Apropos of nothing in particular, the Scottish Premier League is kicking off today. This is in comparison with last season, when it kicked off on August 14.
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Apropos of nothing in particular, the Scottish Premier League is kicking off today. This is in comparison with last season, when it kicked off on August 14.
Chief executive Stewart Regan has promised that the Scottish Football Association's new disciplinary processes will be "speedy, transparent and robust" and hopes it will avoid the problems that led to controversy and challenges by the Old Firm last season.

QPR will not sell midfielder Adel Taarabt during the current summer transfer window, the Premier League side announced today.

Apropos of nothing in particular, the Scottish Premier League is kicking off today. This is in comparison with last season, when it kicked off on August 14.
Uganda international David Obua scores the first goal of the new Scottish Premier League season to give Hearts a 1-0 lead over Rangers at Ibrox.

West Ham confirm signing of Matt Taylor from Bolton for undisclosed fee

Full-time at Ibrox and defending champions Rangers have been held to a 1-1 draw by Hearts in their opening Scottish Premier League game of the season.

Asian Football Confederation president Mohammed Bin Hammam banned for life by Fifa after being found guilty of bribery. A Fifa ethics panel has ruled that the Qatari candidate conspired to pay Caribbean officials $40,000 (£24,500) cash bribes to back his ultimately abandoned challenge to Fifa President Sepp Blatter. Bin Hammam is the most senior Fifa official convicted of corruption in its 107-year history.

Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba expects to sign a new one-year contract extension that will tie him to Stamford Bridge until 2013.

Saturday, 23 July 2011 Results

Clydesdale Bank Premier League
Aberdeen 0-0 St Johnstone
Motherwell 3-0 Inverness CT
Rangers 1-1 Hearts

Arsenal are set to hijack Chelsea's move for giant Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku, nicknamed the 'new Didier Drogba'.

Chelsea are poised to test Tottenham's resolve to keep Luka Modric by offering £27m and 21-year-old striker Daniel Sturridge for the Croatian playmaker.

Arsenal will this week increase their £12m bid for Everton's 28-year-old defender Phil Jagielka.

Sunday, 24 July 2011 Fixtures

Clydesdale Bank Premier League
Hibernian v Celtic, 12:30
Dundee Utd v Kilmarnock, 15:00

Victor Anichebe, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov and Magaye Gueye scored for Everton as they  beat American side DC United 3-1  in a pre-season friendly.

Dunfermline and St Mirren draw 0-0 in Scottish Premier League

Rangers host Malmo in the first leg of their Champions League third qualifying round tie.

Fulham keeper David Stockdale joins Ipswich on a season-long loan

David Beckham defends Mario Balotelli over the Manchester City player's controversial back-heel

Argentina striker Sergio Aguero arrives in Manchester to complete his move to Manchester City from Spanish club Atletico Madrid.

Bolton sign former Aston Villa midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker on two-year deal

Manchester United confirm striker Javier Hernandez spent last night in hospital with concussion

Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby ruled out of action with ankle injury until September

Aston Villa complete signing of Charles N'Zogbia from Wigan on a five-year contract

Aston Villa complete signing of Charles N'Zogbia from Wigan on a five-year contract

Saturday, 30 July 2011 Fixtures

Clydesdale Bank Premier League
St Johnstone v Rangers, 12:00
Inverness CT v Hibernian, 15:00
Kilmarnock v Motherwell, 15:00
St Mirren v Aberdeen, 15:00

Blackburn take a 1-0 lead in their friendly against Kitchee thanks to a goal from Mauro Formica.

Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard to miss the start of the season.

Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard to miss the start of the season.
More on Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard's injury. "Gerrard today began a course of antibiotic treatment for an infection related to an ongoing groin problem. He is expected to remain in hospital for several days while the precautionary procedure is completed. The player will then return to Melwood to continue his rehabilitation programme and is expected to be available for selection in September,"

Blackburn take a 2-0 lead in their friendly against Kitchee. Midfielder David Dunn  scores the second.

Rangers take a 1-0 lead at St Johnstone in the league. Steven Naismith is the goalscorer.

