Joleon Lescott

...set the seal on a commanding performance. Manchester City gave striker Roque Santa Cruz his first start for the club as they made six changes from the side that drew with Fulham on Saturday. Kolo Toure and Martin Petrov were both...

In this article: Stephen Ireland, Manchester City, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Carlos Tevez, Santa Cruz, and Nigel de Jong

...with a mini makeover Photo: GETTY IMAGES How the Manchester City manager would have loved to have kept Toure and Joleon Lescott together at City's training ground to concentrate on defensive work. For one of the more surprising aspects of...

In this article: Manchester City, Mark Hughes, Phil Brown, Hull, Arsenal, Robin van Persie, World Cup, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Everton, and Stoke

...clean sheets in 21 games under Capello, with their back-line enduring difficulties. Rio Ferdinand continues to be dogged by injury, Joleon Lescott and Wayne Bridge - while relatively impressive here - have struggled at times at Manchester...

In this article: Matthew Upson, England, Brazil, World Cup, Jermaine Jenas, Fabio Capello, World Cup, Champions League, and Manchester City

...his predecessors in the post. The principal cover for Rio Ferdinand and John Terry, after all, is not Manchester City's GBP22m centre-half Joleon Lescott, but Matthew Upson, a West Ham United defender who would once have been patronised and...

In this article: James Milner, Fabio Capello, Stoicism, England, World Cup, Aston Villa, Theo Walcott, Aaron Lennon, Stewart Downing, and Joe Cole

...again - O'Neill Martin O'Neill believes Everton will come to terms with the loss of star defender Joleon Lescott in the same way as Aston Villa recovered from the retirement of skipper and centre-back Martin Laursen. The Toffees have...

In this article: Martin O'Neill, Martin Laursen, Everton, Barclays Premier League, Stuttering, Manchester City, Celtic, Aston Villa, and Gareth Barry

...had with cup football. Yet Scunthorpe were brushed aside as five different goalscorers: Stephen Ireland, Roque Santa Cruz, Joleon Lescott, Carlos Tevez and Michael Johnson confirmed City's progression to the last eight. City might not have...

In this article: Mark Hughes, Manchester City, Scunthorpe, Stephen Ireland, Carlos Tevez, and Vladimir Weiss

...header. The way central defenders Upson and Joleon Lescott were comfortably unhinged by a delicate chipped ball from former Manchester City star Elano for Villarreal s Nilmar to float his effort over Foster left Capello aghast. It should...

In this article: England, Ben Foster, Fabio Capello, Kaka, Brazil, World Cup, James Milner, Darren Bent, and Wayne Rooney

Goals from Stephen Ireland, Roque Santa Cruz, Joleon Lescott, Carlos Tevez and Michael Johnson gave City a 5-1 win against Scunthorpe, although the visitors were level at one stage in the first period through Jonathan Forte. Hughes...

In this article: Mark Hughes, Roque Santa Cruz, Manchester City, Stephen Ireland, Carlos Tevez, and Premier League

...City's defence is second only to Chelsea's. Less is more: Joleon Lescott has struggled to hit peak form for Manchester City since his �22 million move from Everton this summer Photo: PA England centre-half Lescott has struggled to find...

In this article: Mark Hughes, Chelsea, Manchester City, Everton, Premier League, Scunthorpe United, Aston Villa, Kolo Toure, and Wayne Bridge