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Subject: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 07/14/08 at 7:37 am

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 07/14/08 at 8:11 am

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 07/14/08 at 4:14 pm

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).

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 07/14/08 at 4:48 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 07/24/08 at 8:47 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/08 at 6:28 am

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/08/08 at 9:39 am

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/08/08 at 4:12 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/10/08 at 12:21 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/08 at 12:39 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/10/08 at 9:16 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/12/08 at 7:23 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/12/08 at 10:00 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/13/08 at 4:00 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/14/08 at 7:20 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/15/08 at 7:25 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/08 at 6:25 am

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 08/16/08 at 12:31 pm


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.  :)


Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/17/08 at 3:29 pm

Today's Premiership results:


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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/18/08 at 4:06 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/08 at 1:13 pm


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!

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/19/08 at 3:13 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/08 at 4:17 pm


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?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/19/08 at 7:24 pm

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!

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 08/20/08 at 3:48 pm


Which team does Dak support, Newcastle or Sunderland?


Sunderland, all the way. Definitely NOT those Magpies.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/20/08 at 6:28 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/20/08 at 6:35 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/23/08 at 4:41 pm


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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/26/08 at 5:59 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/30/08 at 8:03 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/30/08 at 8:05 pm

UEFA Cup results, August 28:


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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/30/08 at 8:14 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/08 at 3:36 am

Spurs has the chance of losing against Chelsea today.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/31/08 at 10:11 am

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

More news this evening when all results are through.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/08 at 11:01 am


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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 08/31/08 at 1:06 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/08 at 12:25 pm


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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/08 at 1:08 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/06/08 at 7:06 am

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


Football League One
Hereford 1 - 1 Swindon Report

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/08 at 8:51 am

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)

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 09/06/08 at 9:56 am


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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/08 at 10:02 am


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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 09/06/08 at 10:03 am


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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/06/08 at 11:25 am

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/06/08 at 11:32 am

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/08 at 11:39 am


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?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/06/08 at 6:44 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/08 at 5:03 am


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?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/09/08 at 8:39 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/13/08 at 12:07 am

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 09/13/08 at 8:27 am


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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/13/08 at 11:06 am

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/13/08 at 11:32 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 09/14/08 at 12:47 am


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? :-\\

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/14/08 at 6:04 am

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/15/08 at 10:41 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/16/08 at 6:58 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/17/08 at 7:07 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/19/08 at 11:43 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/08 at 2:37 am

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/21/08 at 3:29 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/21/08 at 3:30 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/08 at 3:32 pm


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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 09/22/08 at 12:21 am


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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/08 at 5:16 am


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?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/22/08 at 7:23 am

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."

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 09/22/08 at 1:57 pm


Did the cameramen noticed?


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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/08 at 3:20 pm


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?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 09/22/08 at 3:37 pm


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...).

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/08 at 3:39 pm


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)

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/24/08 at 8:09 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/25/08 at 6:27 am


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!

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/25/08 at 10:04 am

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: IanG on 09/27/08 at 5:30 pm

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!!!

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/27/08 at 11:14 pm

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

----

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/28/08 at 3:26 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/08 at 3:35 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 09/28/08 at 3:51 pm


^ 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...? ???

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/28/08 at 7:05 pm

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..

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/08 at 12:37 pm


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?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 09/29/08 at 1:06 pm


The same again?


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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/08 at 1:07 pm


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?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 09/29/08 at 1:13 pm


Do you know the score at half-time?


The same.


:-\\




???






:o

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/08 at 1:15 pm


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?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/30/08 at 9:54 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 09/30/08 at 10:03 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/08 at 2:27 am


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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/02/08 at 5:50 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/02/08 at 5:59 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/08 at 1:17 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/03/08 at 9:10 pm

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!

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/05/08 at 3:59 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/05/08 at 4:02 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 10/05/08 at 4:37 pm


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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/08 at 2:38 am


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?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 10/08/08 at 12:19 am

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/08 at 1:01 am

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

Will Borat be there?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/10/08 at 8:01 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/11/08 at 8:33 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 10/12/08 at 12:47 am


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. ;)

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/12/08 at 4:00 pm

The only Football League match today, from FL1:

Oldham 4-0 Hereford

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 10/19/08 at 3:33 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/19/08 at 3:41 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/19/08 at 6:36 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/08 at 3:38 am


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... ?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 10/20/08 at 9:45 am


Another phenomenal weekend for Tottenham... ?


I wouldn't wanna call it phenomenal.

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/08 at 10:50 am


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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/20/08 at 10:28 pm

Yesterday's games:

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: IanG01 on 10/21/08 at 3:10 pm




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




IanG is chuffed to bits  :)

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: IanG on 10/21/08 at 3:13 pm




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




I'm chuffed to bits  :)

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/22/08 at 9:29 pm

Yesterday's results:

FL2

Chester 5 - 1 Aldershot

Champions League

Atletico Madrid 1 - 1 Liverpool
Chelsea 1 - 0 Roma

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 10/23/08 at 5:10 pm


I'm chuffed to bits  :)

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


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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/25/08 at 12:08 am

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/25/08 at 1:55 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 10/25/08 at 2:26 pm


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?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/25/08 at 2:39 pm

The footballing business thriving in Kirkcudbright, for sure!

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: IanG on 10/25/08 at 3:06 pm


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


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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/08 at 3:23 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 10/25/08 at 3:32 pm


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? ???

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/25/08 at 3:48 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/08 at 2:32 am

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/26/08 at 10:28 am

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/08 at 10:32 am

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 10/26/08 at 12:20 pm


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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/08 at 12:28 pm


Fasten seatbelts...




















Bolton Wanderers 0 - Tottenham Hotspur 2.



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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/26/08 at 2:16 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/08 at 2:55 am

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."

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/27/08 at 10:36 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/08 at 6:20 am

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/28/08 at 9:23 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/08 at 3:51 am

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 10/29/08 at 7:57 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/01/08 at 12:36 am

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.

----

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: holicman on 11/01/08 at 6:17 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/01/08 at 6:50 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/02/08 at 4:25 pm

Today's results:

EPL:

Bolton 2 - 0 Manchester City

FLC:

Derby 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/03/08 at 4:30 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/03/08 at 4:42 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/04/08 at 3:41 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/05/08 at 10:02 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/06/08 at 4:06 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/07/08 at 4:15 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/08/08 at 8:42 am

Stupid Samir Nasri. *mumble* *sulk*

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/08/08 at 1:59 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/08/08 at 10:18 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/09/08 at 2:53 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/08 at 2:55 pm


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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/09/08 at 10:05 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/10/08 at 4:47 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/10/08 at 8:33 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/11/08 at 4:04 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/11/08 at 6:56 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/08 at 1:36 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/13/08 at 4:09 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/08 at 4:12 pm

What is all this about Didier Drogba?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/13/08 at 4:21 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: karen on 11/13/08 at 5:59 pm


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. 

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/14/08 at 11:22 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/14/08 at 11:24 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/08 at 1:51 pm


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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/15/08 at 2:39 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/16/08 at 3:53 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/18/08 at 11:53 am

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/19/08 at 3:51 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/19/08 at 3:57 pm

Tonight's scores from the home internationals:


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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: thereshegoes on 11/19/08 at 4:01 pm


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)

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/08 at 2:07 am


Tonight's scores from the home internationals:



Scotland 0 - 1 Argentina


Butcher 0 - 1 Maradonna

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: thereshegoes on 11/20/08 at 1:14 pm


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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/21/08 at 11:26 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/22/08 at 2:22 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/23/08 at 10:08 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/24/08 at 7:53 pm

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...

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/24/08 at 11:04 pm

Yesterday's results:

English Premier
Wigan 1-0 Everton

Football League Championship
Barnsley 3-2 Burnley

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/25/08 at 4:12 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/27/08 at 4:11 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/28/08 at 4:32 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/29/08 at 4:08 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/30/08 at 8:33 am

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 11/30/08 at 8:50 am



Sunderland 1 - 4 Bolton Wanderers



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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 11/30/08 at 3:50 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/01/08 at 4:01 pm

Tonight's results:

Premier League

Liverpool 0 - 0 West Ham United

FLC

Reading 3 - 1 Coventry City

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Hoagies With Myles on 12/02/08 at 11:21 am

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/03/08 at 10:07 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/04/08 at 6:39 am

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Morton on 12/04/08 at 7:12 am


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  :(

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/08 at 7:49 am


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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/04/08 at 7:34 pm

Yesterday's UK results:


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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/06/08 at 4:15 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/08 at 5:32 am

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/08/08 at 11:13 am

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/08 at 11:19 am

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/08/08 at 4:18 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/09/08 at 8:14 am

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/09/08 at 7:29 pm

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/10/08 at 3:48 pm

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.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/15/08 at 11:09 am

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/16/08 at 9:52 pm

Monday's results:

FLC

Charlton Athletic 2 - 2 Derby County


Outside of England, we're down to the last 16 in the Scottish FA Cup. The non-league teams still in the competition are Spartans, who recently lost out to Annan Athletic in the race to gain the vacant Scottish Third Division slot, Forres Mechanics, who play in the Highland League, and Inverurie Locos, who beat out Vale of Leithen in an all-non-league tie in the last round.

The fourth round of the competition is traditionally where the SPL teams enter, and this year is no different. However, there are major changes outlined for the SPL and other divisions, which will be interesting to note from next season onwards.

Last year's Scottish FA Cup was won by Rangers, who beat Division One side Queen of the South by a score of 3-2, despite the Dumfries side coming from one goal down to tie on two occasions.

Looking at old Scottish FA Cups is amusing - merely taking Queen of the South as a random example, the team were founded in 1919, entered the FA Cup for the first time in the 1919-20 season, losing against Broxburn United. They've played many more obscure teams, especially in the early days of the competition, including, presumably as an early-1920s antidote to sexism, King's Park - who indeed appeared in the Scottish Second Division until their liquidation in the season immediately prior to the outbreak of World War II.

King's Park's results in their final season included results of 11-3 and 5-6 against of Forfar Athletic, a 6-5 win at home against Morton. A completely different era of football.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/17/08 at 3:50 pm

Results from December 16:

FA Cup

Blyth Spartans 1 - 0 Bournemouth
Droylesden A - A Chesterfield

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/17/08 at 3:52 pm

Results from 17-12:

UEFA Cup

Hamburg 3 - 1 Aston Villa
Portsmouth 3 - 0 Heerenveen

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/18/08 at 7:37 am

Today's FIFA World Club Cup final was something of a goal-fest, Manchester United finishing 5-3 winners over Gamba Osaka. I watched most of the game - the score was 2-1 at 74 minutes, and five goals were scored in these final minutes.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/18/08 at 9:11 pm

Yesterday's UK results:


Racing Santander 3 - 1 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 2 Spartak Moscow


Today, one FL1 match.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 12/19/08 at 12:22 am


Yesterday's UK results:


Racing Santander 3 - 1 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 2 Spartak Moscow


Today, one FL1 match.


NEC Nijmegen would like to thank the Spurs for their kind cooperation.  :) ;) (Spartak were leading 0 to 2 at half time, which would've meant elimination for NEC at that point).

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/20/08 at 7:55 pm

A single result from Friday:

FL1

Hartlepool United 3 - 0 Southend United

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/20/08 at 8:04 pm

Saturday's results:

EPL

Blackburn Rovers 3 - 0 Stoke City
Bolton Wanderers 2 - 1 Portsmouth
Fulham 3 - 0 Middlesbrough
Hull City 1 - 4 Sunderland
West Ham United 0 - 1 Aston Villa

FLC

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

FL1

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

FL2

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 12/21/08 at 1:33 am


Saturday's results:

EPL

Blackburn Rovers 3 - 0 Stoke City
Bolton Wanderers 2 - 1 Portsmouth
Fulham 3 - 0 Middlesbrough
Hull City 1 - 4 Sunderland
West Ham United 0 - 1 Aston Villa




Welcome back, Sam Allardyce. :)

Oh, and Michael will be very pleased (to say the least) with Sunderland's win over Hull City (who seem to be rather off track lately). Not sure if he's been to Hull for the game... :-\\

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/22/08 at 4:20 pm

Results from Sunday:


West Bromwich Albion 2 - 1 Manchester City
Newcastle United 2 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur
Arsenal 1 - 1 Liverpool

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/22/08 at 4:21 pm

Tonight's result:


Everton 0 - 0 Chelsea

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Morton on 12/22/08 at 10:48 pm


Welcome back, Sam Allardyce. :)

Oh, and Michael will be very pleased (to say the least) with Sunderland's win over Hull City (who seem to be rather off track lately). Not sure if he's been to Hull for the game... :-\\


Yes, was a great 3 points. Sadly I wasn't present as the game sold out very quickly and I wasn't able to get tickets :(

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/25/08 at 12:05 pm

Tuesday's only result:

FA Cup - round 2 replay

Droylesden 2 - 1 Chesterfield


Our traditional Boxing Day fixtures tomorrow, meaning a full set of 10 fixtures in the Premier League, twelve in the Championship, twelve in League One and twelve in League Two.

Top of the tables on Christmas Day:


Top of the Premier League at Christmas is Liverpool, who remain one of only two teams in the league with an unbeaten home record, the others being Manchester United. Strangely enough, we have scored six more goals at home than them, while away from home we have scored six fewer. Bottom of the table is West Bromwich Albion, who will be looking to overhaul the Christmas curse. With just four points between the bottom of the table, and safety three positions up, I believe anything could be possible here.

Ironically, Manchester City, for whom Thaksin Shinawatra was replaced as chairman by Khaldoon Al Mubarak of the United Arab Emirates, are third from bottom and heading for relegation.

Top of the Championship is Wolverhampton Wanderers, who last season finished just a single goal outside of the playoff positions. Heading for relegation, Nottingham Forest, Charlton Athletic, and Doncaster Rovers. Charlton may be headed for their second relegation in three seasons.
Top of Football League One is Leicester City, four points clear at the top of the table, with MK Dons in second place. Millwall will have to hope for a good second half of the season, as they currently lie in joint third place. Brighton, Cheltenham, Hereford and Crewe are heading for relegation
Top of Football League Two is Wycombe, one of only two teams with an undefeated record at home. The other, Aldershot, are in eleventh place, though they only have two wins away from home out of nine games. Heading for relegation, Bournemouth and Luton Town. Luton still have a negative points tally from the first half of the season.


Sometihng I only just found out — the capacity of Darlington's ground, the Balfour Webnet Darlington Arena, is 25,000, though their capacity is currently limited to 6,000 because of planning regulations.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/08 at 12:07 pm

Will there be a full programme of matches tomorrow?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/25/08 at 12:08 pm

Yep, 10 in the Premier League, and 12 each in the lower three divisions.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/25/08 at 12:17 pm

First round proper of the FA Trophy.


Farsley 2-2 Burton 23-12-2008(R)
Tiverton 2-1 Bashley 23-12-2008(R)
Swindon Supermarine 1-0 Eastbourne 17/12/08
Alfreton 0-1 Redditch 16/12/08
Bashley 2-2 Tiverton 16/12/08
Basingstoke 3-1 Brackley 16/12/08
Bognor Regis 0-2 Ebbsfleet 16/12/08
Burton 1-1 Farsley 16/12/08
Chesham 2-4 Crawley 16/12/08
Farnborough 3-1 Wingate & F 16/12/08
Hayes & Y 2-0 Grays 16/12/08
Hednesford 3-2 Nantwich Town 16/12/08
Ilkeston 3-2 Ossett Town 16/12/08
Kidderminster 3-2 Burscough 16/12/08
Northwich 0-2 York 16/12/08
Rushden 1-1 Newport County 16/12/08
Stourbridge 1-6 Stalybridge 16/12/08
Welling 2-0 Weymouth 16/12/08
Woking 1-2 Salisbury 16/12/08
AFC Sudbury 0-2 Oxford 13/12/08
Altrincham 1-4 Southport 13/12/08
Barrow 2-1 Skelmersdale 13/12/08
Boston Utd 1-2 Telford 13/12/08
Cambridge C 1-4 Kettering 13/12/08
Durham City 2-0 Harrogate T 13/12/08
Forest Green 5-1 Hemel Hempstead Town 13/12/08
Histon 2-3 Cambridge 13/12/08
Newport County 1-1 Rushden 13/12/08
Stevenage 4-1 St Albans 13/12/08
Team Bath 1-2 Lewes 13/12/08
Torquay 2-0 Bath City 13/12/08
Uxbridge 2-1 Wimbledon 13/12/08
Workington 4-3 King's Lynn 13/12/08
Wrexham 2-1 Mansfield 13/12/08
   

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/26/08 at 3:04 pm

Today's results:

Premier League

Aston Villa 2 - 2 Arsenal
Chelsea 2 - 0 West Brom
Liverpool 3 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
Manchester City 5 - 1 Hull City
Middlesbrough 0 - 1 Everton
Portsmouth 1 - 4 West Ham
Stoke City 0 - 1 Manchester United
Sunderland 0 - 0 Blackburn Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur 0 - 0 Fulham
Wigan Athletic 2 - 1 Newcastle United

FLC

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

FL1

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


FL2

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/27/08 at 6:16 pm

Today, eight Premier League fixtures, eleven FLC fixtures, twelve FL1 fixtures, twelve FL2 fixtures.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/29/08 at 6:44 pm

Results from December 28:

EPL

Manchester United 1 - 0 Middlesborough

FLC

Blackpool 2 - 2 Wolves

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 12/30/08 at 3:58 am

Well, not Premier League, but still...you must've heard about this new world record?


Congratulations and commiserations, David Pratt. Not a record I'd be proud of... :(

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 12/30/08 at 7:33 pm

Yesterday's only match:


Hull City 0 - 1 Aston Villa

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/03/09 at 3:19 pm

The only match from Friday:


Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 1 Wigan Athletic

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/03/09 at 3:35 pm

Today's results

FA Cup

Hartlepool United 2 - 0 Stoke City
Manchester City 0 - 3 Nottingham Forest
Multi-million pound cash injection? What multi-million pound cash injection?!

Arsenal 3 - 1 Plymouth Argyle
Including an own goal from former Manchester United man David Gray.

Middlesbrough 2 - 1 Barrow
Two goals from Afonso Alves. So not quite the seven goals he scored for Heerenveen against Heracles!

Cardiff City 2 - 0 Reading
Millwall 2 - 2 Crewe Alexandra
Charlton Athletic 1 - 1 Norwich City
Portsmouth 0 - 0 Bristol City
Chelsea 1 - 1 Southend United
See Manchester City above for my sarcastic comment to sum up this match!

