Something for us English soccer fans from home and abroad. The seventeenth EPL season starts on August 16, just a month away. So far, the only managerial change has indeed been the sacking of Israel's Avram Grant from Chelsea with replacement from Brazilian Phil Scolari - in his 26th season of senior management. Scolari, like so many others, had a non-descript playing career, the biggest club he ever played for being Juventude, who were relegated in 2007-08 from the Brazilian Serie A.

With that in mind, let's do a little team run-down.

Arsenal have signed 21-year-old Samir Nasri, who had a low-key European Championships, making just two substitute appearances for the French side. Nasri had been at Marseilles since the age of nine.

Aston Villa have the Intertoto Cup to worry about - though they finished in a much-improved sixth position in last year's table - and on Friday 11th had a great pre-season friendly against Swiss Second Division team FC Wil. Villa are into the final stage of the Intertoto Cup before they can qualify for the UEFAs. They will be facing Odense BK, whose coach, Dane Lars Olsen, was the captain of the 1992 European Championship winning side.

Blackburn finished 2007-08 strongly, with three wins from four games, though Mark Hughes was out the door and replaced by another former Manchester United player, Paul Ince, having fought off competition from individuals such as Henk ten Cate, Sam Allardyce and Dane Michael Laudrup, who, like Lars Olsen, played in the Euro 92 final against Germany.

Bolton finished 16th in the 2007-08 competition, and in fact were unbeaten in their last five league games. They paid £11 million for Johan Elmander, the Swede who scored 22 goals at each of his last two clubs, Brondby and Toulouse - in the process, losing Daniel Braaten, who stayed for just one season with Bolton, before moving, coincidentally, to Toulouse.

Chelsea lost coach Avram Grant this summer and replaced him with Big Phil Scolari, which for the sake of my considerable dislike of the team would imply they were in great problems. However, the team have not lost a home league game since February 2004, and they could easily keep this up once again.

Everton performed well last season, and were unfortunate to win just two of their last eight games in the league, though the cushion between them and the team below was comfortable. Their form in the UEFA Cup was impressive, losing only to a penalty shoot-out to Fiorentina.

Fulham played Russian Roulette with the drop zone last season, finishing fourth from bottom, and incredibly, escaping by winning each of their last three fixtures. Another odd twist is that the team nearly qualified for the UEFA Cup last year, as they came agonizingly close to winning the Fair Play league.

Hull City are the first of the new boys to the Premier League, (alphabetically, of course), having finished third in the Football League Championship and qualifying by winning the play-off final against Bristol City, who I must admit I was rooting for the whole way. They have bought, amongst others, Bernard Mendy, who was previously playing for last season's surprising Ligue 1 relegation strugglers, Paris St. Germain.

Liverpool finished fourth last season, and yet I always expect them to be up near the very very top of the league for some unexplainable reason. They lost in the semi-final of the European Cup to Chelsea, despite a fascinating period of extra time which saw three goals wtihin the half hour period. If they start strongly, they will do very well, if their start is less than strong, we could be seeing them in mid-table come the end of the campaign.

Manchester City suffered a humiliating last-day defeat last season, 8-1 against Middlesborough, more about which later. And in an interesting twist, as Thailand's Thaksin Shinawatra comes in to chair the side, Kiatprawut Saiwaew comes into the side, one of City's three new Thai players, along with 20-year-old Teerasil Dangda and 25-year-old Suree Sukha - though these three players have been taken out to teams in the Swiss Super League and the Belgian Jupiler League.

That's team's one through ten, second half of the run-down to come soon.

Manchester United are looking to consolidate the league victory that they managed right at the end of last season - though from a personal point of view, their form appears to be utterly dependent on where I am while hearing about the games - twice last season I went to a bar with no news of the game, and both times we somehow managed to lose.

Middlesborough exited last year's FA Cup at the sixth round, being conquered by FLC team Cardiff City on the underdogs' route to the final. League-wise, Middlesborough finished thirteenth, and will be looking to build on the result which they achieved on the last day of the season, an incredible 8-1 thrashing of Manchester City, which included two goals from former Heerenveener Afonso Alves.

Newcastle United, whose first game in the EPL is against my team Manchester United, had a bumpy ride last term, finishing with a very poor away record, eleven defeats from nineteen to their name. Newcastle exited the FA Cup at the fourth round stage last year, the last goal against them being an own goal from former Manchester United man Nicky Butt.

Portsmouth, since finishing fourth from bottom three seasons ago, have managed to do rather better in recent years - including an eighth-placed finish last year. They, of course, had possibly the most incredible result of last year, a 7-4 goalfest over Reading in late September. Meanwhile, they will be looking to build upon the considerable respect they gained, certainly from myself, as FA Cup victors last year, winning 1-0 against Cardiff City.

Stoke City were promoted from the Football League Championship last season, and should certainly have the ability, the players, and the strikeforce, to consolidate their position in the league. Having visited their ground on two occasions last year, I can personally say that they have the spirit and the will to fight for their position in the league, and with a following wind, could achieve anything they want to if they want it enough.

Sunderland can still claim former Manchester United legend Roy Keane as the manager of their team, though having had a very poor season last year, particularly away from home, the team will be looking to pick up their form at the beginning of this season, especially having lost just 1-0 to Arsenal in the last game of the season.

Tottenham Hotspur had a surreal run of form towards the end of last season which saw them score four consecutive 1-1 draws throughout the month of April - and of course they lost out at the last 16 stage of the UEFA Cup to PSV, losing a penalty shoot-out 6-5.

West Bromwich Albion were promoted from the FLC at the end of last season, thanks to remaining undefeated in their last nine FLC games. They along with Stoke and Hull will be looking to consolidate their league status, and to me, look the most likely to do so, with any luck. West Brom still lay claim to former Manchester United man Jonathan Greening, who has now scored five goals for the team.

West Ham United have an interesting pre-season friendly fixture coming up, against Major League Soccer outfit Columbus Crew. Two of West Ham's final three fixtures finished in 2-2 draws, both of which saw them go ahead in the games before relinquishing their lead. More winning form will be needed for them to achieve a top-half finish this season, which I personally do not see happening.

Finally, Wigan Athletic, who have bought one player this close-season, former Ajax man Daniel de Ridder, who in five years of professional football has still only made 26 league starts. Last season saw them unable to achieve any particular form away from home.

I 've had quick look... Hull City, Stoke City, West Brom - they don't have a lot to boast. All three teams are gonna be struggling against relegation, I fear. West Brom seems like the English equivalent of our FC Volendam: relegated, promoted, relegated, promoted...

I'm rooting for Hull City to stay in. They've come a long way since 2003.


I noticed Stoke City once played Ajax in first round of UEFA Cup. That was 34 seasons ago... Ajax proved the better, but only just (a one-all draw in Hull Stoke of course, and a scoreless draw in Amsterdam).

Once the new season starts, I'll provide us with game by game stats and scores not just from the Premier League, but, if I'm incredibly bored, the Championship, Football League One and Football League Two.

The teams I care most about, in lower-league order, are Birmingham City in the Football League Championship, Brighton & Hove Albion in League One, and Shrewsbury Town in League Two — not necessarily because I think they'll win the respective leagues, but mostly for regional significance and pride.

Not Premier League news, but news involving a Premier League team - West Ham United took on a host of Major League Soccer's all-stars this evening and lost by a score of 2-3. Despite going one ahead in the 26th minute, Christian Gomez pulled one back for the All-Stars just a minute later. The MLS went ahead 2-1 just before the break, thanks to a goal from Chicago Fire's Cuauhtémoc Blanco, with Dean Ashton scoring his second goal in the 67th minute.

However, just two minutes later, Dwayne de Rosario gave the MLS All-Stars a goal, taking them to the final score of 3-2. Official attendance was 20,844.

After selling most of their star players over the summer Watford FC are still scotting rumours of going into administration.

Today sees the first game in the Conference, Barrow v. Oxford, David Bayliss remains player and co-manager of Barrow, while Darren Patterson remains manager of Oxford United, having joined them last season as his first managed team. Premier League kicks off on the sixteenth, but the FLC, League One, League Two and the Conference kick off tomorrow. Results and fixtures will be provided.

Barrow beat Oxford United 3-0 thanks to goals from Mark Boyd, Steve McNulty and Paul Brown.

This weekend's results:


    Football League Championship
Birmingham City 1 - 0 Sheffield United - Report
Blackpool 0 - 1 Bristol City - Report
Crystal Palace 0 - 0 Watford - Report
Cardiff City 2 - 1 Southampton - Report
Charlton Athletic 2 - 0 Swansea City - Report
Coventry City 2 - 0 Norwich City - Report
Derby County 0 - 1 Doncaster Rovers - Report
Ipswich Town 1 - 2 Preston North End - Report
Plymouth Argyle 2 - 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers - Report
QPR 2 - 1 Barnsley - Report
Sheffield Wednesday 4 - 1 Burnley - Report
    Football League One
Bristol Rovers 2 - 3 Carlisle United - Report
Crewe Alexandra 1 - 2 Brighton - Report
Hartlepool United 4 - 2 Colchester United - Report
Huddersfield Town 1 - 1 Stockport County - Report
Leicester City 2 - 0 Milton Keynes Dons - Report
Leyton Orient 2 - 1 Hereford United - Report
Northampton Town 4 - 2 Cheltenham Town - Report
Oldham Athletic 4 - 3 Millwall - Report
*This game included a goal after thirteen seconds from Tresor Kandol and a goal after 1:36 from Andy Liddell
Skankthorpe United 1 - 2 Leeds United - Report
Southend United 1 - 0 Peterborough United - Report
Swindon Town 3 - 1 Tranmere Rovers - Report
Yeovil Town 1 - 1 Walsall - Report
    Football League Two
Accrington Stanley 0 - 1 Aldershot - Report
Barnet 1 - 3 Chesterfield - Report
Bournemouth 1 - 1 Gillingham - Report
Bradford City 2 - 1 Notts County - Report
Bury 1 - 0 Brentford - Report
Dagenham & Redbridge 6 - 0 Chester - Report
Darlington 1 - 1 Exeter - Report
Grimsby Town 0 - 0 Rochdale - Report
Luton Town 1 - 3 Port Vale - Report
Shrewsbury Town 4 - 0 Macclesfield - Report
Wycombe Wanderers 1 - 1 Morecambe - Report


Which means, at this early stage, Sheffield Wednesday top the Football League Championship, Hartlepool and Northampton top Football League One, and Dagenham & Redbridge, who finished a lowly 20th last season, top Football League Two.

Today Tottenham Hotspur played AS Roma ina friendly match and won 5-0.

Sunday 10 results:

Charity Shield
Manchester United 0 - 0 Portsmouth (Manchester United win 3-1 on penalties) - Report
Football League Championship
Nottingham Forest 0 - 0 Reading - Report

A full list of all League Cup first round fixtures and results coming up after the games on Wednesday.

Okay so, here we go.. it's a long one, folks! League Cup first round fixtures and reports.


Bournemouth 1 - 2 Cardiff Report
Brighton 4-0 Barnet Report
Bristol C 2-1 Peterborough Report
Bury 0-2 Burnley Report
C Palace 2-1 Hereford Report
Charlton 0-1 Yeovil Report
Chester 2-5 Leeds Report
Crewe 2-0 Barnsley Report
Dag & Red 1-2 Reading Report
Derby 3-1 Lincoln Report
Exeter 1-3 Southampton Report
Gillingham 0-1 Colchester Report
Grimsby 2-0 Tranmere Report
Hartlepool 3-0 Skankthorpe Report
Huddersfield 4-0 Bradford Report
Ipswich 4-1 Leyton Orient Report
Leicester 1-0 Stockport Report
Luton 2-0 Plymouth Report
MK Dons 1-0 Norwich Report
Macclesfield 2-0 Blackpool Report
Millwall 0-1 Northampton Report
Notts Co 1-0 Doncaster Report
Preston 2-0 Chesterfield Report
Rochdale 0-0 Oldham (Oldham win 4-1 on penalties) Report
Sheff Wed 2-2 Rotherham Report
Shrewsbury 0-1 Carlisle Report
Southend 0-1 Cheltenham Report
Swansea 2-0 Brentford Report
Swindon 2-3 QPR Report
Walsall 1-2 Darlington Report
Watford 1-0 Bristol R Report
Wolves 3-2 Accrington (after extra time) Report


Take your pick over which results most take your fancy - though it's good to see Leicester City pick up a victory, and unfortunate that Accrington Stanley finally buckled under the pressure of extra time. Shrewsbury sadly went down to a single goal by Carlisle veteran of seven seasons, Peter Murphy.

