By Alan Duffy
Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Wigan Athletic Premier League 11th February 2012
Roberto Martinez' Wigan side moved to within one point of rivals Bolton on Saturday, after the
Latics secured what could be a pivotal victory at the Reebok.
Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra will face each other on the field for the first time since the
controversial racism charges against Suarez when Manchester United and Liverpool renew their
rivalry in today's marquee match-up.
Suarez will be key to the Reds chances of knocking off Manchester United in a vital match-up for
both teams.
Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has named a 24-man squad for the upcoming international
friendly against the Czech Republic in Dublin on February 29th.
Speaking after the squad announcement, the Irish boss said, "This game is the beginning of our Euro
2012 preparations.
"As we face this fixture, it is important for our players to remember the attitude and performance
that brought us qualification.
Friday, February 10
2:30pm Wolfsburg vs Freiburg ESPN Deportes, ESPN3
3pm Spain vs USA (beach soccer) Fox Deportes
4pm El Salvador vs Mexico (beach soccer) Fox Deportes
7:15pm Boca Juniors vs Olimpo GolTV
7:15pm Lanús vs San Lorenzo TyCSports
8pm Atlético Nacional vs Boyacá Chicó TV Colombia
9:10pm Morelia vs Santos Laguna Fox Deportes, Azteca America
9:45pm Universidad Guadalajara vs León GolTV
Saturday, February 11
7:45pm Manchester United vs Liverpool ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3
9am Auxerre vs Lorient Fox Soccer 2Go
9am Evian TG vs Olympique Marseille Fox Soccer 2Go
9am Olympique Lyon vs Caen Fox Soccer 2Go
9am Montpellier vs Ajaccio Fox Soccer 2Go
9am Valenciennes vs Nancy Fox Soccer 2Go
9:30am Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen GolTV
9:30am Bayern München vs Kaiserslautern ESPN3
10am Everton vs Chelsea FSC, Fox Deportes
10am Sunderland vs Arsenal Fox Soccer Plus, Fox Soccer 2Go
10am Blackburn Rovers vs Queens Park Rangers Fox Soccer 2Go
10am Bolton vs Wigan Athletic Fox Soccer 2Go
10am Fulham vs Stoke City Fox Soccer 2Go
10am Swansea City vs Norwich City Fox Soccer 2Go
10am Peterborough United vs West Ham United Fox Soccer 2Go
12pm Udinese vs Milan Fox Soccer Plus, Fox Deportes, RAI Internazionale, ESPN3, Fox Soccer 2Go
12pm Racing Santander vs Atlético Madrid ESPN3
12:20pm Blackpool vs Portsmouth Fox Soccer 2Go
12:30pm Tottenham Hotspur vs Newcastle United FSC
1pm Brest vs Dijon Fox Soccer 2Go
2pm Osasuna vs Barcelona GolTV
2pm Ghana vs Mali (Africa Cup of Nations 3rd Place Match) Al Jazeera Sports USA
2pm Cobresal vs Colo Colo TV Chile
2:45pm Cagliari vs Palermo FSC, Fox Deportes, RAI Internazionale
3pm USA v New Zealand USsoccer.
By Alan Duffy
Wigan Athletic 1-1 Everton Premier League 4th February 2012
A late Victor Anichebe goal was enough to rob perpetual strugglers Wigan of a vital and rare
victory. The defeat leaves the Latics bottom of the table and looking like dead certs for the
drop.
By Alan Duffy
Wigan Athletic 1-1 Everton Premier League 4th February 2012
A late Victor Anichebe goal was enough to rob perpetual strugglers Wigan of a vital and rare
victory. The defeat leaves the Latics bottom of the table and looking like dead certs for the
drop.
Clint Dempsey will try to keep his torrid hot streak in the English Premier League going against
a Manchester City side looking to hold on to first place in one of today's best matches.
The Cottagers are in need of points to move further away from the relegation zone, but earning
any in Manchester against a City side coming off a loss to Everton won't be easy.
By Chris Wright
Remember on Tuesday evening? When Benoit Assou-Ekotto very nearly carved Franco Di Santo's leg
in twain with a disgusting, over-the-ball leg-breaker of a horror tackle?
A tackle, it's perhaps worth noting, that apparently didn't merit any form of punishment for BAE
from either the referee at the time (as the blood sopped through the Argentine's sock) or the FA's
disciplinary committee?
Friday, February 3
2:30pm Nürnberg vs Borussia Dortmund GolTV
8pm Altamira vs Irapuato GolTV
9:10pm Estudiantes Tecos vs Atlas Galavision
Saturday, February 4
7:30am West Ham United vs Millwall FoxSoccer.tv, Fox Soccer 2Go
8am Arsenal vs Blackburn Rovers ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3
9am Cesena vs Catania RAI Internazionale
9am Roma vs Internazionale Fox Soccer Plus, RAI Internazionale, ESPN3 USA
9:30am Bayer Leverkusen vs Stuttgart ESPN Deportes, ESPN3
10am Wigan Athletic vs Everton FSC, Fox Deportes
10am Stoke City vs Sunderland Fox Soccer Plus, FoxSoccer.
