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Updated: July 2, 2009, 6:23 PM EDT Jim Gannon suffered a shocking start to his Motherwell reign as Llanelli won 1-0 in the Europa League first qualifying round, first leg clash. Stuart Jones capitalised on some poor defending midway through the first half to head home a famous winner for Llanelli at Airdrie's Excelsior Stadium. Gannon, who was unveiled as Motherwell manager on Tuesday, had called on his new players to implement some of the ideas he had introduced in his first few training sessions. But they lacked any invention as Motherwell struggled to break down the organised Welsh Premier League runners-up. The shock factor in the result was dissipated to some extent by the under-strength nature of Gannon's squad. With Cardiff-bound Paul Quinn about to become the ninth first-team player to leave Fir Park this summer,... [read full story]
Pompey shoot another foot Vitalfootball: Portsmouth: 22/11/2009 22:05:00 Writing these match reports is more like writing epitaph's these days, once again Pompey showed promise, had one slip and came away with nothing, but how...
Motherwell striker Lukas Jutkiewicz is relishing playing first-team football in Scotland but would not be drawn on how long he will remain at Fir Park. The 20-year-old, who is on loan from Everton until the turn of the year,...
Normal service was resumed at Old Trafford, but not before Sir Alex Ferguson had likened Manchester United's unhealthy knack of wasting chances this season to missing a bus. Another one goes begging: Owen beats Sylvain Distain,...