Four league cup games today, I desperately wanna see Port Vale cause an upset, Morecambe could perform an upset against Nottingham Forest. Meanwhile, FC Twente take on Arsenal and Liverpool take on Standard Liege in Europe tonight.

Today's League Cup results:


Coventry 3 - 1 Aldershot Report
Nottingham Forest 4 - 0 Morecambe Report
Sheffield United 3 - 1 Port Vale Report
Wycombe Wanderers 0 - 4 Birmingham City Report


Results from Europe:

FC Twente v. Arsenal finished 0-2 to Arsenal.
Standard Liege v. Liverpool finished in a 0-0 draw.

One result from yesterday, Manchester City suffered a home defeat against Midtjylland, which means they have to go into Europe and achieve at least a victory or else they will be out of the tournament.

A full quota of all ten opening Premiership fixtures comes up tomorrow. I will go through the fixtures tomorrow morning.

Seven Premiership fixtures, and a full quota of twelve from each of the three lower leagues today.

Barclays Premier League fixtures for Saturday August 16th 2008

Arsenal v West Brom
Bolton v Stoke
Everton v Blackburn
Hull v Fulham
Middlesbrough v Tottenham
Sunderland v Liverpool
West Ham v Wigan

Barclays Premier League fixtures for Saturday August 16th 2008


Hull v Fulham



The only game of interest to me. And lo and behold: Hull 2 - Fulham 1.  :)

Today's Premiership results:


Aston Villa 4 - 2 Man City
Chelsea 4 - 0 Portsmouth
Manchester United 1 - 1 Newcastle

I just realized I didn't write down results from August 16:


Premiership
Arsenal 1 - 0 West Brom Report
Bolton 3 - 1 Stoke Report
Everton 2 - 3 Blackburn Report
Hull 2 - 1 Fulham Report
Middlesbrough 2 - 1 Tottenham Report
Sunderland 0 - 1 Liverpool Report
West Ham 2 - 1 Wigan Report
FLC
Barnsley 1 - 2 Coventry Report
Bristol City 1 - 1 Derby County Report
Burnley 0 - 3 Ipswich Report
Doncaster 1 - 1 Cardiff Report
Norwich 1 - 1 Blackpool Report
Preston 2 - 0 Crystal Palace Report
Reading 2 - 0 Plymouth Report
Sheffield United 3 - 0 QPR Report
Southampton 1 - 2 Birmingham City Report
Swansea 3 - 1 Nottingham Forest Report
Watford 1 - 0 Charlton Athletic Report
Wolves 4 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday Report
FL1
Brighton 1 - 1 Bristol Rovers Report
Carlisle 4 - 2 Crewe Report
Cheltenham 2 - 0 Swindon Report
Colchester 0 - 0 Huddersfield Report
Hereford 1 - 2 Yeovil Report
Leeds 0 - 2 Oldham Report
Millwall 1 - 1 Southend Report
MK Dons 1 - 0 Northampton Report
Peterborough 3 - 0 Leyton Orient Report
Stockport 0 - 0 Leicester Report
Tranmere 1 - 0 Hartlepool Report
Walsall 2 - 1 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe Report
FL2
Aldershot 1 - 1 Bournemouth Report
Brentford 4 - 0 Grimsby Report
Chester 0 - 2 Wycombe Report
Chesterfield 1 - 3 Bury Report
Exeter 0 - 1 Shrewsbury Report
Gillingham 0 - 1 Luton Report
Lincoln City 1 - 3 Dag & Red Report
Macclesfield 0 - 2 Bradford Report
Morecambe 1 - 3 Rotherham Report
Notts County 0 - 0 Darlington Report
Port Vale 0 - 2 Accrington Stanley Report
Rochdale 3 - 1 Barnet Report

I just realized I didn't write down results from August 16:


Premiership
Arsenal 1 - 0 West Brom Report
Bolton 3 - 1 Stoke Report
Everton 2 - 3 Blackburn Report
Hull 2 - 1 Fulham Report
Middlesbrough 2 - 1 Tottenham Report
Sunderland 0 - 1 Liverpool Report
West Ham 2 - 1 Wigan Report
FLC
Barnsley 1 - 2 Coventry Report
Bristol City 1 - 1 Derby County Report
Burnley 0 - 3 Ipswich Report
Doncaster 1 - 1 Cardiff Report
Norwich 1 - 1 Blackpool Report
Preston 2 - 0 Crystal Palace Report
Reading 2 - 0 Plymouth Report
Sheffield United 3 - 0 QPR Report
Southampton 1 - 2 Birmingham City Report
Swansea 3 - 1 Nottingham Forest Report
Watford 1 - 0 Charlton Athletic Report
Wolves 4 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday Report
FL1
Brighton 1 - 1 Bristol Rovers Report
Carlisle 4 - 2 Crewe Report
Cheltenham 2 - 0 Swindon Report
Colchester 0 - 0 Huddersfield Report
Hereford 1 - 2 Yeovil Report
Leeds 0 - 2 Oldham Report
Millwall 1 - 1 Southend Report
MK Dons 1 - 0 Northampton Report
Peterborough 3 - 0 Leyton Orient Report
Stockport 0 - 0 Leicester Report
Tranmere 1 - 0 Hartlepool Report
Walsall 2 - 1 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe Report
FL2
Aldershot 1 - 1 Bournemouth Report
Brentford 4 - 0 Grimsby Report
Chester 0 - 2 Wycombe Report
Chesterfield 1 - 3 Bury Report
Exeter 0 - 1 Shrewsbury Report
Gillingham 0 - 1 Luton Report
Lincoln City 1 - 3 Dag & Red Report
Macclesfield 0 - 2 Bradford Report
Morecambe 1 - 3 Rotherham Report
Notts County 0 - 0 Darlington Report
Port Vale 0 - 2 Accrington Stanley Report
Rochdale 3 - 1 Barnet Report

Don't remind us, Spurs lost!

Don't worry Phil, you got Sunderland next, you should roll that one over easy. Heck, you haven't lost at home to Sunderland in the league for thirty years.

Don't worry Phil, you got Sunderland next, you should roll that one over easy. Heck, you haven't lost at home to Sunderland in the league for thirty years.
That is pleasing to hear.

Which team does Dak support, Newcastle or Sunderland?

Ooh, I hadn't thought about Dak, that's true...

No games from the top four leagues today, but a friendly against the Czech Republic tonight. Meanwhile, from the other home nations, Wales face Georgia, the Republic of Ireland face Norway, and Scotland and Northern Ireland face of in a home nations derby.

This and any particularly impressive results from any of the other friendlies will hopefully follow when the games are all finished - particularly if Liechtenstein are able to overcome Albania!

Which team does Dak support, Newcastle or Sunderland?


Sunderland, all the way. Definitely NOT those Magpies.

For those who didn't know already, we drew 2-2 against the Czechs, scoring at the stroke of half and the stroke of full time, going behind twice to goals from Baros and Jankulowski.

No league matches now until Saturday, when we will be having seven Premier League matches, and twelve from each of the three lower divisions.

On Wednesday and Thursday of next week we shall be seeing the second round of the League Cup, Grimsby Town hoping for another scalp from a higher division as they did with Tranmere when they face Blackburn. The same can be said about Darlington, who overcame Walsall, and Yeovil, who beat Charlton.

Premier League:
Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Hull City Report
Fulham 1 - 0 Arsenal Report
Liverpool 2 - 1 Middlesborough Report
Newcastle United 1 - 0 Bolton Wanderers Report
Stoke City 3 - 2 Aston Villa Report
Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 2 Sunderland Report
West Bromwich Albion 1 - 2 Everton Report
Football League Championship:
Birmingham City 2 - 0 Barnsley Report
Blackpool 1 - 3 Sheffield United Report
Crystal Palace 0 - 0 Burnley Report
Cardiff City 2 - 2 Norwich City Report
Charlton Athletic 4 - 2 Reading Report
Coventry City 0 - 3 Bristol City Report
Derby County 0 - 1 Southampton Report
Ipswich Town 0 - 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Report
Nottingham Forest 3 - 2  Watford Report
Plymouth Argyle 0 - 1 Swansea City Report
Queens Park Rangers 2 - 0 Doncaster United Report
Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 1 Preston North End Report
Football League One
Bristol Rovers 6 - 1 Hereford United Report
Crewe Alexandra 2 - 1 Walsall Report
Hartlepool United 0 - 1 Stockport County Report
Huddersfield Town 1 - 3  MK Dons Report
Leicester City 3 - 1 Tranmere Rovers Report
Leyton Orient 0 - 0 Carlisle United Report
Northampton Town 0 - 0 Millwall Report
Oldham Athletic 4 - 0 Cheltenham Town Report
Skankthorpe United 1 - 0 Peterborough United Report
Swindon Town 1 - 3 Colchester United Report
Yeovil Town 1 - 1 Leeds United Report
Football League Two
Accrington Stanley 2 - 0 Macclesfield Town Report
Barnet 0 - 1 Brentford Report
Bournemouth 0 - 1 Exeter City Report
Bradford City 2 - 0 Rochdale Report
Bury 2 - 1 Morecambe Report
Dagenham & Redbridge 1 - 1 Port Vale Report
Darlington 1 - 2 Gillingham Report
Grimsby Town 0 - 1 Chesterfield Report
Luton Town 1 - 1 Notts County Report
Rotherham United 3 - 1 Chester City Report
Shrewsbury Town 1 - 0 Aldershot Town Report
Wycombe Wanderers 1 - 0 Lincoln City Report

League Cup results from last night:


Bolton 1-2 Northampton
Burnley 3-0 Oldham
Cardiff 2-1 MK Dons
Cheltenham 2-3 Stoke
Coventry 2-3 Newcastle
Crewe 2-1 Bristol C
Hartlepool 3-1 West Brom
Ipswich 2-1 Colchester
Leeds 4-0 C Palace
Middlesbro 5-1 Yeovil
Preston 0-1 Derby
QPR 4-0 Carlisle
Reading 5-1 Luton
Rotherham 0-0 Wolves
Southampton 2-0 Birmingham
Swansea 2-1 Hull City
Watford 2-1 Darlington
Wigan 4-0 Notts Co

League Cup results, August 27:


Blackburn 4-1 Grimsby
Fulham 3-2 Leicester
Huddersfield 1-2 Sheff Utd
Nottm Forest 1-2 Sunderland
West Ham 4-1 Macclesfield

UEFA Cup results, August 28:


Aston Villa 1-1 FH Hafnarfjordur
Midtjylland 0-1 Man City

Results from August 30:


Premier League:
Arsenal 3-0 Newcastle
Bolton 0-0 West Brom
Everton 0-3 Portsmouth
Hull City 0-5 Wigan
Middlesbro 2-1 Stoke
West Ham 4-1 Blackburn
FLC:
Barnsley 2-0 Derby
Bristol C 1-1 QPR
Burnley 0-0 Plymouth
Doncaster 1-0 Coventry
Norwich 1-1 Birmingham
Preston 2-1 Charlton
Reading 4-2 C Palace
Sheff Utd 0-0 Cardiff
Southampton 0-1 Blackpool
Swansea 1-1 Sheff Wed
Watford 2-1 Ipswich
Wolves 5-1 Nottm Forest
FL1:
Brighton 0-0 Leyton Orient
Carlisle 4-1 Yeovil
Cheltenham 0-4 Leicester
Colchester 2-2 Oldham
Hereford 2-0 Crewe
Leeds 2-2 Bristol R
MK Dons 1-2 Swindon
Millwall 2-1 Huddersfield
Peterborough 1-2 Hartlepool
Stockport 0-3 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe
Tranmere 4-1 Northampton
Walsall 5-2 Southend
FL2:
Aldershot 3-2 Bradford
Brentford 0-0 Rotherham
Chester 5-1 Barnet
Chesterfield 0-1 Wycombe
Exeter 0-1 Luton
Gillingham 1-0 Accrington
Lincoln 1-1 Grimsby
Macclesfield 0-6 Darlington
Morecambe 1-2 Dag & Red
Notts Co 2-2 Shrewsbury
Port Vale 3-1 Bournemouth
Rochdale 1-1 Bury

Spurs has the chance of losing against Chelsea today.

