Person: Joleon Lescott

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Stephen Ireland hoping for international return after training with Bruno Fernandes

United's €55m January signing moved into a house three doors down from Ireland's Manchester home and the Cobh-native says Fernandes not only recognised him but looked up to Ireland as a child.

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Man City feel the fear and do it anyway

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Lunchtime briefing: Three men charged in court in connection with Dublin Airport human trafficking investigation. Catch up on the headlines

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Evening briefing: Here are Theresa May's 12 objectives for Brexit. Catch up on all the headlines

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Wedding is icing on the cake for Premier League player Stephen Ireland

soccer

Southampton boss Ronald Koeman gives Shane Long licence to miss

Shane Long scores as Southampton pile on the pain for Villa

Southampton breezed to victory against wretched Aston Villa as supporters continued to turn on the relegated hosts.

Sat, 23 Apr, 2016

Five things which cost Aston Villa their Premier League place

Aston Villa have been relegated from the top flight for the first time in 29 years.

Sat, 16 Apr, 2016

Harry Kane keeps Tottenham's title dream alive

Aston Villa 0 Tottenham 2

Mon, 14 Mar, 2016

Aston Villa fans stage walkout as Everton turn screw

Aston Villa 1 Everton 3: Aston Villa fans made their feelings about the club’s desperate predicament known with their feet as many staged a walkout in protest during the 3-1 home defeat to Everton.

Wed, 02 Mar, 2016

Daniel Sturridge sparkles in Aston Villa massacre

Aston Villa 0 Liverpool 6: Remi Garde lamented the lack of fight in his Aston Villa side after Liverpool ran riot in a Valentine’s Day massacre at Villa Park.

Mon, 15 Feb, 2016

Aston Villa can pull off great escape, declares boss Remi Garde

Aston Villa 2 Norwich 0: Remi Garde insists Aston Villa still believe they can pull off a miracle escape.

Mon, 08 Feb, 2016

Spurs go second, Liverpool squander two-goal lead in draw with Sunderland

Tottenham have moved up into second in the Barclays Premier League with a 1-0 win over Watford at White Hart Lane.

Sat, 06 Feb, 2016

Southampton v Aston Villa - Barclays Premier League - St Mary's Stadium

Remi Garde hopes Joleon Lescott goal sparks Aston Villa inspiration

Southampton 1 Aston Villa 1

Mon, 07 Dec, 2015

Swansea City v Leicester City - Barclays Premier League - Liberty Stadium

Riyad Mahrez hat-trick sends Leicester top; frustrated United draw with Hammers

Jamie Vardy missed two good chances to extend his goalscoring streak to 12 straight games but a Riyad Mahrez hat-trick sent Leicester back to the top of the Barclays Premier League.

Sat, 05 Dec, 2015

Seventh successive loss leaves Garde in no doubt about task facing Villa

Remi Garde was left in no doubt about the scale of the task facing him as the new Aston Villa manager watched from the stands while his new side slumped to a seventh successive defeat, leaving them rooted at the foot of the Premier League table.

Tue, 03 Nov, 2015

Diego Costa keeps cool to carry Chelsea fight

Chelsea 2 Aston Villa 0: The saint or sinner debate surrounding Diego Costa haunts Jose Mourinho, even when the Chelsea forward appears to be the innocent party, but a much-needed victory over Aston Villa underlined one fact in this most uncomfortable of title defences for the legendary manager.

Mon, 19 Oct, 2015

Martin O’Neill focus on players available for double header

As endgame looms on Ireland’s Euro Group D qualification campaign, Martin O’Neill will be keen to focus today on the players available to him when he announces his provisional squad for the double-header against Germany and Poland.

Thu, 17 Sep, 2015

Yaya Toure says players will ignore the doubters

Yaya Toure has brushed off any criticism of Manchester City and insisted they will ignore their doubters.

Wed, 12 Aug, 2015

West Brom deflate 10-man Chelsea

West Brom 3 Chelsea 0: This was an extraordinary evening at The Hawthorns in every sense.

Tue, 19 May, 2015

Baggies stun United at Old Trafford

Manchester United gave Liverpool more than a glimmer of hope in their push for Champions League qualification as Louis van Gaal’s team slipped to a damaging 1-0 defeat to West Brom.

Sat, 02 May, 2015

Villa through to semis after win over Midland rivals

Fabian Delph’s first goal in a year helped fire Aston Villa to Wembley as they beat West Brom 2-0 to reach the FA Cup semi-finals.