Queens Park Rangers 0 - 0 Burnley
Coventry City 2 - 0 Kidderminster Harriers
Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 2 Fulham
Forest Green Rovers 3 - 4 Derby County
Forest Green were ahead twice in the game, and it's only because of Darren Jones' sending off that Derby were gifted the chance of victory.

Sunderland 2 - 1 Bolton Wanderers
Hull City 0 - 0 Newcastle United
Torquay United 1 - 0 Blackpool
Ipswich Town 3 - 0 Chesterfield
Watford 1 - 0 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United
Kettering Town 2 - 1 Eastwood Town
West Bromwich Albion 1 - 1 Peterborough United
Leicester city 0 - 0 Crystal Palace
West Ham United 3 - 0 Barnsley
Macclesfield Town 0 - 1 Everton
Everton squeak past the worst team in the football league.

Preston North End 0 - 2 Liverpool

League One

Huddersfield Town 1 - 1 Oldham Athletic

League Two

Bradford City 0 - 0 Shrewsbury Town
Darlington 2 - 1 Bournemouth
Rochdale 3 - 1 Accrington Stanley
Rotherham United 1 - 1 Dagenham & Redbridge
Wycombe Wanderers 2 - 1 Bury


Two more FA Cup matches on Sunday, one on Monday.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/09 at 3:44 pm


Today's results

FA Cup

Hartlepool United 2 - 0 Stoke City
Manchester City 0 - 3 Nottingham Forest
Multi-million pound cash injection? What multi-million pound cash injection?!

Arsenal 3 - 1 Plymouth Argyle
Including an own goal from former Manchester United man David Gray.

Middlesbrough 2 - 1 Barrow
Two goals from Afonso Alves. So not quite the seven goals he scored for Heerenveen against Heracles!

Cardiff City 2 - 0 Reading
Millwall 2 - 2 Crewe Alexandra
Charlton Athletic 1 - 1 Norwich City
Portsmouth 0 - 0 Bristol City
Chelsea 1 - 1 Southend United
See Manchester City above for my sarcastic comment to sum up this match!

Queens Park Rangers 0 - 0 Burnley
Coventry City 2 - 0 Kidderminster Harriers
Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 2 Fulham
Forest Green Rovers 3 - 4 Derby County
Forest Green were ahead twice in the game, and it's only because of Darren Jones' sending off that Derby were gifted the chance of victory.

Sunderland 2 - 1 Bolton Wanderers
Hull City 0 - 0 Newcastle United
Torquay United 1 - 0 Blackpool
Ipswich Town 3 - 0 Chesterfield
Watford 1 - 0 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United
Kettering Town 2 - 1 Eastwood Town
West Bromwich Albion 1 - 1 Peterborough United
Leicester city 0 - 0 Crystal Palace
West Ham United 3 - 0 Barnsley
Macclesfield Town 0 - 1 Everton
Everton squeak past the worst team in the football league.

Preston North End 0 - 2 Liverpool

League One

Huddersfield Town 1 - 1 Oldham Athletic

League Two

Bradford City 0 - 0 Shrewsbury Town
Darlington 2 - 1 Bournemouth
Rochdale 3 - 1 Accrington Stanley
Rotherham United 1 - 1 Dagenham & Redbridge
Wycombe Wanderers 2 - 1 Bury


Two more FA Cup matches on Sunday, one on Monday.
What happened to Chelsea?

Spurs played tomorrow?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/05/09 at 4:21 pm

Spurs played their FA Cup match on Friday, see above. They won 3-1 against Wigan Athletic, thanks to two goals from Pavluchenko and a goal from Modric.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 01/05/09 at 4:35 pm

If I'm correct, Cardiff face Arsenal in next round. Remember 1927...? ::)


Of course you don't, you're too young (as am I) - but I bet they're still talking about that game in Cardiff. ;)

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/06/09 at 4:44 pm

Indeed, Henk, also 1923-24, when similarly, Cardiff won 1-0.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 01/07/09 at 1:06 pm


Indeed, Henk, also 1923-24, when similarly, Cardiff won 1-0.


To be honest, I'd totally forgotten about that. ;D ;)



But seriously... I'd completely forgotten Cardiff City were losing finalists in last years FA Cup. :-[

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/07/09 at 4:02 pm

Derby County beat Manchester United 1-0 in the first leg of the Carling Cup semi-final.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/09/09 at 4:54 pm

Today's only match, Reading beat Watford 4-0, keeping them at second in the table. Birmingham City are just three points, but 22 goals, behind.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/10/09 at 6:23 pm

Saturday's matches:

Premier League

Aston Villa 2 - 1 West Brom
Arsenal 1 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
Everton 2 - 0 Hull City
Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Sunderland
Newcastle United 2 - 2 West Ham
Stoke City 0 - 0 Liverpool


Fulham v. Blackburn and Portsmouth v. Manchester City were both postponed. And if you can't beat Stoke, even in their own ground, I'm afraid you don't deserve to win the title. With Manchester United 8 points behind the leaders with three games in hand, anything could happen.

Football League Championship

Barnsley 0 - 1 Southampton
Burnley 0 - 2 Swansea City
Burnley lose Michael Duff in the 35th minute.

Charlton Athletic 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday
Queens Park Rangers 1 - 1 Coventry City
Two goals deep into the second half of the game, with Coventry losing Stephen Wright in the 37th minute

Sheffield United 1 - 0 Norwich City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 3 Preston North End


Football League One

Leeds United 0 - 2 Carlisle United
Leicester City 3 - 0 Leyton Orient
Northampton Town 1 - 1 Huddersfield Town


Football League Two

Bury 1 - 0 Barnet
Lincoln City 2 - 2 Brentford
Notts County 2 - 1 Exeter City


Today, Wigan Athletic v. Tottenham and Manchester United v. Chelsea. Neither United or Chelsea have lost a league game in their last five, with Chelsea having won only two and United having won four.

Coming up next week, after the League One game on Monday, we have FA Cup fixtures abound, with nine matches on Tuesday, three matches on Wednesday.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/11/09 at 12:13 pm

United beat Chelsea 3-0. And as always, cue the protests from the Chelsea supporters that they're still the best team in England.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/13/09 at 1:34 pm

Results from January 12:

FL1

MK Dons 1 - 1 Colchester
Oldham Athletic 2 - 1  Hartlepool United

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/14/09 at 7:36 pm

Results from January 13:

Football League One

Swindon Town 1-1 Stockport County
Yeovil Town 1-2 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United

Football League Two

Chester City 2-2 Luton Town

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/14/09 at 7:39 pm

Results from January 14:

Premier League

Manchester United 1 - 0 Wigan Athletic

FA Cup

Crystal Palace 2 - 1 Leicester City
Newcastle United 0-1 Hull City
Southend United 1-4 Chelsea

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/16/09 at 6:17 pm

Results from Friday:

FL1

Hartlepool United 2 - 0 Northampton Town

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/18/09 at 3:53 pm

I've been away this weekend. Time to update things! Results from Saturday:

Premier League

Blackburn Rovers 3 - 0 Newcastle United
Sunderland 1 - 2 Aston Villa
Bolton Wanderers 0 - 1 Manchester United
West Brom 3 - 0 Middlesbrough
Chelsea 2 - 1 Stoke City
Lucky to escape without a home loss, after goals in the 88th and 90th minute sealed the win for Chelsea

Manchester City 1 - 0 Wigan Athletic
Hull City 1 - 3 Arsenal

Football League Championship

Preston North End 2 - 1 Burnley
Birmingham City 1 - 1 Cardiff City
Coventry City 2 - 1 Blackpool
Crystal Palace 1 - 4 Ipswich Town
Derby County 0 - 2 Queens Park Rangers
Norwich City 4 - 0 Barnsley
Nottingham Forest 2 - 0 Plymouth Argyle
Sheffield Wednesday 4 - 1 Charlton Athletic
Southampton 1 - 2 Doncaster Rovers
Swansea City 2 - 0 Reading
Watford 0 - 2 Sheffield United
Bristol City 2 - 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Football League One

Brighton 0 - 2 Leeds
Carlisle United 3 - 2 MK Dons
Colchester United 3 - 1 Cheltenham Town
Crewe Alexandra 3 - 2 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United
Hereford United 5 - 0 Oldham Athletic
Including a first-half hat trick from Stephen Guinan

Huddersfield Town 2 - 1 Swindon Town
Leyton Orient 1 - 2 Bristol Rovers
Millwall 1 - 0 Tranmere Rovers
Peterborough United 1 - 0 Walsall
Stockport County 3 - 1 Southend United

Football League Two

Aldershot Town 1 - 1 Macclesfield Town
Barnet 1 - 1 Dagenham & Redbridge
Barnet finished the game with ten men.

Bradford City 1 - 1 Accrington Stanley
Brentford 1 - 1 Notts County
Chester City 1 - 3 Chesterfield
Darlington 5 - 1 Luton Town
Exeter City 0 - 0 Bury
Morecambe 0 - 1 Gillingham
Port Vale 1 - 1 Shrewsbury Town
Each team finished the game with ten men

Rochdale 2 - 2 Lincoln City
Rotherham United 1 - 0 Bournemouth
Wycombe Wanderers 0 - 1 Grimsby Town

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/18/09 at 3:54 pm

Premier League games from Sunday:


West Ham 3 - 1 Fulham
Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 1 Portsmouth

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 01/18/09 at 4:05 pm



Hull City 1 - 3 Arsenal


Yet another loss for Hull City, who started off so well this season. They're currently in 9th place (which is still pretty good), but I notice they're only 6 points away from the bottom of the table... :-\\ Looks like it's gonna be very interesting (to say the least) for the remainder of the season (for all teams from Hull to WBA).

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/19/09 at 10:03 pm

Results from Monday:

Premier League

Liverpool 1 - 1 Everton

League One

Yeovil Town 0 - 2 Leicester City


Today, we have a Carling Cup match, an FA Cup third round replay, and the Johnstone Paint Trophy finals. Also, two League One matches and four League Two matches.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/09 at 3:05 pm

Burnley try to overhaul a three-goal deficit when they host Tottenham in the second leg of their Carling Cup semi-final at Turf Moor.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/21/09 at 8:51 pm

Results from January 20:

JP Trophy North - Final (first leg)

S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United 2 - 0 Rotherham United

JP Trophy South - Final (first leg)

Brighton & Hove Albion 0 - 0 Luton Town

FA Cup 3rd round replay

Doncaster Rovers 3 - 0 Cheltenham Town

Carling Cup

Manchester United 4 - 2 Derby County
(Manchester United win 4 - 3 on aggregate.


League One

Leyton Orient 1 - 1 Southend United
Peterborough United 0 - 0 MK Dons

League Two

Accrington Stanley P - P Darlington
Aldershot Town 2 - 2 Notts County
Dagenham & Redbridge 1 - 2 Exeter City
Port Vale 1 - 3 Gillingham

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/21/09 at 8:54 pm

Wednesday's only game:

Carling Cup

Burnley 3 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur (AET)


Burnley bring the match back to 4-4 after 90 minutes, but Tottenham score in the 118th and 120th minute to seal the victory for Spurs.

No league matches today.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/22/09 at 4:33 pm

Tomorrow, one Fa Cup match.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/23/09 at 7:52 am


Tomorrow, one Fa Cup match.
Which game?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/23/09 at 7:41 pm

I tell a lie, Phil. There were no games. I misread where it said, "Scottish FA Cup". :D

Let's try this instead. Today, one FLC game, ten FL1 games, twelve FL2 games, and thirteen FA Cup games.

And one result that can't go without being reported, from last week - Duston Federation 5 - 6 Chalfont St. Peter. In the fourth round of the FA Vase!

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/24/09 at 9:06 pm

Yesterday's scores:

FA Cup

Hartlepool United 0 - 2 West Ham United
Sunderland 0 - 0 Blackburn Rovers
Chelsea 3 - 1 Ipswich Town
Torquay United 0 - 1 Coventry City
Doncaster Rovers 0 - 0 Aston Villa
Watford 4 - 3 Crystal Palace
Hull City 2 - 0 Millwall
West Bromwich Albion 2 - 2 Burnley
Kettering Town 2 - 4 Fulham
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 Middlesbrough
Portsmouth 0 - 2 Swansea City
Manchester United 2 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur
Sheffield United 2 - 1 Charlton Athletic

FLC

Blackpool 2 - 0 Birmingham City

League One

Bristol Rovers 0 - 0 Colchester United
Cheltenham Town 2 - 2 Brighton
Leeds United 3 - 1 Peterborough
Leicester City 4 - 2 Huddersfield Town
Northampton Town 5 - 1 Crewe Alexandra
Oldham Athletic 3 - 1 Stockport County
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United 2 - 1 Leyton Orient
Southend United 0 - 1 Yeovil Town
Tranmere Rovers 4 - 1 Carlisle United
Walsall 1 - 1 Hereford United

League Two

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


Today, two matches.

Of the 20 teams in the Premiership, only one has a perfect last 5 record, Manchester United - who now occupy first place with 47 points and a game in hand over second-placed Liverpool. Hull City in ninth have won just one of their last thriteen matches.

In the Championship - top of the table Wolevrhampton Wanderers have just one win from their last five games and no win in the last four. Second-placed Reading have just two wins from their last five and third-placed Birmingham City just a single victory in their last five, so they're doing little better themselves. Seventh-placed Burnley have lost their last four matches.

Leicester and MK Dons could both seal promotion if they carry on at the rate they're going. Luton finally have a positive points tally, having started the season on -30. I was wondering if they would be able to go a whole season with a negative points tally, but no such luck. The top of League Two is still very tight, iwth just two points separating second and eighth places.

Dover Athletic, of the Ryman League Premier Division, look like they may secure their second successive promotion. The team, who are yet to draw a game all season, have nine consecutive victories.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/25/09 at 5:57 pm

Results from Sunday 25:

FA Cup (Round 4)

Cardiff City 0 - 0 Arsenal
One of the Arsenal substitutes, Jack Wilshere, is just 17 years old.

Liverpool 1 - 1 Everton
Liverpool hand out an appearance to David Ngog, who happens to be a cousin of former Newcastle United player Jean-Alain Boumsong



Nothing in the top four divisions tomorrow. Some matches on Tuesday.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/09 at 6:04 am


Yesterday's scores:

FA Cup


Manchester United 2 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur

Spurs can now concentrate on the surviving in the Premier League and the Carling Cup.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/09 at 12:17 pm

Tottenham sign goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini on a free transfer from Chelsea.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/26/09 at 12:24 pm

Pele signs for Portsmouth. :D

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/09 at 12:28 pm


Pele signs for Portsmouth. :D
On a free transfer?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/26/09 at 10:40 pm

A whole bunch of matches today, including four Premier League games. West Brom's Jonathan Greening will be unable to start the match against former club Manchester United, having sustained a knee injury.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/27/09 at 8:09 pm

Yesterday's English results:

Premier League

Sunderland 1 - 0 Fulham
Portsmouth 0 - 1 Aston Villa
Portsmouth lost Nadir Belhadj in the 71st minute.

West Bromwich Albion 0 - 5 Manchester United
West Brom lost Paul Robinson in the 40th minute.

Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 1 Stoke City

FLC

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

League One

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

League Two

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


Today, six Premiership matches, one FLC match, and one FL2 match.

Championship side Burnley have now lost five games on the bounce. Top-of-the-table Wolves don't have a win in their last five matches. Doncaster Rovers, in 21st place, have four league wins from their last four games.

Brighton slip into the League One relegation zone, having won just one of their last eleven league matches.

Wycombe Wanderers still top League Two, in spite of having just a single win from their last five matches. Aldershot Town, in eleventh, are the only team without a win in their last five games. The race for playoffs and indeed promotion is still tight, with just three points separating scond and ninth place.

Burton Albion still top the Conference, only one team, ninth-place Oxford United, have won all of their last five games, and only one team, Lewes (the most local of my local teams) have five losses from their last five games. They, along with Northwich Victoria, look to be heading for direct relegation.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/28/09 at 7:49 pm

Yesterday's results:

Premier League

Chelsea 2 - 0 Middlesbrough
Manchester City 2 - 1 Newcastle United
Wigan Athletic 1 - 1 Liverpool
Blackburn Rovers 2 - 2 Bolton Wanderers
Everton 1 - 1 Arsenal
Arsenal scrape a draw in the final minute of the game

West Ham United 2 - 0 Hull City

FLC

Coventry City 0 - 2 Cardiff City

FL2

Chesterfield 2 - 1 Exeter City

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/28/09 at 10:19 pm

I was just looking at some old stats and even I was partially surprised by this - from February 6, 1958, the day of the Munich Air Disaster, Manchester United failed to win a single league game until August. Between November 1958 and April 4, 1959, United secured 18 wins from 21 games - they finished second in the table to Wolves - and lost their opening FA Cup tie (third round) to Norwich City, who back then were a third-division club.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/30/09 at 11:51 pm

One result from yesterday:

FLC

Doncaster Rovers 1 - 1 Norwich City


Today, eight Premiership fixtures, eleven FLC fixtures, twelve FL1 fixtures, and twelve FL2 fixtures.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 01/31/09 at 8:18 pm

Yesterday's league fixtures:

Premier League

Arsenal 0 - 0 West Ham United
Aston Villa 0 - 0 Wigan Athletic
Bolton Wanderers 3 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur
Fulham 3 - 1 Portsmouth
Hull City 2 - 2 West Bromwich Albion
Manchester United 1 - 0 Everton
Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Blackburn Rovers
Stoke City 1 - 0 Manchester City


Manchester United win 1 - 0, and van der Sar breaks a Premier League record, it's now been 1,122 minutes since he conceded a goal in the league.

FLC

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

FL1

Brighton & Hove Albion 2 - 1 Hartlepool United
Carlisle United 0 - 2 Colchester United
Cheltenham Town 3 - 5 MK Dons
Cheltenham substitute Damian Spencer scores all the team's goals - then gets sent off in the 85th minute! Aaron Wilbraham had already scored a hat trick for MK Dons.

