AG's Football Reports

WATFORD sealed their promotion back to the Premier League after they won and Middlesbrough and Norwich both failed to win. The Hornets done their part by winning 2-0 at Brighton who are now safe from relegation. Goals from Deeney and Vydra sealed the victory that would help secure their return to England's top flight. Lee Gregory's hat-rick was not enough to lift Millwall out of the relegation zone after they drew 3-3 with Derby. The Lions looked set to jump out of the relegation places when they were 3-1 up after 50 minutes but a Chris Martin penalty 20 minutes before the end and a Jeff Hendrick brace sealed a point for Derby. A win for Rotherham on Tuesday night will relegate Millwall and Wigan to League One. Wigan are three points from safety after they ended an extremely disappointing home campaign which they have won just once at home since August in defeat to Wolves are a point outside the top six. Brentford are also a point outside the top six after thei...

LECIESTER climbed out of the bottom 3 for the first time since November after winning 1-0 at Burnley  who are now 5 points from safety at the foot of the table. Jamie Vardy bundled home the winner just a minute after Burnley's Matt Taylor struck the post with a penalty. Hull picked up a vital win to keep them away form the drop zone with a 2-0 success at Crystal Palace Dame N' Doyle scored both goals at Selhurst Park. Palace now lost their last 2 games at home. Sunderland have dropped into the relegation places for the first time this season after drawing 1-1 with Stoke . They got off to the best possible start when Connor Wickham scored his 6th goal of the season. But they failed to keep the back door shut and Charlie Adam continued his rich rein of goalscoring form. QPR's hopes of staying up were dealt another blow after they failed to beat West Ham . They also wasted a great opportunity as Charlie Austin failed to convert from the penalty spot they are 4 point...

CHELSEA  have tightened their grip on the Premier League title after a 1-0 at QPR an 88th minute strike from Cesc Fabregas sealed the victory. QPR remain in the bottom three. Arsenal remain 2nd and 7 points behind Chelsea after their 1-0 victory at strugglers Burnley Aaron Ramsey's goal in the first half was enough as Burnley were unable to find a response. Man Utd have consolidated and opened up a 4 point gap on their local rivals Man City after beating them 4-2 at Old Trafford on Sunday. Goals from Young, Fellini, Mata and Smalling responded to Man City taking the lead through Sergio Aguero. He then got his 100th goal for City in the last minute. There were chants of Your getting sacked in the morning ringing around Old Trafford towards then end of the game. Liverpool have cut the gap to City to just 4 points after they beat Newcastle 2-0 at Anfield on Monday Night. Liverpool's first win in 3 games. Southampton are 6th after a 2-0 victory over relegation threatened...

Ian Holloway Millwall Manager 2014-15 Millwall have sacked Ian Holloway. Holloway's tenure was brought to an end following the 4-1 home defeat to Norwich. Millwall have managed just THREE wins since October and find themselves EIGHT points from safety. A club statement said   "This was a hard decision to take because we very much hoped that Ollie would prove to be the man to take us forward and on to the next level. "I would like to thank him for his efforts, and in particular for keeping us in the Championship last May. "This season, though, has proved to be an extremely challenging one and we now find ourselves facing another uphill battle to avoid relegation. "Ian Holloway remains a fine manager and it was his impressive track record which led us to appoint him some 14 months ago. "However, our view is that the decision to part company at this stage is in the best interests of the football club going forward. "Neil Harris has agre...

MANCHESTER CITY'S title hopes are hanging by a thread after losing 2-1 against Liverpool at Anfield.  Phillipe Coutinho scored the winner for the second successive season against City at Anfield after Edin Dzeko cancelled out Jordan Henderson's super opener. The result leaves City 5 points behind Chelsea having played a game more than there tittle rivals. For Liverpool it means they are top of the Premier League form table and unbeaten in 2015 they move up to 5th above Southampton and only only 1 point behind Arsenal who are in action against Everton later today and 2 behind Manchester United. Liverpool, who only returned from Turkey at 4.30 on Friday morning showed no signs on tiredness. However it was Coutinho who didn't play in Turkey that was at the heart of the Liverpool attack. The sharpness of Coutinho helped Liverpool take the lead in the 11th minute when he stole the ball of Vincent Kompany on the halfway line Raheem Sterling then slipped the ball out t...

ASTON Villa have sacked Paul Lambert.  Villa have lost their last 5 games in a row in the Premier League and after last nights 2-0 defeat at Hull they have dropped into the relegation places and are the lowest scorers in England with just 12 goals in 25 Premier League games this season 15 of which they have failed to score in. A statement from the club read the following: Aston Villa Football Club has parted company this evening with manager Paul Lambert.  First-team coach Scott Marshall and goalkeeping coach Andy Marshall will continue to prepare the squad for Sunday's FA Cup tie with Leicester City at Villa Park.  The club would also like to place on record its thanks to Paul and take this opportunity to wish him every success in the future.  The club will announce a new manager in due course.  There will be no further comment from the club at this stage. Lambert's Villa Record: Games: 115 Won: 34 Drew: 26 Lost: 55 Win%: 2...

Freddie Veseli - (Ipswich to Port Vale) - Free Jason Taylor (Cheltenham to Northampton) - Free Jayden Stockley (Bournemouth to Luton) - Loan Ricky Ravenhill (Northampton to Mansfield) - Free Paul Robinson (Millwall to Portsmouth) - Free Oriol Riera (Wigan to Deportiveo) - Loan Jake Reeves (Swindon to AFC Wimbledon) - Free Scott Malone (Millwall to Cardiff) - Undisclosed Steven Gerrard (Liverpool to LA Galaxy) - Free (to go through on July 1st) Junior Brown (Oxford to Mansfield) - Free