Luton Town 1-2 York City | Blue Square Bet Premier play-off final
• Luton Town 1-2 York CityIt might not have matched the spectacularly nerve-jangling exploits of Manchester City, West Ham United and Chelsea over the past week or so but, for York City, it meant everything. A goal in each half saw off the threat of ...
QPR 1-0 Stoke City | Premier League match report
Djibril Cissé has twice been the villain since joining Queens Park Rangers from Lazio in January, the hot-tempered Frenchman having been sent off on two occasions in no time at all as his new club plummeted towards the depths of the Premier League.On ...
Stilian Petrov embraces support from Aston Villa and Chelsea fans
• 32-year-old received sustained applause in 19th minute• Petrov pledges his determination to beat leukaemiaAlex McLeish, the Aston Villa manager, has revealed the steely determination of Stilian Petrov, his captain, to recover from acute leukaemia...
Fernando Torres indicates a return to form as Chelsea beat Aston Villa
• Torres benefits from Roberto Di Matteo's TLC• Striker scores and has hand in the other threeEveryone loves to be loved and footballers are no different. Put an arm around them, smother them in praise and, hey presto, they shall deliver. And who k...
West Ham United 1-1 Watford | Championship match report
Just when the door had opened for West Ham United to glide smoothly through and regain their place at the top of the Championship, it slammed shut again. A weak-willed display against lowly Watford left them with a single frustrating point to show for...
Reading 1-0 Portsmouth | Championship match report
In a dour contest that did neither side credit, the stark contrast between the haves and the have-nots of the Championship was no greater illustrated than here last night. Newly rich Reading sneaked past newly in administration Portsmouth, the differen...
QPR pay for indiscipline against Fulham after fifth red card of season
• Samba Diakité sent off on his debut for Rangers• Fulham win leaves Mark Hughes facing uphill struggleDiscipline is key to any side's success. Lose your head, see red, and the best-laid plans go out of the window. It is a lesson that Queens Park ...
Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Fulham | Premier League match report
Mark Hughes left Craven Cottage last June, in his own phrase, to move on and further his experiences. Presumably, that did not include experiencing defeat by his former club Fulham at Loftus Road and amassing a distinctly average record of one win in s...
Stephen Ireland cheers Aston Villa fans in dull draw with Everton
• Villa midfielder 'will see' if Trapattoni approaches• Landon Donovan creates Everton equaliserWhen Stephen Ireland suddenly left the Republic of Ireland squad in September 2007 before a European Championship qualifying match against the Czech Rep...
Aston Villa 1-1 Everton | Premier League match report
Robbie Keane, the happy wanderer, returned to the Premier League, revisiting the scene of the most enjoyable and productive passages of his nomadic career, and was welcomed like a long-lost son by the Aston Villa fans. It might have been only a nine-mi...
Nottingham Forest 0-3 Southampton | Championship match report
Southampton, the Championship leaders since mid-September, did not arrive at the City Ground with the league's most intimidating away record and were without their leading goalscorer Rickie Lambert, suspended following his dismissal at Brighton's Amex ...
Norwich City 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur | Premier League match report
If the Manchester duo of City and United had dared to consider that the Premier League title race was their own little private duel, they can think again. Third-placed Tottenham Hotspur closed the gap on the top two to seven points, with a rousing win ...
