Swansea Relegation FEARS Eased by Bony Double
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SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2014 SPORTS Soccer results/standings Swansea relegation fears English Premier League results 1 Scunthorpe 1; Oxford 0 York 1; Rochdale 0 Aston Villa 0 Southampton 0; Cardiff 1 Southend 3; Torquay 0 Dagenham and Redbridge eased by Bony double (Whittingham 51-pen) Stoke 1 (Arnautovic 45- 1; Wycombe 1 Northampton 1. pen); Chelsea 1 (Eto’o 12) Sunderland 2 (Wickham Scottish Premiership results 18, Borini 82-pen); Newcastle 1 (Ameobi 23) Hearts 2 (Hamill 65-pen, Carrick 90) Ross County Swansea 2 (Bony 45, 90-pen); Tottenham 3 0; Kilmarnock 1 (Maksimenko 54) Partick 2 (Paulinho 35, Kane 48, Kaboul 62) Fulham 1 (Higginbotham 57, Sinclair 85); Motherwell 3 Newcastle 1 (Sidwell 37); West Ham 0 Crystal Palace 1 (Jedinak (Sutton 5, 90 Francis-Angol 44) Celtic 3 (Stokes 45, 59-pen). Samaras 56, Griffiths 86); St Johnstone 2 Playing today (Anderson 32, May 76) Dundee Utd 0; St Mirren 2 Everton v Manchester United, Hull v Arsenal, (McLean 1, McGowan 15) Hibernian 0. Swansea 2 Norwich v Liverpool. Played Friday Playing tomorrow Inverness CT 0 Aberdeen 0 Manchester City v West Brom. Scottish Football League results English Football League results Championship Championship Cowdenbeath 4 Livingston 0; Dumbarton 0 NEWCASTLE: A double by leading scorer Barnsley 0 Leeds 1; Leicester 1 QPR 0; Queen Of The South 3; Falkirk 2 Raith 1; Hamilton Wilfried Bony gave Swansea an invaluable win Middlesbrough 1 Millwall 2; Nottingham Forest 1 2 Alloa 1; Morton 1 Dundee 0. in their battle against relegation yesterday as Birmingham 0; Watford 3 Ipswich 1. Division One they beat out of form Newcastle 2-1 for their Played Friday Airdrie 2 East Fife 1; Ayr 1 Dunfermline 1; Forfar 0 first away win since November. The 25-year- Blackburn 0 Yeovil 0; Blackpool 0 Burnley 1; Arbroath 2; Stenhousemuir 0 Rangers 4; Stranraer old Ivory Coast international scored at the end Bournemouth 2 Sheffield Wednesday 4; Charlton 1 Brechin 2. 0 Bolton 0; Doncaster 0 Derby 2; Huddersfield 1 Division Two of each halfóthe second from the penalty spot Brighton 1; Wigan 3 Reading 0. Annan Athletic 1 Queen’s Park 1; Berwick 1 East for his 14th league goal of the seasonóto take Division One Stirling 0; Montrose 0 Clyde 2; Peterhead 2 Albion them six points clear of the bottom three with Played Friday 0; Stirling 2 Elgin 2. three games remaining and a vastly superior Bradford 1 Peterborough 0; Brentford 1 Preston 0; Italian League results goal difference to boot. Bristol City 2 Notts County 1; Carlisle 1 Walsall 1; AC Milan 3 (Balotelli 43, Taarabt 51, Pazzini 84) Defeat for Newcastle was their fifth succes- Colchester 0 Oldham 1; Coventry 1 Swindon 2; Livorno 0; Atalanta 1 (Denis 87) Verona 2 (Donati sive one in the leagueóShola Ameobiís 23rd Crawley 2 Leyton Orient 1; Gillingham 2 Tranmere 53, Toni 72); Catania 2 (Leto 45, Bergessio 63) minute goal their first in those five 0; Port Vale 1 Milton Keynes Dons 0; Shrewsbury 1 Sampdoria 1 (Okaka 61); Chievo 0 Sassuolo 1 gamesóand leaves manager Alan Pardewís Crewe 3; Sheffield Utd 1 Stevenage 0; Wolves 6 (Berardi 40); Genoa 1 (De Maio 3) Cagliari 2 (Sau Rotherham 4. 37, Ibarbo 82); Juventus 1 (Pogba 64) Bologna 0; position under some threat. Division Two Lazio 3 (Mauri 42, Candreva 61-pen, 90+4) Torino Newcastle had suffered an early blow when Burton 3 Hartlepool 0; Portsmouth 3 Bristol 3 (Kurtic 52, Tachtsidis 67, Immobile 89); Parma 0 Pape Cisse had to go off injured. However, he Rovers 2. Inter Milan 2 (Rolando 48, Guarin 89); Udinese 1 wasnít replaced by readymade replacement Played Friday (Fernandes 55) Napoli 1 (Callej?n 38). Loic Remy but a fullback in the shape of AFC Wimbledon 2 Newport 2; Accrington 1 Playing later: Mathieu Debuchy. Mansfield 1; Bury 4 Plymouth 0; Cheltenham 1 Fiorentina v Roma That didnít prevent the hosts going 1-0 up Fleetwood 2; Chesterfield 1 Exeter 1; Morecambe in the 23rd minute as Shola Ameobi scored his first league goal since December 2012 playing English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals a one-two with strike partner Luuk de Jong