AG's Football Reports

FT REPORT: SWANSEA CITY 2-1 MANCHESTER UNITED Brandon Smith Reports Andre Ayew and Bafatembi Gomis cancelled out Juan Matas goal to leapfrog Manchester United in the table.  Louis Van Gaal's Manchester United were looking for revenge for last seasons double defeat to Swansea City as they faced Monks Swansea at the Liberty  on Sunday evening .  Rooney's woes in front of goal came to an end midweek as Manchester United slammed Club Brugge but it was all a Austin of whether he could replicate that against the welsh side who had no injury concerns coming into the game. Marouane Fellaini also returns to the United lineup after serving his league suspension. It was just over 120 seconds before Swansea were under fire as Memphis drew a foul from Naughton. From the free kick he found the target but was palmed away by Fabianski. Swansea woke up after that and tried to wrestle their way back into the match but could only seem to break down United by fouling ...

FT REPORT: SOUTHAMPTON 3-0 NORWICH Brandon Smith reports Norwich City travelled to Southampton on Sunday afternoon looking for their first win at Saint Mary's since 2008 but a Tadic brace and a strike from Graziano Pelle denied them 3 points in their return to the premier league. Southampton were without former Chelsea defender Ryan Bertrand and Jordan Clasie through injuries but Saido Mane returned from his knock. The canaries troubles with Lewis Grabban continued as he was suspended for the match and they also missed Lafferty and Mulumbu through injury. It was action from the start as Norwich gave away a free kick within the first 60 seconds which forced Ruddy into making a good save from a curling 30 yard effort from James Ward Prowse. A flurry of corners for Southampton saw a series of Graziano Pelle headers just failing to hit the target. It was frustrating for The home fans as their side came close Mane was able to get away from Norwich's Tettey forcing a ...

Follow the action from the second round of the Capital One Cup as Premier League clubs enter the competition. Also keep track on Celtic as they hope to book their place in the Champions League group stages.  HEADLINES Celtic out of Champions League after losing 2-0 to Malmo on the night and 4-3 on aggregate. Watford are out of the Capital One Cup after losing at Preston Villa, Stoke and West Brom all taken to extra time by lower league clubs Some great ties in there two big London derbies with Charlton travelling to Palace and of course Arsenal heading to Tottenham. Not forgetting Aston Villa and Birmingham! Also a repeat of the final two years ago Man City play Sunderland these ties will be played the week commencing 21st September. THATS IT  And that is it for tonight. We have seen Celtic exit the Champions League and Watford the only Premier League club to exit the League Cup. We will be back tomorrow night with updates on Manchester United and other ties ...

Chief Reporter Alex Grace Reports The Premier League's early kick-off saw Chelsea travel to West Brom were they had not won in any of their last four visits, losing three. It is also the same venue were that the last two Chelsea manager's reigns have ended. Both sides were searching for their first wins of the season three games in. Tony Pulis had won the previous two matches matches between the two managers and held an upper hand overall. Chelsea started new singing Pedro who singed for the club on Thursday and he got on the scoresheet. Diego Costa doubled Chelsea's lead after West Brom's James Morrison had his penalty saved. He made amends by halving the deficit before Cesar Azpilicueta scored his maiden Premier League goal to restore the two goal lead before half time. The second half started with a bang as Chelsea captain  John Terry who played every minute of every Premier League game last season saw a straight card for a foul on West Brom's Rondon. We...

FT REPORT : Everton Vs Manchester City Brandon Smith reports Sunday afternoons Premier league fixture between Everton and Manchester City saw the league favourites pitted against the blue half of merseyside who have 6 clean sheets in 10 at home. Manchester City had won 8 premier league games on the trot and were looking for a ninth, something that had not happened in the top flight for them in over 100 years. Roberto Martinez had said before that match there are always great games between the two sides and expects "today to be no different". Everton's game against Watford was questionable, however there 3-0 win away against Southampton was much more convincing. Star Striker Aguero had scored 79 goals since his debut in 2011, the most anyone had done in that period. And the Argentine looked to continue that straight from kick off but saw his shot saved by American International keeper Tim Howard in the second minute.  Possession was Changing han...

Chief Reporter Alex Grace reports from Glanford Park. Millwall have ended their run of three successive defeats in all competitions and kept their first clean sheet of the season after a stalemate at Glanford Park. Scunthorpe who have won four of the last six meetings between the sides including the 2009 League One Play-Off Final spurred the best chance from the penalty spot in the second half. Paddy Madden saw his effort from 12 yards go over the bar. Both sides hit the woodwork twice in an entertaining    0-0. Millwall manager Neil Harris made the bold step of dropping long serving goalkeeper David Forde who has been receiving criticism from fans in recent weeks with summer recruit Jordan Archer who made a couple of fantastic saves. Ben Thompson also started in a three man Millwall midfield. On a hot Saturday afternoon it was Millwall who were feeling the heat after just five minutes when Scunthorpe created the first clear cut chance of the game as the ball was play...

FT REPORT: Charlton Athletic vs Hull City Brandon Smith reports Hulls trip to South London on Saturday meant the clash between two teams who hoped to continue their unbeaten record with Charlton coming off the back of a well fought draw at Derby which saw last seasons joint top scorer Tony Watt snatch a goal, however the Irishman was an injury doubt for the addicks.  it was winter 1985 when Hull last beat Charlton at the Valley and they were looking to try and renew that record with Sone Aluko In great form. A relatively unchanged squad for the Tigers with Akpom and Jelavic continuing their partnership from the start. Charlton, who are still without their Goalkeeper Henderson through injury, continued to use loan signing Makienok as their frontman.  The Tigers had their first opportunity at goal written off through Nikica Jelavić being offside only for Icelandic talisman Johann Berg Gudmundsonn to then win a free kick in the attacking half but nothing was to ...