Latest football stories from FansNetwork Swans : Urgent preparation required as another picture shows a penalty yesterday Swansea City Vitor Matos has his first win as head coach of Swansea City and immediately walks into another home game this Tuesday against Portsmouth. Beating Oxford United 2-0 yesterday in another relegation battle was a huge boost for the Swans.  QPR give West Brom both Burrells – Report Queens Park Rangers Rumarn Burrell’s hot streak continued with a brace of goals, Richard Kone returned to form spectacularly, and QPR made it three wins from four games with a victory against West Brom at Loftus Road on Saturday. Queens Park Rangers 3 - 1 West Bromwich Albion - Photo Gallery Queens Park Rangers Pictures from Ian Randall at Loftus Road where Rumarn Burrell starred with a double strike in a 3-1 victory against West Brom.  Leeds come from behind twice to force memorable draw with Liverpool Leeds United This was the week we were dreading when the fixtures came out, but we ended it with a rousing final 20 minutes against Liverpool, to finish with four points from our games against three of the much vaunted giants of Premier League football.  Swans 2 U’s 0 : Third time lucky for Matos. Report, Ratings, Pics & Stats Swansea City Ruthless fouling didn’t work, hitting out like a child didn’t work, muscling up to Swans players certainly didn’t work as Vitor Matos got his first win at the third attempt as Swans head coach against a misguided Oxford side this afternoon. The referee, one Anthony Backhouse matched Oxford with the worst performance seen at the Swans home stadium this season.  Swansea City v Oxford United : TEAM NEWS Swansea City It’s a huge game for both sides, the Swans desperately need a win, the last time was at home in October v Norwich City.  Tonda Eckert Confirmed As Southampton Manager Southampton By the middle of this week it had become clear that Johannes Spors had made his mind up about who would replace Will Still on a permanent basis and it was only a matter of when and not if ! But this is an appointment that will divide the fans.  Matt the Swans fan from the USA : At the game today in Swansea for the first time Swansea City Swansea Independent subscriber and social media follower, Matt Latham is on his first trip to Swansea this morning. A quest for him over the last fourteen years of following Swansea City. We had a chat with Matt who will be at the Oxford United game today.  QPR seek home comforts after Norwich slip – Preview Queens Park Rangers It’s the titanic struggle between the teams currently 12th and 13th in the Championship as QPR host West Brom at a wet and windswept Loftus Road this Saturday. |
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