Crewe Alexandra 2 - 1 Tranmere Rovers
Huddersfield Town 1 - 0 Peterborough United
Leyton Orient 0 - 1 Yeovil Town
Millwall 1 - 2 Skankthorpe United
Northampton Town 1 - 2 Leicester City
Oldham Athletic 0 - 0 Swindon Town
Southend United 1 - 0 Bristol Rovers
Stockport County 4 -1 Hereford United
Walsall 1 - 0 Leeds United

FL2

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


Elsewhere, Ebbsfleet knock out Swindon Supermarine in the FA Trophy, and Football Conference North side Southport win 3-0 against Football Conference National side Torquay.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/01/09 at 4:41 pm

Today's Premier League results:


Newcastle United 1 - 1 Sunderland
Liverpool 2 - 0 Chelsea


Manchester United remain two points clear at the top of the Premier League with a game in hand.

Tomorrow, one League Two game. A ton of league and cup games on Tuesday.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/02/09 at 9:22 pm

Yesterday's game between Bradford City and Darlington was postponed. Today we have one FA Cup match, one FA Trophy match, and several FLC, FL1 and FL2 games.

Stoke City, fourth from bottom in the table, are yet to win a game away from home in the Premier League, though their league record at home is nearly as good as third-placed Chelsea's.

Fulham, in ninth, have yet to win a game away from home this season, but have lost just once at their home stadium, against West Ham United.

Hull are yet to win a game since December 6 - despite having beaten the might of Arsenal at the Emirates earlier in the season. Blackburn Rovers are still third from bottom of the table, despite being on an eight game unbeaten run in all competitions, dating back just before Christmas.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/02/09 at 9:29 pm

Casting our net afield slightly - simply because I haven't looked for so long - Internazionale currently head Serie A, third-placed Juventus have two defeats in their last two games, despite leading in their most recent game, against Cagliari. Heading for relegation, Torino, Chievo, and Reggina.

Currently at the top of Serie A's scoring charts, Marco Di Vaio, currently at Bologna on loan from Genoa.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/03/09 at 6:17 pm

Yesterday's results:

FA Cup

Burnley 3 - 1 West Bromwich Albion

FLC

Bristol City 2 - 1 Charlton Athletic
Preston North End 1 - 1 Plymouth Argyle
Southampton 1 - 2 Sheffield United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 - 3 Norwich City

FL1

Huddersfield Town 1 - 1 Hartlepool United
Stockport County 0 - 1 MK Dons
Walsall 1 - 4 Leicester City
Including a goal from promising Manchester United loanee Tom Cleverley


FL2

Chester City 0 - 2 Rochdale
Morecambe 2 - 0 Brentford
Shrewsbury Town 2 - 0 Accrington Stanley

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/04/09 at 4:49 pm

Tonight's results:


Aston Villa 3 - 1 Doncaster Rovers
Blackburn Rovers 2 - 1 Sunderland
Nottingham Forest 2 - 3 Derby County
Everton 1 - 0 Liverpool

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/05/09 at 11:00 pm

Nothing in the English leagues today.

On Saturday, we have eight Premier League matches, twelve FLC matches, eleven FL1 matches, and twelve FL2 matches. Manchester United now lead the way by two points over Liverpool, with a game in hand. Both second-placed Liverpool and third placed Chelsea have just two wins in their last five matches. As do West Brom, who are currently bottom of the table.

Coincidence?

Charlton Athletic continue their dramatic slide, and are currently bottom of the Championship with just three points from their last fifteen available.

Brighton are still perilously close to the relegation zone in League One, with Leicester City leading the league having lost just twice so far this season (albeit once to Brighton themselves!)

First-placed Wycombe and second-placed Brentford are the only two teams in the top seven of League Two with two losses in their last five games, while Bradford, just a point outside of the play-off places, have a single win in their last five games.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 02/06/09 at 6:48 am


Tonight's results:


Aston Villa 3 - 1 Doncaster Rovers
Blackburn Rovers 2 - 1 Sunderland
Nottingham Forest 2 - 3 Derby County
Everton 1 - 0 Liverpool



I just had another look at the table, and I notice it's still very close at the bottom. From Fulham in 9th place to WBA in last it's just 7 points... None of the teams inbetween are safe from relegation at this point.

Hull City will be facing Chelsea tomorrow (away). I'm not very optimistic about the outcome. :(


WBA face Newcastle at home, both teams in desperate need of points. There's relegation football for ya... ::)
WBA's club top scorer Roman Bednar (6 goals) is also the WBA player with the most yellow cards to his name (5). Interesting stats, no? :D

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/06/09 at 2:29 pm

My stats say different - they claim Paul Robinson with 6 yellows and a red - though these six yellows are indeed the same number of goals as Bednar has scored.

Quite amusingly however, Jonathan Greening, who nine seasons ago was one of the very youngest and most inexperienced names up at Old Trafford, is now one of five thirty-year-olds within the squad - albeit the youngest of these five.

Chelsea have not won a single one of their last four away fixtures - and have lost their last two. Aston Villa have won 38% of their league and cup fixtures against Chelsea - and have lost a mere 37%.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 02/06/09 at 2:35 pm


My stats say different - they claim Paul Robinson with 6 yellows and a red - though these six yellows are indeed the same number of goals as Bednar has scored.


You're right, I'm wrong. That's what I get for trying to be a smartazz. :D

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/06/09 at 9:14 pm

Eight games in the Premiership today, nine in the Championship, five in League One, nine in League Two.

Another brief stat I just discovered - between March 18, 2007 and February 10, 2008, Spanish Primera Division side Real Madrid did not drop a single point at home, winning eighteen consecutive home matches - the final game in that sequence was a 7-0 mauling of Valladolid.

The oldest player in the Madrid squad is currently former Feijenoord and Liverpool man Jerzy Dudek.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/07/09 at 2:52 pm

Today's results:

Premier League

Blackburn Rovers 0 - 2 Aston Villa
Chelsea 0 - 0 Hull City
Everton 3 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
Manchester City 1 - 0 Middlesbrough
Portsmouth 2 - 3 Liverpool
Liverpool come from behind twice.

Sunderland 2 - 0 Stoke City
West Bromwich Albion 2 - 3 Newcastle United
Wigan Athletic 0 - 0 Fulham

Championship

Birmingham City 1 - 1 Burnley
Blackpool 2 - 3 Doncaster Rovers
Coventry City 2 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Norwich City 1 -  2 Bristol City
Nottingham Forest 2 -2 QPR
Plymouth Argyle 0 - 3 Derby County
Reading 0 - 0 Preston North End
Sheffield United 1 - 2 Sheffield Wednesday
Swansea City 3 - 0 Ipswich Town

League One

Hartlepool United 2 - 2 Walsall
Leicester City 0 - 0 Oldham Athletic
Tranmere Rovers 0 - 0 Leyton Orient

League Two

Bournemouth 1 - 0 Shrewsbury Town
Brentford 3 - 0 Chester City
Bury 2 - 2 Dagenham & Redbridge
Gillingham 0 - 2 Bradford City
Grimsby Town 2 - 2 Exeter City

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/08/09 at 1:45 pm

Today's games:

Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur 0 - 0 Arsenal
Eboue receives two yellow cards and is sent off before half time.

West Ham United 0 - 1 Manchester United
Another clean sheet for van der Sar.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/08/09 at 8:53 pm

Tony Adams has left Portsmouth, according to latest reports. The team have gone nine games without a win, a run stretching back to November 30. Just goes to show what happens when you have a player named Pele in the squad.

One FL1 game today, Leeds will attempt to bounce back after their defeat to Walsall. They play Millwall, who lost their last game after a late comeback from S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United.

Arsenal have now drawn three consecutive league matches for the second month in succession. Memories of a shocking start to 2008, in which, in thirteen games in a period between February and April, they won just two.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/09/09 at 11:17 am

Chelsea gaffer Phil Scolari has been sacked. More later.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/09/09 at 6:12 pm

Yesterday's result:


Leeds United 2 - 0 Millwall


And courtesy of the BBC:

Scolari sacked as Chelsea manager

Chelsea have sensationally sacked manager Luiz Felipe Scolari. The club's website revealed the dramatic move had been made "to maintain a challenge for the trophies we are still competing for". World Cup winner Scolari had only been in the job since June 2008, when he became Chelsea's third boss in a year. Chelsea are fourth in the Premier League but remain in the Champions League and FA Cup, with Ray Wilkins in charge until a successor is appointed.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/09/09 at 9:33 pm

Today, four League One matches and five League Two matches.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/10/09 at 9:10 pm

Results from yesterday:

FL1

Brighton & Hove Albion 2 - 4 Peterborough United
Carlisle United 1 - 1 Walsall
Colchester United 0 - 1 Tranmere Rovers


Brighton have just two wins from their last 13 league games.

FL2

Accrington Stanley 1 - 1 Brentford
Barnet 3 - 3 Grimsby Town
Exeter City 4 - 0 Macclesfield Town
Morecambe 1 - 1 Lincoln City


Accrington Stanley look like they'll easily avoid relegation, twelve points clear of second-from-bottom Bournemouth. Somewhat amusingly, it was my very own Shrewsbury Town who handed Bournemouth their second win in four matches.

Bournemouth's last seventeen games include ten draws. Dredging a similar stat from the archives, between November 2006 and March 23 the following year, Wycombe Wanderers went undefeated in all competitions - a four month span. These thirteen games, however, included just three wins - and a draw against Chelsea.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/09 at 7:46 am

Chelsea announce that Guus Hiddink will take over as temporary coach.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/11/09 at 4:59 pm

David Villa scores in his sixth consecutive Spain international match as Spain beat England 2-0 and go 29 games undefeated.

Other home countries matches:


San Marino 0 - 3 Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland 2 - 1 Georgia
Wales 0 - 1 Poland

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/12/09 at 6:10 pm

Yesterday's conference match between Gravesend and Northfleet Ebbsfleet United and Burton Albion was abandoned after 64 minutes.

No games on Friday. On Saturday, we have five FA Cup matches, including Chelsea, without a win in four away games, and scoreless in three of those four, travelling to Vicarage Road to face Watford.

Hull City, conquerors of Millwall in the last round, but otherwise winless in nine Premier League games, travel to Sheffield United.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/09 at 5:02 am

Chelsea Football Club has revealed a £65.7m ($95m) loss for the financial year to the end of June 2008.

The amount includes a total of £23m in compensation paid to Jose Mourinho, Avram Grant and five coaches who left the club during the year.

However, it does not cover the sacking of Luis Felipe Scolari, who was axed from Stamford Bridge this week.

The latest in a string of hefty losses will ultimately be borne by Chelsea's Russian owner, Roman Abramovich.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/09 at 5:03 am


Yesterday's conference match between Gravesend and Northfleet Ebbsfleet United and Burton Albion was abandoned after 64 minutes.
Ebbsfleet the home of that new statue of a white house.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/13/09 at 7:12 pm

Today, five FA Cup matches, one Premier League match, seven Championship matches, twelve League One matches, and twelve League Two matches.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/14/09 at 6:49 pm

Scores from yesterday's games:

FA Cup

Swansea 1 - 1 Fulham
West Ham United 1 - 1 Middlesbrough
Blackburn Rovers 2 - 2 Coventry City
Watford 1 - 3 Chelsea
A hat-trick from Nicolas Anelka in the last 15 minutes of the game saves Chelsea, having gone 1 - 0 down after 69 minutes.

Sheffield United 1 - 1 Hull City

Premier League

Portsmouth 2 - 0 Manchester City

FLC

Birmingham City 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest
Bristol City 2 - 0 Southampton
Burnley 1 - 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Charlton Athletic 2 - 0 Plymouth Argyle
Doncaster Rovers 1 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday
Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Blackpool
Preston North End 1 - 0 Norwich City

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

League Two

Bournemouth 1 - 0 Accrington Stanley
Bradford City 1 - 0 Wycombe Wanderers
Wycombe lost Chris Zebroski in the 78th minute.

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


Tomorrow, two FA Cup matches. Coming up next week, the JP Trophy Northern and Southern finals. Aston Villa ride high in second place, having finished the season as close to two positions above the relegation zone just three seasons ago.

By my reckoning, it's now 1,212 minutes since Manchester United let in a goal in the Premier League.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/15/09 at 6:36 pm

Yesterday's two FA Cup games:


Everton 3 - 1 Aston Villa
Derby County 1 - 4 Manchester United
Including goals for United from future superstars Darron Gibson and Danny Welbeck.



Today is the Arsenal v. Cardiff City replay. Come on Cardiff!

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/16/09 at 7:18 pm

And the result from yesterday:


Arsenal 4 - 0 Cardiff City


A little diversion - a team I discovered yesterday - from the Greek C league - in the South division is a team named Aiolikos Mitilini, who have lost every single one of their 24 games this season, scoring just five goals, and conceding 65, having not scored a goal since November 16 - at least 1170 minutes. Their next match is on March 8th. Come on Aiolikos!

Meanwhile, another team, this time in the C League North - by the name of Enosi Thraki - went on something of an extraordinary run last year - going just one defeat in 18 matches up to the end of the season. Extraordinary why? Because since the opening day of this season, September 14th last year, they have lost every single game they have played, scoring just three goals in 24 games, and remaining without a goal at their home stadium for nine matches, and counting.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/16/09 at 11:11 pm

Ceefax is carrying a report that Abramovich has lost $9 billion of his money from this ongoing financial crisis.

Never mind, he still has $13.9 billion left!

Today, five FLC matches, seven FL1 matches, and six FL2 matches. We also have the second leg of the Northern and Southern JP Trophy finals. In the Northern final, S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe lead Rotherham 0-2 on aggregate, while Luton Town, bottom of the football league, and Brighton, in the League One relegation zone, face off in the Southern final.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/09 at 12:26 pm


Ceefax is carrying a report that Abramovich has lost $9 billion of his money from this ongoing financial crisis.
Where did he lost the money for I am walking round the streets of London looking for it.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/17/09 at 7:49 pm

JP Trophy finals:

JP Trophy North

Rotherham United 0 - 1 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe win 0-3 on aggregate


JP Trophy South

Luton Town 1 - 1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Luton win 4-3 on penalties


FLC

Burnley 1 - 1 Coventry City
Doncaster Rovers 1 - 0 Bristol City
Plymouth Argyle 1 - 3 Crystal Palace
Sheffield Wednesday 0 - 1 Barnsley
Watford 2 - 0 Swansea City

FL1

Bristol Rovers 3 - 0 Yeovil Town
Hartlepool United 2 - 2 Leicester City
Hereford United 2 - 0 Leeds United
Southend United 0 - 1 Crewe Alexandra
Stockport County 1 - 0 Cheltenham Town
Tranmere Rovers 1 - 1 Peterborough United
Millwall 1 - 1 Swindon Town

FL2

Bradford City 0 - 0 Darlington
Dagenham & Rebridge 0 - 1 Wycombe Wanderers
Gillingham 4 - 4 Aldershot Town
Macclesfield Town 1 - 1 Notts County
Rochdale 1 - 1 Morecambe
Shrewsbury Town 1 - 0 Chester City
Chester lose Jay Harris in the 79th minute



Today, Manchester United go for their fifteenth win in sixteen games in all competitions, against Fulham. Also, two FLC games.

United have 14 Premiership games left this season, and therefore 42 points available. Surely there are still at least five, if not eight teams still in relegation contention, all the way up to Newcastle United in 13th.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/18/09 at 6:36 pm

Wednesday's scores:

EPL

Manchester United 3 - 0 Fulham

FLC

Derby County 4 - 1 Blackpool
Ipswich Town 2 - 1 Nottingham Forest


No matches on Thursday. Two FL2 matches on Friday. On Saturday, six EPL matches, eleven FLC matches, twelve FL1 matches, eleven FL2 matches.

Arsenal are eleven games unbeaten in the Premier League, though they have not won in their last three games.

By my reckoning, Manchester United, if they carry on in this form, are due to score 89 points this season.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/09 at 5:07 am


Wednesday's scores:

EPL

Manchester United 3 - 0 Fulham

FLC

Derby County 4 - 1 Blackpool
Ipswich Town 2 - 1 Nottingham Forest


No matches on Thursday. Two FL2 matches on Friday. On Saturday, six EPL matches, eleven FLC matches, twelve FL1 matches, eleven FL2 matches.

Arsenal are eleven games unbeaten in the Premier League, though they have not won in their last three games.

By my reckoning, Manchester United, if they carry on in this form, are due to score 89 points this season.
Manchester United are now favourites to win the Premiership.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/20/09 at 4:32 pm

Today's results:

League Two

Chesterfield 1 - 0 Bournemouth
Bournemouth's Alan Connell missed a 73rd minute penalty.

Port Vale 0 - 1 Lincoln City


Tomorrow, six Premier League games, as Chelsea, Arsenal, and Manchester United all play - Chelsea looking for their first win in three games, against Aston Villa, undefeated in thirteen in the league.

Villa keeper Brad Freidel - the oldest player in the squad by six years - has played in every game of this season so far - one of four Villa players to do so.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/22/09 at 1:51 pm

Saturday's results:

Premier League

Aston Villa 0 - 1 Chelsea
Arsenal 0 - 0 Sunderland
Bolton Wanderers 2 - 1 West Ham United
Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Wigan Athletic
Stoke City 2 - 2 Portsmouth
Manchester United 2 - 1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship

Nottingham Forest 1 - 3 Derby County
Barnsley 0 - 0 Charlton Athletic
Blackpool 0 - 2 Watford
Coventry City 1 - 0 Birmingham City
Norwich City 1 - 1 Burnley
Plymouth Argyle 2 - 2 Sheffield United
Reading 0 - 2 Bristol City
Sheffield Wednesday 2 - 0 Crystal Palace
Southampton 3 - 1 Preston North End
Swansea City 3 - 1 Doncaster Rovers
Doncaster lost Richard Wellens in the 85th minute of the game

Queens Park Rangers 1 - 3 Ipswich Town

League One

Bristol Rovers 0 - 1 Leicester City
Leicester lost Jack Hobbs in the 55th minute, and Richard Lambert lost a penalty the following minute for Bristol

Leeds United 2 - 0 Cheltenham Town
Carlisle United 1 - 2 Stockport County
Millwall 0 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion
Northampton Town 0 - 2 Walsall
Colchester United 0 - 1 Southend United
Crewe Alexandra 3 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Swindon Town 4 - 2 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe went up 2 - 0, went down to nine men, then conceded four goals in the last half hour of the game.

Hartlepool United 0 - 1 Leyton Orient
Tranmere Rovers 1 - 1 MK Dons
Hereford United 0 - 1 Peterborough United
Yeovil Town 2 - 2 Oldham Athletic

League Two

Accrington Stanley 0 - 0 Dagenham & Redbridge
Stanley's Andrew Proctor missed a penalty in the last minute of the game.

