Carroll had so much influence in without even scoring a goal. Unfortunately, Fulham could not handle the West Ham striker, and he was a huge part ... Read More »
The opening weekend of the new Championship campaign saw 24 goals hit the net, five home 1-0 wins, and just the two away victories. The first game of the new campaign was played at the Cardiff City Stadium between newly promoted Huddersfield and a new look Cardiff side who had added players such as Heidar Helguson and Jordan Mutch to ... Read More »
Last season, the two fixtures between Hull and Brighton produced two entertaining 0-0 draws and some outstanding performances from the two goalkeepers. Brighton gained a much needed clean sheet back in February last season after being thrashed 6-1 by Liverpool in the FA Cup just a few days before. The Seagulls came into the first league match of the season ... Read More »
Pre-season last year was an exciting time to be a Leicester City fan. Not only was there a high profile friendly against one of the world’s giants –Real Madrid- but there were many key, high profile signings including Jermaine Beckford; Kasper Schmeichel; and David Nugent. In addition to this, Leicester had one of the world’s most well-known managers in the ... Read More »
Arsenal continued their frustrating start to the new season after suffering another goalless draw against side Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium. The Gunners managed to produce a solid display as they overcame a predictably immensely intimating atmosphere to produce a clean sheet but yet again failed to collect all three points following a series of wasted opportunities from the ... Read More »
Since playing in one of the opening games of the season last year, Hearts have gone through a real period of change, losing the likes of Marian Kello, Eggert Jonsson, Ryan Stevenson, Ian Black and the talismanic figure of the Romanov-Era, Rudi Skacel. Perhaps most importantly, Paulo Sergio has also left the managerial position, bringing about something of a full ... Read More »
An away draw at Birmingham. Sounds alright on paper doesn’t it? Sounds even better considering Charlton were playing their first game in the Championship for three seasons against one of the fancied sides for promotion. However, Charlton players and fans alike left St Andrews feeling more than a little sick after the giant Nicola Zigic rescued a point with a ... Read More »
Okay, time to vent.. As a Man United fan, that was a painful 90 minutes, not only was the centre of our defence obliterated by Marouane Fellaini, but our diminutive midfield of Scholes and Cleverley did not help matters. I gave them a D for defensive work ethic, and a C+ for forward play, as a Central Attacking midfielder, one ... Read More »
With both sides having picked up three points in midweek against Birmingham and Peterborough respectively, the two teams came into this game full of confidence. This was the first meeting between the Owls and the Lions since the 2005/06 season in which Millwall were relegated. Millwall were unchanged which was probably the right move. We stuck with the same set-up from ... Read More »
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