Which they fail to do! (In a manner of speaking..)

More news this evening when all results are through.

Which they fail to do! (In a manner of speaking..)

More news this evening when all results are through.
To our surprise, Spurs drew, the score will appear later.

Good good. All results through, and here we go:

Aston Villa 0 - 0 Liverpool - Report
Chelsea 1 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur - Report
Sunderland 0 - 3 Manchester City - Report

Good good. All results through, and here we go:

Chelsea 1 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur - Report

A draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge is as good as a win.

BREAKING NEWS

Kevin Keegan has resigned as manager of Newcastle United after just eight months in charge.

The announcement follows lengthy talks between the 57-year-old and the board.

"I've been working desperately hard to find a way forward with the directors, but sadly that has not proved possible," Keegan said in a statement.

"It's my opinion that a manager must have the right to manage and that clubs should not impose upon any manager any player that he does not want."

Keegan returned for a second spell as manager in January, to the delight of an adoring faithful on Tyneside.

He led the Magpies to safety and the club had made a solid start to the season - but Keegan became increasingly unhappy with the club's management structure.

Missed out on reporting on a game yesterday, so here it is:


Football League One
Hereford 1 - 1 Swindon Report

No Premiership Matches today due to World Cup qualifiers:

FYR Macedonia v Scotland (1400 BST)
Wales v Azerbaijan (1500 BST)
Slovakia v Northern Ireland (1630 BST)
Georgia v Republic of Ireland (1700 BST)
Andorra v England (1900 BST)

No Premiership Matches today due to World Cup qualifiers:

FYR Macedonia v Scotland (1400 BST)
Wales v Azerbaijan (1500 BST)
Slovakia v Northern Ireland (1630 BST)
Georgia v Republic of Ireland (1700 BST)
Andorra v England (1900 BST)



Any results in yet...? ??? Last I heard, Macedonia were leading 1 to 0.

Any results in yet...? ??? Last I heard, Macedonia were leading 1 to 0.
Yes, the Macedonia v Scotland game has an early start as compared with the others.

LATEST:
Wales 0-0 Azerbaijan (1500 BST)

RESULT:
FYR Macedonia 1-0 Scotland
Naumoski score in the 5th minute.

Yes, the Macedonia v Scotland game has an early start as compared with the others.

LATEST:
Wales 0-0 Azerbaijan (1500 BST)

RESULT:
FYR Macedonia 1-0 Scotland
Naumoski score in the 5th minute.




A poor start for George Burley. :( But at least now we know we shouldn't take the Macedonians lightly.

Final score, Wales 1 - 0 Azerbaijan, thanks to a late goal from Sam Vokes.

Forgot to mention a 1-0 defeat for Scotland against Macedonia..

Today's domestic results are in, and here we go:


Football League One
Brighton 1-4 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe
Carlisle 2-1 Southend
Cheltenham 1-2 Huddersfield
Leeds 5-2 Crewe
MK Dons 3-0 Yeovil
Millwall 2-0 Hartlepool
Peterborough 5-4 Bristol R
Tranmere 0-1 Oldham
Walsall 0-2 Leyton Orient
Football League Two
Aldershot 2-1 Darlington
Brentford 2-1 Dag & Red
Chester 1-1 Bury
Chesterfield 1-0 Rotherham
Exeter 2-1 Accrington
Gillingham 3-0 Grimsby
Lincoln 2-0 Barnet
Macclesfield 2-1 Luton
Morecambe 1-0 Shrewsbury
Notts Co 1-1 Bournemouth
Port Vale 0-2 Bradford
Rochdale 0-1 Wycombe


Also worthy of mention, a 1-0 defeat to Scotland at the hands of Macedonia.

Forgot to mention a 1-0 defeat for Scotland against Macedonia..

Today's domestic results are in, and here we go:


Football League One
Brighton 1-4 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe
Carlisle 2-1 Southend
Cheltenham 1-2 Huddersfield
Leeds 5-2 Crewe
MK Dons 3-0 Yeovil
Millwall 2-0 Hartlepool
Peterborough 5-4 Bristol R
Tranmere 0-1 Oldham
Walsall 0-2 Leyton Orient
Football League Two
Aldershot 2-1 Darlington
Brentford 2-1 Dag & Red
Chester 1-1 Bury
Chesterfield 1-0 Rotherham
Exeter 2-1 Accrington
Gillingham 3-0 Grimsby
Lincoln 2-0 Barnet
Macclesfield 2-1 Luton
Morecambe 1-0 Shrewsbury
Notts Co 1-1 Bournemouth
Port Vale 0-2 Bradford
Rochdale 0-1 Wycombe


Also worthy of mention, a 1-0 defeat to Scotland at the hands of Macedonia.
Can it be Macedonia are a stronger side?

Quite possibly. That was the first competitive fixture between the two teams. I guess statistically you'd call that a 100% record.

Quite possibly. That was the first competitive fixture between the two teams. I guess statistically you'd call that a 100% record.
Now put in the prospect of Scotland? Was it because they attack or defence was weak?

Slightly left of centre for today, there are some World Cup qualifying matches going on this evening, the home games being Northern Ireland v. Czech Republic in Group 3, Russia v. Wales in Group 4, Croatia v. England in Group 6, Montenegro v. Ireland in Group 8, and Iceland v. Scotland in Group 9.

Results from the home nations' qualifying matches:


Northern Ireland 0 - 0 Czech Republic
Russia 2 - 1 Wales
Croatia 1 - 4 England
Montenegro 0 - 0 Republic of Ireland
Iceland 1 - 2 Scotland


Eight matches from the Premier League, eleven from the FLC and Football League One, and twelve from Football League Two today.

Results from August 30:


FLC:
Barnsley 2-0 Derby



It has been brought to my attention that Derby County haven't won a League game in nearly a year. Must be some sort of a record.

2007/2008 season must've been sheer torture for the fans, with only 1 win and a measly 20 goals to cheer.

Speaking of people who haven't won, United lost 2-1 against Liverpool this afternoon. Not a great result. C'est la vie. I'll report on the rest at the end of the day.

Yesterday's results - I have no time now but I'll clean these up later.gg

Premier League
Blackburn 0-4 Arsenal
Fulham 2-1 Bolton
Liverpool 2-1 Man Utd
Man City 1-3 Chelsea
Newcastle 1-2 Hull City
Portsmouth 2-1 Middlesbro
West Brom 3-2 West Ham
Wigan 1-1 Sunderland

FLC
Birmingham 1-0 Doncaster
Blackpool 1-0 Barnsley
C Palace 2-0 Swansea
Cardiff 0-0 Bristol C
Charlton 1-3 Wolves
Coventry 0-0 Preston
Derby 2-1 Sheff Utd
Ipswich 2-0 Reading
Nottm Forest 1-2 Burnley
Plymouth 1-2 Norwich
Sheff Wed 2-0 Watford

FL1
Bristol R 1-3 Walsall
Crewe 2-0 Colchester
Huddersfield 1-2 Tranmere
Leicester 0-1 Millwall
Leyton Orient 0-3 Stockport
Northampton 1-1 Peterborough
Oldham 2-0 MK Dons
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe 2-1 Carlisle
Southend 1-0 Hereford
Swindon 1-3 Leeds
Yeovil 1-1 Brighton

FL2
Accrington 1-1 Notts Co
Barnet 1-1 Morecambe
Bournemouth 0-1 Macclesfield
Bradford 4-1 Exeter
Bury 3-1 Lincoln
Dag & Red 3-0 Chesterfield
Darlington 2-1 Port Vale
Grimsby 1-3 Chester
Luton 3-1 Aldershot
Rotherham 2-2 Rochdale
Shrewsbury 7-0 Gillingham
Wycombe 0-0 Brentford

Yesterday's results - I have no time now but I'll clean these up later.gg

FLC
Birmingham 1-0 Doncaster
Blackpool 1-0 Barnsley
C Palace 2-0 Swansea
Cardiff 0-0 Bristol C
Charlton 1-3 Wolves
Coventry 0-0 Preston
Derby 2-1 Sheff Utd
Ipswich 2-0 Reading
Nottm Forest 1-2 Burnley
Plymouth 1-2 Norwich
Sheff Wed 2-0 Watford



:o  What?! Derby winning...? No way!!  :o Could this be the turning point? :-\\

Indeed. This marks Derby's first victory for 363 days - since September 17 last year.

Forgot to report on yesterday's match - Spurs 1 - 2 Aston Villa.

Yesterday's league results:

Football League Championship
Barnsley 0-1 Cardiff
Bristol C 1-2 Birmingham
Burnley 2-0 Blackpool
Doncaster 0-1 Charlton
Preston 2-1 Nottm Forest
Reading 6-0 Sheff Wed
Sheff Utd 1-1 Coventry
Swansea 1-1 Derby
Watford 1-2 Plymouth
Wolves 2-1 C Palace
Football League One
Cheltenham 2 - 1 Bristol Rovers
Stockport 1 - 1 Northampton Town


And not forgetting, of course, the results from Europe involving the English teams:


Chelsea 4 - 0 Bordeaux
Marseille 1 - 2 Liverpool

Two results from yesterday's Football League Championship:


Norwich 0 - 1 QPR
Southampton 2 - 1 Ipswich


And three results from Europe involving English teams:


Chelsea 0 - 0 Aalborg
Dynamo 1 - 1 Arsenal
Manchester United 0 - 0 Villareal

Five Premiership games, twelve FLC games, twelve FL1 games, and eleven games in League Two today.

With a home match against Wigan today, it is all set for Tottenham Hotspur to lose again.

Saturday's results:

Premier League

Blackburn 1-0 Fulham
Bolton 1-3 Arsenal
Liverpool 0-0 Stoke
Sunderland 2-0 Middlesbro
West Ham 3-1 Newcastle

FLC

Birmingham 0-1 Blackpool
Bristol C 4-1 Doncaster
C Palace 1-2 Plymouth
Coventry 1-0 QPR
Derby 1-1 Cardiff
Norwich 1-0 Sheff Utd
Nottm Forest 0-0 Charlton
Preston 1-3 Wolves
Sheff Wed 0-0 Ipswich
Southampton 0-0 Barnsley
Swansea 1-1 Burnley
Watford 2-2 Reading

FL1

Brighton 0-1 Walsall
Carlisle 0-2 Leeds
Colchester 0-3 MK Dons
Crewe 3-4 Southend
Hartlepool 3-3 Oldham
Hereford 1-2 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe
Huddersfield 3-2 Northampton
Leyton Orient 1-3 Leicester
Millwall 2-0 Cheltenham
Peterborough 2-2 Tranmere
Stockport 1-1 Swindon
Yeovil 2-2 Bristol R

FL2

Aldershot 2-1 Gillingham
Barnet 1-2 Bury
Bradford 1-3 Bournemouth
Brentford 1-1 Lincoln
Darlington 3-0 Accrington
Exeter 2-2 Notts Co
Morecambe 1-1 Grimsby
Port Vale 1-4 Macclesfield
Rochdale 2-1 Chesterfield
Rotherham 1-0 Luton
Wycombe 2-1 Dag & Red

Today's results:

Premier League

Chelsea 1-1  Man Utd
Hull City 2-2  Everton
Man City 6-0  Portsmouth
Tottenham 0-0  Wigan
West Brom 1-2  Aston Villa

FL2

Chester 1-1 Shrewsbury

Today's results:

Premier League

Chelsea 1-1  Man Utd
Hull City 2-2  Everton
Man City 6-0  Portsmouth
Tottenham 0-0  Wigan
West Brom 1-2  Aston Villa

FL2

Chester 1-1 Shrewsbury
Do you mean to say that Tottenham did not lose?

