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Chasing The Big Leagues West Ham United (English Championship) is a post from: Just Football
Tales from Tier Two is a series on Just Football in
partnership with @tiertwofooty, in which we assess the promotion chances of the clubs in tier two
of Europe's major leagues at the midway point of 2011/12.
By Alan Duffy
Everton 1-0 Manchester City Premier League 31st January 2012
Roberto Mancini's nouveau riche Citizens just can't seem to put any decent daylight between them
and their Manchester rivals in the race for the title.
By FRANCO PANIZO
The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations got underway this past weekend, and co-hosts Equatorial Guinea
opened the tournament in dramatic fashion.
Former Real Madrid player Javier Balboa scored three minutes before the death to give Equatorial
Guinea a 1-0 win over Libya.
FC Barcelona handed surprise defeat against Getafe (Photo: DANI POZO/AFP/Getty Images)
Barcelona saw their 27-game unbeaten streak come to an end, as Juan Valera's 67th minute header
gifted Getafe a 1-0 victory at the Coliseo Alfonso Perez in Madrid.
The defeat marks the first time Barca have lost a match since April 30th, having gone unbeaten
in 21 fixtures so far this season.
Sammy Ameobi made his starting debut last night for the England U21 side in Belgium. Sammy
Ameobi in action last night in Belgium But it was a surprise defeat for England after four
successive wins in their Group 10, and after England were 1-0 up at the half, Belgium came back
and won with two goals in the last 18 minutes, with the winner coming in [.
By IAN HOLLIDAY
If Arsenal is able to turn around its 2011-12 Premier League campaign and return to UEFA
Champions League football next year, the club will likely look back at Saturday's 5-3 win over
Chelsea at Stamford Bridge as the turning point.
After twice coming back from a one-goal deficit, the visitors took a 3-2 lead on a 55th minute
goal from Theo Walcott that looked like it might prove to be the winner before Juan Mata struck in
the 80th.
By FRANCO PANIZO
Akron's homefield advantage once again proved to be too much for an opposing team, and this time
the victim was a familiar foe.
Akron extended its NCAA-record home winning streak to 43 matches with a 3-1 victory over
inner-state rival Ohio State on Wednesday night in a match played in front of a record crowd of
5,819.
Paris St Germain bounced back from their surprise defeat to New York Red Bulls
with a resounding victory over Boca Juniors in the Emirates Cup.
SOURCE: REPUBLICA KATHMANDU, July 12: Swayambhu Club and United Youth Club were relegated from the
Martyrs Memorial Red Bull A Division League on Tuesday while Nepal Army Club became the last team
to secure a berth in the National League.
Top flight debutant Swayambhu, established in 2052 BS, became the victim as Mahindra Bansbari FC
suffered an unexpected 3-0 defeat at the hands G Five Machhindra Club at the Dasharath Stadium.
AFC Champions League Qualifier
Sriwijaya v Muang Thong United 2-2 (Keith Kayamba, Thierry Gathuessi; Datsakorn Thonglao, Teerasil
Dangda) 12,000 Sriwijaya win 7-6 on pens
Sriwijaya play some team from the Arab world in a final play off next week. I would love it if they
win and the arabs start whining about the match officials!
The first game of this weekend's EPL sees table topping Manchester United play local rivals, and
pretenders to the throne Manchester City. The blue half of Manchester showed better form last time
out with a convincing win, albeit against a beleagured West Bromwich Albion side. With Carlos Teves
'rested' by Argentina in midweek, he will be raring to go against his old side and will look to get
one over on his old team mates at Old Trafford.
