Recently added articles from Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England):
Lions' relief with bonus.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2009; ... BRAD. & BINGLEY 20 RUGBY LIONS 27 LIONS wil have been relieved to get a bonus-point after this a scrappy win against the division's bottom side. The game began in lowkey fashion with both sides kicking away possession. Bradford led with TomDavidson's penalty, soon ...
AMO IS FIRING FOR LEICESTER LEICESTER; Argentine scuppers Saints with super try.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Byline: MARTYN BLAIR A SUPER solo try by Lucas Amorosino and a first in Tigers colours for Anthony Allen gave Leicester victory over Midland rivals Northampton. Amorosino sprinted 80m to score a thrilling breakaway midway through the first-half, and Allen -who had ...
Mart 's red mist.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Byline: MAT KENDRICK sides had a player dismissed by Wiltshire referee Lee Probert during a frantic finale. And O'Neill felt Cuellar could count himself particularly unlucky to be given the first early bath of his claret and blue career for what the manager saw as ...
CAREW IS SWEET ON TOFFEES.. Big John saves point for Villa: EVERTON 1 Bilyaletdinov 46 mins ASTON VILLA 1 Carew 47 mins.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Byline: MAT KENDRICK SUPER sub John Carew's insatiable taste for Toffees earned Aston Villa a point after he stepped off the bench to equalise against Everton. The Norwegian opened his Premier League account for the season with his first touch after replacing James ...
Dogged Reds stay in touch with Chelsea.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2009; ... MANCHESTER UTD 2 BLACKBURN 0 DIMITAR Berbatov and Wayne Rooney made sure Manchester United got back on track in the Barclays Premier League after the defeat by Liverpool. Sir Alex Ferguson's side had enough chances to notch up a bigger scoreline but sub Gabriel Obertan missed a ...
Benitez is red-faced at Fulham.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2009; ... FULHAM 3 LIVERPOOL 1 RAFAEL Benitez will appeal against both red cards after nine-man Liverpool slumped to a humiliating 3-1 defeat at Craven Cottage. Swiss defender Philipp Degen and captain Jamie Carragher were sent off for second-half fouls as Liverpool's Premier League hopes ...
CRADDOCK NO ORDINARY JO! Stoke boss rues missing out on Wolves hero.(Features)
Nov 01, 2009; ... STOKE CITY 2 Elokobi (og) 17 mins, Etherington 44 WOLVES 2 Craddock 47 mins, 64 JODY Craddock notched the first brace of his 13-year professional career as Wolves bounced back from a horror first half to give their survival hopes a boost. The 34-year-old played four games on ...
Roberto's Pompey 4 NOVEMBER, 1. 2009 crimes!(Features)
Nov 01, 2009; ... PORTSMOUTH 4 WIGAN 0 WIGAN boss Roberto Martinez insisted the club's offthe-field problems had no bearing on their 4-0 Premier League drubbing by bottom club Portsmouth at Fratton Park. Martinez found himself in hot water over alleged comments that the Football Association were ...
Gunners lay down their title gauntlet.(Features)
Nov 01, 2009; ... ARSENAL 3 TOTTENHAM 0 ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger talked up his team's Premier League title chances after brushing aside Tottenham at the Emirates Stadium and denting their rivals' hopes of sustaining a top-four challenge. Talk before the clash was of Spurs closing the gap on the ...
Carlo's top priority for United crunch.(Features)
Nov 01, 2009; ... BOLTON 0 CHELSEA 4 STARTING top of the table against champions Manchester United next weekend is more important to Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti than the manner of their victory over Bolton. Chelsea hammered the ten-man Trotters at the Reebok Stadium to secure that position at ...
BAGGIES GIVE ROB HIGH FIVE; Albion goal-fest to hush critics.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Byline: ANDY WALKER WEST BROM 5 Olsson 5 mins, Dorrans (pen) 18, Moore 49, Zuiverloon 63, Cox 68 WATFORD 0THE Baggies emphatically ended their recent blip with a five star performance at the Hawthorns. Goals for Jonas Olsson, Graham Dorrans, Luke Moore, Gianni Zuiverloon and ...
10-man Cats claw back for a draw.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2009; ... SUNDERLAND 2 WEST HAM 2 TEN-MAN Sunderland came from two goals down at the Stadium of Light to snatch a deserved draw and deny West Ham a first Barclays Premier League win since the opening day of the season. Things looked bleak for the hosts when goals from Guillermo Franco - ...
Double delight as Graham hits 100!(Sport)
Nov 01, 2009; ... BURNLEY 2 HULL CITY 0 BURNLEY returned to winning ways courtesy of a Graham Alexander double on his 100th appearance for the club. A composed penalty in the first half and a spectacular drive in the second helped the Clarets bounce back from last week's home defeat to Wigan. ...
Derby fall to first win by Ipswich.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2009; ... IPSWICH 1 DERBY COUNTY 0 DERBY fell to David Wright's second-half header as Ipswich broke their duck in the Coca-Cola Championship. Roy Keane's side started as the only club in the Football League yet to win but they succeeded at the 15th time of asking. The goal ...
SKY BLUES IN SORRY STATE; Youngsters pay price for poor defending.(Features)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Byline: Ricoh Arena COVENTRY 1 Eastwood 64 mins READING 3 Rasiak 1 min, McAnuff 54, Rasiak 72 CHRIS Coleman admitted his team gave away silly defensive goals once again as the team slipped to defeat against Reading. The Sky Blues have won only once in their last eight ...
Strachan facing a tough job.(Features)
Nov 01, 2009; ... GORDON Strachan admits it will take hard work to find a promotion formula after Boro lost 1-0 at home to struggling Plymouth in his debut appearance in the Riverside dugout. The Scot took charge for the first time in a frustrating game in which Boro spurned a string of chances - ...
Adams: We made point at Daggers.(Features)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Byline: DAGENHAM PORT VALE manager Micky Adams admitted he was proud of his side's performance, as they made it six league games without defeat with a 1-1 draw at Dagenham & Redbridge. Louis Dodds gave Vale the lead after 38 minutes, lashing the ball into the top ...
Lee denies the Shrews.(Features)
Nov 01, 2009; ... NOTTS COUNTY 1 SHREWSBURY 1 A LATE equaliser from ex-Shrews defender Graeme Lee prevented Paul Simpson's battlers from becoming the first team to win at Meadow Lane this season. Hanging on to a goal scored by Jamie Divitt in the first half, Shrewsbury looked set to inflict a ...
TELFORD'S TRAINER IS ON A HIGH; Phil leaves it late to seal victory:.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2009; ... AFC Telford ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...1 Workington ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... 0 TELFORD took 88 minutes to finally seal the points after a dominating performance where chance after chance went begging until Phil Trainer made Workington pay. The home side survived ...
JOY OF SIX FOR SMITH AND VALE.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2009; ... MIDLAND COMBINATION CASTLE Vale put six goals past Racing Club Warwick at Vale Stadium where Simone Smith celebrated a hat-trick. Smith opened in the 12th minute with Racing Club then holding Vale until the second period before back-from-injury Aaron Smith heralded a goal rush. ...