BTW, Portsmouth did

Saturday's results:

FLC

Watford 2-2 Reading



With a goal that wasn't a goal by Reading. Nobody (not the crowd, not any of the Reading players, not the referee) except the linesman saw the ball crossing the line.

With a goal that wasn't a goal by Reading. Nobody (not the crowd, not any of the Reading players, not the referee) except the linesman saw the ball crossing the line.
Did the cameramen noticed?

Latest news in the Reading v. Watford saga:

"Reading boss Steve Coppell says he would not object to replaying Saturday's 2-2 draw with Watford."

Did the cameramen noticed?


See for yourself... You can't tell from this angle.

See for yourself... You can't tell from this angle.
Are there any better camera angles, for at any single match now, there must be over a dozen cameras?

Are there any better camera angles, for at any single match now, there must be over a dozen cameras?


If there are/were, they're not available on YouTube. I'm surprised this link is still alive (all the others have been removed, on behalf of BBC Sport...).

If there are/were, they're not available on YouTube. I'm surprised this link is still alive (all the others have been removed, on behalf of BBC Sport...).
Copyright has taken over now!

Match Of The Day must still be on iPlayer till next Saturday (UK users only)

Yesterday's League Cup results:


Aston Villa 0 - 1 QPR
Blackburn Rovers 1 - 0 Everton
Brighton 2 - 2 Manchester City
Ipswich 1 - 4 Wigan Athletic
Newcastle United 1 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur
Portsmouth 0 - 4 Chelsea

Yesterday's League Cup results:


Aston Villa 0 - 1 QPR
Blackburn Rovers 1 - 0 Everton
Brighton 2 - 2 Manchester City
Ipswich 1 - 4 Wigan Athletic
Newcastle United 1 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur
Portsmouth 0 - 4 Chelsea

I do not believe Spurs won!

Despite Manchester United being in a lowly fifteenth position in the table, if we win our next game we're guaranteed to move up to seventh. It's been six years since we lost at home to Bolton in the league.

Strange little aside: Our 1957/58 record against Bolton reads as follows:

September 14, 1957 LEAGUE Bolton 4 - 0 Manchester United
January 18, 1958 LEAGUE Manchester United 7 - 2 Bolton Wanderers
May 3, 1958 FA CUP Bolton Wanderers 2 - 0 Manchester United

The second of these games took place just two and a half weeks before the Munich Air crash on February 6, 1958.

Arsenal 1 - Hull City 2

The dream start continues - and how! The 'experts' are going to have to finally acknowledge that there is still a place in English football for grit, determination and sheer hard work.

Come on, City!!!

Absolutely. An awesome job - I hadn't even read about it up to this point. That breaks Arsenal's home record stretching back 17 months.

A complete round-up from all four leagues of yesterday's play:

EPL:

Arsenal 1-2 Hull City
Aston Villa 2-1 Sunderland
Everton 0-2 Liverpool
Fulham 1-2 West Ham
Man Utd 2-0 Bolton
Middlesbro 0-1 West Brom
Newcastle 1-2 Blackburn
Stoke 0-2 Chelsea

FLC:

Barnsley 0-0 Norwich
Blackpool 1-1 Coventry
Burnley 3-1 Preston
Cardiff 1-2 Birmingham
Charlton 1-2 Sheff Wed
Doncaster 0-2 Southampton
Ipswich 1-1 C Palace
Plymouth 1-0 Nottm Forest
QPR 0-2 Derby
Reading 4-0 Swansea
Sheff Utd 2-1 Watford
Wolves 2-0 Bristol C

FL1:

Bristol R 0-0 Crewe
Cheltenham 2-2 Stockport
Leeds 1-0 Hereford
Leicester 1-0 Hartlepool
MK Dons 1-2 Peterborough
Northampton 2-2 Brighton
Oldham 1-1 Huddersfield
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe 2-0 Yeovil
Walsall 2-1 Carlisle

FL2:

Bournemouth 3-1 Darlington
Bury 0-0 Wycombe
Chesterfield 0-1 Brentford
Dag & Red 1-1 Rotherham
Gillingham 1-0 Port Vale
Grimsby 0-1 Barnet
Lincoln 1-1 Morecambe
Luton 1-1 Chester
Macclesfield 1-4 Exeter
Notts Co 2-1 Aldershot
Shrewsbury 2-0 Bradford

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Shrewsbury Town continue their awesome record at home, four wins from four, 14 scored, 0 conceded. Two Premiership matches today, one from League One, one from League Two.

Today's results from the top four leagues:

EPL:
Portsmouth 2-0 Tottenham
Wigan 2-1 Man City

FL1:
Swindon 1-2 Millwall

FL2:
Accrington 1-3 Rochdale

^ Yes, you've guessed it, Spurs lost again!

^ Yes, you've guessed it, Spurs lost again!


They're now dead last, with only 2 points from 6 matches. Not all is lost yet, but it's not a good start.



Next week it's Spurs vs Hull. Any bets...? ???

No wins at home v. undefeated away. I don't wanna see Spurs go down, but if they continue in this way.. things will not be good..

They're now dead last, with only 2 points from 6 matches. Not all is lost yet, but it's not a good start.



Next week it's Spurs vs Hull. Any bets...? ???
The same again?

The same again?


Possibly, but I'm expecting a draw (1 - 1, to be exact). Not sure why, it's just a hunch.

Possibly, but I'm expecting a draw (1 - 1, to be exact). Not sure why, it's just a hunch.
Do you know the score at half-time?

Do you know the score at half-time?


The same.


:-\\




???






:o

Hey, you're not placing any bets on this are you?  ::)

The same.


:-\\




???






:o

Hey, you're not placing any bets on this are you?  ::)
It probably has better odds than the lottery?

So what are the mid-week matches this week, if any?

Yesterday's results:

FLC

Bristol C 2-2 Plymouth
Burnley 3-2 Watford
C Palace 1-0 Charlton
Cardiff 2-1 Coventry
Derby 1-1 Birmingham
Doncaster 0-2 Sheff Utd
Ipswich 3-0 Barnsley
Preston 0-2 Swansea
QPR 1-1 Blackpool
Sheff Wed 1-0 Nottm Forest
Southampton 2-0 Norwich
Wolves 0-3 Reading

League One

Colchester 0-1 Leicester

And the two European fixtures featuring English teams:

Aalborg 0-3 Man Utd
Arsenal 4-0 Porto

Two fixtures featuring English teams in Europe tonight, CFR Cluj v. Chelsea and Liverpool v. PSV. PSV are coming off the back of what I can only assume was a rather shaky victory against last season's promoted Eerste Divisie side FC Volendam, a 1-0 victory which saw the first career goal of eighteen-year-old Stijn Wuytens, whose cousin, Jan, plays for Heracles.

Yesterday's results:

And the two European fixtures featuring English teams:

Aalborg 0-3 Man Utd
Arsenal 4-0 Porto
My son was watching both of these matches and walking in and out of the room, for me it became confusing on keeping a mental note on the scores.

A goal for Portsmouth? 2-3 on aggregate, still the second half of extra time to go.

Peter Crouch makes it 2-2 on the night, 2-4 on aggregate.

How many expletives were there made be Joe Kinnear in that interview with media?

Two results from FL1 yesterday:


Hartlepool 3-3 Swindon
Stockport 3-1 Oldham


Four games in the Premiership, twelve in the FLC, the remaining ten in FL1, and twelve in FL2 today. For a one-off insight into what's going on in the lower leagues... in the Vauxhall Conference Blue Square Premier, Crawley Town lead the way, despite finishing a measly fifteenth last season. On the sixth tier, Hayes & Yeading are leading the Blue Square South, Southport are heading the Blue Square North.

As for tier seven, Ilkeston and Hednesford look to be scrapping for top honours in the Unibond Premier Division, while on the same tier, Farnborough lead the Southern Premier Division, having only just been promoted last season from the Southern League First Division South & West. The Isthmian League is being headed by Dover Athletic, who, like Farnborough in the Southern League, were only promoted from the league below, last season.

And that's all the non-league action I have the energy to type out right now!

Yesterday's results:

Blackburn 0-2 Man Utd
Sunderland 1-1 Arsenal
West Brom 1-0 Fulham
Wigan 0-1 Middlesbro

Barnsley 4-1 Doncaster
Birmingham 1-0 QPR
Blackpool 1-1 Cardiff
Charlton 2-1 Ipswich
Coventry 4-1 Southampton
Norwich 1-2 Derby
Nottm Forest 0-2 C Palace
Plymouth 4-0 Sheff Wed
Reading 3-1 Burnley
Sheff Utd 3-0 Bristol C
Swansea 3-1 Wolves
Watford 2-1 Preston

Brighton 3-3 Cheltenham
Carlisle 1-2 Tranmere
Colchester 0-1 Bristol R
Crewe 1-3 Northampton
Hereford 0-0 Walsall
Huddersfield 2-3 Leicester
Leyton Orient 2-2 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe
Millwall 0-4 MK Dons
Peterborough 2-0 Leeds
Yeovil 1-2 Southend

Aldershot 3-3 Bury
Barnet 2-1 Accrington
Bradford 1-1 Luton
Brentford 1-0 Macclesfield
Chester 0-2 Lincoln
Darlington 1-1 Shrewsbury
Exeter 3-0 Gillingham
Morecambe 2-2 Chesterfield
Port Vale 1-2 Notts Co
Rochdale 0-2 Dag & Red
Rotherham 4-1 Grimsby
Wycombe 3-1 Bournemouth

Today's results:

Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
Everton 2-2 Newcastle
Man City 2-3 Liverpool
Portsmouth 2-1 Stoke
Tottenham 0-1 Hull City
West Ham 1-3 Bolton

Today's results:

Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
Everton 2-2 Newcastle
Man City 2-3 Liverpool
Portsmouth 2-1 Stoke
Tottenham 0-1 Hull City
West Ham 1-3 Bolton


On the one hand...Spurs lose again. Sorry Philip.

On the other hand...IanG will be pleased.

And my prediction turned out wrong. I hope nobody placed any bets on it.

On the one hand...Spurs lose again. Sorry Philip.

On the other hand...IanG will be pleased.

And my prediction turned out wrong. I hope nobody placed any bets on it.
Who will be the next manager at Spurs?

UEFA Cup draw:

Group A: Schalke 04, Paris SG, Manchester City, Racing Santander, FC Twente
Group B: Benfica, Olympiakos, Galatasaray, Hertha BSC, Metalist Kharkiv
Group C: Sevilla, VfB Stuttgart, Sampdoria, Partizan Belgrado, Standard Luik
Group D: Tottenham Hotspur, Spartak Moskou, Udinese, Dinamo Zagreb, NEC
Group E: AC Milan, SC Heerenveen, Braga, Portsmouth, VfL Wolfsburg
Group F: Hamburger SV, Ajax, Slavia Praag, Aston Villa, MSK Zilina
Group G: Valencia, Club Brugge, Rosenborg, FC Kopenhagen, Saint-Etienne
Group H: CSKA Moskou, Deportivo la Coruna, Feyenoord, Nancy, Lech Poznan

Tomorrow, England play Kazakhstan at Wembley in a FIFA World Cup European Qualifying Match.

Will Borat be there?