Everton boss David Moyes was a busy man in January, signing the likes of Darron Gibson and
Nikica Jelavic, loaning former Toffees Steven Pienaar and Landon Donovan, and offloading Louis Saha
to Tottenham.
All that activity is seemingly about to payoff, with the traditionally slow-starting
Merseysiders back in the top half of the table following last night's famous 1-0 win over league
leaders Manchester City at Goodison Park.
You can see why Wigan are bottom of the league. Spurs strolled around the pitch like it was a
training match, and Wigan were just content to bend over and take it. Wigan did get a consolation
goal after they woke up eventually and started attacking us, but it was far too little far too
late.
The first goal came from a sweet pass into the back post from Modric.
By Alan Duffy
Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Wigan Athletic Premier League 31st January 2012
Welsh wing-wizard Gareth Bale was once again Tottenham's star performer as the north Londoners
got their title tilt back on track at White Hart Lane in front of Harry Redknapp, who was back in
the dug-out to watch his charges win.
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Transfer madness takes a back seat to mid-week matches, as a number of top teams in Europe take
to the field on Tuesday.
The top four teams in England are all in action, with Landon Donovan, Tim Howard and Everton
facing league-leading Manchester City. Manchester United, Tottenham and Chelsea will all be looking
to secure their own results while hoping the American pair can conjure an upset to shorten the gap
at the top of the table.
Here at AANP Towers we are inclined to pay short shrift to those who shuffle our way with
puppy-dog eyes and quivering lower lip, complaining of bad luck. "You makes yer own luck," we have
been known to roar, with such ferocity that the aforementioned puppy-eyed, lip-quivering urchins
have literally exploded into a ball of flames before our eyes; or else we invoke the barely
perceptible murmur of a true testosterone-fuelled hero like that chap Stallone, and instruct "Take
it like a man"; or indeed we sagely impart the sporting wisdom of some aged American golfing chap,
and intone with zen-like calm "The more I practise the luckier I get".
Wigan currently sit rock bottom of the Premiership, and the confidence on the forums reflects this.
There were quite a few comments about how we've been playing some of the best football in the
league recently, and despite our result against Man City, in which we were robbed (their words, not
mine), the Spurs team that were beaten 1-0 by Wigan last season couldn't break down the lesser
teams, and this season will be a very different prospect.
In this day and age it is somewhat accepted that the "big clubs" will dominate all across the board
in English football. Somewhat stale air breathes on football as the stranglehold of money dictates
all. Is it possible a manager ...
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There are a number of questions that need to be aired over the English Premier League match between
Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion.
The game was settled by two goalkeeping errors from Stoke's man with a Squiggle, Thomas
Sorensen.
The man might be a Squiggly goalie...
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By Alan Duffy
Queens Park Rangers 3-1 Wigan Athletic Premier League 21 January 2012
After seeing his side produce an impressive performance against Wigan at Loftus Road on Saturday
afternoon, new QPR boss Mark Hughes surely wouldn't have cared what his players were Tweeting
about.
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Below) Final score and result:- QPR vs Wigan 3-1 (Helguson, Buzsaky, Smith/ Rodallega) Loftus Road,
London- 21 January, 2012- 15.
Landon Donovan is coming off an outstanding match in Everton's 1-1 draw vs. Aston Villa last
week, and he will look to post an even better performance against struggling Blackburn today.
Donovan will look to jump-start an offense that has has its share of struggles, but an offense
that could have a field day against struggling Rovers.
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For the U.S. men's and women's national teams, it's a big weekend.
The women kick off their qualifying campaign for the 2012 Olympics Friday night in Canada, going
up against the Dominican Republic. Just a couple of days later, Pia Sundhage's charges are at it
again, facing Guatemala and hoping to secure maximum points before a final group showdown with
Mexico.
By Chris Wright
Seems like it was a bit of a rough old night for Sergio Aguero at the DW. Not only was he robbed
of a clear goal-scoring opportunity by a flailing Honduran, Kun also saw a bobbing, weaving solo
wondergoal nipped in the bud ten minutes from time.
After flitting his way past three Wigan defenders, Aguero finally set himself to pull the
trigger before the crucial block was made, courtesy of a last-ditch interception by a big, awkward
Bosnian lummox by the name of Edin Dzeko a man, it should be pointed out, who is also employed by
City.