against, points): before slotting the ball past Michael Vorm. LONDON: Newcastle’s French striker Yoan Gouffran (left) tackles Swansea’s Welsh defender Ben Liverpool 34 24 5 5 93 42 77 Ross County 34 8 7 19 38 58 31 Both de Jong and referee Chris Foy didnít Davies (right) during the English Premier League football match. —AFP Chelsea 35 23 6 6 67 26 75 Hearts 34 8 7 19 35 59 16 last out the first-half either as the former had Man City 33 22 5 6 88 34 71 — relegated to go off and finally Remy was sent on for his stroke of half-time as Bonyóthe clubís record the bar. Bony too was denied as he was Arsenal 34 20 7 7 59 41 67 Note: Hearts deducted 15 points for entering signing last summer when he arrived from slipped in by Marvin Emnes but Newcastle Everton 34 19 9 6 55 34 66 administration, second bottom team goes into rel- first appearance after missing six games with a Tottenham 35 19 6 10 51 49 63 egation play-offs, bottom team relegated calf injury. Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem for 13.9 million ëkeeper Tim Krul got down to save with his Man Utd 33 17 6 10 56 38 57 Scottish Football League tables Foy too had to be replaced by fourth offi- eurosódarted in unseen to head home Ben legs. Southampton 35 13 10 12 50 45 49 Championship cial Anthony Taylor after he was hit in the face Daviesís corner. However, he was not to be denied with the Newcastle 35 14 4 17 39 54 46 Hamilton 34 18 10 6 57 35 64 by the ball and although he got back on his The second-half provided little in the way late penalty as the lively Emnes was brought Stoke 35 11 11 13 39 49 44 Dundee 34 19 6 9 49 25 63 feet he was unable to carry on. of chances with Swansea going close through down by Chieck Tiote and he calmly stroked Crystal Palace 35 13 4 18 28 41 43 Falkirk 34 18 8 8 55 31 62 Jonathan de Guzman, his volley just scraping the ball past Krul.—AFP West Ham 35 10 7 18 38 48 37 Q of South 34 15 6 13 50 38 51 Swansea, though, drew level right on the Swansea 35 9 9 17 47 51 36 Dumbarton 34 14 6 14 60 61 48 Hull 33 10 6 17 34 40 36 Livingston 34 12 7 15 49 54 43 Aston Villa 34 9 8 17 35 49 35 Raith 34 11 9 14 47 57 42 West Brom 33 6 15 12 40 51 33 Alloa 34 11 7 16 33 45 40 Penalty drama Norwich 34 8 8 18 26 53 32 Cowdenbeath 34 10 6 18 47 70 36 Cardiff 35 7 9 19 31 6530 Morton 34 6 7 21 29 60 25 Fulham 35 9 3 23 35 77 30 — relegated keeps Cardiff Sunderland 34 7 8 19 33 57 29 Division One Note: Top four teams qualify for next season’s Rangers 33 31 2 0 100 16 95 in trouble Champions League; fifth-place team qualifies for — champions Europa League; bottom three teams relegated to Dunfermline 34 18 5 11 65 52 59 CARDIFF: Cardiff Championship Stranraer 34 13 9 12 54 53 48 English Football League tables Ayr 33 13 7 13 58 59 46 remain deep in relega- Championship S’housemuir 34 11 12 11 53 63 45 tion trouble despite Cardiff 1 Leicester 43 28 9 6 79 43 93 Forfar 34 11 7 16 50 57 40 Peter Whittinghamís — promoted Brechin 34 11 6 17 54 67 39 Burnley 43 24 14 5 67 35 86 penalty equaliser in Airdrie 34 10 9 15 43 56 39 Derby 43 23 9 11 77 48 78 yesterdayís 1-1 Premier QPR 43 21 10 12 54 40 73 East Fife 34 9 5 20 29 63 32 League draw against Stoke 1 Wigan 42 20 10 12 57 40 70 Arbroath 34 9 4 21 51 71 31 Stoke. Brighton 43 17 14 12 50 38 65 Division Two Peterhead 34 22 7 5 72 33 73 Ole Gunnar Reading 43 17 13 13 63 53 64 Solskjaerís team fell Ipswich 43 17 13 13 56 50 64 — promoted Nottingham 43 15 17 11 63 58 62 Annan 34 18 6 10 66 47 60 behind in controversial circumstances at the Cardiff City Bournemouth 43 17 11 15 61 62 62 Clyde 34 16 6 12 45 44 54 Stadium when referee Howard Webb gave Stoke a dubious Blackburn 43 15 16 12 59 56 61 Stirling 34 14 10 10 52 49 52 penalty which Austrian striker Marko Arnautovic converted. Watford 42 15 15 12 69 51 60 Berwick 34 14 7 13 59 46 49 The Bluebirds drew level with a penalty of their own in the M’’brough 43 14 16 13 55 46 58 East Stirling 34 12 8 14 44 52 44 ITALY: Juventus’ defender Angelo Ogbonna fights for the ball with Bologna’s goal- Albion 34 11 8 15 40 50 41 second half as Whittingham fired home from the spot. Bolton 43 13 16 14 54 56 55 keeper Gianluca Curci during the Italian Serie A football match.