Aldershot Town 0 - 2 Morecambe
Barnet 4 - 1 Bradford City
Bury 2 - 0 Notts County
Chester City 0 - 0 Exeter City
Darlington 1 - 0 Grimsby Town
Gillingham 3 - 1 Macclesfield Town
Luton Town 3 - 1 Shrewsbury Town
Rochdale 1 - 2 Brentford


In the conference, Rushden and Diamonds won 0-9 against Weymouth, away from home.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/22/09 at 6:15 pm

Sunday's results:

Premier League

Fulham 2 - 0 West Brom
West Brom's Roman Bednar missed a penalty in the ninetieth minute

Liverpool 1 - 1 Manchester City
Newcastle United 0 - 0 Everton
Newcastle lost Kevin Nolan in the 44th minute


Championship

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 2 Cardiff City


Today, one Premier League match, one League Two match.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/09 at 11:56 am

Spurs play tonight, what are their chances on winning?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/23/09 at 1:42 pm

Any team who has an off-day against Hull, almost anything could happen. Then again, Hull are nine games without a win in the Premier League, so I wouldn't place a large bet on them.

Spurs are once again perilously close to the relegation zone - though at this rate Blackburn could well be relegated for the second time. There is a piece in the Times, here which paints a bleak picture in terms of what might happen if Blackburn go down.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/23/09 at 6:55 pm

Yesterday's final scores:

Premier League

Hull City 1 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur

League Two

Wycombe Wanderers 0 - 0 Rotherham United


Today, two FA Cup replays, and one Championship game.

Statwise, Arsenal have now drawn four consecutive league fixtures. Their four match winless streak matches one they had at almost exactly the same time last year. The run saw them go with just one win in eight in the League and then with eight wins from nine games immediately afterward.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/24/09 at 4:31 pm

Today's UK-based results:

Champions League

Arsenal 1 - 0 Roma
Internazionale 0 - 0 Manchester United

FA Cup

Coventry City 1 - 0 Blackburn Rovers
Fulham 2 - 1 Swansea

FLC

Crystal Palace 0 - 0 Birmingham City
Palace finished the game with ten men after the sending off of Nick Carle.


League One

Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 1 Northampton Town
Each team finished with ten men, after the 65th minute sendings off of Adam Virgo and Adebayo Akinfenwa

Cheltenham Town 1 - 3 Millwall
Colchester United 1 - 0 Stockport County
Crewe Alexandra 2 - 0 Yeovil Town
Oldham Athletic 0 - 2 Bristol Rovers
Peterborough United 1 - 0 Carlisle United
Southend United 2 - 0 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United
Swindon Town 0 - 1 Hartlepool United

League Two

Accrington Stanley 0 - 0 Luton Town
Dagenham & Redbridge 0 - 1 Bournemouth
Darlington 1 - 2 Rochdale
Darlington lost Richard Ravenhill in the 63rd minute

Grimsby Town 2 - 3 Morecambe
After Grimsby went 2 - 0 up in the 57th minute, Morecambe pulled three back. Grimsby lost Chris Llewellyn in the 41st minute



Elsewhere, in the conference, a 5 - 1 loss for Lewes, and a 3 - 3 thriller between Torquay and Forest Green.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/25/09 at 7:15 pm

Results from Wednesday:

Champions' League

Chelsea 1 - 0 Juventus
Real Madrid 0 - 1 Liverpool

FA Cup (5th round replay)

Middlesbrough 2 - 0 West Ham United

Championship

Cardiff City 0 - 0 QPR

League Two

Macclesfield Town 0 - 2 Port Vale
It took until the 85th minute for the Vale to score past the worst league team in the country..



Today, three UEFA Cup games involving English teams, and one FA Cup match.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/26/09 at 3:58 pm

Today's games:

UEFA Cup

CSKA Moskva 2 - 0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa lose 3 - 1 on aggregate

Manchester City 2 - 1 FC Køpenhagen
Manchester City win 4 - 3 on aggregate

Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 1 Shakhtar Donetsk


Elsewhere in the competition, David Bellion scored after just 11 seconds for Bordeaux, though this was not enough to see the team lose 4 - 3 at the hands of Galatasaray.

FA Cup

Hull City 2 - 1 Sheffield United


In other news, Juventus player Pavel Nedved is set to retire at the end of the season.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/27/09 at 4:51 am

Rick Parry is to leave his post as Liverpool chief executive at the end of the season.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/27/09 at 9:03 am


Today's games:

UEFA Cup

CSKA Moskva 2 - 0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa lose 3 - 1 on aggregate

Manchester City 2 - 1 FC Køpenhagen
Manchester City win 4 - 3 on aggregate

Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 1 Shakhtar Donetsk


Elsewhere in the competition, David Bellion scored after just 11 seconds for Bordeaux, though this was not enough to see the team lose 4 - 3 at the hands of Galatasaray.

FA Cup

Hull City 2 - 1 Sheffield United


In other news, Juventus player Pavel Nedved is set to retire at the end of the season.
Spurs can now concentrate on the Carling Cup Final against Manchester United.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/27/09 at 4:13 pm

Today's only result:

FLC

Doncaster Rovers 2 - 1 Derby County


This in spite of Derby going one goal up in the fiftieth minute. Derby are now in fifteenth, with Doncaster in sixteenth - though Derby have a game in hand over 14th-placed Coventry and are just one goal behind them in terms of goal difference.

Tomorrow... four Premiership matches, as Arsenal can go winless in five, having recorded four consecutive draws in their last four matches. Ten Championship matches - each of the top three in the Championship have just one win in their last five matches, and top-of-the-table Wolves are winless in the entire month of February.

League One sees the full quota of twelve games, top-of-the-table Leicester City can match their 11-5-1 home record by going 11-5-1 away from home at second-placed MK Dons. Bottom of the table Cheltenham Town are thirteen games without a win in all competitions, though this does include a draw in the FA Cup.

League Two is led by Brentford. Shrewsbury Town have the best home record in the league, with 13 wins from 17 games, but have just one win away from home - their opening away game of the season, against Exeter. Prior to this, last season, we secured just three wins in 23 away games. Anyhoo, games. All twelve.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 02/28/09 at 10:40 pm

Yesterday's results from the English leagues:

Premier League

Arsenal 0 - 0 Fulham
Chelsea 2 - 1 Wigan Athletic
Everton 2 - 0 West Bromwich Albion
Middlesbrough 2 - 0 Liverpool

FLC

Barnsley 2 - 1 Queens Park Rangers
Bristol City 0 - 0 Blackpool
Burnley 2 - 4 Sheffield Wednesday
Norwich City 1 - 2 Coventry City
Preston North End 3 - 2 Ipswich Town
Reading 0 - 1 Nottingham Forest
Southampton 1 - 0 Cardiff City
Swansea City 1 - 1 Charlton Athletic
Watford 2 - 0 Crystal Palace
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 1 Plymouth Argyle
The only goal of the game came after 39 seconds


FL1

Brighton & Hove Albion 0 - 4 Crewe Alexandra
Carlisle United 1 - 1 Bristol Rovers
Cheltenham Town 0 - 1 Northampton Town
Colchester United 1 - 1 Hartlepool United
Hereford United 2 - 1 Leyton Orient
Leeds United 3 - 2 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United
Millwall 2 - 3 Oldham Athletic
MK Dons 2 - 2 Leicester City
Peterborough United 1 - 2 Southend United
Stockport County 1 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Tranmere Rovers 1 - 0 Swindon Town
Rovers went down to ten men with the loss of Ian Goodison

Walsall 2 - 0 Yeovil Town

League Two

Aldershot Town 3 - 1 Accrington Stanley
Brentford 1 - 0 Bury
Bury lost Stephen Dawson in the 70th minute

Chester City 2 - 2 Dagenham & Redbridge
Facing a 0 - 2 home defeat, Chester's two goals came in the final five minutes of the match

Chesterfield 1 - 1 Barnet
Exeter City 2 - 0 Darlington
Two late goals from Exeter and a sending-off for Darlington in the 88th minute.

Gillingham 1 - 0 AFC Bournemouth
Lincoln City 0 - 1 Rotherham United
Macclesfield Town 3 - 0 Shrewsbury Town
Two consecutive defeats for Shrewsbury leave them hanging on in the last promotion play-off spot. Gotta start worrying in case we don't make the play-offs.

Morecambe 0 - 0 Wycombe Wanderers
Notts County 3 - 1 Bradford City
Then again, two consecutive defeats for Bradford, too, and they're hanging just below Shrewsbury in the table.

Port Vale 1 - 3 Luton Town
Rochdale 2 - 0 Grimsby Town


First day of a new month - and the Carling Cup final will take place later on today, between Manchester United and Tottenham. Elsewhere, four Premier League games and one Championship game - as Birmingham play with the chance of getting just their second win in six games. Could be worse - top-of-the-table Wolves have just one win in their last eleven games, and are winless in five.

Similarly, League One top side Leicester City have just one win from their last five games - although they are undefeated in their last ten. S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe have four losses from their last four games and the promotion play-off places look to be slipping away from them.

League Two will see a dog-fight to the last day with regard to the promotion and play-off places, though ninth-placed Darlington, just one point away from the play-offs and with a favourable goal-difference over seventh-placed Shrewsbury Town, have three games in hand over them.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/01/09 at 4:06 pm

Today's games:

Carling Cup - final

Manchester United 0 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester United win 4 - 1 on penalties


Premier League

Aston Villa 2 - 2 Stoke City
Two goals in the final five minutes from Stoke salvage a point for the team

Bolton Wanderers 1 - 0 Newcastle United
Hull City 1 - 2 Blackburn Rovers
West Ham United 1 - 0 Manchester City

FLC

Sheffield United 2 - 1 Birmingham City
First win in five in all competitions for Sheffield United, Birmingham, meanwhile, still on their promotion push, have now just one win in six in the Championship.



Tomorrow, one FL1 game, and in the Conference, second play third as Histon face Cambridge United.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/09 at 9:27 am


Today's games:

Carling Cup - final

Manchester United 0 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester United win 4 - 1 on penalties


Premier League

Aston Villa 2 - 2 Stoke City
Two goals in the final five minutes from Stoke salvage a point for the team

Bolton Wanderers 1 - 0 Newcastle United
Hull City 1 - 2 Blackburn Rovers
West Ham United 1 - 0 Manchester City

FLC

Sheffield United 2 - 1 Birmingham City
First win in five in all competitions for Sheffield United, Birmingham, meanwhile, still on their promotion push, have now just one win in six in the Championship.



Tomorrow, one FL1 game, and in the Conference, second play third as Histon face Cambridge United.
So what is left for Spurs for this season?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/02/09 at 8:15 pm

Yesterday's only result:

League One

Oldham Athletic 1 - 1 Leeds United


Today, three Premier League matches, ten Championship matches, eleven League One matches, twelve League Two matches.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/03/09 at 6:58 pm

Results from Tuesday:

Premier League

Portsmouth 0 - 1 Chelsea
Chelsea's third consecutive victory - taking them within four points of Manchester United at the top

Liverpool 2 - 0 Sunderland
Liverpool bounce back after last week's defeat at Middlesbrough

West Bromwich Albion 1 - 3 Arsenal
That's Arsenal's first win in six matches - though they're still undefeated since November.


Championship

Blackpool 0 - 1 Burnley
Cardiff City 3 - 1 Barnsley
Charlton Athletic 1 - 2 Doncaster Rovers
That's Doncaster's second consecutive win against a side relegated last season from the Premiership - having been promoted themselves from League One last year.

Crystal Palace 0 - 1 Wolves
Top side Wolves' first win in six fixtures.

Derby County 2 - 2 Swansea City
Ipswich Town 0 - 3 Southampton
That's Southampton's third consecutive win - the only side in the league to have won their last three games. Unfortunately they're still in the relegation zone.

Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Preston North End
Plymouth Argyle 2 - 1 Watford
Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 2 Reading

League One

Crewe Alexandra 1 - 2 Carlisle United
That's Crewe's first dropped points for five matches, leaving them unfortunately, precariously balanced over the relegation zone.

Hartlepool United 2 - 1 Tranmere Rovers
Huddersfield Town 2 - 2 Colchester United
Leicester City 1 - 1 Stockport County
Top side Leicester's fifth draw in six games

Leyton Orient 2 - 3 Peterborough United
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United 1 - 1 Walsall
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe, just one place away from the playoffs, have the third-worst points total from their last six games in the whole league.

Southend United 0 - 1 Millwall
Swindon Town 2 - 2 Cheltenham Town

League Two

Barnet 2 - 1 Rochdale
Bournemouth 2 - 0 Aldershot Town
Bradford City 1 -  0 Macclesfield Town
Bury 1 - 2 Chesterfield
Dagenham & Redbridge 0 - 3 Lincoln City
Darlington 1 -  0 Notts County
Grimsby Town 0 - 1 Brentford
Grimsby's fifth defeat on the bounce, they've now gone nine games without a win

Luton Town 0 - 0 Gillingham
Shrewsbury Town 1 - 1 Exeter City
Wycombe Wanderers 2 - 0 Chester City


Today, seven Premiership matches, and two Championship matches. Birmingham City can regain the second automatic promotion spot if they win today.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/04/09 at 7:16 pm

Yesterday's results:

Premier League

Blackburn Rovers 0 - 0 Everton
Fulham 0 - 1 Hull City
Manchester City 2 - 0 Aston Villa
Newcastle United 1 - 2 Manchester United
Stoke City 2 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 0 Middlesbrough
Wigan Athletic 0 - 1 West Ham United
Each team lost one man, West Ham losing goal-scorer Carlton Cole just three minutes after the goal.


Championship

Birmingham City 1 - 0 Bristol City
Coventry City 1 - 2 Sheffield United


With that win, Birmingham bounce back up into the second automatic promotion spot, though with an identical home record to Reading, they have played two away matches more than them, and are just two points ahead. Southampton are at rooted to the bottom of the Championship, and may suffer their second relegation, following their drop into the Championship in 2004-05.

No league matches now until Saturday. On the same day, we also see two FA Cup matches, with Manchester United bidding to further increase their chances of securing five trophies.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/09 at 4:25 am


Yesterday's results:

Premier League

Blackburn Rovers 0 - 0 Everton
Fulham 0 - 1 Hull City
Manchester City 2 - 0 Aston Villa
Newcastle United 1 - 2 Manchester United
Stoke City 2 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 0 Middlesbrough
Wigan Athletic 0 - 1 West Ham United
Each team lost one man, West Ham losing goal-scorer Carlton Cole just three minutes after the goal.


Championship

Birmingham City 1 - 0 Bristol City
Coventry City 1 - 2 Sheffield United


With that win, Birmingham bounce back up into the second automatic promotion spot, though with an identical home record to Reading, they have played two away matches more than them, and are just two points ahead. Southampton are at rooted to the bottom of the Championship, and may suffer their second relegation, following their drop into the Championship in 2004-05.

No league matches now until Saturday. On the same day, we also see two FA Cup matches, with Manchester United bidding to further increase their chances of securing five trophies.
Where on earth did Spurs produce four goals from?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/09 at 9:46 am

Chelsea and England footballer Ashley Cole has been arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 03/05/09 at 10:08 am


Yesterday's results:

Premier League

Blackburn Rovers 0 - 0 Everton
Fulham 0 - 1 Hull City
Manchester City 2 - 0 Aston Villa
Newcastle United 1 - 2 Manchester United
Stoke City 2 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 0 Middlesbrough
Wigan Athletic 0 - 1 West Ham United
Each team lost one man, West Ham losing goal-scorer Carlton Cole just three minutes after the goal.






It's about time they win some...


So what is left for Spurs for this season?


Avoiding relegation..?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/09 at 11:25 am


It's about time they win some...

Avoiding relegation..?
That is the key issue.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/05/09 at 9:03 pm

I hadn't seen this until now. Former English footballer Mark Burrows has died. While his playing career was not spectacular, playing for ninth-tier teams Cowes Sports and Christchurch F.C., Burrows is credited with scoring the fastest ever goal in football history, at 2.0 seconds.

The player, who had a day job as a sales consultant, had brief trials at Portsmouth.

An incredible career, marked by just two seconds of individual quick-thinking and skill.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/09 at 7:01 am

David Beckham will stay at AC Milan until the end of the season after a 'timeshare' agreement is reached with Los Angeles Galaxy.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/06/09 at 7:52 pm

No results to report from yesterday. Today, two FA Cup quarter finals, one Premier League match, five Championship matches, twelve League One matches, and six League Two matches. Grimsby Town look for their first win in ten fixtures, and their first points since February 10.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/09 at 9:02 am

Two Championship footballers have been arrested after a fan was allegedly assaulted, police have said.

Southampton FC strikers Bradley Wright-Phillips, 23, and David McGoldrick, 21, are accused of assault and affray.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/07/09 at 4:59 pm

Today's results:

FA Cup

Coventry City 0 - 2 Chelsea
Fulham 0 - 4 Manchester United

Premier League

Sunderland 1 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur

FLC

Derby County 2 - 1 Bristol City
Opening goal came after 52 seconds

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

League One

Bristol Rovers 2 - 2 Leeds United
Crewe Alexandra 2 - 1 Hereford United
Hereford lost Sam Hewson after 55 minutes.

Hartlepool United 1 - 2 Peterborough United
Huddersfield Town 1 - 2 Millwall
Leicester City 4 - 0 Cheltenham Town
Leyton Orient 2 - 1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Northampton Town 1 - 1 Tranmere Rovers
Oldham Athletic 0 - 1 Colchester United
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United 2 - 1 Stockport County
Southend United 2 - 0 Walsall
Walsall lost Michael Ricketts after 14 minutes

Swindon Town 1 - 1 Milton Keynes Dons
Yeovil Town 1 - 1 Carlisle United

League Two

Accrington Stanley 0 - 2 Gillingham
Barnet 3 - 1 Chester City
Bournemouth 0 - 0 Port Vale
Bradford City 5 - 0 Aldershot Town
Bury 2 - 1 Rochdale
Dagenham & Redbridge 0 - 2 Morecambe
Darlington 1 - 2 Macclesfield Town
Grimsby Town 5 - 1 Lincoln City
Including a hat-trick from Adam Proudlock

Luton Town 1 - 2 Exeter City
Rotherham United 0 - 0 Brentford
Shrewsbury Town 3 - 2 Notts County
Wycombe Wanderers 1 - 1 Chesterfield
Jack Lester missed a penalty for Chesterfield at 47 minutes

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/09 at 8:49 am

Spurs drew away from home, when do the mircles end?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/08/09 at 1:15 pm

Today's results:

FA Cup

Arsenal 3 - 0 Burnley
Everton 2 - 1 Middlesbrough


No games tomorrow. On Tuesday, eleven FLC matches, ten FL1 matches, and eleven FL2 matches.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/09/09 at 7:25 pm

Hoffenheim-watch: the Bundesliga team who, just six years ago, went on two separate runs of fourteen consecutive games without  a win in the regional leagues, are now in third place in the Bundesliga, having spent the early part of this season at the top of the table. They have not won a game in their last five, while VfL Wolfsburg are on the same points total and goal difference as them, but having scored three goals fewer in the season so far, have won each of their last five games.

