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Championship reaction: West Brom 1 - 0 Birmingham

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Karlan Grant scored the only goal of the game as West Bromwich secured a win over Birmingham City to move top of the Championship table. Let's have a look at all the best reaction from this West Midlands derby. Manager reaction West Bromwich Albion head coach Val Ismael said: "Three points, a clean sheet, and a good goal for Karlan Grant. A lot of positives to take. "It was a difficult game. But It was important that we stayed calm. We know we can score at any time - and it came." Click here to find more news from the English Football League Birmingham City boss Lee Bowyer added: "I can't fault the work ethic. We performed well as a group, looked solid and limited them to very little, mostly from distance. "My only disappointment was the goal. We should have defended better. It was one lapse of concentration. Social media reaction Karlan Grant had a few words for West Brom fans after the match. Check out this video to see what he had to say. KG has

Premier League rumours: Raheem Sterling on the move

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Reports have said that Manchester's City Raheem Sterling would be open to playing abroad if he does not get more game time  The forward has only started one Premier League game since the opening weekend of the season. He was in City's side for their Champions League defeat against Paris St-Germain in September. You can see some of his best moments for his current club in the video below. Since joining City from Liverpool in 2015, he has won the Premier League three times, the FA Cup once and the EFL Cup four times. Speaking at the FT Business of Sport US summit, he said: "I am not someone who complains, I have not tried to make it a bigger deal than it is. I am just raring to go, play football and score regularly." This is the place for more Manchester City news The arrival of Jack Grealish from Aston Villa has increased competition for forward places at City, although the absence of Ferran Torres for at least a month with a fractured foot does reduce Guardiola

Non League news: A look around the country

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Let's have a look at some of the latest Non League news from across the country It has been an eventful few days in the lower reaches of the English game FC United of Manchester lose two successive Northern Premier League matches After picking up an impressive three points away at Basford, FC United of Manchester have gone on to lose their next two league matches. Watch the video below to see highlights from their recent defeat against Nantwich Town. Off the pitch, a group of FC United fans have got together and organised a collection for a group of refugees. Click the tweet below for more information on this. Greater Manchester Football: Fans to host collection for refugees https://t.co/CMCLUFbvPx — Greater Manchester Football (@_GMCRFootball) October 13, 2021  Avro FC announce partnership with Onward Homes Avro FC have recently to announce a partnership deal with leading North West housing provider, Onward Homes. Head of Operations, Charlie O'Brien said "It such a plea

World Cup qualifying: England 1 - 1 Hungary

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England's path to the 2022 World Cup hit a stumbling block when they were held to a 1-1 draw against Hungary. In a slightly subdued atmosphere once order had been restored (more on that further down this story).  Hungary took the lead in the 24th minute when Luke Shaw fouled Loic Nego and Roland Sallai sent Jordan Pickford the wrong way from the penalty spot. England were level on 37 minutes afted John Stones turned in at the far post after Tyrone Mings and Declan Rice touched on Phil Foden's free-kick. More football news from around Europe can be found here.  Watch the highlights from the match in the video below Game marred by crowd violence Hungary fans fought with police in the opening minutes of their World Cup qualifier against England at Wembley. Almost 1,000 Hungary fans booed as the England players took the knee before kick-off. The Metropolitan Police said "minor disorder" broke out as they arrested a fan for "a racially aggravated public order offenc

UEFA Nations League: Spain 1 - 2 France

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Kylian Mbappé scores late and sinks Spain to clinch the UEFA Nations League for France You can watch the highlights from the entertaining match in the final below. The video was posted by Sky Sports Football.  The final four of the UEFA Nations League brought three fantastic nights in Milan. The champions had twice to come from behind to lift a still unfamiliar trophy. When it came to the moment that decided its destination, there in the madness was Kylian Mbappé. Spain were not happy about Mbappé's winner. He had been clearly offside when he was released by Theo Hernández and Eric García admitted he had trouble accepting Anthony Taylor’s explanation that his tiniest of touches had played the Frenchman back onside again. It was certainly a cruel way to lose any match, never mind a final. This is the place for more football news from across Europe.  Comments from around the internet On The Guardian, one fan commented on the post match story:   "Well done by France. In the en