"In Kazakhstan, we all know that football is a nuclear retardation disease, where man grow foot out of testes satchel!"

England win 5-1, rather a flattering scoreline, looked as though it would remain stagnant at 2-1 for a while. In the other home internationals:


Group 3 - Slovenia 2 - 0 Northern Ireland
Group 4 - Wales 2 - 0 Liechtenstein
Group 9 - Scotland 0 - 0 Norway

England win 5-1, rather a flattering scoreline, looked as though it would remain stagnant at 2-1 for a while. In the other home internationals:


Group 3 - Slovenia 2 - 0 Northern Ireland


Well, this doesn't exactly improve the chances of Northern Ireland making the World Cup Final...


Group 9 - Scotland 0 - 0 Norway



Doesn't seem like a good result for either side, but it does help us. ;)

The only Football League match today, from FL1:

Oldham 4-0 Hereford

For the record:

Hull City - West Ham Utd  1 - 0
Stoke City - Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 1

Hull move up to third place, Spurs remain last.

This weekend's results:

EPL:

Saturday:

Arsenal 3 - 1 Everton
Aston Villa 0 - 0 Portsmouth
Bolton 0 - 0 Blackburn
Fulham 0 - 0 Sunderland
Liverpool 3 - 2 Wigan
Man Utd 4 - 0 West Brom
Middlesbro 0 - 5 Chelsea

Sunday:

Hull City 1 - 0 West Ham
Stoke 2 - 1 Tottenham

FLC:

Saturday:

Bristol C 1 - 0 Norwich
Burnley 1 - 1 Birmingham
C Palace 3 - 0 Barnsley
Cardiff 2 - 0 Charlton
Derby 2 - 1 Plymouth
Doncaster 0 - 0 Blackpool
Ipswich 2 - 2 Swansea
Preston 2 - 1 Reading
QPR 2 - 1 Nottm Forest
Southampton 0 - 3 Watford
Wolves 2 - 1 Coventry

Sunday:

Sheff Wed 1 - 0 Sheff Utd

FL1:

Saturday:

Brighton 0 - 0 Hereford
Carlisle 3 - 3 Peterborough
Cheltenham 1 - 2 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe
Crewe 2 - 2 MK Dons
Huddersfield 1 - 1 Bristol R
Leyton Orient 0 - 1 Tranmere
Millwall 3 - 1 Leeds
Northampton 3 - 0 Yeovil
Oldham 1 - 1 Leicester
Southend 2 - 1 Swindon
Stockport 1 - 2 Colchester
Walsall 2 - 3 Hartlepool

FL2:

Monday 13:

Notts Co 1 - 1 Brentford

Saturday 18:

Aldershot 1 - 1 Brentford
Bradford 2 - 2 Gillingham
Dag & Red 1 - 3 Bury
Exeter 0 - 0 Grimsby
Lincoln 3 - 1 Chesterfield
Luton 1 - 2 Accrington
Morecambe 1 - 1 Rochdale
Notts Co 1 - 1 Macclesfield
Rotherham 3 - 4 Barnet
Shrewsbury 4 - 1 Bournemouth
Wycombe 1 - 1 Darlington

Sunday 19:

Chester 1 - 2 Port Vale

Nothing to do with the EPL, but pretty darn groovy nevertheless.

Video of goalkeeper scoring directly from free kick in MLS game

Not sure how long the video will stay up there, mind you.

For the record:

Hull City - West Ham Utd  1 - 0
Stoke City - Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 1

Hull move up to third place, Spurs remain last.
Another phenomenal weekend for Tottenham... ?

Another phenomenal weekend for Tottenham... ?


I wouldn't wanna call it phenomenal.

Memorable, yes, for this is their worst start of a season ever.

I wouldn't wanna call it phenomenal.

Memorable, yes, for this is their worst start of a season ever.
Tottenham manager Juande Ramos is under increasing pressure after his side were beaten 2-1 at Stoke to confirm the club's worst start to a league season.

Spurs have taken two points from eight games and sit bottom of the Premier League, five points adrift of safety.

Yesterday's games:

English Premier
Newcastle 2-2 Man City
Football League Two
Darlington 2-1 Bradford

On the other hand...IanG will be pleased.




IanG is chuffed to bits  :)

On the other hand...IanG will be pleased.




I'm chuffed to bits  :)

London 0 - Hull 4. It's happy hour again!  :D

Yesterday's results:

FL2

Chester 5 - 1 Aldershot

Champions League

Atletico Madrid 1 - 1 Liverpool
Chelsea 1 - 0 Roma

I'm chuffed to bits  :)

London 0 - Hull 4. It's happy hour again!  :D


Now that was before Five Get Over Excited, right...? ::) ;)

Four Premiership games, twelve FLC games, eleven FL1 games and eleven FL2 games.

Some fourth qualifying round FA Cup games, too. Will report on some or all of them as time permits me.

Today's results:

EPL:
Everton 1 - 1 Manchester United
West Brom 0 - 3 Hull City
Sunderland 2 - 1 Newcastle United
Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Middlesbrough
FLC:
Barnsley 0 - 0 Bristol City
Birmingham City 3 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday
Blackpool 2 - 2 Crystal Palace
Charlton 1 - 1 Burnley
Coventry 1 - 1 Derby County
Norwich City 2 - 1 Doncaster Rovers
Nottingham Forest 0 - 1 Cardiff City
Plymouth Argyle 1 - 3 Ipswich Town
Reading 0 - 0 QPR
Sheffield United 1 - 0 Preston North End
Swansea City 3 - 0 Southampton
Watford 2 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
FL1:
Bristol Rovers 4 - 2 Southend United
Colchester United 5 - 0 Carlisle United
Hartlepool United 1 - 0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Hereford United 0 - 1 Stockport County
Leeds United 3 - 0 Walsall
Leicester City 0 - 0 Northampton Town
Milton Keynes Dons 3 - 1 Cheltenham Town
Peterborough United 4 - 0 Huddersfield Town
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United 3 - 2 Millwall
Swindon Town 2 - 0 Oldham Athletic
Yeovil 0 - 0 Leyton Orient
FL2:
Accrington Stanley 0 - 1 Wycombe Wanderers
Barnet 0 - 1 Exeter City
Bournemouth 0 - 1 Lincoln City
Brentford 1 - 1 Shrewsbury Town
Bury 1 - 2 Luton Town
Chesterfield 3 - 1 Notts County
Darlington 3 - 0 Dagenham and Redbridge
Gillingham 2 - 0 Chester City
Macclesfield Town 1 - 2 Rotherham United
Port Vale 2 - 1 Morecambe
Rochdale 3 - 1 Aldershot Town


Slightly left of centre - today's Scottish Cup match between Dalbeattie Star and Selkirk, which finished with the home team 6-0 victors, saw just 90 people travel to Islecroft Stadium.

Today's results:

EPL:
Everton 1 - 1 Manchester United
West Brom 0 - 3 Hull City
Sunderland 2 - 1 Newcastle United
Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Middlesbrough


And yet another win...Will it ever stop for Hull?


Slightly left of centre - today's Scottish Cup match between Dalbeattie Star and Selkirk, which finished with the home team 6-0 victors, saw just 90 people travel to Islecroft Stadium.


Makes you wonder...Was anyone even aware there was a Cup Match?  ??? And just how many of those 90 were from Selkirk?

The footballing business thriving in Kirkcudbright, for sure!

Now that was before Five Get Over Excited, right...? ::) ;)


Yes, yes, very good!  ;D
But not as good as City's results!  :P ;D

Did you hear that Juande Ramos (Tottenham Coach) was clocked doing 169mph on the M1 coming back from Stoke? Apparently he was just so desperate for three points.

Yes, yes, very good!  ;D
But not as good as City's results!  :P ;D



Oh don't get me wrong - I'm rooting for Hull City to remain in Premiership. It must feel like living a dream for you. To think in 2003 you were playing -what? League Division 4? ???

Indeed, back-to-back promotions in 03/04 and 04/05. Hull recovered from fourth-bottom in 06/07 to be promoted in 07/08.

Tottenham Hotspur are set to appoint Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp as their new manager after sacking coach Juande Ramos late on Saturday night.

Spurs have agreed a compensation package of £5m with Portsmouth, according to the 61-year-old Redknapp.

Tottenham also axed sporting director Damien Comolli and first team coaches Gus Poyet and Marcos Alvarez following their worst ever start to a season.

"It's a big opportunity to manage a big club before I retire," said Redknapp.

Liverpool win at Stamford Bridge to end Chelsea's 86-match unbeaten home league run. More news and results later.

The only chance of Tottenham Hotspurs drawing the match is at the kick off.

The only chance of Tottenham Hotspurs drawing the match is at the kick off.


Fasten seatbelts...




















Bolton Wanderers 0 - Tottenham Hotspur 2.



Are my eyes deceiving me, or is that a win? :o

Fasten seatbelts...




















Bolton Wanderers 0 - Tottenham Hotspur 2.



Are my eyes deceiving me, or is that a win? :o
"Glory, Hallelujah!"

Today's results:


Chelsea 0 - 1 Liverpool
Manchester City 3 - 0 Stoke City
Portsmouth 1 - 1 Fulham
Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
West Ham United 0 - 2 Arsenal
Wigan Athletic 0 - 4 Aston Villa

New Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp believes his bottom-of-the-table team are good enough to avoid a relegation battle and climb up the league.

Redknapp was in the dugout as his new side beat Bolton 2-0 at White Hart Lane on Sunday - their first Premier League win of the season.

"I've taken over clubs before where I looked at it and think how do we get out of this one," he said.

"But there is real quality in this group of players here."

The former Portsmouth manager added: "You look through and there are international players.

"You look at the quality and they shouldn't be where they are, but two points in eight games is an amazingly bad start.

"We have to start working as hard as we did today for each other, picking up points, playing as we did - they passed the ball with real quality which I was really impressed with."

Today's games, one match in the Premier League, twelve in the FLC, eleven in FL1, and twelve in FL2.

Portsmouth have called a news conference for 1300 GMT and are expected to unveil current assistant boss Tony Adams as their new manager.

Adams, 42, took charge of the team alongside coach Joe Jordan for Sunday's 1-1 draw with Fulham following Harry Redknapp's departure to Tottenham.

Results from yesterday's matches:

EPL

Newcastle United 2-1 West Brom

FLC

Bristol City 0-0 Sheff Utd
Burnley 1-0 Reading
Crystal Palace 1-2 Nottingham Forest
Cardiff City 2-0 Blackpool
Derby County 3-1 Norwich City
Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Barnsley
Ipswich Town 1-1 Charlton Athletic
Preston North End 2-0 Watford
QPR 1-0 Birmingham City
Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Plymouth Argyle
Southampton 1-1 Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Swansea City

FL1
Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 Leicester City
Carlisle United 0-1 Hartlepool United
Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Peterborough United
Huddersfield Town 0-0 Yeovil Town
Leyton Orient 1-2 MK Dons
Millwall 1-0 Hereford United
Northampton Town P-P Colchester United
Oldham Athletic 3-0 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United
Southend United 1-0 Leeds United
Stockport County 0-0 Tranmere Rovers
Walsall P-P Swindon Town

FL2

Aldershot Town 1-0 Port Vale
Bradford City 1-0 Bury
Chester 3-0 Brentford
Dag & Red 4-0 Grimsby Town
Exeter City 1-6 Chesterfield
Lincoln City 2-0 Gillingham
Luton Town A-A Bournemouth
Morecambe 1-1 Accrington Stanley
Notts County 1-2 Rochdale
Rotherham United 0-1 Darlington
Shrewsbury Town 2-2 Barnet
Wycombe Wanderers A-A Macclesfield Town


Luton's game abandoned after eight minutes due to bad weather. I can't remember the last time a league game was staged between two teams both on negative points.

Wycombe's game abandoned after 23 minutes.