So long as Hoffenheim maintain a fifth-placed position or better, they can enter into next season's UEFA Cup. They currently share their position with Bayern Munich, who also have 12 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses so far this season, and who have also, coincidentally, scored 49 goals and conceded 31.

A Hoffenheim player still remains the league's top scorer, though, Yugoslavian-born Bosnian Vedad Ibisevic, who started his career with the St. Louis Strikers, an American soccer team who existed for just a single season.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/10/09 at 5:04 pm

Tonight's results:

Champions League

Juventus 2 - 2 Chelsea
Chelsea win 2 - 3 on aggregate.

Liverpool 4 - 0 Real Madrid
Liverpool win 5 - 0 on aggregate.


FLC

Barnsley 1 - 1 Birmingham City
Bristol City 2 - 0 Coventry City
Doncaster Rovers 2 - 0 QPR
Norwich City 2 - 0 Cardiff City

Preston North End 1 -1 Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield United 2 - 2 Blackpool
Southampton 1 - 1 Derby County
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 0 Ipswich Town

FL1

Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 3 Southend United
Carlisle United 1 - 3 Leyton Orient
Colchester United 3 - 2 Swindon Town
Hereford United 0 - 3 Bristol Rovers
Leeds United 4 - 0 Yeovil Town
Millwall 1 - 0 Northampton Town
MK Dons 1 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Peterborough United 2 - 1 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United
Stockport County 2 - 1 Hartlepool United
Walsall 1 - 1 Crewe Alexandra

FL2

Aldershot Town 0 - 0 Shrewsbury Town
Brentford 1 - 0 Barnet
Chester City 1 - 5 Rotherham United
Exeter City 1 - 3 Bournemouth
Gillingham 1 - 0 Darlington
Lincoln City 1 - 0 Wycombe Wanderers
Macclesfield Town 0 - 2 Accrington Stanley
Morecambe 0 - 0 Bury
Notts County 0 - 2 Luton Town
Port Vale 0 - 1 Dagenham & Redbridge
Rochdale United 3 - 0 Bradford City


Elsewhere, Sporting Lisbon get thrashed 7 - 1 by Bayern Munich.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 03/10/09 at 5:29 pm


Elsewhere, Sporting Lisbon get thrashed 7 - 1 by Bayern Munich.


Believe it or not, but that's also Champions League...

FTR: Bayern Munich were playing at home tonight. The first leg, with Sporting Lisbon playing at home, had already ended in a 5 to 0 victory for the Germans...  :o


Conceding twelve goals in two matches, at this level... I think Sporting Lisbon's defense needs some finetuning.  ::)

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/10/09 at 8:21 pm


Believe it or not, but that's also Champions League...


Yep yep. Scary stuff. Today, one match in each of the top four divisions.

Meanwhile, David Beckham has suffered an ankle sprain in a training session - but is healthy enough to hopefully play AC Milan's next game on Sunday.

Ironically another player AC Milan are without, is Kaká. A man who, not too long ago, had a £115 million price tag on his head.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/11/09 at 7:53 pm

Yesterday's results:

Premier League

Fulham 1 - 2 Blackburn Rovers

FLC

Burnley 4 - 2 Crystal Palace
Burnley come from 1 - 2 down with 8 minutes to go, and score three goals in the last seven minutes of the game.


League One

Tranmere Rovers 2 - 0 Leicester City
Leicester's first league loss since the 3 - 2 away defeat at Brighton.


League Two

Chesterfield 2 - 1 Grimsby Town

Champions League

AS Roma 1 - 0 Arsenal
(On aggregate: 1 - 1)
Arsenal win 6 - 7 on penalties.



No games now until Saturday.

On a side note - I'm interested in the fact that so far this season, Leicester have played five different goalkeepers.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/12/09 at 5:38 pm

Today's only result:

UEFA Cup

Manchester City 2 - 0 AaB

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/14/09 at 9:34 pm

Yesterday's results:

Premier League

Arsenal 4 - 0 Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers 1 - 3 Fulham
Everton 3 - 1 Stoke City
Hull City 1 - 1 Newcastle United
Manchester United 1 - 4 Liverpool
Nemanja Vidic was sent off in the 76th minute.

Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Portsmouth
Sunderland 1 - 2 Wigan Athletic

Championship

Barnsley 0 - 1 Blackpool
Burnley 5 - 0 Nottingham Forest
Doncaster Rovers 0 - 2 Birmingham City
Norwich City 1 - 0 Plymouth Argyle
City lost Darel Russell in the 90th minute

Preston North End 2 - 1 Coventry City
Reading 0 - 1 Ipswich Town
Sheffield United 4 - 2 Derby County
Southampton 0 - 0 QPR
Swansea City 1 - 3 Crystal Palace
Watford 2 - 2 Sheffield Wednesday
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 1 Charlton Athletic

League One

Brighton & Hove Albion 5 - 0 Yeovil Town
A goal in each half from both Dean Cox and Nicky Forster. Yeovil lost Josh Wagenaar in the 83rd minute

Carlisle United 1 - 1 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United
Cheltenham Town 2 - 0 Hartlepool United
Colchester United 0 - 1 Crewe Alexandra
Hereford United 0 - 1 Southend United
Leeds United 1 - 0 Swindon Town
Jermaine Beckford scored Leeds' winner three minutes from time and soon afterwards got sent off!

Millwall 0 - 1 Leicester City
MK Dons 6 - 2 Oldham Athletic
Peterborough United 1 - 0 Northampton Town
United lost Gabriel Zakuani in the seventh minute

Stockport County 0 - 1 Leyton Orient
Tranmere Rovers 3 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Walsall 0 - 5 Bristol Rovers

League Two

Aldershot Town 2 - 1 Luton Town
Brentford 3 - 3 Wycombe Wanderers
Brentford's first goal came after just 73 seconds

Chester City 1 - 1 Grimsby Town
Chesterfield 1 - 1 Dagenham & Redbridge
Exeter City 1 - 0 Bradford City
Gillingham 2 - 2 Shrewsbury Town
Not good enough for our boys considering they're trying for that last promotion playoff place.

Lincoln City 1 - 1 Bury
Lincoln lost Anthony Elding in the final minute of the first half

Macclesfield Town 0 - 2 Bournemouth
Morecambe 2 - 1 Barnet
Notts County 1 - 1 Accrington Stanley
Port Vale 3 - 1 Darlington
Rochdale 1 - 2 Rotherham United

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 03/15/09 at 2:12 am


Yesterday's results:

Premier League

Manchester United 1 - 4 Liverpool
Nemanja Vidic was sent off in the 76th minute.


And suddenly, everything is possible in Premier League again.
It's been quite a while since Man Utd's last defeat at home... And as I've heard people say: this is Liverpool's biggest victory at Old Trafford since 1936, and their first since 1994.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/09 at 4:51 am


And suddenly, everything is possible in Premier League again.
It's been quite a while since Man Utd's last defeat at home... And as I've heard people say: this is Liverpool's biggest victory at Old Trafford since 1936, and their first since 1994.
Miracles can happen ?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/15/09 at 5:13 pm

Today's results:

Premier League

Chelsea 1 - 0 Manchester City
Aston Villa 1 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur

FLC

Bristol City 1 - 1 Cardiff City


Tomorrow, one Premier League game. On Tuesday, the FA Cup quarter-final between Arsenal and Hull.

Having gone five consecutive draws between January 28 and February 28 (and four of these goalless), and despite having lost to Roma on Wednesday, Arsenal have just achieved two Premier League wins on the spin, and can attempt to beat Newcastle in the league on Saturday.

The stats tell an interesting story though. From 164 meetings in league and cup, Newcastle have won 65, while Arsenal have won just 63. Newcastle did the double on Arsenal in '94-'95.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/16/09 at 8:13 pm

Yesterday's only result, from the Premier League:


West Ham 0 - 0 West Brom

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/17/09 at 5:00 pm

Today's scores:

FA Cup

Arsenal 2 - 1 Hull City
Arsenal make it back from a goal down. Lucky, lucky team.


FLC

Barnsley 3 - 1 Crystal Palace
Doncaster Rovers 0 - 1 Reading
Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Burnley
Queens Park Rangers 1 - 0 Swansea City

FL1

Cheltenham Town 1 - 0 Tranmere Rovers
Crewe Alexandra 1 - 1 Bristol Rovers
MK Dons 0 - 1 Millwall
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United 3 - 0 Hereford United
Swindon Town 3 - 0 Southend United
Walsall 3 - 0 Brighton

FL2

Accrington Stanley 2 - 0 Port Vale
Bournemouth 4 - 1 Bradford City
Brentford 0 - 1 Chesterfield
Lincoln City 0 - 1 Darlington
Luton Town 2 - 1 Grimsby Town
Notts County 0 - 1 Gillingham
Rotherham United 1 - 2 Aldershot Town

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/18/09 at 5:15 pm

Tonight's only result:

Championship

Cardiff City 2 - 1 Watford

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/18/09 at 7:39 pm

In other news, Rafael Benitez has signed a five-year contract at Liverpool, ending specualation that he might jump ship.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/19/09 at 10:37 pm

Yesterday's results:

UEFA Cup 4th round

AaB 2 - 0 Manchester City
Manchester City win 3 - 4 on penalties



In other news, Guus Hiddink now claims he will stay at Chelsea if Russia fail to make it to the World Cup in 2010.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/21/09 at 9:10 pm

Yesterday's results:


Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 West Ham United
Fulham 2 - 0 Manchester United
United lose both Paul Scholes and Wayne Rooney. This is Paul Scholes' second red card of the season.

Newcastle United 1 - 3 Arsenal
Portsmouth 2 - 1 Everton
Stoke City 1 - 0 Middlesbrough
Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 0 Chelsea
West Ham United 1 - 1 Bolton Wanderers

FLC

Birmingham City 1 - 1 Norwich City
Blackpool 1 - 1 Southampton
Charlton Athletic 0 - 0 Preston North End
Coventry City 1 - 0 Doncaster Rovers
Crystal Palace 0 - 0 Reading
Reading lost Liam Rosenior in the 72nd minute

Derby County 0 - 0 Barnsley
Ipswich Town 0 - 0 Watford
Nottingham Forest 0 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Plymouth Argyle 1 - 2 Burnley
Queens Park Rangers 2 - 1 Bristol City
Sheffield Wednesday 0 - 0 Swansea City

FL1

Bristol Rovers 0 - 1 Peterborough United
Crewe Alexandra 2 - 3 Leeds United
Crewe lose Billy Jones after 17 minutes

Hartlepool United 2 - 3 Millwall
A ten-minute second-half hat-trick from Neil Harris overturns a first-half deficit.

Huddersfield Town 2 - 2 Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham lose Joshua Low after 61 minutes

Leicester 1 - 1 Colchester United
Leyton Orient 0 - 1 Walsall
Northampton Town 4 - 0 Stockport County
Oldham Athletic 0 - 2 Tranmere Rovers
Athletic lose Stefan Stam in the 74th minute

S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United 2 - 0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Brigthton lose Matt Heath in the 79th minute

Southend United 3 - 0 Carlisle United
Swindon Town 3 - 0 Hereford United
Yeovil Town 0 - 0 MK Dons
Yeovil's Gavin Tomlin misses a 30th minute penalty


FL2

Accrington Stanley 2 - 1 Exeter City
AFC Bournemouth 0 - 1 Notts County
County miss a penalty at the end of the first half.

Barnet 3 - 2 Lincoln City
Bradford City 0 - 1 Port Vale
Bury 1 - 1 Chester City
Bury lose Ryan Cresswell in the 47th minute.

Darlington 2 - 0 Aldershot Town
Grimsby Town 3 - 0 Gillingham
Luton Town 1 - 0 Macclesfield Town
Rotherham United 3 - 0 Chesterfield
Chesterfield lose Drew Talbot in the 79th minute.

Shrewsbury Town 0 - 0 Morecambe
Wycombe Wanderers 0 - 1 Rochdale


Today, three Premier League matches and one Championship match.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/22/09 at 4:50 pm

Today's results:

Premier League

Liverpool 5 - 0 Aston Villa
Steven Gerrard scored a hat-trick, while Brad Friedel got sent off for Villa in the 64th minute

Manchester City 1 - 0 Sunderland
Sunderland's George McCartney got sent off in the fifteenth miunte, and Robinho missed a penalty for Manchester City in the 20th minute.

Wigan Athletic 1 - 0 Hull City

Championship

Cardiff City 0 - 3 Sheffield United
Not only did Cardiff lose two men before half time, but they had a goal scored against them just seventeen seconds into the second half.



One League Two match tomorrow, Dagenham & Redbridge take on top side Brentford, who lost their most recent game, against Chesterfield. Such is the state of the top sides in League Two that top of the last-six form table is the team in fifteenth place in the overall table, Rotherham United.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/25/09 at 4:58 pm

Results from March 24:

League One

Carlisle United 1 - 2 Hereford United
MK Dons 2 - 2 Crewe Alexandra
Cheltenham Town 1 - 1 Oldham Athletic
Northampton Town 3 - 4 Swindon Town
Including a hat-trick from Simon Cox


League Two

Accrington Stanley 1 - 0 Darlington
Rotherham United 1 - 1 Bury

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/25/09 at 4:59 pm

Today's only result:

League Two

Chesterfield 3 - 0 Rochdale


No matches tomorrow. One League One match on Friday.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/27/09 at 8:32 pm

Yesterday's League One game:


Southend United 3 - 2 Hartlepool United

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 03/29/09 at 1:36 am

And just FTR, the results from yesterday's WC qualifier matches:

Group 3:
Northern Ireland - Poland  3 - 2
Northern Ireland are currently leading the group table (10 points from 6 games), but second placed Slovakia (with 9 points) still have two games in hand.


Group 4:
Wales - Finland  0 - 3
If it wasn't over already, it is now for Wales. They're pretty much eliminated.

Group 6:
No WC action yesterday. England are leading the table, with 12 points from 4 games.

Group 8:
Ireland - Bulgaria  1 - 1
A very disappointing result for the Irish, who were co-leading the table until yesterday. They're now two points behind Italy (who DID win their game against Montenegro), but still WAY ahead of the competition.


Group 9:
Netherlands - Scotland  3 - 0
Which puts Scotland in 3rd place, with only 4 points from 4 games. The race for 2nd place is still wide open.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/29/09 at 1:45 am

In all the International action, I forgot to report on yesterday's fixtures:

League One

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

League Two

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


Nothing in the top four leagues now until Tuesday.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/30/09 at 9:31 pm

Today, three League One matches and five League Two matches. On Wednesday, England face the Ukraine in a Group Six tie at Wembley Stadium.

Taking a slight detour, the US Major League soccer season is two games old, and already causing a stir are 2009 expansion team the Seattle Sounders, who, while being a completely separate organization from that which became defunct last year from the United Soccer Leagues, are making a strong start to the MLS season. This season's Sounders are captained by 39-year-old former Leicester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham shot-stopper Kasey Keller. Other players include the rather amusingly-named Peter Vagenas.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 03/31/09 at 7:26 pm

Yesterday's matches:

League One

Bristol Rovers 1 - 2 Huddersfield Town
Millwall 0 - 1 Colchester United
Yeovil Town 1 - 0 Northampton Town

League Two

Aldershot Town 1 - 1 Chesterfield
Exeter City 1 - 0 Port Vale
Exeter had Daniel Seaborne sent off in the 21st minute.

Lincoln City 1 - 0 Macclesfield Town
Luton Town 2 - 4 Rotherham United
Wycombe Wanderers 1 - 1 Barnet


Today, a bunch of World Cup Qualifying fixtures. Wales face Germany in Group 4, England face the Ukraine at Wembley, Wales face Germany, Scotland face Iceland, Northern Ireland face Slovenia, and the Republic of Ireland face Italy.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/01/09 at 9:21 pm

Yesterday's international fixtures:


England 2 - 1 Ukraine
Italy 1 - 1 Republic of Ireland
N. Ireland 1 - 0 Slovenia
Scotland 2 - 1 Iceland
Wales 0 - 2 Germany


Nothing big today, although Brazil and Peru face off in a CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifying match.

The big recent news is that Alan Shearer is now managing Newcastle. His first match in charge? Chelsea. A baptism of fire if ever there was one.

No matches until Saturday now - when we will be seeing eight Premier League games, ten Championship games, ten League One games, and eleven League Two games. On Sunday, Manchester United, who have two losses in their last two games, face Aston Villa, who despite being in fifth place, haven't won in five.

S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United face troubled Luton Town in the final of the LDV Vans Trophy on Sunday.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/09 at 1:44 pm

New Newcastle United manager Alan Shearer insists he will be at St James' Park only until the end of the season (8 matches only).

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/09 at 1:45 pm

Southampton's future is seriously under threat, according to the man appointed to run the club's owners.

Southampton's parent company was placed in administration on Thursday and chief executive Rupert Lowe has resigned.

Trading in Southampton Leisure Holding (SLH) plc's shares was suspended on Wednesday after the company admitted it needed extra money to have a future.

"The finances are interlinked therefore the future of the club is in serious jeopardy," said administrator Mark Fry.

"The holding company owns the football club. The football club is an asset."

The holding company has been put into administration with debts of £27.5m, reportedly made up of financial liabilities of £23.1m and an overdraft of £4.4m.

It is possible that putting the parent company into administration could save the club from a 10-point deduction.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 04/02/09 at 3:23 pm


Yesterday's international fixtures:


England 2 - 1 Ukraine
Italy 1 - 1 Republic of Ireland
N. Ireland 1 - 0 Slovenia
Scotland 2 - 1 Iceland
Wales 0 - 2 Germany




Things are looking good for England, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland currently. Slightly less so for Scotland, and there's no hope left for Wales.