Rangers  are 2-0 ahead at St Johnstone in the league. Nikica Jelavic has scored the second goal.

It is not the start of the Premier League season, but Aston Villa are taking on Chelsea in a friendly.

Aston Villa: Given, Young, Dunne, Collins, Warnock, Petrov, Delph, Albrighton, Ireland, Delfouneso, Agbonlahor.
Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Terry, Bosingwa, Zhirkov, Malouda, Lampard, Mikel, McEachran, Sturridge, Anelka.

Friendly results:

Ipswich 1-2 Wolverhampton
Celtic 0-2 Inter Milan
Burnley 1-0 Sunderland
Birmingham 1-2 Everton

Jim Jefferies has been 'removed from his role' as manager of Hearts

Midfielder Joey Barton can leave Newcastle United on a free transfer

Luis Boa Morte to leave West Ham by mutual consent, club announces

Manchester City say they have granted Carlos Tevez extended leave and expect him to report back to training on Monday.

Rangers out of the Champions League after drawing 1-1 with Malmo, losing 2-1 on aggregate

Sunderland midfielder Steed Malbranque has joined St Etienne on a two-year deal

Blackburn sign striker David Goodwillie from Dundee United

QPR sign Blackpool striker DJ Campbell for an undisclosed fee on a two-year deal

Bolton's new signing Tyrone Mears suffers a broken leg in training

Milan Jovanovic completes his move from Liverpool to Anderlecht

The first Football League match of the season is goalless at half-time, although both hosts Hull and Blackpool have hit the woodwork in their Championship meeting. Tom Cairney struck the bar with a free-kick for Hull before debutant Kevin Phillips' shot hit the post at the other end. T

Paul Scholes scores with a well-struck shot from 25 yards for the opening goal for Manchester United in his own testimonial match against the New York Cosmos at Old Trafford.

The Football League season kicks off with Sven-Goran Eriksson's Leicester taking on Coventry first while AFC Wimbledon make their bow against Bristol Rovers.

Saturday, 6 August 2011 Fixtures

Npower Championship
Coventry v Leicester, 12:30
Brighton v Doncaster, 15:00
Bristol City v Ipswich, 15:00
Burnley v Watford, 15:00
Derby v Birmingham, 15:00
Middlesbrough v Portsmouth, 15:00
Nott'm Forest v Barnsley, 15:00
Peterborough v Crystal Palace, 15:00
Reading v Millwall, 15:00
Southampton v Leeds, 17:20

Npower League One
Brentford v Yeovil, 15:00
Carlisle v Notts County, 15:00
Charlton v Bournemouth, 15:00
Huddersfield v Bury, 15:00
MK Dons v Hartlepool, 15:00
Oldham v Sheffield Utd, 15:00
Preston v Colchester, 15:00
Sheff Wed v Rochdale, 15:00
Stevenage v Exeter, 15:00
Tranmere v Chesterfield, 15:00
Walsall v Leyton Orient, 15:00
Wycombe v Scun.thorpe, 15:00

Npower League Two
AFC Wimbledon v Bristol Rovers, 12:45
Bradford v Aldershot, 15:00
Gillingham v Cheltenham, 15:00
Macclesfield v Dag & Red, 15:00
Morecambe v Barnet, 15:00
Northampton v Accrington Stanley, 15:00
Port Vale v Crawley Town, 15:00
Rotherham v Oxford Utd, 15:00
Shrewsbury v Plymouth, 15:00
Southend v Hereford, 15:00
Swindon v Crewe, 15:00
Torquay v Burton Albion, 15:00

The Premier League starts next week

Manchester City deny reports in Italy they have made a £31.4m bid for Wesley Sneijder

COVENTRY v LEICESTER TEAM LINE-UPS

Coventry: Murphy, Christie, Keogh, Cranie, Hussey, Baker, Clingan, Bell, Bigirimana, McSheffrey, Jutkiewicz.
Subs: Dunn, McPake, O'Donovan, Wood, Thomas.