Interesting match tonight, it is the local North London derby, Arsenal v Totenham

And a fascinating match it turned out to be. Yesterday's results:


Arsenal 4-4 Tottenham Hotspur
Aston Villa 3-2 Blackburn
Bolton 0-1 Everton
Fulham 2-0 Wigan
Hull City 0-3 Chelsea
Liverpool 1-0 Portsmouth
Man Utd 2-0 West Ham
Middlesbro 2-0 Man City
Stoke City 1-0 Sunderland


Despite losing their most recent home match, Chelsea are five wins from five away from home in the league this season. The only other team that can boast an unbeaten away record? Hull City.

I'm worried about Hull City that they're going to repeat what Ipswich did between 1999/2000 and 2001/02 - that is, have a single awesome season in the League in the season straight after their promotion, get to Europe, and collapse in the league the following season. Of course, I hope that's not true - currently not one of the teams who were promoted from FL1 last season are currently in the relegation zone.

Today, eight games in the Premier League, ten in the FLC, and twelve each in FL1 and FL2. Wycombe Wanderers, top of FL2, remain undefeated after 13 games at the top of the league.

Round One of the FA Cup is coming up, on November 7, 8, 9 and 10. I will try and review any results, shocks, and surprises day by day. Here is a list of all the non-league teams still in the competition:


Havant & Waterlooville v. Brentford
AFC Hornchurch v. Peterborough United
Carlisle United v. Grays Athletic
Chesterfield v. Mansfield Town
Crewe Alexandra v. Ebbsfleet United
Curzon Ashton v. Exeter
Curzon play at level 8 in the pyramid, Northern Premier League Division One North
Darlington v. Droylesdon
Eastbourne Borough v. Barrow
Eastwood Town v. Brackley Town
Harlow v. Macclesfield Town
Histon v. Swindon Town
Kettering Town v. Lincoln City
Kidderminster Harriers v. Cambridge United
Leicester City v. Stevenage
Leiston v. Fleetwood Town
Oxford United v. Dorchester United
Sutton United v. Notts County
Team Bath v. Forest Green
Likely the two words Team Bath strike fear into any team visiting their ground for an FA Cup fixture - and not just because that may be what happens at the end of the game if they all get a bit drunk.. Bath University's football team, who last season were promoted into the Conference South, got through to the first round proper of the FA Cup, before giving strugglers Mansfield Town a run for their money.

Team Bath were the first university team to attempt to enter the competition for over 120 years.
Telford United v. Southend United
Torquay United v. Evesham United
Evesham were promoted to the Southern League Premier Division at the end of last season.

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Naturally not just these, but all the cup results, will follow as soon as I have my hands on them.

Barclays Premier League
Everton 1 - 0 Fulham
Chelsea 5 - 0 Sunderland
Man Utd 4 - 3 Hull City
Middlesbrough 1 - 1 West Ham
Portsmouth 1 - 2 Wigan
Stoke City 2 - 1 Arsenal
West Brom 2 - 2 Blackburn
Tottenham 2 - 1 Liverpool


Remaining games for this week are :

Bolton V Man City 2 Nov 16:00
Newcastle V Aston Villa 3 Nov 20:00

Indeed. Thank you holicman. Results from the other three leagues:


FLC
Bristol C 1-4 Reading
Burnley 2-0 Norwich
C Palace 1-1 Sheff Wed
Cardiff 1-2 Wolves
Charlton 1-3 Barnsley
Doncaster 0-0 Swansea
Ipswich 2-0 QPR
Preston 2-3 Southampton
Sheff Utd 2-0 Plymouth
Watford 3-4 Blackpool
FL1
Brighton 4-1 Millwall
Cheltenham 0-1 Leeds
Huddersfield 3-2 Crewe
Leicester 2-1 Bristol R
Leyton Orient 1-0 Hartlepool
MK Dons 1-0 Tranmere
Oldham 0-2 Yeovil
Peterborough 2-0 Hereford
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe 3-3 Swindon
Southend 3-3 Colchester
Stockport 3-0 Carlisle
Walsall 3-1 Northampton
FL2
Bournemouth 1-1 Chesterfield
Bradford 3-3 Barnet
Brentford 1-2 Rochdale
Dag & Red 0-0 Accrington
Exeter 2-0 Chester
Grimsby 1-2 Darlington
Lincoln 0-1 Port Vale
Macclesfield 0-1 Gillingham
Morecambe 2-0 Aldershot
Notts Co 0-1 Bury
Rotherham 0-0 Wycombe
Shrewsbury 3-0 Luton

Today, we have one Premier League match and one FLC match. While it's not English football, I have only just noticed that SD2's Alloa Athletic have three wins at home so far this season, but six defeats from six matches away. Abroath's only victory of the season thus far has come facing Alloa at home.

Today's results:

EPL:

Bolton 2 - 0 Manchester City

FLC:

Derby 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest

Aidy Boothroyd has left Watford. Today's results to come.

Today's results:

EPL:
Newcastle United 2 - 0 Aston Villa

FLC:
Birmingham City 0 - 1 Coventry

Tomorrow, Chelsea and Liverpool play in the Champions League.

Liverpool score a last-minute goal against Atletico Madrid, bringing the score to 1-1. Roma v. Chelsea finishes 3-1.

Yesterday's results:


Arsenal 0 - 0 Fenerbahce
Celtic 1 - 1 Manchester United


Today, Aston Villa face Slavia Prague, Tottenham face Dynamo Zagreb, and Manchester City face FC Twente.

Three from three for the British teams in European competition tonight. Villa win 1-0, City win 3-2, Tottenham win 4-0.

Today's FA Cup result, Leeds United 1 - 1 Northampton Town.

Tomorrow, *deep breath* six Premier League matches, eleven Football League Championship fixtures, and thirty-five FA Cup matches.

As usual, all results will be provided at the end of the day.

Stupid Samir Nasri. *mumble* *sulk*

Today's FA Cup results. All league results to follow at the end of the night.


Chester City 0 - 3 Millwall
Accrington Stanley 0 - 0 Tranmere Rovers
Chesterfield 3 - 1 Mansfield
Walsall 1 - 3 Skankthorpe
Walsall had Ishmel Demontagnac sent off in the 79th minute
Bournemouth 1 - 0 Bristol Rovers
Each side finished with ten men
Blyth Spartans 3 - 1 Shrewsbury Town
So, a rubbish campaign for my boys, with Shaun Reay putting Blyth up after 31 seconds
Brighton & Hove Albion 3 - 3 Hartlepool United
Sutton United 0 - 1 Notts County
Torquay 2 - 0 Evesham
Aldershot 1 - 1 Rotherham United
Oxford United 0 - 0 Dorchester Town
Morecambe 2 - 1 Grimsby Town
Bury 0 - 1 Gillingham
Colchester United 0 - 1 Leyton Orient
Huddersfield Town 3 - 4 Port Vale
Huddersfield remain 3 - 1 ahead eleven minutes before time, but three goals in that short period ensure the comeback of the day from Port Vale
Alfreton Town 4 - 2 Bury Town
Crewe Alexandra 1 - 0 Ebbsfleet United
Kidderminster Harriers 1 - 0 Cambridge United
Darlington 0 - 0 Droylesden
MK Dons 1 - 2 Bradford City
Eastwood Town 2 - 1 Brackley Town
Kettering Town 1 - 1 Lincoln City
A goal from the wonderfully-named Exodus Geohaghan replied to just a minute later by Dany N'Guessan
Histon 1 - 0 Swindon Town
Another cup shock. This round is full of 'em!
Barnet 1 - 1 Rochdale
Leiston 0 - 0 Fleetwood Town
Earning Leiston a replay in their debut appearance in the FA Cup first round
Hereford United 0 - 0 Dagenham & Redbridge
AFC Telford United 2 - 2 Southend United
Cheltenham Town 2 - 2 Oldham Athletic
Leicester City 3 - 0 Stevenage
Harlow Town 0 - 2 Macclesfield Town
Carlisle United 1 - 1 Grays Athletic
Luton Town 0 - 0 Altrincham
Eastbourne Borough 0 - 0 Barrow
Yeovil Town 1 - 1 Stockport County
Curzon Ashton 3 - 2 Exeter City
Curzon in fact went 3 - 0 up before Exeter got two goals in the last six minutes of the game.

Yesterday's league results:

EPL

Arsenal 2-1 Man Utd
Hull City 0-1 Bolton
Liverpool 3-0 West Brom
Sunderland 1-2 Portsmouth
West Ham 1-3 Everton
Wigan 0-0 Stoke

FLC

Barnsley 1-2 Sheff Utd
Blackpool 0-1 Ipswich
Coventry 0-2 C Palace
Norwich 2-2 Preston
Nottm Forest 1-1 Birmingham
Plymouth 2-2 Charlton
QPR 1-0 Cardiff
Reading 3-0 Derby
Sheff Wed 1-0 Doncaster
Southampton 0-1 Bristol C
Wolves 2-0 Burnley

Today's results:

Premier League

Blackburn 0 - 2 Chelsea
Aston Villa 1 - 2 Middlesborough
Man City 1 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur
Fulham 2 - 1 Newcastle United


FLC

Swansea 3 - 1 Watford


FA Cup

Havant & Waterlooville 1 - 3 Brentford
Hornchurch 0 - 1 Peterborough United
Team Bath 0 - 1 Forest Green Rovers

Today's results:

Premier League

Blackburn 0 - 2 Chelsea
Aston Villa 1 - 2 Middlesborough
Man City 1 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur
Fulham 2 - 1 Newcastle United


FLC

Swansea 3 - 1 Watford


FA Cup

Havant & Waterlooville 1 - 3 Brentford
Hornchurch 0 - 1 Peterborough United
Team Bath 0 - 1 Forest Green Rovers

Spurs winning away, looks like the right formula has been found.

One FA Cup match today. Tomorrow, an FL1 match, and five League Cup matches.

Full time in today's FA Cup match, Wimbledon 1-4 Wycombe, a hat trick by Matt Harrold sealing the match for the away team.

Today, we have one FL1 match, and five Carling Cup Round Four matches.

Today's Carling Cup results:


Arsenal 3 - 0 Wigan Athletic
Two goals from Jay Simpson, one from Carlos Vela, as Arsenal's youngsters, including some guys who even I haven't heard of, overcome Wigan.
Derby County 2 - 1 Leeds United
Swansea City 0 - 1 Watford
Manchester United 1 - 0 QPR
Stoke City 2 - 0 Rotherham United

37-year-old Andy Cole announces his retirement from football. Nottingham-born Cole has 15 full England caps, but for me his finest moment is and always will be his five goals against Ipswich Town on Saturday March 4, 1995.

Spurs play Liverpool in the Carling Cup tonight. So be an interesting contest.

Yesterday's League Cup results:

Chelsea 1-1 Burnley (Burnley win 5 - 4 on penalties)
Sunderland 1-2 Blackburn
Tottenham 4-2 Liverpool

Today's FA Cup result:

Tranmere 1-0 Accrington

What is all this about Didier Drogba?

Dogbra faces police and FA probes after throwing a coin into the crowd.

Dogbra faces police and FA probes after throwing a coin into the crowd.


So they're not going after the idiot who threw the coin in the first place.  >:(

I remember some goalie having to go off because his head was bleeding after someone threw a coin at him. 

Yesterday's results:

Football League One
Bristol Rovers 1-2 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe

Football League Two
Chesterfield 2-2 Shrewsbury

Today's games, five in the Premier League, eleven in the FLC, eleven in FL1, and eleven in FL2. Tomorrow, two in the Premier League, and one in the FLC.

So they're not going after the idiot who threw the coin in the first place.  >:(

I remember some goalie having to go off because his head was bleeding after someone threw a coin at him. 
Some coins can be sharpened, which makes it worse for the players on the field.