Meanwhile, down in South America, Diego Maradona's Argentina took a 6 to 1 hammering by Bolivia - their worst result in over 60 years.
Brazil are also still struggling. Now just imagine a WC without Argentina and Brazil...

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/02/09 at 3:30 pm

Sven-Goran Eriksson has been sacked as Mexico coach after an embarassing 3-1 defeat to Honduras on Wednesday. The former England coach was appointed last June to replace Hugo Sanchez, who himself lasted only 16 months in the job.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/02/09 at 4:15 pm

Nothing in the top four leagues, although Ebbsfleet United have hauled themselves out of the Conference relegation zone courtesy of just their fourth away victory from 17 games. Unfortunately Lewes, a team close to my heart, have alraedy been relegated from the division.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/04/09 at 3:56 pm

Today's results:

Premier League

Arsenal 2 - 0 Manchester City
Blackburn Rovers 2 - 1 Totenham Hotspur
Spurs lost Wilson Palacios in the 80th minute, having gone ahead in the first half. Rovers' two goals came in the last ten minutes.

Bolton Wanderers 4 - 1 Middlesbrough
Fulham 0 - 1 Liverpool
Yossi Benayoun wins the game for the reds in the 90th minute.

Hull City 0 - 0 Portsmouth
Portsmouth lost Glen Johnson in the 80th minute.

Newcastle United 0 - 2 Chelsea
West Bromwich Albion 0 - 2 Stoke City
West Ham United 2 - 0 Sunderland

Championship

Barnsley 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest
Barnsley's goal was scoerd 38 seconds after the restart, and a minute later, the goalscorer, Jamal Campbell-Rice, was booked. He later missed a penalty.

Blackpool 0 - 1 Plymouth Argyle
Bristol City 1 - 1 Preston North End
Coventry City 0 - 0 Reading
Derby County 1 - 1 Burnley
Derby County scored in the 93rd minute of the game.

Doncaster Rovers 1 - 2 Watford
Norwich City 0 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday
Wednesday lost Tommy Spurr in the 89th minute

Queens Park Rangers 0 - 0 Crystal Palace
Sheffield United 2 - 0 Ipswich Town
Southampton 2 - 3 Charlton Athletic
Charlton's Tresor Kandol missed a penalty in the 27th minute


League One

Cheltenham Town 0 - 1 Leyton Orient
Colchester United 0 - 1 Leeds United
Hartlepool United 4 - 2 Hereford United
The first of Hereford's goals was scored by Manchester Unite loanee Febian Brandy.

Huddersfield Town 0 - 1 Southend United
A 63rd minute penalty from Lee Barnard

Leicester City 2 - 2 Carlisle United
Millwall 3 - 1 Walsall
MK Dons 2 - 0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Oldham Athletic 1 - 2 Peterborough United
Stockport County 0 - 0 Yeovil Town
Swindon Town 0 - 0 Crewe Alexandra

League Two

Accrington 0 - 2 Lincoln City
Two goals from Scott Kerr, either side of half time.

Bournemouth 4 - 0 Rochdale
Including a hat-trick from Brett Pitman

Aldershot Town 0 -  1 Rotherham United
Bradford City 1 - 1 Brentford
Darlington 0 - 0 Morecambe
Exeter City 2 - 1 Dagenham & Redbridge
Gillingham 0 - 2 Barnet
Macclesfield Town 1 - 1 Chesterfield
Notts County 1 - 2 Chester City
Port Vale 1 - 1 Bury
Shrewsbury Town 1 - 1 Grimsby Town


Meanwhile, red cards abound in the conference, six in six separate games - and a 4 - 2 come-from-behind win for Kidderminster Harriers.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/09 at 3:58 pm


Today's results:

Premier League

Blackburn Rovers 2 - 1 Totenham Hotspur
Spurs lost Wilson Palacios in the 80th minute, having gone ahead in the first half. Rovers' two goals came in the last ten minutes.


No wonder my son was very quiet when he left home after the match was on tv.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/05/09 at 1:22 pm

Today's results:

Premier League

Everton 4 - 0 Wigan Athletic
Manchester United 3 - 2 Aston Villa

FLC

Cardiff City 2 - 2 Swansea City

FL1

Tranmere Rovers 2 - 0 Bristol Rovers

Johnstone's Paint Trophy final

Luton Town 3 - 2 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/09 at 1:30 pm

A referee ordered a penalty to be retaken in a Sunday league football game when an opposition player broke wind as the ball was kicked.

The Chorlton Villa player got a yellow card for the noise which was classed as "ungentlemanly conduct".

The team, who conceded a goal on the second take, went on to win the match 6-4 against International Manchester FC at Turn Moss in Stretford, Manchester.

Villa manager Ian Treadwell said their conduct was "normally exemplary".

"One of our players 'broke wind' and only the referee heard it and he booked the player," he said.

"The other player had the penalty saved because it was a bad penalty; it was nothing to do with any noise. They were as shocked as we were as to why."

Mr Treadwell said he was waiting for the Football Association to contact them after it had received a report.

The Manchester Publicity league club faces total fines of £97 for three dismissals and two yellow card bookings from the game.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/06/09 at 6:04 pm

Yesterday's only result:

FLC

Birmingham City 2 - 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers


Today, two Champions League games involving British sides, three Championship games, two League One games and four League Two games.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/09 at 8:25 am

Five players have been charged by the Football Association for breaching betting rules, with some accused of gambling thousands of pounds.

Four players then at Accrington - Jay Harris, David Mannix, Robert Williams and Peter Cavanagh - and Andrew Mangan, who was at Bury, have been charged.

The five have been charged with betting on a victory for Accrington's last game of last season at home to Bury.

All five face serious sanctions including the chance of suspensions.

Both Harris and Cavanagh played in the game which ended 2-0 to Bury.

Some bookmakers stopped taking bets on the League Two match after noticing unusual betting activity.

"All five are alleged to have placed bets on Bury to win this match," said an FA statement.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/07/09 at 6:51 pm

Yesterday's results:

Champions League

Manchester United 2 - 2 FC Porto
Villarreal 1 - 1 Arsenal

FLC

Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Coventry City
Sheffiel United 2 - 1 Barnsley
Watford 2 - 2 Southampton

FL1

Hereford United 1 - 2 Brighton & Hove Albion
Leyton Orient 2 - 2 Leeds United

FL2

Barnet 2 - 0 Rotherham United
Chesterfield 1 - 1 Lincoln City
Darlington 1 - 2 Wycombe Wanderers
Port Vale 0 - 0 Aldershot Town


Today, Liverpool and Chelsea face off in the Champions League. Again - and there is one Championship match.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/08/09 at 7:25 pm

Yesterday's results:

Euroepan Champions League

Liverpool 1 - 3 Chelsea

Championship

Cardiff City 4 - 1 Derby County

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/09/09 at 6:40 pm

Today, we have two FLC matches, six FL1 matches, and two FL2 matches.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/10/09 at 4:23 pm

Today's results:

FLC

Reading 0 - 1 Sheffield United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 - 0 Southampton

FL1

Bristol Rovers 1 - 0 Northampton Town
Carlisle United 1 - 1 Oldham Athletic 1
Peterborough United 1 - 1 Cheltenham Town
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United 1 - 2 Huddersfield
Another shocker after S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe's defeat to Luton last weekend.

Southend United 0 - 2 MK Dons
Yeovil Town 2 - 0 Millwall

FL2

Bury 2 - 1 Shrewsbury Town
Morecambe 2 - 1 Bradford City


Shrewsbury Town still have the best home record in FL2, and yet have just victory away this whole season. Still, it makes a change from languishing in the lower half of the table like last season.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/11/09 at 2:09 pm

Today's results:

Premier League

Chelsea 4 - 3 Bolton Wanderers
Liverpool 4 - 0 Blackburn Rovers
Middlesbrough 3 - 1 Hull City
Portsmouth 2 - 2 West Bromwich Albion
Stoke City 1 - 1 Newcastle United
Sunderland 1 - 2 Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 0 West Bromwich Albion

FLC

Burnley 1 - 0 QPR
Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Cardiff City
Charlton Athletic 0 - 0 Birmingham City
Ipswich Town 1 - 3 Doncaster Rovers
Nottingham Forest 3 - 2 Bristol City
Plymouth Argyle 4 - 0 Coventry City
Preston North End 0 - 1 Blackpool
Sheffield Wednesday 0 - 1 Derby County
Swansea City 2 - 1 Norwich City
Watford 1 - 1 Barnsley

FL1

Brighton & Hove Albion 2 - 3 Swindon Town
Crewe Alexandra 0 - 0 Hartlepool United
Hereford United 1 - 3 Leicester City
Leeds 1 - 0 Stockport County
Leyton Orient 2 - 1 Colchester United
Walsall 0 - 1 Tranmere Rovers

FL2

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


Two Premier League games tomorrow.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/12/09 at 8:23 am

Former QPR player Mike Keen has died at the age of 69.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/12/09 at 6:58 pm

Yesterday's results:

Premier League

Aston Villa 3 - 3 Everton
Manchester City 1 - 3 Fulham

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/13/09 at 12:29 pm

A bunch of results from today:

FLC

Barnsley 1 - 3 Swansea City
Birmingham City 1 - 1 Plymouth Argyle
City lost Maik Taylor in the 23rd minute.

Blackpool Town 2 - 2 Reading
After Blackpool were two goals down

Bristol City 1 - 1 Ipswich Town
Town equalized with a last-minute penalty

Cardiff City 3 - 1 Burnley
All four goals scored in the final 16 minutes of the game

Coventry City 0 - 0 Charlton Athletic
Derby County 2 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Doncaster rovers 0 - 2 Preston North End
Norwich City 2 - 0 Watford
Norwich's first goal courtesy of Watford player Danny Rose

Queens Park Rangers 3 - 2 Sheffield Wednesday
Rangers went two goals down before scoring three in reply

Sheffield United 0 - 0 Nottingham Forest
Forest lost Kelvin Wilson in the sixteenth minute

Southampton 1 - 0 Crystal Palace

League One

Cheltenham Town 1 - 0 Yeovil Town
Yeovil lost Gary Roberts after 79 minutes

Colchester United 0 - 1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Hartlepool United 2 - 3 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United
Huddersfield Town 1 - 0 Carlisle United
Milton Keynes Dons 2 - 1 Bristol Rovers
Northampton Town 2 - 3 Southend United
Oldham Athletic 1 - 1 Crewe Alexandra
Stockport County 1 - 2 Walsall
Stockport missed a penalty in the 62nd minute. Walsall won thanks to a 90th minute own-goal from Conrad Logan

Swindon Town 0 - 1 Leyton Orient
Tranmere Rovers 2 - 1 Hereford United
Tranmere lost Ian Goodison in the 72nd minute.


League Two

Accrington Stanley 0 - 1 Chester City
Aldershot Town 1 - 1 Barnet
Bournemouth 0 - 1 Brentford
Darren Powell, who scored Brentford's goal four minutes from the end of the first half, was sent off four minutes into the second.

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


Elsewhere, in the Conference, Torquay United had the chance to score three penalties against Salisbury City, but converted just one. Today's goalless draw means that Luton Town have been relegated from League Two and will play next season in the conference - thanks to Grimsby's win away from home.

Coventry, meanwhile, are twelve points adrift from safety with four games left and a disadvantageous goal difference.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 04/13/09 at 1:01 pm


Yesterday's results:

Premier League

Aston Villa 3 - 3 Everton
Manchester City 1 - 3 Fulham



Oh great...That'll boost City's confidence (not!). Just the kind of thing they need with the return match against HSV Hamburg coming up this week. ::)



A bunch of results from today:

League Two

Accrington Stanley 0 - 1 Chester City
Aldershot Town 1 - 1 Barnet
Bournemouth 0 - 1 Brentford
Darren Powell, who scored Brentford's goal four minutes from the end of the first half, was sent off four minutes into the second.

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




Amazing to see Luton Town relegate, with a goal difference of only -4 (as of today), whereas Aldershot Town (in 15th place) have -20. And ironically, Luton has scored as many times as Brentford (in first). ...But in the end, it's the points that count.

Shrewsbury meanwhile are just one place short of...what, exactly? ??? Play-offs for promotion?
Anyway - with their upcoming game against Rotherham (in 14th place), and with Chesterfield (currently holding 7th place) facing Gillingham (in 6th place), they might just move up one place.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/13/09 at 1:10 pm


Shrewsbury meanwhile are just one place short of...what, exactly? ??? Play-offs for promotion?


Yep, promotion playoffs. Top three teams in FL2 go up automatically, and the final place in FL1 is decided by two semi-finals and a final between positions 4-7.

Last time I checked, semi-finals are decided on a two-leg basis and the final is a single leg.

Don't forget, Luton Town were deducted 30 points at the start of the season. Rotherham United and Bournemouth were deducted 17, and Darlington were deducted 10.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 04/13/09 at 2:48 pm


Don't forget, Luton Town were deducted 30 points at the start of the season. Rotherham United and Bournemouth were deducted 17, and Darlington were deducted 10.


As a matter of fact, I'd totally forgotten about that.  :-[

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/13/09 at 4:12 pm

It's all good.

No more games in the top four leagues now until Saturday, which seems an awfully long time. On the same day, Arsenal and Chelsea face off in the FA Cup semi-final.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/09 at 4:15 pm


Don't forget, Luton Town were deducted 30 points at the start of the season. Rotherham United and Bournemouth were deducted 17, and Darlington were deducted 10.
Was this because of the financial position of the clubs?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 04/13/09 at 4:29 pm


Was this because of the financial position of the clubs?


Apparently so, from what I can find online.

And in addition to the points deducted, Rotherham also have to guarantee that they will be moving back to Rotherham in the next four years, after Rotherham requested to play at Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/14/09 at 3:45 pm

Wow. That sounds like quite a match. I didn't see it though. Tonight's result:


Chelsea 4 - 4 Liverpool
Chelsea win 7 - 5 on aggregate

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/09 at 3:54 pm


Wow. That sounds like quite a match. I didn't see it though. Tonight's result:


Chelsea 4 - 4 Liverpool
Chelsea win 7 - 5 on aggregate


What a game, I saw some of the goals live.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Frank on 04/14/09 at 5:54 pm


What a game, I saw some of the goals live.

That's quite a high scoring game. Sounds like an exciting match between 2 very good clubs.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/15/09 at 3:37 pm

*victory dance*

Results in a minute or three.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/15/09 at 3:40 pm

Tonight's European results:


Arsenal 3 - 0 Villarreal
Not only did Arsenal score three goals, but Villarreal's Sebastian Eguren was sent off in the 68th minute, which led to the 69th minute penalty

FC Porto 0 - 1 Manchester United
A sixth-minute cracker of a goal by Cristiano Ronaldo



Tomorrow, Manchester City face Hamburg in the second leg of their UEFA Cup quarter final - trailing 3 - 1 from the first leg.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Frank on 04/16/09 at 1:54 am


Tonight's European results:


Arsenal 3 - 0 Villarreal
Not only did Arsenal score three goals, but Villarreal's Sebastian Eguren was sent off in the 68th minute, which led to the 69th minute penalty

FC Porto 0 - 1 Manchester United
A sixth-minute cracker of a goal by Cristiano Ronaldo



Tomorrow, Manchester City face Hamburg in the second leg of their UEFA Cup quarter final - trailing 3 - 1 from the first leg.


That was a great shot by Ronaldo.
So now in the semi's there are 3 English teams (Arsenal, Chelsea, Man U.) out of 4.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/16/09 at 6:22 pm

Yesterday's only result:


Manchester City 2 - 1 Hamburg
Manchester City lose 3 - 4 on aggregate



Nothing in the top four leagues tomorrow. On Saturday, the Arsenal - Chelsea FA Cup quarter final, five Premier League games, ten Championship games, twelve League One games, and twelve League Two games.

It's still anyone's game right at the top of League Two, with just three games left any three of four teams can realistically grab that last automatic promotion spot.

Chesterfield are one position above Shrewsbury in the final promotion play-off spot. If they can lose Saturday's game against sixth-placed Gillingham, and Shrewsbury can beat fourteenth-placed Rotherham, Shrewsbury can regain that final play-off spot, at least for the time being. I would love to see Shrewsbury get three wins from their last three games, but with two of them coming away, and with the worst away-from-home record in the whole league, somehow I don't see that happening.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/19/09 at 4:17 pm

Results from this weekend:

Saturday:

FA Cup

Arsenal 1 - 2 Chelsea

Premier League

Aston Villa 1 - 1 West Ham United
Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Fulham
Portsmouth 1 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
Stoke City 1 - 0 Blackburn Rovers
Sunderland 1 - 0 Hull City

FLC

Charlton Athletic 2 - 2 Blackpool
After two goals in two minutes from Charlton, Blackpool score two in return, including a 90th minute goal which relegates the home team.

Crystal Palace 1 - 0 Derby County
Crystal Palace lost Victor Moses in the 60th minute

Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Coventry City
Plymouth Argyle 0 - 3 Doncaster Rovers
Preston North End 6 - 0 Cardiff City
Reading 0 - 0 Barnsley
Sheffield Wednesday 2 - 0 Southampton
Swansea City 1 - 0 Bristol City
Watford 0 - 1 Birmingham City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 0 Queens Park Rangers
Wolves gain promotion with this victory


FL1

Brighton & Hove Albion 3 - 1 Oldham Athletic
Brighton lost Andrew Whing in the 88th minute

Bristol Rovers 4 - 2 Millwall
Each side went down to ten men, Millwall first losing Gary Alexander, then Bristol losing Steve Elliott

Carlisle United 1 - 1 Swindon Town
A last-minute equalizer from Owain Tudur-Jones

Crewe Alexandra 1 - 2 Cheltenham Town
Hereford United 0 - 2 Colchester United
With this defeat, Hereford are relegated.

Leeds United 3 - 1 Tranmere Rovers
Leyton Orient 1 - 3 Northampton Town
Peterborough United 1 - 0 Stockport County
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United 0 - 1 MK Dons
Southend United 0 - 2 Leicester City
Two goals from Matt Fryatt, including a penalty, ensure Leicester City are promoted.