By Chris Wright
This probably isn't going to stay up for very long, but here we have Wigan full-back Maynor
Figueroa pulling off one of the most brazenly ridiculous handballs for quite a while as, with a
matter of minutes left to play against Man City last night, the Honduran leaps like a salmon to
blatantly swat a bouncing ball away with Sergio Aguero poised to scamper in on the Wigan goal from
45-odd yards out.
Fed-up of a night of Sergio Aguero running in behind the Wigan defence, Latics left-back Maynor
Figueroa came up with a new way of defending Manchester City's counter attacks. After misjudging
the flight of the ball, Figueroa opted for a leaping handball to deny Aguero a clear run on goal.
Referee Chris Foy opted to [.
Manchester City finally ended their bad run and also kept their lead at the top of the premier
league after picking up a pretty hard fought victory against Wigan Athletic on Monday.
Bosnian international striker, Edin Dzeko, ended his 11th matches goal drought to bring joy
again for Man City's faithful after Roberto Mancini's side were disappointed in FA Cup and Carling
Cup matches few days ago.
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By Alan Duffy
Wigan Athletic 0-1 Manchester City Premier League 16th January 2012
An Edin Dzeko header midway through the first-half was enough to give Manchester City a win at
the DW Stadium on Monday night, a victory that puts them three points clear of rivals Man United at
the top of the table.
By Alan Duffy
Wigan Athletic 0-1 Manchester City Premier League 16th January 2012
An Edin Dzeko header midway through the first-half was enough to give Manchester City a win at
the DW Stadium on Monday night, a victory that puts them three points clear of rivals Man United at
the top of the table.
For season after season Wigan Athletic has overcome the difficulties of remaining in top flight
English football. The success of this fairytale story has heavily relied upon chairman Dave Whelan.
The Wigan chairman has expressed an interest in...
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Goal: Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini criticises Liverpool's handling of Luis
Suarez case but says striker is not a racist
The Italian believes the Anfield club were wrong to wear t-shirts in support of the Uruguay
international in the warm-up before their match against Wigan Athletic in December
View the full story here: Goal
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Goal: Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini criticises Liverpool's handling of Luis
Suarez case but says striker is not a racist
The Italian believes the Anfield club were wrong to wear t-shirts in support of the Uruguay
international in the warm-up before their match against Wigan Athletic in December
View the full story here: Goal
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Goal: Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini criticises Liverpool's handling of Luis
Suarez case but says striker is not a racist
The Italian believes the Anfield club were wrong to wear t-shirts in support of the Uruguay
international in the warm-up before their match against Wigan Athletic in December
View the full story here: Goal
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Goal: Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini criticises Liverpool's handling of Luis
Suarez case but says striker is not a racist
The Italian believes the Anfield club were wrong to wear t-shirts in support of the Uruguay
international in the warm-up before their match against Wigan Athletic in December
View the full story here: Goal
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Goal: Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini criticises Liverpool's handling of Luis
Suarez case but says striker is not a racist
The Italian believes the Anfield club were wrong to wear t-shirts in support of the Uruguay
international in the warm-up before their match against Wigan Athletic in December
View the full story here: Goal
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Goal: Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini criticises Liverpool's handling of Luis
Suarez case but says striker is not a racist
The Italian believes the Anfield club were wrong to wear t-shirts in support of the Uruguay
international in the warm-up before their match against Wigan Athletic in December
View the full story here: Goal
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Goal: Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini criticises Liverpool's handling of Luis
Suarez case but says striker is not a racist
The Italian believes the Anfield club were wrong to wear t-shirts in support of the Uruguay
international in the warm-up before their match against Wigan Athletic in December
View the full story here: Goal
A news article on 2012-01-11 00:41:00 from: Goal
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Goal: Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini criticises Liverpool's handling of Luis
Suarez case but says striker is not a racist
The Italian believes the Anfield club were wrong to wear t-shirts in support of the Uruguay
international in the warm-up before their match against Wigan Athletic in December
View the full story here: Goal
A news article on 2012-01-11 00:41:00 from: Goal
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Goal: Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini criticises Liverpool's handling of Luis
Suarez case but says striker is not a racist
The Italian believes the Anfield club were wrong to wear t-shirts in support of the Uruguay
international in the warm-up before their match against Wigan Athletic in December
View the full story here: Goal
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Miracolo a Swindon Town Di Renato Cignoni SWINDON TOWN 2 (Connell '40, Benson '76)WIGAN ATHLETIC 1
(McManaman '35) Swindon Town:Wes Foderingham;Paul Caddis (Capitano), Aden Flint, Alan McCormack,
Callum Kennedy, Matt Ritchie, Simon Ferry, Jonathan Smith, Raffaele De Vita (Cibocchi '87), Alan
Connell (Magera '66), Ronan Murray (Benson '46)Sostituti non utilizzati: Phil Smith , Joe Devera,
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