SPFL Trust Trophy: Kilmarnock 3 - 1 Queen's Park

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Kilmarnock ran out fairly comfortable winners in this SPFL Trust Trophy match against Queen's Park The Killie boss used the game to shuffle his pack, making several changes from the side which surprisingly lost at home to Raith in last week's league fixture. You can see the highlights in the video posted from Queen's Park YouTube channel. For Queen’s Park, the manager Laurie Ellis also made changes. The exciting Luis Longstaff, on loan from Liverpool , starting in place of Simon Murray, with Calum Ferrie taking over in goal, and Liam Brown, who received a right heavy clatter in the game at home to Montrose, dropping to the bench in favour of Lewis Moore. Grant Gillespie and Louis Longridge started in place of Connor Smith and Luca Connell. The Queen's Park match report was very complimentary towards their opponents.  Despite suffering from relegation last season, they were a cut above what Queen’s normally face on a Saturday.  Kilmarnock's younger players were mak

Some of the most shocking transfers ever

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Let's have a look at some of the most shocking and controversial transfers ever You can read the original article from News Ball UK by clicking here. Carlos Tevez to Manchester City in 2009 This was a strange one. Tevez had spent the previous two seasons at Old Trafford, where he won the Premier League twice and the Champions League in 2008.  The Argentinian had claimed he was never offered a new contract at United. He was the latest signing to join the ongoing revolution across the city.  City announced the transfer with this cheeky poster. How good was Carlos Tevez at Manchester City? Click here to find more news from across Greater Manchester More Manchester City news can be found here Michael Owen to Manchester United in 2009 The former Liverpool striker signed for United in 2009 after being released by recently relegated Newcastle United. It was a strange summer for MUFC after they sold Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid and saw their attempt to sign Carlos Tevez on a perman

World Cup qualifying: Scotland 3 - 2 Israel

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A later winner from Scott McTominay sparked incredible scenes at Hampden Park to keep Scotland on course for the World Cup qualifying play-offs. The Manchester United midfielder bundled in his first goal for his national team after Eran Zahavi's free-kick and a Munas Dabbur finish twice had the visitors ahead in a thrilling contest. You can watch the highlights in the video below. What did Steve Clarke say? The Scotland manager told media outlets: "I told them at half-time - if you do want to lose the game, you're doing it in the perfect fashion. "The talk at half-time was really just - we have to play it our way. We have to play with more tempo, a little bit more ambition, control the game better and we did that from the start of the second half more or less to the 96th minute. We got our reward." The Hampden roar The scenes in the ground after the winning goal were incredible and many Scotland fans celebrated like they had won the World Cup. Who can blame th

Welsh football: Bangor 1876 6 - 0 Gwalchmai

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Now for something a little different. A look at some reaction as Bangor 1876 beat Gwalchmai by six goals to nil. ⚽🔵🔴 FULL TIME | LLAWN AMSER 1876 record a league victory in cloudy Treborth @Bangor1876 6 #CPDGwalchmai 0 1⃣8⃣7⃣6⃣ #EinDinasEinClwb #OurCityOurClub pic.twitter.com/O2PNAH7cpk — CPD Bangor 1876 FC (@Bangor1876) October 9, 2021   There were several chances early on and Luke Steele came close to opening the scoring inside the first five minutes but side-footed narrowly wide following a Joe Culshaw cross. The midfielder tried a short from 20 yards not long afterwards but his effort cleared the crossbar. However, the deadlock was broken in the eighteenth minute. Following a corner kick on the right, the ball fell to Les Davies on the edge of the area. After taking a touch to control the ball, he unleashed a powerful shot to put 1876 a goal up. Cameron Barry also had a chance inside the first ten minutes after he broke into the right side of the penalty area but hi