Walsall 2 - 3 Huddersfield Town
Despite Walsall going 2 - 0 up after just 28 minutes

Yeovil Town 2 - 3 Hartlepool United

FL2

Rochdale 0 - 2 Darlington
Barnet 1 - 1 Luton Town
Town lost Kevin Nicholls in the 79th minute

Brentford 3 - 0 Accrington Stanley
Bury 3 - 0 Macclesfield Town
Chester City 0 - 2 Bournemouth
Chesterfield 0 - 1 Gillingham
Dagenham & Redbridge 3 - 0 Bradford City
Grimsby Town 3 - 0 Port Vale
Lincoln City 0 - 1 Exeter City
An 88th minute own goal.

Morecambe 1 - 0 Notts County
Rotherham United 1 - 2 Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury's winning goal was an own goal from Ian Sharps.

Wycombe Wanderers 3 - 0 Aldershot Town


Elsewhere, in the conference, Andrew Mangan scored a hat trick for Forest Green Rovers.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/19/09 at 4:19 pm

Today's results:

FA Cup semi final

Manchester United 0 - 0 Everton (Everton win 4 - 2 on penalties)
Well, the dream is over. It was nice while it lasted. Still, four trophies would be nearly as good.


Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 0 Newcastle United
Manchester City 4 - 2 West Bromwich Albion

Championship

Ipswich Town 3 - 2 Norwich City

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 04/19/09 at 4:41 pm


Results from this weekend:

Saturday:

FLC

Charlton Athletic 2 - 2 Blackpool
After two goals in two minutes from Charlton, Blackpool score two in return, including a 90th minute goal which relegates the home team.

Crystal Palace 1 - 0 Derby County
Crystal Palace lost Victor Moses in the 60th minute

Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Coventry City
Plymouth Argyle 0 - 3 Doncaster Rovers
Preston North End 6 - 0 Cardiff City
Reading 0 - 0 Barnsley
Sheffield Wednesday 2 - 0 Southampton
Swansea City 1 - 0 Bristol City
Watford 0 - 1 Birmingham City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 0 Queens Park Rangers
Wolves gain promotion with this victory





Despite the beating they got by PNE, Cardiff City are still in fourth place.
Now supposing they keep that spot and gain promotion to Premier League via play-offs... wouldn't that make them the first non-England team to play Premier League? ???




FL2

Rochdale 0 - 2 Darlington
Barnet 1 - 1 Luton Town
Town lost Kevin Nicholls in the 79th minute

Brentford 3 - 0 Accrington Stanley
Bury 3 - 0 Macclesfield Town
Chester City 0 - 2 Bournemouth
Chesterfield 0 - 1 Gillingham
Dagenham & Redbridge 3 - 0 Bradford City
Grimsby Town 3 - 0 Port Vale
Lincoln City 0 - 1 Exeter City
An 88th minute own goal.

Morecambe 1 - 0 Notts County
Rotherham United 1 - 2 Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury's winning goal was an own goal from Ian Sharps.

Wycombe Wanderers 3 - 0 Aldershot Town





Just as I predicted, Shrewsbury move up one place. ::)














OK, so that was more luck than judgement.... ;D

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/20/09 at 5:04 am


Despite the beating they got by PNE, Cardiff City are still in fourth place.

Now supposing they keep that spot and gain promotion to Premier League via play-offs... wouldn't that make them the first non-England team to play Premier League? ???


Yes they would. Being in quite close proximity to Wales myself, I do keep half an eye on the state of the Welsh leagues - and I constantly think to myself, the other Welsh teams in the League of Wales, how would they cope in the English leagues?

But that's the old Rangers/Celtic argument. Give 'em a couple of seasons and they'll decide the novelty has worn off. The only other non-English team in the English leagues is Swansea City, who, considering they were only promoted to League One at the end of last season, are doing a creditable job, in seventh place. Their two home defeats this season is three fewer than the five they suffered in the season they were promoted.

In the Welsh leagues, the same problem is clear. Rhyl, who have been victorious this season, got decent enough gates when they entered the Intertoto Cup, but the Welsh league can be, at times, very, very dull. Whether they would get gates in the English game is another matter entirely.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/20/09 at 7:27 pm

Yesterday's only result:

FLC

Burnley 1 - 0 Sheffield United


Today, one Premier League game, and three each in FLC, FL1 and FL2.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/22/09 at 4:16 pm

Yesterday's results:

Premier League

Liverpool 4 - 4 Arsenal

FLC

Charlton Athletic 2 - 2 Cardiff City
Coventry City 1 - 1 Barnsley
Derby County 0 - 2 Reading

FL1

Bristol rovers 1 - 2 Brighton & Hove Albion
Northampton Town 3 - 3 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United
Yeovil Town 2 - 2 Hereford United

FL2

Dagenham & Redbridge 3 - 1 Brentford
Rotherham United 3 - 2 Morecambe
Luton Town 0 - 1 Wycombe Wanderers

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/22/09 at 4:17 pm

Tonight's results:

Premier League

Chelsea 0 - 0 Everton
Manchester United 2 - 0 Portsmouth

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/23/09 at 3:10 pm

The Football League have announced they have imposed a 10-point penalty on Championship side Southampton under their insolvency rules. It means the club will be playing in League One next season.

Should Saints finish outside the bottom three they will have the points deducted this season, which will place them back inside the relegation zone.

However, if they are relegated conventionally at the end of the season the 10 points will be taken off at the start of next season with the former Premier League outfit in the third tier of English football for the first time in 50 years. They will face an uphill struggle to bounce straight back.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/25/09 at 1:42 pm

Tonight's results are all in:

Premier League

Bolton Wanderers 1 - 1 Aston Villa
Everton 1 - 2 Manchester City
Fulham 1 - 0 Stoke City
Hull City 1 - 3 Liverpool
Manchester United 5 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion 3 - 0 Sunderland
West Ham United 0 - 1 Chelsea

FLC

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

FL1

Cheltenham Town 1 - 1 Carlisle United
Colchester United 0 - 1 Peterborough United
Hartlepool United 0 - 1 Leeds United
Huddersfiel Town 2 - 2 Brighton & Hove Albion
Millwall 2 - 1 Leyton Orient
MK Dons 0 - 1 Walsall
Northampton Town 2 - 1 Hereford United
Oldham Athletic 1 - 1 Southend United
Swindon Town 2 - 1 Bristol Rovers
Tranmere Rovers 1 - 1 Yeovil Town

FL2

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


Two Premier League games tomorrow.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/09 at 1:44 pm


Tonight's results are all in:

Premier League

Bolton Wanderers 1 - 1 Aston Villa
Everton 1 - 2 Manchester City
Fulham 1 - 0 Stoke City
Hull City 1 - 3 Liverpool
Manchester United 5 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion 3 - 0 Sunderland
West Ham United 0 - 1 Chelsea

FLC

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

FL1

Cheltenham Town 1 - 1 Carlisle United
Colchester United 0 - 1 Peterborough United
Hartlepool United 0 - 1 Leeds United
Huddersfiel Town 2 - 2 Brighton & Hove Albion
Millwall 2 - 1 Leyton Orient
MK Dons 0 - 1 Walsall
Northampton Town 2 - 1 Hereford United
Oldham Athletic 1 - 1 Southend United
Swindon Town 2 - 1 Bristol Rovers
Tranmere Rovers 1 - 1 Yeovil Town

FL2

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


Two Premier League games tomorrow.
What happened to Spurs, it was 2-2 when I stopped watching the match.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/25/09 at 2:20 pm

Ronaldo scored straight from kick-off with the third goal, and we scored two late on.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/09 at 2:26 pm


Ronaldo scored straight from kick-off with the third goal, and we scored two late on.
It looks like Manchaester United had the better players on the day?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/26/09 at 10:13 pm

Yesterday's results:

Premier League

Arsenal 2 - 0 Middlesbrough
Blackburn Rovers 2 - 0 Wigan Athletic


Also of note yesterday from the Conference: Histon went 0 -  3 up against Crawley Town at half time, went down to ten men after just five minutes of the second half, and Crawley scored three goals in reply in the last 40 minutes of the game.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/26/09 at 10:24 pm

It's a big ask, but if Norwich City could win their game against playoff bound Reading, they could jump out of the relegation places. As it is, it looks like they're going to fall into League One, having been relegated from the Premier League back in 2004-05.

Luton Town, of course, have achieved their third successive relegation - this is the first time in league history that any team has managed this, though they did win the Johnstone's Paint Trophy earlier in the season.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/27/09 at 7:56 pm

Yesterday's results:

Premier League

Newcastle United 0 - 0 Portsmouth

FLC

Norwich City 0 - 2 Reading

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/28/09 at 3:43 pm

Tonight's results:

Champions League

Barcelona 0 - 0 Chelsea

FL1

S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United 3 - 0 Cheltenham Town
Northampton Town 0 - 1 MK Dons

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 04/29/09 at 3:37 pm

Manchester United win their tie against Arsenal by a single goal, courtesy of John O'Shea.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/02/09 at 12:00 pm

Today's results:

Premier League

Chelsea 3 - 1 Fulham
Manchester City 3 - 1 Blackburn Rovers
Middlesbrough 0 - 2 Manchester United
Portsmouth 0 - 3 Arsenal
Stoke City 0 - 1 West Ham United
Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 0 West Bromwich Albion
Wigan Athletic 0 - 0 Bolton Wanderers

League One

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

League Two

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/09 at 12:00 pm


Today's results:

Premier League

Chelsea 3 - 1 Fulham
Manchester City 3 - 1 Blackburn Rovers
Middlesbrough 0 - 2 Manchester United
Portsmouth 0 - 3 Arsenal
Stoke City 0 - 1 West Ham United
Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 0 West Bromwich Albion
Wigan Athletic 0 - 0 Bolton Wanderers

League One

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

League Two

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

How is the top of the Premier League looking today?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/02/09 at 12:08 pm

United ahead by six points with four games to go. Liverpool and Chelsea in second and third, both with 74 points, but Liverpoool and United have a game in hand over Chelsea.

Villa and Everton look safe for the UEFA Cup places.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/09 at 12:12 pm


United ahead by six points with four games to go. Liverpool and Chelsea in second and third, both with 74 points, but Liverpoool and United have a game in hand over Chelsea.

Villa and Everton look safe for the UEFA Cup places.
No chance for Spurs for the UEFA Cup places?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/03/09 at 9:04 pm

Yesterday's results:

Premier League

Liverpool 3 - 0 Newcastle United
Sunderland 0 - 2 Everton

FLC

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

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/03/09 at 9:40 pm

Thanks to yesterday's results, it's a double-whammy of good news for Midlands teams in the Football League Championship as not just Wolves, but Birmingham also, get promoted automatically. In the play-offs, Sheffield United, Reading, Burnley, and Preston North End.

Cardiff City miss out on goals scored, incredibly enough, having scored one fewer goal in the entire season than sixth-placed Preston North End.

In the play-offs, third play sixth, as Sheffield United travel to Deepdale to play Preston North End. Fourth and fifth square off as Reading travel to Burnley's Turf Moor stadium. Having been there myself, I think the most polite way to phrase it is that Turf Moor certainly needs some kind of renovation, which it apparently is going to begin to receive in two seasons time.

This means that in League One, MK Dons, who finished their season with six wins from seven matches, take on S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United, who scrape into the playoffs thanks to Tranmere also only being able to draw their final fixture. In the other play-off match, recent FA Cup finalists Millwall take on former Premier League stalwarts Leeds United.

And in League Two, a real corker for me, as Shrewsbury Town, who rather shockingly ended up victorious in both of their final two away fixtures, face Bury. The other League Two playoff fixture sees Gillingham face Rochdale, and it'll be Gillinghan who will be feeling better about the match, as Rochdale have lost two of their last three games and are winless for almost a month.

Meanwhile the play-offs are in full swing already in the Vauxhall Conference, with Cambridge United sadly losing 3 - 1 in their away fixture at Stevenage Borough, and Torquay victorious in their first leg against Histon.

While we're talking about the Conference, it seems odd to point out that the team who finished in third place in the league are second-bottom in the last six form table. Incredibly, top of the last six table, and the only team with five wins from their last five matches, are Northwich Victoria, who, having finished third from bottom in the league, sadly are relegated back to the Conference North.

In the same season as they were last promoted to the National Conference, 2005-06, Northwich Victoria got to the third round of the FA Cup where they faced Sunderland, who, in spite of securing just three victories in the Premiership all season, got through to Round 4 of the FA Cup. The fact that they were then beaten by lowly Brentford, is a point which they will attempt to erase from their memory for seasons to come.

And that's the upcoming playoffs sorted. We'll also be pulling for Telford United, who secured a 5-4 aggregate win against Alfreton Town in their Blue Square North play-off semi-final, and who now face Gateshead in the final.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/04/09 at 6:30 pm

Yesterday's only result:

Premier League

Aston Villa 1 - 0 Hull City


Meanwhile, Cambridge United do exactly what was necessary of them, winning 3 - 0 at home against Stevenage Borough to secure a place in the Conference play-off final.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/09 at 9:34 am

Newcastle suspend midfielder Joey Barton until further notice.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/05/09 at 12:34 pm


Thanks to yesterday's results, it's a double-whammy of good news for Midlands teams in the Football League Championship as not just Wolves, but Birmingham also, get promoted automatically. In the play-offs, Sheffield United, Reading, Burnley, and Preston North End.

Cardiff City miss out on goals scored, incredibly enough, having scored one fewer goal in the entire season than sixth-placed Preston North End.


And things were looking so promising just two weeks ago. So it's not gonna happen for Wales...at least not this season.


In the play-offs, third play sixth, as Sheffield United travel to Deepdale to play Preston North End. Fourth and fifth square off as Reading travel to Burnley's Turf Moor stadium. Having been there myself, I think the most polite way to phrase it is that Turf Moor certainly needs some kind of renovation, which it apparently is going to begin to receive in two seasons time.


Dunno why, but I'll be rooting for Preston NE.



And in League Two, a real corker for me, as Shrewsbury Town, who rather shockingly ended up victorious in both of their final two away fixtures, face Bury. The other League Two playoff fixture sees Gillingham face Rochdale, and it'll be Gillinghan who will be feeling better about the match, as Rochdale have lost two of their last three games and are winless for almost a month.


What were the league results of these matches?  ??? Does that offer any hope for Shrewsbury?


Yesterday's only result:

Premier League

Aston Villa 1 - 0 Hull City




Oh dear... Hull are slipping dangerously close to relegation zone this way. :-\\ Only one point from their last 6 matches - worst performance of all Premier League teams. Whatever happened to the team that started off so well?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/05/09 at 4:15 pm


Oh dear... Hull are slipping dangerously close to relegation zone this way. :-\\ Only one point from their last 6 matches - worst performance of all Premier League teams. Whatever happened to the team that started off so well?


It's even worse than I thought... :(

Of Hull's eight wins this season, six were achieved in the first 9 games of the season.
Which means they've had only 2 (yes, TWO) wins in their last 26 League games.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/05/09 at 4:17 pm


What were the league results of these matches?  ??? Does that offer any hope for Shrewsbury?


Rochdale's five most recent games:

Rochdale 1 - 0 Port Vale (W)
Shrewsbury Town 1 -  1 Rochdale (D)
Rochdale 0 - 2 Darlington (L)
Luton Town 1 - 1 Rochdale (D)
Rochdale 0 - 1 Gillingham (L)

So, no win in four, and most importantly, only scraping a draw against Shrewsbury, having gone behind early in the second half.


Oh dear... Hull are slipping dangerously close to relegation zone this way. :-\\ Only one point from their last 6 matches - worst performance of all Premier League teams. Whatever happened to the team that started off so well?


Hull have pretty much followed the same path, though to much more English, restrained extremes, that German side TSG Hoffenheim did earlier in the season. Awesome start, beyond the realms of most people's expectation, but nevertheless managed to fall apart late on. Having won six games from their first nine, and being in third place after those first nine rounds, they've won just one game since Christmas, a run which early on included six consecutive defeats (but oddly, a draw away at Chelsea).

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/05/09 at 4:39 pm


Rochdale's five most recent games:

Rochdale 1 - 0 Port Vale (W)
Shrewsbury Town 1 -  1 Rochdale (D)
Rochdale 0 - 2 Darlington (L)
Luton Town 1 - 1 Rochdale (D)
Rochdale 0 - 1 Gillingham (L)

So, no win in four, and most importantly, only scraping a draw against Shrewsbury, having gone behind early in the second half.


Maybe I wasn't being too clear... I wanted to know the results of the 2008/2009 League encounters between the teams that are about to face each other once again for the final promotion spot.
Found them myself:

Shrewsbury Town - Bury 1 - 0
Bury - Shrewsbury Town 2 - 1

Gillingham - Rochdale 1 - 1
Rochdale - Gillingham 0 - 1

So, no clear favorites there. :-\\

I assume the winners of these double fixtures face each other for one final promotion ticket?  ??? It would be interesting to see Shrewsbury taking on Gillingham again (remember the 7 to 0 bashing earlier this season...?)  ::)



Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/05/09 at 8:46 pm

Oh, sorry Henk, I understand now. Yes, indeed, the two winners of the semi-finals go into a final for a single promotion spot. Yes, it feels good to remember the 7-0 drubbing we gave Gillingham early in the season, though we only just scraped a draw in the reverse fixture.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/06/09 at 4:06 pm

Today's Champions League game between Chelsea and Barcelona finished 1 - 1, despite Barcelona going down to ten men halfway through the second half, they scored the equalizing goal in the final minute of the game.

That means that it will be Barcelona facing Manchester United in the Champions League final, and not Chelsea, as was for so long assumed tonight!

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/09 at 4:43 pm


Today's Champions League game between Chelsea and Barcelona finished 1 - 1, despite Barcelona going down to ten men halfway through the second half, they scored the equalizing goal in the final minute of the game.

That means that it will be Barcelona facing Manchester United in the Champions League final, and not Chelsea, as was for so long assumed tonight!
Where will the final be played?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/06/09 at 4:44 pm


Today's Champions League game between Chelsea and Barcelona finished 1 - 1, despite Barcelona going down to ten men halfway through the second half, they scored the equalizing goal in the final minute of the game.

That means that it will be Barcelona facing Manchester United in the Champions League final, and not Chelsea, as was for so long assumed tonight!


Well, you know the saying: it ain't over... ::)

Things may have looked promising for Chelsea after their goalless draw in Barcelona, but in reality it never was a solid basis for the return match. In fact, Barça were having the advantage, because to them even a non-goalless draw would suffice (whereas Chelsea needed a win).


It would be kind of harsh to see Barça win the final, and not one of the three English teams in the semis...(unless, of course, you're a Barça fan).