Today's results are all in:

Premier League

Bolton Wanderers 0 - 2 Liverpool
Arsenal 0 - 2 Aston Villa
Fulham 2 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur
Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 Sunderland
Manchester United 5 - 0 Stoke City
Newcastle United 2 - 2 Wigan Athletic
West Ham 0 - 0 Portsmouth
West Bromwich Albion 0 - 3 Chelsea

FLC

Barnsley 2 - 1 Watford
Birmingham City 3 - 2 Charlton Athletic
Bristol City 2 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Cardiff City 2 - 1 Crystal Palace
Coventry City 0 - 1 Plymouth Argyle
Derby County 3 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday
Norwich City 2 - 3 Swansea City
QPR 1 - 2 Burnley
Sheffield United 0 - 2 Reading
Southampton 1 - 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Doncaster Rovers 1 - 0 Ipswich Town

FL1

Leeds United 1 - 2 Huddersfield Town
Millwall 1 - 0 Stockport County
Northampton Town 0 - 1 Oldham Athletic
Swindon Town 2 - 2 Leicester City
Tranmere Rovers 2 - 2 Southend United
Yeovil Town 0 - 1 Peterborough United
Carlisle United 3 -1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Colchester United 0 - 2 Walsall
Crewe Alexandra 0 - 2 Leyton Orient
Hartlepool United 1 - 3 MK Dons
Hereford United 3 - 0 Cheltenham

FL2

Accrington Stanley 3 - 0 Bournemouth
Aldershot 1 - 0 Exeter
Barnet 0 - 4 Notts County
A first-half hat-trick from Jonathan Forte
Bury 0 - 2 Grimsby Town
Chester City 1 - 2 Morecambe
Darlington 2 - 0 Lincoln City
Gillingham 4 - 0 Rotherham United
Luton Town 2 - 1 Dagenham & Redbridge
Port Vale 0 - 3 Brentford
Rochdale 1 - 1 Macclesfield Town
Wycombe Wanderers 1 - 0 Bradford City


Therefore, at the end of today's games, Chelsea lead the Premiership, with each of the top three teams following right behind them. It's an all Midlands affair in the Championship as Wolves and Birmingham lead the table, S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe lead FL1, and Darlington lead FL2.

Today's results:

EPL

Everton 1-1  Middlesbro
Hull City 2-2  Man City

FLC

Blackpool 1-3  Preston

Tomorrow, one FA Cup match. The rest of the FA Cup first-round replays are taking place on Tuesday on which date there are also some Under-21 International matches, one featuring England and one Scotland v. Northern Ireland.

Yesterday's FA Cup match finished Northampton 2 - 5 Leeds. Fourteen FA Cup matches today.

Yesterday's FA Cup results:


Altrincham 0-0 Luton
Barrow 4-0 Eastbourne
Dag & Red 2-1 Hereford
Dorchester 1-3 Oxford
Droylsden 1-0 Darlington
Fleetwood Town 2-0 Leiston
Hartlepool 2-1 Brighton
Lincoln 1-2 Kettering
Oldham 0-1 Cheltenham
Rochdale 3-2 Barnet
Rotherham 0-3 Aldershot
Southend 2-0 Telford
Stockport 5-0 Yeovil


Upcoming fixtures: two league games on Friday. And how about some non-league action for a change? So long as I find the results, some FA Trophy matches taking place on Saturday. A diversion now, some non-league focus:

While their recent FA Cup journey may have come as a surprise to some, Histon have somehow managed to crawl up the Football Conference table this season, currently sitting in second place, behind only Torquay United. They did however reach Round 2 of the competition in two consecutive seasons earlier this decade, 2004-05 and 2005-06, in the former of these seasons, they were still in the Southern Premier Division - they exited only at the hands of a 90th minute goal by Nuneaton Borough player, the considerably nomadic Neill Moore.

In the same season, 2004-05, they reached Round 2 of the FA Trophy, again losing narrowly, 3-2, to Exeter.

Tonight's scores from the home internationals:


Germany 1 - 2 England
Ireland 2 - 3 Poland
Scotland 0 - 1 Argentina
Denmark 0 - 1 Wales

Tonight's scores from the home internationals:


Germany 1 - 2 England
Ireland 2 - 3 Poland
Scotland 0 - 1 Argentina
Denmark 0 - 1 Wales



Ah we're beating Portugal tonight for sure too 8)

Tonight's scores from the home internationals:



Scotland 0 - 1 Argentina


Butcher 0 - 1 Maradonna

Ah we're beating Portugal tonight for sure too 8)


We did more than beat em. It was a bloodbath :D
Brazil 6 - 2 Portugal

Today, we have seven Premiership fixtures, eleven FLC fixtures, twelve FL1 fixtures and eleven FL2 fixtures.

Also today, thirty-seven FA Trophy matches. Tomorrow sees three more, including Team Bath and FC United of Manchester at home. Picks of today's play, Chasetown v. Ilkeston and Team Bath v. Windsor & Eton F.C. - that's Level 7 in the pyramid v. Level 8. Quite worryingly, the soccer team is only the second best thing about Windsor and Eton - the best being the local railway station. :D

Anyway, results as soon as I get my paws on them.

Today's results:

Premier League

Chelsea 0 - 0 Newcastle United
Liverpool 0 - 0 Fulham
Manchester City 3 - 0 Arsenal
Middlesbrough 1 - 3 Bolton Wanderers
Portsmouth 2 - 2 Hull City
Stoke City 1 - 0 West Brom
Aston Villa 0 - 0 Manchester United

Football League Championship
Plymouth Argyle 2 - 1 Cardiff City
Burnley 0 - 0 Doncaster Rovers
Charlton Athletic 2 - 5 Sheffield United
Crystal Palace 4 - 2 Bristol City
Ipswich Town 2 - 0 Derby County
Preston North End 2 - 1 Barnsley
Reading 1 - 2 Southampton
Sheffield Wednesday 0 - 1 Coventry City
Watford 3 - 0 QPR
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 0 Blackpool
Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 Norwich City

Football League One

Brighton & Hove Albion 0 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Bristol Rovers 2 - 2 Swindon Town
Carlisle United 1 - 0 Cheltenham Town
Crewe Alexandra 0 - 3 Stockport County
Hereford United 0 - 2 Northampton Town
Leeds United 4 - 1 Hartlepool United
Leyton Orient 0 - 0 Millwall
Peterborough United 2 - 1 Colchester United
Skankthorpe United 1 - 2 Leicester City
Southend United 1 - 2 Oldham Athletic
Walsall 0 - 3 MK Dons
Yeovil Town 1 - 0 Tranmere Rovers

Football League Two

Barnet 1 - 3 Macclesfield Town
Brentford 1 - 1 Darlington
Bury 4 - 0 Gillingham
Chester City 0 - 1 Aldershot
Chesterfield 1 - 1 Accrington Stanley
Dagenham & Redbridge 6 - 1 Notts County
Lincoln City 0 - 0 Shrewsbury Town
Morecambe 1 - 1 Exeter City
Rochdale 2 - 0 Luton Town
Rotherham United 0 - 2 Bradford City
Wycombe Wanderers 4 - 2 Port Vale

FA Trophy

Andover 0 - 3 Newport Co.
Basingstoke 1 - 0 Thurrock
Bath City 5 - 1 East Thurrock
Bishop's St. 0 - 0 Tiverton
Blyth Sptns 3 - 4 Alfreton
Braintree 1 - 1 Farnborough
Cambridge C 1 - 0 Hastings Utd
Chasetown 1 - 2 Ilkeston
Cray Wanderers 0 - 3 Brackley
Eastleigh 0 - 2 Bashley
Farsley 2 - 0 Droylsden
Gainsborough 0 - 2 Telford United
Gateshead 0 - 2 Harrogate Town
Glapwell 0 - 1 Skelmersdale
Hampton & Richmond Borough 1 - 2 Bury Town
Hayes & Yeading 4 - 1 Chelmsford
Hemel 5 - 1 Heybridge
Hinckley Utd 1 - 2 Burscough
Hyde 1 - 1 Hednesford
King's Lynn 3 - 2 Stafford
Maidenhead 2 - 4 Chesham
Ossett Town 3 - 1 Fleetwood Town
Ramsgate 0 - 2 Bognor Regis
Redditch 1 - 1 Cammel Laird
Solihull Moors 1 - 2 Durham City
St Albans 0 - 0 Dartford
Stourbridge 3 - 2 Hucknall
Swindon Supermarine 1 - 0 Bromley
Tamworth 0 - 1 Workington
Uxbridge 2 - 1 Dorchester
Vauxhall M 0 - 0 Southport
Warrington 0 - 1 Nantwich Town
Welling 1 - 1 AFC Totton
Weston super-Mare 1 - 2 AFC Sudbury
Wingate & Finchley 1 - 1 Sutton Utd
Worcester 1 - 3 Wimbledon

Yesterday's results:

EPL

Sunderland 0-1  West Ham
Tottenham 1-0  Blackburn

FA Trophy

Fisher 0-2  Havant & Waterlooville
Team Bath 2-1  Windsor & Eton

That's Team Bath's first victory in four matches - and against a fellow University side. All of their last five games have been at their home ground, Tiverton Park, which they share with Conference South side Bath City.

On a slight tangent, I don't suppose any of you have been following the story of Bundesliga side TSG Hoffenheim? Just nine seasons ago the team were in the fifth tier of the German league, and as of week 9 in the Bundesliga they're in first place in the league, three points clear of Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen.

One can only hope they keep this form up approaching and after Christmas...

Yesterday's results:

English Premier
Wigan 1-0 Everton

Football League Championship
Barnsley 3-2 Burnley

Tonight's results:

Champions League

Villareal 0 - 0 Manchester United
Arsenal 1 - 0 Dinamo Kyev

FLC

Birmingham 2 - 1  Ipswich
Blackpool 0 - 2 Sheff Wed
Bristol City 1 - 1 Watford
Cardiff City 2 - 2 Reading
Coventry City 1 - 1 Swansea City
Derby County 2 - 2 Preston North End
Doncaster Rovers 0 - 0 Nottingham Forest
Norwich City 1 - 2 Crystal Palace
QPR 2 - 1 Charlton Athletic
Sheffield United 1 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Southampton 0 - 0 Plymouth Argyle

FL1

Cheltenham 0 - 0 Southend United
Colchester United 1 - 0 Yeovil Town
Hartlepool United 1 - 1 Bristol Rovers
Huddersfield Town 0 - 1 Leyton Orient
Leicester City 2 - 1 Crewe Alexandra
Millwall 1 - 0 Carlisle United
MK Dons 3 - 0 Hereford United
Northampton Town 2 - 1 Leeds United
Oldham Athletic 3 - 2 Walsall
Stockport County 2 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion
Swindon Town 2 - 2 Peterborough United
Tranmere Rovers 2 - 0 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United

FL2

Bournemouth 0 - Morecambe
Aldershot Town 2 - 0 Lincoln City
Bradford City 3 - 2 Chesterfield
Darlington 1 - 2 Chester City
Exeter City 1 - 1 Rotherham United
Gillingham 1 - 1 Rochdale
Luton Town 0 - 1 Brentford
Macclesfield Town 1 - 0 Grimsby Town
Notts County 0 - 2 Wycombe Wanderers
Port Vale 0 - 0 Barnet
Shrewsbury Town 2 - 1 Dagenham & Redbridge

Tonight's results involving English teams:

UEFA Cup

Schalke 0 - 2 Man City
NEC 0 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur
Portsmouth 2 - 2 AC Milan
All goals scored in the second half. Portsmouth score the first two goals, with Milan's goals coming in minute 84 and 90.

Tonight's FA Cup results:

Barrow 2-1 Brentford
Port Vale 1-3 Macclesfield Town

Tomorrow, we have five Premiership games, ten Championship games, two FL1 games, one FL2 game, and sixteen FA Cup second round games. We also have the final remaining FA Cup Round One replay, between Carlisle and Grays Athletic, with the winner facing Crewe Alexandra, currently bottom of FL1.

