forest and derby face fa investigation

... they took the lead when new signing andy gray scored his first goal for the club, but alex pearce levelled and noel hunt put the visitors ahead with a penalty before adding a third

reading 1 sheffield united 3: match report

... captain alex pearce, dubbed the 'new john terry', displayed bravery characteristic of the chelsea and england defender in place of the injured ivar ingimarsson, the youngster finishing with a head bandage for his troubles

the first goal is the hardest

... coming in the 89th minute, it looked as though the 24-year-old forward\'s strike had come too late to salvage a result, but a late own goal from royals captain alex pearce saved the day ... it leaves us looking forward to our wembley date with sir alex ferguson\'s men next weekend, with a week of training centred around strength and fitness behind us, and one of competitive sharpness ahead

city and blues held, cats beat bhoys

... chelsea were a constant threat and the reading defence had done well to keep the blues at bay, but salomon kalou slotted home in the final minute and reading captain alex pearce then turned florent malouda\'s cross into his own net

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... ) just as it looked like the blues would leave as losers salomon kalou tucked in an 89th minute goal from close range and alex pearce was unfortunate to head an injury time corner into his own net ... *** spartak moscow 4 - kuban krasnodar 0 (russian premier league, august 1, 2009) brazilian playmaker alex saw his free-kick deflect into the kuban net midway through the first half

arsenal win, chelsea held

... chelsea were a constant threat and the reading defence had done well to keep the blues at bay, but salomon kalou slotted home in the final minute and reading captain alex pearce turned florent malouda\'s cross into his own net

match report: reading 2 chelsea 2

... forced wide he did well to shoot on-target, only for home captain alex pearce to clear behind ... at the break, ancelotti made three changes, perhaps where he still has doubts as to his starting line-up, so bosingwa, alex and malouda came in for ivanovic, carvalho and deco ... malouda swung in a free-kick and a bunch of bodies jumped for the ball, alex at first looked like he had the final touch, but the goal was credited as a pearce own goal, unfortunate after a strong performance from the defender ... by andy jones chelsea (4-4-2 diamond): cech (turnbull 76); ivanovic (bosingwa h-t), carvalho (alex h-t), terry (c), a cole; mikel, essien (belletti 63), deco (malouda h-t), lampard; anelka (sturridge 63), drogba (kalou 63) ... goal kalou 88, pearce (o ... g) 90+1 reading (4-3-3): federici; rosenior, pearce (c), cisse, bertrand; gunnarsson (bikey h-t), tabb (harper 55), davies (mooney 63); robson-kanu (n hunt h-t), long (church 55), kebe (henry 78)

milan dismiss chelsea pirlo offer

... \" meanwhile, a salomon kalou goal and an alex pearce own goal earned chelsea a 2-2 draw at reading after they had been 2-0 down with a minute left to play

wolves shoot themselves in the foot

... " that they may have done but reading, who have lost just once at home all season, held on comfortably enough despite a new-look back four featuring 20-year-old alex pearce ... match details reading: federici; kelly, duberry (gunnarsson 30), pearce, armstrong, kebe, harper, cisse, s hunt, n hunt (long 80), doyle (lita 82)