Sat, 07 Mar, 2015

Christian Benteke the saviour for Aston Villa

Premier League

Wed, 04 Mar, 2015

Benteke strikes late to lift Villa out of relegation zone

Aston Villa 2 West Brom 1

Tue, 03 Mar, 2015

Lee Cattermole promises to spark Sunderland revival

Sunderland 0 West Brom 0: Lee Cattermole is ready to spark another successful Sunderland survival fight.

Mon, 23 Feb, 2015

Ideye saves West Brom

Brown Ideye was West Brom’s unlikely saviour as they fought back from two down to draw 2-2 at fellow strugglers Burnley.

Sun, 08 Feb, 2015

Harry Kane happy to reach 20-goal target for Tottenham

West Brom 0 Tottenham 3: Harry Kane has no intention of easing up as he continues to plunder the goals for Tottenham.

Mon, 02 Feb, 2015

Everton 0 West Brom 0: Kevin Mirallas miss proves costly as Everton’s misery continues

Premier League

Tue, 20 Jan, 2015

Everton 0 West Brom 0

West Brom are now just four points above the drop zone

Mon, 19 Jan, 2015

Sack looms for Irvine as fans vent anger after Stoke defeat

Stoke 2 West Brom 0

Mon, 29 Dec, 2014

City pile misery on Baggies

West Brom 1 Man City 3

Sat, 27 Dec, 2014

Austin a hero for Hoops

QPR 3 West Brom 2

Mon, 22 Dec, 2014

United scrape draw against 10-man Villa as Saints trounce Everton

Third-placed Manchester United are seven points behind Chelsea and City following their 1-1 draw at 10-man Aston Villa, which ended the Red Devils’ six-game winning streak.

Sat, 20 Dec, 2014

Lescott vows to lift pressure on Irvine

Joleon Lescott has vowed to lift the pressure on under-fire West Brom boss Alan Irvine and insisted he did not sign up for a relegation battle.

Thu, 04 Dec, 2014

Blind bags a point for United

Premier League

Tue, 21 Oct, 2014

United force draw with the Baggies

West Brom 2 Man Utd 2

Mon, 20 Oct, 2014

West Brom get first win of the season at White Hart Lane

Tottenham 0 West Brom 1

Sun, 21 Sep, 2014

Partizan facing Uefa sanctions

Partizan Belgrade are facing Uefa sanctions after the governing body opened disciplinary proceedings for the anti-Semitic banner displayed by some of their fans against Tottenham.

Sat, 20 Sep, 2014

Lescott to join West Brom

West Brom have announced the signing of Joleon Lescott.

Fri, 20 Jun, 2014

City line-up 'depressing for domestic game': Dyke

The lack of English players in Manchester City’s regular starting line-up is “pretty depressing” for the domestic game, according to Football Association chairman Greg Dyke.

Sun, 11 May, 2014

You wish Yaya, you wish

Everton 2 Manchester City 3

Mon, 05 May, 2014

Pellegrini 'can plug Kompany gap'

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is confident his defence will stand up to the test in the absence of captain Vincent Kompany this weekend.

Fri, 21 Mar, 2014

Deadly duo sink City again

Barcelona 2 Manchester City 1 (Barcelona win 4-1 on aggregate)

Thu, 13 Mar, 2014

VIDEO: Messi and Co dump City out of Europe

Barcelona 2 Manchester City 1 (Barcelona win 4-1 on aggregate)

Wed, 12 Mar, 2014

Former favourite back to stun City

Manchester City 1 Wigan 2

Mon, 10 Mar, 2014

City shocked by plucky Wigan

Manchester City 1 Wigan 2

Sun, 09 Mar, 2014

Pellegrini hopes for kinder songs

Manuel Pellegrini is expecting a more favourable crowd reaction as Manchester City return to Wembley this weekend.

Sat, 01 Mar, 2014

Pellegrini: Cup final loss a lesson

Manuel Pellegrini expects his Manchester City players to have learnt from last year’s Wembley nightmare as they prepare for this weekend’s Capital One Cup final against Sunderland.

Fri, 28 Feb, 2014

City hopes hang by a thread

Manchester City 0 Barcelona 2

Wed, 19 Feb, 2014

VIDEO: Messi and Co leave City’s Champions League dream in tatters

Manchester City 0 Barcelona 2

Tue, 18 Feb, 2014