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/06/09 at 6:20 pm

The final will be played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on May 27.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/09 at 2:04 am


Well, you know the saying: it ain't over... ::)

Things may have looked promising for Chelsea after their goalless draw in Barcelona, but in reality it never was a solid basis for the return match. In fact, Barça were having the advantage, because to them even a non-goalless draw would suffice (whereas Chelsea needed a win).


It would be kind of harsh to see Barça win the final, and not one of the three English teams in the semis...(unless, of course, you're a Barça fan).
Just seen the highlights of the Chelsea v Barcelona match and I could see four definite penalties which were not award to Chelsea.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/07/09 at 4:18 am

Everyone with me in pulling for Shrewsbury Town tonight, please! Although we have not lost at home in our last five games, we have only won one of these. Meanwhile, our away form shows we have two wins from our last five - a better record!

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/07/09 at 1:23 pm


Everyone with me in pulling for Shrewsbury Town tonight, please! Although we have not lost at home in our last five games, we have only won one of these. Meanwhile, our away form shows we have two wins from our last five - a better record!


Less than 25 minutes till kick off...


Is Grant Holt playing, or is he suspended? ???

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/07/09 at 1:25 pm

I haven't heard that he isn't, and he didn't pick up a yellow card in his most recent game, against Dagenham & Redbridge. I hope he can play!

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/07/09 at 1:38 pm


I haven't heard that he isn't, and he didn't pick up a yellow card in his most recent game, against Dagenham & Redbridge. I hope he can play!


According to ESPN, the only absentee is Michael Jackson.

I see Grant Holt in the line-up, alongside Kelvin Langmead and Nick Chadwick. Familiar names to you, no doubt.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/07/09 at 1:43 pm


According to ESPN, the only absentee is Michael Jackson.


I wonder whether the manager told him to "Beat It". Ho ho ho!

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/07/09 at 1:57 pm


I wonder whether the manager told him to "Beat It". Ho ho ho!


And here I was, refraining from any comment... ::)

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/09 at 1:59 pm


I wonder whether the manager told him to "Beat It". Ho ho ho!
He scored from a free kick the other week with a rebound off the wall.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/07/09 at 2:00 pm


According to ESPN, the only absentee is Michael Jackson.

I see Grant Holt in the line-up, alongside Kelvin Langmead and Nick Chadwick. Familiar names to you, no doubt.


Interestingly enough, I've seen both names appear in Gamecast Live coverage - but not in the offense... :-\\

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/09 at 2:01 pm


According to ESPN, the only absentee is Michael Jackson.
Do Shrewsbury town play in black and white ?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/07/09 at 2:44 pm

Half time in both matches. No goals yet.

Shrewsbury Town and Bury seem to be well matched, from what I read at GameCast. Both have about the same number of shots on/off target (7 for the Shrews, 6 for Bury), and both sides have received one yellow card.

Rochdale v Gillingham is an entirely different story. It's Rochdale on the attack, as far as I can tell. Not a single shot on/off target from Gillingham versus 6 for Rochdale...

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/09 at 2:44 pm


Half time in both matches. No goals yet.

Shrewsbury Town and Bury seem to be well matched, from what I read at GameCast. Both have about the same number of shots on/off target (7 for the Shrews, 6 for Bury), and both sides have received one yellow card.

Will Michael Jackson still be there?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/07/09 at 2:54 pm

Second half has just started!

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/07/09 at 3:22 pm

Wow... 75 minutes played and Gillingham's second(!) shot on target. ::)  Not a goal, though.


Teams are still level in Shrewsbury too.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/07/09 at 3:33 pm

Oh dear...Neil Ashton (Shrewsbury) scores in the 81st minute... for Bury. :\'(

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/07/09 at 3:38 pm

It's all my fault for deciding to liveblog the thing on LTE. Results from both matches coming as soon as I can get my hands on the final scores.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/07/09 at 3:47 pm

Full time in both matches.

Rochdale - Gillingham 0 - 0
Stats say both teams possesed the ball for 50% of the time, yet Rochdale appeared to be more on the attack with 15 shots on/off target versus only two for Gillingham.
Both teams forgot to score.

Shrewsbury Town - Bury 0 - 1
An own goal by Neil Ashton made the difference. Let's hope the Shrews can put things right in the away match.
Shrewsbury had the upper hand, according to the stats (55% time of play, and 16 shots versus 9 for Bury). But in the end, it's the goals that count.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/07/09 at 3:47 pm

Games over. Tonight's scores:

League Two - playoff semi-finals, first leg

Rochdale 0 - 0 Gillingham
Shrewsbury Town 0 - 1 Bury


Well we couldn't do the job at home, maybe we can do the job away from home. On the plus side, we have won both of our last two away games. We'll see.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/08/09 at 2:44 pm

Play-offs for promotion to Premier League.

Half time as we speak.

Stats show Sheffield and S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe on the attack. S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe lead 9 shots to 3 against MK Dons (note: already 10 fouls committed by MK Dons), and Sheffield lead 10 shots to 5 against Preston NE. Time of possession in both matches, however, is exactly level.

But once again: it's the goals that count.

Preston North End - Sheffield United      1 - 0 (HT)
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United - Milton Keynes Dons  1 - 1 (HT)

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/08/09 at 3:53 pm


Play-offs for promotion to Premier League.

Half time as we speak.

Stats show Sheffield and S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe on the attack. S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe lead 9 shots to 3 against MK Dons (note: already 10 fouls committed by MK Dons), and Sheffield lead 10 shots to 5 against Preston NE. Time of possession in both matches, however, is exactly level.

But once again: it's the goals that count.

Preston North End - Sheffield United       1 - 0 (HT)
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United - Milton Keynes Dons  1 - 1 (HT)


Full time scores:

Preston North End - Sheffield United        1 - 1
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United - Milton Keynes Dons  1 - 1


Some stats on these games, just to show who's been on the attack:

                                  PNE  -  Sh Utd      Sc Utd - MKD
Shots (on goal)            7 (3)  -  20 (11)    15 (11)  -  11 (6)
Corners                          2    -    8                  4    -  10
Time of possession        46%  -  54%            44%  -  56%

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/09 at 1:45 pm

Premier League

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

FLC - semi-final playoffs

Burnley 1 - 0 Reading
Just the result we want, thanks to an 84th minute penalty. Reading went down to 10 men in the final minute of the game.

FL1 - semi-final playoffs

Millwall 1 - 0 Leeds United
Neil Harris' first goal since March 21's 10-minute hat-trick which saved an unnecessary drubbing from Hartlepool

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/09/09 at 2:05 pm


Premier League

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



Another loss for Hull City...Not the result we want. Just three points clear from Newcastle (18th), Middlesbrough (19th) and WBA (thanks to their win, but still in 20th place).

Luckily, Newcastle face Middlesbrough this Monday, so they can't BOTH leapfrog Hull City. But with just two games remaining for Hull, it's gonna be all hands on deck.

Modified to add:
I just had a look at the remaining fixtures. It's gonna be tough for all four teams to avoid relegation.
Hull face Bolton Wanderers (away) and Manchester United (home, on the final day of the season...);
Newcastle face Fulham (home) and Aston Villa (away);
Middlesbrough face Aston Villa (home) and West Ham United (away);
WBA face Liverpool (home) and Blackburn Rovers (away).

Let's hope (for Hull's sake) that Man United are already champions by the time they come to Kingston Comms...
Looks like WBA have the toughest program, but with Hull's current form it's hard to tell what's gonna happen.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/09 at 2:01 am

England footballer Ledley King has been arrested outside a nightclub in central London on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm, the BBC understands.

The Tottenham Hotspur captain had played in the club's Premier League game against Everton on Saturday.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of ABH following an allegation of assault by a man in his 20s."

He said the man was arrested in Soho Street at about 0230 BST.

The spokesman said: "The 28-year-old man remains in custody. Charing Cross CID are investigating.

"The man was arrested after a routine patrol was flagged down."

Mr King has 19 international caps and was in the England squad for the 2004 European Championship. He has appeared more than 250 times for Tottenham and played the whole 90 minutes of the team's 0-0 draw with Everton on Saturday.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/10/09 at 2:44 pm

Gillingham beat Rochdale 2 to 1 in the second leg of the semi-final playoff for promotion to League One.

So final between Shrewsbury and Gillingham.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/11/09 at 4:50 am

I don't think I posted yesterday's results. Here we are:

Premier League

Arsenal 1 - 4 Chelsea
Manchester United 2 - 0 Manchester City

FA Vase

Glossop North End 0 - 2 Whitley Bay

League Two Play-offs

Bury 0 - 1 Shrewsbury Town
Gilingham 2 - 1 Rochdale

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/11/09 at 4:26 pm

Today's results:

Premier League

Newcastle United 3 - 1 Middlesbrough

FLC - Playoff semi-final (second leg)

Sheffield United 1 - 0 Preston North End
Sheffield United win 2 - 1 on aggregate



Tomorrow, the second leg of Reading v. Burnley in their Championship play-off.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/12/09 at 3:47 pm

Today's result:

FLC - playoff semi-final

Reading 0 - 2 Burnley
Burnley win 0 - 3 on aggregate

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/13/09 at 10:43 pm

Yesterday's only result:

Premier League

Wigan Athletic 1 - 2 Manchester United

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/14/09 at 6:20 pm

Thursday's game:

League One playoffs (semi finals)

Leeds United 1 - 1 Millwall
Millwall win 1 - 2 on aggregate

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/15/09 at 9:23 pm

Friday's game:

FL1 - playoff semi-final - second leg

MK Dons 0 - 0 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United
1 - 1 on aggregate. S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United win 7 - 6 on penalties

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/17/09 at 3:42 pm

Results from this weekend's matches:

Saturday:

Premier League

Bolton Wanderers 1 - 1 Hull City
Everton 3 - 1 West Ham United
Despite going 0 - 1 in front, West Ham lost James Tomkins at 37 minutes, and Louis Saha converted a penalty from this

Manchester United 0 - 0 Arsenal
One of the dullest games ever from what I saw... but it got us the title and that's all we wanted

Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Aston Villa
Newcastle United 0 - 1 Fulham
Newcastle lost Bassong in the 60th minute

Stoke City 2 - 0 Wigan Athletic
Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 1 Manchester City

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/17/09 at 3:45 pm

Sunday's matches:

Premier League

West Brom 0 - 2 Liverpool
This result means that West Brom have been relegated to the Football League Championship

Chelsea 2 - 0 Blackburn

Conference playoff final

Cambridge United 0 - 2 Torquay United

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/17/09 at 4:03 pm


Sunday's matches:

Premier League

West Brom 0 - 2 Liverpool
This result means that West Brom have been relegated to the Football League Championship

Chelsea 2 - 0 Blackburn

Conference playoff final

Cambridge United 0 - 2 Torquay United



But who will accompany them...? :-\\ Middlesbrough, most likely...unless they win their last (away) game against West Ham, and both Hull and Newcastle lose theirs. Well, nothing's impossible (see Roda JC in Holland).
And then it's also one of these three: Sunderland, Hull City or Newcastle. I fear it's gonna be Hull City. :(

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/17/09 at 4:05 pm

It may well be Hull City but you have no idea how much I want it to be Newcastle. :D I have several friends who are massive Newcastle fans...

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/18/09 at 4:14 pm

Today's fixture:

Portsmouth 3 - 1 Sunderland

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/18/09 at 4:28 pm


Today's fixture:

Portsmouth 3 - 1 Sunderland


Oh dear. Michael (Dak) will not be pleased. :(

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/22/09 at 8:14 pm

Today sees the first matches since May 18, which means it has been an awfully long time since I updated this thread. I say matches, of course there is only one, the all-important play-off final for Shrewsbury Town at Wembley Stadium.

Sunday sees the final ten Premier League games of the season, and it seesm ironic that the fate of fourth-from-bottom Hull City is in the hands of Manchester United, while of course Newcastle's fate is all in their own hands.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/24/09 at 12:08 pm

Final scores:

Premier League

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

League One playoff final

Millwall 2 - 3 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/09 at 11:27 pm

Q. What is the difference between Alan Shearer and Newcastle United?

A. Alan Shearer will be on Match Of The Day next season.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/25/09 at 2:43 pm

Today's result from the Championship playoff final:


Burnley 1 - 0 Sheffield United


Burnley are promoted into the Premier League.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/09 at 1:52 am

Manchester United ace Wayne Rooney’s boots have been stolen hours before the Champions League Final.

United chiefs were frantically trying to organise a replacement pair in time for tonight’s clash with Barcelona in Rome.

Rooney’s sponsors Nike had flown in a specially-made pair of T90 laser boots for the striker to wear. But the England star, 23, was stunned when told a thief had intercepted the delivery, reports The Sun. Roo had planned to wear the boots in training yesterday, but instead was forced to use an old pair.

A United source said: “Everyone is staggered that someone would actually steal Rooney’s football boots. They were signed for at the airport and were being couriered to the team hotel when they were intercepted.”

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/09 at 2:01 pm

Barcelona 1-0 Man Utd

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/27/09 at 3:43 pm

Final result, 2 - 0 to Barca. Never mind.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/09 at 4:18 pm


Final result, 2 - 0 to Barca. Never mind.
No extra time and penalties?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 05/27/09 at 4:29 pm


No extra time and penalties?


No, not this time.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 2:44 am


No, not this time.
There is a dark cloud over Manchester today.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 6:41 am

Latest Job Vacanciy

WELDER WANTED: A capable person to replace the top on an open top bus in Manchester.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 10:06 am

Chelsea meet Everton in the 128th FA Cup final at a sun-drenched Wembley.

15:02 GOAL: Quiet opening... whoah my crikey! What a sensational start for Everton! Stephen Pienaar looks a touch offside as he picks up the ball on the left. His cross is weakly headed away by Jon Mikel Obi, Marouane Fellaini nods it to Louis Saha, who smashes in the opening goal after 25 seconds.
Chelsea 0-1 Everton

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 10:08 am

Chelsea meet Everton in the 128th FA Cup at a sun-drenched Wembley.

1522 GOAL: Florent Malouda is given so much time and space out wide to measure his cross - which he does to perfection - and Didier Drogba is on the end of it, heading in his fifth goal in five domestic cup finals.
Chelsea 1-1 Everton

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 10:09 am

Chelsea meet Everton in the 128th FA Cup at a sun-drenched Wembley.

HALF-TIME Chelsea 1-1 Everton

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 10:22 am

Chelsea meet Everton in the 128th FA Cup at a sun-drenched Wembley.

16:14: The Everton defence are at the shady end of the Wembley pitch, which is a bonus for them because they are being kept quite busy at the moment.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 10:37 am

Chelsea meet Everton in the 128th FA Cup

16:32 GOAL: That could do it. Michael Ballack passes to Nicolas Anelka, who moves the ball on to Frank Lampard. He cuts back onto his left foot and from about 20 yards, lashes the shot beyond the oustretched arms of Tim Howard - who might have done better. Still a fine strike though.

Chelsea 2-1 Everton

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 10:44 am

Chelsea meet Everton in the 128th FA Cup

16:39: Boom. What an incredible hit. Florent Malouda lets fly from 35 yards and the ball clatters the bar and bounces onto the line before Tim Howard collects. Malouda tries to claim the goal - but don't think it went over.

Still Chelsea 2-1 Everton

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 10:47 am

Chelsea meet Everton in the 128th FA Cup

16:43: Dan Gosling, who scored the extra-time winner against Liverpool, is coming on for Leon Osman. Everton need the youngster to intervene before the 90 this time...

Still Chelsea 2-1 Everton

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 10:52 am

Chelsea meet Everton in the 128th FA Cup

16:50: One minute remaining, plus any added time, Chelsea leading 2-1.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 10:57 am

Chelsea meet Everton in the 128th FA Cup

16:54: Leighton Baines concedes a free-kick out right - and Chelsea opt to play keep-ball. Boo. That's no fun is it? Seconds remaining.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 10:59 am

CHELSEA WIN THE FA CUP
 
FULL-TIME Chelsea 2-1 Everton

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 05/30/09 at 1:28 pm

FA Cup final result:


Chelsea 2 - 1 Everton
Despite Everton scoring the fastest goal in the history of the FA Cup final, Drogba and Lampard scored later in the game for Chelsea

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 06/06/09 at 4:36 pm

World Cup qualifying matches, June 6

Group Three:
Northern Ireland did not play tonight. They're holding on to the #2 spot in their group.

Group Four:
Wales fighting to survive, beating Azerbaijan with the narrowest of margins (0 - 1). They stay in fourth position in their group, tho'.

Group Six:
England continue their winning streak, beating Kazachstan 0 - 4. England haven't dropped any points yet, which means they're well in the lead.

Group Eight:
Republic of Ireland draw again, this time away against Bulgaria (1 - 1). They're in second place at the moment.

Group Nine:
No action for Scotland, who saw the Netherlands beat Iceland, while rivals Norway and Macedonia failed to score. These results keep Scotland in second place.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 06/06/09 at 4:55 pm


World Cup qualifying matches, June 6

Group Three:
Northern Ireland did not play tonight. They're holding on to the #2 spot in their group.



Wait, that's not true. Northern Ireland played an international friendly tonight, against Italy, and lost 3 - 0. Hmpf.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/09 at 4:57 pm


Wait, that's not true. Northern Ireland played an international friendly tonight, against Italy, and lost 3 - 0. Hmpf.
There was I thinking that the football season finishes after the F.A. Cup Final.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Henk on 06/06/09 at 5:05 pm


There was I thinking that the football season finishes after the F.A. Cup Final.


In theory, yes. But nowadays players can play practically all year round, with all the tournaments and friendlies and what have you.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/09 at 5:06 pm


In theory, yes. But nowadays players can play practically all year round, with all the tournaments and friendlies and what have you.
...thinking of the financies?

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/09 at 2:22 pm

England v Andorra

There's goal number one then. Glen Johnson crosses from the right and Wayne Rooney is at the far post to head back past the keeper.
England 1-0 Andorra

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Bobo on 06/11/09 at 4:11 am

Manchester United have apparently accepted a bid of £80 million from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo. So much for Fergie saying that he isn't for sale.

Subject: Re: English Premier League 2008-09

Written By: Paul on 06/11/09 at 6:37 am


Manchester United have apparently accepted a bid of £80 million from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo. So much for Fergie saying that he isn't for sale.


Every man has his price...

I don't think they'll be letting Tevez go now... ::)

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