Tonight's results:

English Premier League

Aston Villa 0 - 0 Fulham
Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Newcastle United
Stoke City 1 - 1 Hull City
Sunderland 1 - 4 Bolton Wanderers
Wigan Athletic 2 - 1 West Bromwich Albion

English League Championship

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 1 Birmingham City
Burnley 3 - 0 Derby County
Charlton Athletic 0 - 0 Southampton
Crystal Palace 0 - 0 QPR
Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Barnsley
Plymouth Argyle 1 - 2 Blackpool
Sheffield Wednesday 3 - 2 Norwich City
Watford 1 - 1 Doncaster Rovers
Preston North End 2 - 0 Bristol City

Football League One

Northampton Town 1 - 2 Colchester United
Walsall 2 - 1 Swindon Town

Football League Two

Accrington Stanley 1 - 2 Bury

FA Cup

Bournemouth 0-0 Blyth Spartans
Bradford City 1-2 Leyton Orient
Chesterfield A-A Droylsden
Abandoned at half time because of excess fog
Eastwood Town 2-0 Wycombe Wanderers
Fleetwood Town 2-3 Hartlepool United
Forest Green Rovers 2-0 Rochdale
Gillingham 0-0 Stockport County
Grays Athletic 0-2 Carlisle United
Kidderminster Harriers 2-0 Curzon Ashton
Leicester City 3-2 Dag & Red
Millwall 3-0 Aldershot Town
Morecambe A-A Cheltenham Town
Abandoned at 64 minutes because of excess fog
Peterborough United 0-0 Tranmere Rovers
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United 4-0 Alfreton Town
Southend United 3-1 Luton Town
Torquay United 2-0 Oxford United

Third round draw for the FA Cup has just been made. Some second round matches still to be played, some second round matches to be replayed.


Portsmouth v Bristol
Sheff Wed v. Fulham
Preston North End v. Liverpool
Birmingham City v. Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Ham United v. Barnsley
Middlesbrough v. Barrow
Hull City v. Newcastle United
Hartlepool United v. Stoke City
Chelsea v. Southend United
Manchester City v. Nottingham Forest
Cardiff City v. Reading
Ipswich Town v. Chesterfield or Droylesden
Charlton Athletic v. Norwich City
West Bromwich Albion v. Peterborough United or Tranmere Rovers
Torquay United v. Blackpool
Leyton Orient v. Sheffield United
Southampton v. Manchester United
Millwall v. Carlisle or Crewe Alexandra
Histon v. Swansea City
Forest Green Rovers v. Derby County
Queens Park Rangers v. Burnley
Leicester City v. Crystal Palace
Tottenham Hotspur v. Wigan Athletic
Morecambe or Cheltenham Town v. Doncaster Rovers
Arsenal v. Plymouth Argyle
Notts County or Kettering v. Eastwood Town
Bournemouth or Blyth Spartans v. Blackburn Rovers
Macclesfield Town v. Everton
Watford v. S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United
Sunderland v. Bolton Wanderers
Coventry City v. Kidderminster Harriers
Gillingham or Stockport County v. Aston Villa

Sunderland 1 - 4 Bolton Wanderers



Michael won't be a happy camper... :(

Today's results:

EPL:

Chelsea 1-2 Arsenal
Man City 0-1 Man Utd
Portsmouth 3-2 Blackburn Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Everton

FLC:

Swansea City 2 - 2 Cardiff City

FA Cup:

Histon 1-0 Leeds United
Notts County 1-1 Kettering Town

Tomorrow, one Premier League game.

Tonight's results:

Premier League

Liverpool 0 - 0 West Ham United

FLC

Reading 3 - 1 Coventry City

Arsenal made my weekend with that win. And Liverpool drew too. Everything just got a lot tighter at the top in two day. Man Utd. is 6 back with an extra game to make up against Fulham.

Yesterday's results:
FA Cup

Carlisle United 0 - 2 Crewe Alexandra

Carling Cup

Watford 1 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester United 5 - 3 Blackburn Rovers
Four goals from Carlos Tevez.


No league or cup matches today.

Roy Keane has resigned as Sunderland manager after five defeats in the last six games.

Michael won't be a happy camper... :(


I'm not, and it was like being strapped to a chair in a dark room and having every single one of my nails forcably removed, one by one, while Celine Dion's Greatest Hits was playing in the background. Not good, then


Roy Keane has resigned as Sunderland manager after five defeats in the last six games.


Gutted tbh  :(

Roy Keane has resigned as Sunderland manager after five defeats in the last six games.
One claim to fame, his team did beat Spurs just before the resurgence.

Yesterday's UK results:


UEFA Cup Group E: Vfl Wolfsburg 3 - 2 Portsmouth
UEFA Cup Group F: Aston Villa 1 - 2 MSK Zilina

Tonight's English results:

Premier League

Fulham 1 - 1 Manchester City
Arsenal 1 - 0 Wigan Athletic
Blackburn Rovers 1 - 3 Liverpool
Bolton Wanderers 0 - 2 Chelsea
Hull City 2 - 1 Middlesbrough
Newcastle United 2 - 2 Stoke City
Manchester United 1 - 0 Sunderland

Football League Championship

Barnsley 0 - 1 Reading
Birmingham City 3 - 2 Watford
Blackpool 2 - 0 Charlton Athletic
Bristol City 0 - 0 Swansea City
Cardiff City 2 - 0 Preston North End
Coventry City 2 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Derby County 1 - 2 Crystal Palace
Doncaster Rovers 1 - 0 Plymouth Argyle
Sheffield United 2 - 3 Burnley
Southampton 1 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday
Queens Park Rangers 1 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Football League One

Cheltenham Town 1-0 Crewe Alexandra
Colchester United 1-2 Hereford United
Hartlepool United 0-0 Yeovil Town
Huddersfield Town 2-1 Walsall
Leicester City 3-0 Southend United
A hat trick from Matt Fryatt
MK Dons 0-2 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United
Millwall 3-2 Bristol Rovers
Northampton Town 1-1 Leyton Orient
Oldham Athletic 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Stockport County 1-3 Peterborough United
Swindon Town 1-1 Carlisle United
Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Leeds United

Football League Two

Accrington Stanley P-P Brentford
Aldershot Town 3-2 Wycombe Wanderers
Bournemouth 1-0 Chester City
Bradford City 1-1 Dagenham & Redbridge
Darlington P-P Rochdale
Exeter City 2-1 Lincoln City
Gillingham 2-1 Chesterfield
Luton Town 3-1 Barnet
Macclesfield Town 1-1 Bury
Notts County 1-0 Morecambe
Port Vale 2-1 Grimsby Town
Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Rotherham United
Rotherham finished the game with just nine men

Burnley will get the chance to take another Premier League scalp in the Carling Cup after being drawn against holders Tottenham in the semi-finals.

The Championship club have beaten Fulham, Chelsea and Arsenal, and will hope to claim another scalp at Turf Moor in the second leg.

In the other semi-final, fellow Championship side Derby face Premier League champions Manchester United.

The matches will be played in the weeks beginning 5 and 19 January 2009.

Derby knocked out Premier League side Stoke in the quarter-finals while United beat Blackburn 5-3.

The final takes place at Wembley on Sunday, 1 March.

I was at a concert yesterday and I completely forgot to update this thread.

Yesterday's scores:

EPL

West Brom 1 - 1 Portsmouth
Everton 2 - 3 Aston Villa

FLC

Norwich City 2 - 0 Ipswich Town

Big match for Harry Redknapp, he takes his new Tottenham charges to West Ham, hoping they will retain a 100% record for him.

Tonight's games:

EPL

West Ham United 0 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur

FLC

Crystal Palace 3 - 0 Southampton


Tomorrow, we have some European action, Chelsea v. Cluj in Group A, PSV v. Liverpool in Group D.

Domestically, we have nine Football League Championship matches, one FA Cup match, and two FA Cup Replays.

Not exceptionally on-topic, but rather depressive news — former Rapid Bucharest striker Ibrahim Dossey, who won a silver medal with Ghana at the 1992 Olympic soccer tournament alongside such players as former Coventry City striker Nii Lamptey and former Stoke City player Mohammad Gargo, has passed away.

Yesterday's results

Champions League
Group A

Chelsea 2 - 1 CFR Cluj

Group D

PSV 1 - 3 Liverpool

FLC

Charlton Athletic 1 - 2 Coventry City
Nottingham Forest 0 - 1 Sheffield United
Plymouth Argyle 0 - 1 Birmingham City
Preton North End 1 - 0 Doncaster Rovers
Reading 1 - 0 Blackpool
Swansea City 2 - 2 Barnsley
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 - 0 Derby County

FA Cup - second round replays

Chesterfield 2 - 2 Droylesden
Stockport County 1 - 2 Gillingham
Tranmere Rovers 1 - 2 Peterborough United

Tonight's UK-based results:

Champions League

Manchester United 2 - 2 AaB
FC Porto 2 - 0 Arsenal

Football League Championship

Ipswich Town 3 - 1 Bristol City
Watford 2 - 1 Norwich City

FA Cup Round 2 replay

Kettering Town 2 - 1 Notts County


On Friday, we have one League One match and two League Two matches.

Busy over the weekend, was unable to update thread, I apologize.

Friday's results:

League One

Brighton 2 - 4 MK Dons

League Two

Chesterfield 2 - 4 Macclesfield Town
Lincoln City 5 - 1 Accrington Stanley


Saturday's results:

Premier League

Aston Villa 4 - 2 Bolton Wanderers
Liverpool 2 - 2 Hull City
Manchester City 0 - 1 Everton
Middlesborough 1 - 1 Arsenal
Stoke City 0 - 0 Fulham
Sunderland 4 - 0 West Bromwich Albion
Tottenham Hotspur 0 - 0 Manchester United
Wigan Athletic 3 - 0 Blackburn Rovers

FLC

Burnley 3 - 2 Southampton
Crystal Palace 2 - 1 Doncaster Rovers
Ipswich Town 1 - 2 Cardiff City
Nottingham Forest 0 - 0 Blackpool
Plymouth Argyle 1 - 1 QPR
Preston North End 1 - 0 Birmingham City
Reading 2 - 0 Norwich City
Sheffield Wednesday 0 - 0 Bristol City
Swansea City 1 - 1 Sheffield United
Watford 2 - 1 Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 0 Barnsley

League One

Bristol Rovers 2 - 0 Tranmere Rovers
Carlisle United 1 - 2 Leicester City
Crewe Alexandra 1 - 0 Swindon Town
Hereford United 1 - 1 Hartlepool United
Leeds United 1 - 2 Colchester United
Leyton Orient 1 - 2 Cheltenham Town
Peterborough United 2 - 2 Oldham Athletic
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United 4 - 4 Northampton Town
Southend United 0 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Walsall 1 - 2 Millwall
Yeovil 2 - 4 Stockport County

League Two

Barnet 2 - 2 Gillingham
Brentford 2 - 1 Bradford City
Bury 3 - 0 Port Vale
Chester City 2 - 0 Notts County
Dagenham & Redbridge A - A Exeter City
Grimsby Town 1 - 0 Shrewsbury Town
Morecambe 1 - 0 Darlington
Rochdale 1 - 1 Bournemouth
Wycombe Wanderers 0 - 0 Luton Town

FA Trophy - Saturday's matches only

AFC Sudbury 0 - 2 Oxford
Altrincham 1 - 4 Southport
Barrow 2 - 1 Skelmersdale
Boston United 1 - 2 Telford United
Cambridge City 1 - 4 Kettering Town
Durham City 2 - 0 Harrogate Town
Forest Green Rovers 5 - 1 Hemel Hempstead
Histon 2 - 3 Cambridge United
Newport County 1 - 1 Rushden and Diamonds
Stevenage Borough 4 - 1 St. Albans
Team Bath 1 - 2 Lewes
Torquay United 2 - 0 Bath City
Uxbridge 2 - 1 AFC Wimbledon
Workington 4 - 3 Kings Lynn
Wrexham 2 - 1 Mansfield Town


Sunday's results:

EPL

Chelsea 1 - 1 West Ham United
Portsmouth 0 - 3 Newcastle United