Leicester: Schmeichel, Peltier, Mills, Bamba, Konchesky, Vassell, Wellens, Abe, Danns, Fernandes, Nugent.
Subs: Weale, Gallagher, King, Dyer, St. Ledger.

Referee: Darren Deadman (Cambridgeshire)

AFC WIMBLEDON v BRISTOL ROVERS LINE-UPS

AFC Wimbledon: Seb Brown, Hatton, Stuart, Johnson, Gwillim, Wellard, Porter, Yussuff, Luke Moore, Midson, Jolley.
Subs: Turner, Bush, Sammy Moore, Ademeno, Minshull.

Bristol Rovers: Bevan, Smith, Anthony, Virgo, Lee Brown, Zebroski, Gill, Stanley, Anyinsah, Harrold, McGleish.
Subs: Lines, Bolger, Carayol, Kuffour, Wayne Brown.

Referee: Keith Stroud (Hampshire)

RED CARD - Coventry v LEICESTER ...DARIUS VASSELL

RED CARD - Coventry v LEICESTER ...DARIUS VASSELL
Inexplicably, former England striker Darius Vassell has hacked at Richard Keogh with his studs near the half-way line. Too high, too dangerous. Darren Deadman's arm reaches to the sky. The Foxes are down to 10 men after 15 minutes. Will Sven respond tactically?

GOAL! AFC WIMBLEDON 0-1 BRISTOL ROVERS (McGleish)

GOAL! AFC WIMBLEDON 0-1 BRISTOL ROVERS (McGleish)
McGleish goal: Nightmare for local boy goalkeeper Seb Brown who hurls it out Barcelona-style, trying to build from the back. But the move collapses instantly, Gills pounces to feed McGleish, who spears the ball low past the architect of AFC's downfall minus fuss.

GOAL! AFC WIMBLEDON 0-2 BRISTOL ROVERS (Harrold)

GOAL! AFC WIMBLEDON 0-2 BRISTOL ROVERS (Harrold)
Harrold goal: Same scenario - AFC too charitable trying to play the ball out. Veteran McGleish duly causes havoc down the right, the hosts cannot clear, the first goalscorer chips the ball across to his colleague Harrold in the middle - and he bullets a header home with ease. Every day's an education, don't they say...

RED CARD - COVENTRY v Leicester ...CARL BAKER

RED CARD - COVENTRY v Leicester ...CARL BAKER
Level playing field on the minor battle zone that is the Ricoh right now. Coventry have Carl Baker sent off for a lunging tackle on Richie Wellens. Referee Darren Deadman once again has no choice but to show a straight red card. Four weeks with kicking a ball...

HALF-TIME AT THE RICOH: COVENTRY 0-0 LEICESTER

FULL-TIME

AFC WIMBLEDON 2-3 BRISTOL ROVERS
COVENTRY 0-1 LEICESTER

The Spurs assistant coach Joe Jordan says his club are delighted to have draw Hearts in the Europa League

FOOTBALL:

Chelsea and Anderlecht reach agreement for transfer of striker Romelu Lukaku

Danny Welbeck, Kyle Walker and Jack Wilshere named in England squad to face Netherlands

Sunday, 7 August 2011 Fixtures

FA Community Shield
Man City v Man Utd, 14:30

Npower Championship
West Ham v Cardiff, 13:00

Saturday, 6 August 2011 Results

Npower Championship
Brighton 2-1 Doncaster
Bristol City 0-3 Ipswich
Burnley 2-2 Watford
Coventry 0-1 Leicester
Derby 2-1 Birmingham
Middlesbrough 2-2 Portsmouth
Nott'm Forest 0-0 Barnsley
Peterborough 2-1 Crystal Palace
Reading 2-2 Millwall
Southampton 3-1 Leeds

Npower League One
Brentford 2-0 Yeovil
Carlisle 0-3 Notts County
Charlton 3-0 Bournemouth
Huddersfield 1-1 Bury
MK Dons 2-2 Hartlepool
Oldham 0-2 Sheffield Utd
Preston 2-4 Colchester
Sheff Wed 2-0 Rochdale
Stevenage 0-0 Exeter
Tranmere 1-0 Chesterfield
Walsall 1-0 Leyton Orient
Wycombe 1-1 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe

Npower League Two
AFC Wimbledon 2-3 Bristol Rovers
Bradford 1-2 Aldershot
Gillingham 1-0 Cheltenham
Macclesfield 0-1 Dag & Red
Morecambe 0-1 Barnet
Northampton 0-0 Accrington Stanley
Port Vale 2-2 Crawley Town
Rotherham 1-0 Oxford Utd
Shrewsbury 1-1 Plymouth
Southend 1-0 Hereford
Swindon 3-0 Crewe
Torquay 2-2 Burton Albion

Cardiff travel to Sam Allardyce's West Ham in the Championship before Manchester City take on local rivals United in the Community Shield.

It appears as though England manager Fabio Capello is not the only national coach not looking forward to this week's friendlies. France's Laurent Blanc is another dissenter, according to the Associated Press. There are 50 games due to take place on Wednesday, including Germany v Brazil, Italy v Spain, United States v Mexico, France v Chile and of course, England v Holland

WEST HAM v CARDIFF FULL TEAM LINE-UPS

West Ham: Green, O'Brien, Ilunga, Reid, Tomkins, Noble, Parker, Nolan, Sears, Taylor, Piquionne.
Subs: Boffin, Faye, Collison, Barrera, Cole.

Cardiff: Marshall, McNaughton, Taylor, Hudson, Gerrard, Whittingham, Cowie, Gunnarsson, Conway, Earnshaw, Miller.
Subs: Heaton, Quinn, Gestede, Parkin, Mason.

Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)

GOAL! WEST HAM 0-1 CARDIFF CITY (Miller)

GOAL! WEST HAM 0-1 CARDIFF CITY (Miller)
Miller goal: Hideous gift from the Hammers. Gestede jinks down the right, Ilunga a mere ghost, to pull the ball back for Kenny Miller. The former Rangers man, on his full debut, takes his time to consult the textbook before swilvelling to fire high past Rob Green - who flapped at it somewhat. Enormous roar from travelling Bluebirds as Irons fans bellow in disgust. Defeat for Sam Allardyce on day one...

FULL-TIME AT UPTON PARK - WEST HAM 0-1 CARDIFF

Charity Shield Half Time:

MANCHESTER CITY 2-0 MANCHESTER UNITED

Celtic defender Emilio Izaguirre suffers fractured fibia in 1-0 win at Aberdeen

Man Utd come back from two goals down to beat Man City 3-2 in Community Shield

FULL-TIME AT UPTON PARK - WEST HAM 0-1 CARDIFF
Boos rang out from home fans at full-time as West Ham remain without a league win since beating Stoke on 5 March.

FULL-TIME AT UPTON PARK - WEST HAM 0-1 CARDIFF
DID YOU KNOW?

Before this game, Cardiff had lost their last four trips to West Ham without scoring and hadn't won at Upton Park since April 1950

Man Utd's Tom Cleverley called into England squad; Wilshere and Carrick withdrawn

Goalkeeper Joe Hart signs a new five-year contract with Manchester City

Southampton winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain joins Arsenal for undisclosed fee

England's friendly against the Netherlands at Wembley on Wednesday is off and other matches are postponed as authorities react to a third night of rioting in London.

Tottenham midfielder Steven Pienaar out for up to six weeks after groin surgery

Newcastle sign winger Gabriel Obertan from Manchester United on a five-year deal

Blackburn complete the signing of midfielder Radosav Petrovic from Partizan Belgrade

Defender Matthew Upson signs a two-year contract with Stoke.

Scans have revealed that Everton midfielder Seamus Coleman suffered a torn ligament in his right ankle after a challenge by Carlos Marchena ofVillarreal at Goodison Park on Friday.

QPR owner Bernie Ecclestone tells BBC that weekend's Premier League games must go ahead

Bristol Rovers' League Cup match against Watford called off at police request

Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas is on the verge of joining Barcelona

Chelsea's Fernando Torres available for selection against Stoke after concussion

Tottenham's match with Everton on Saturday has been postponed because of the week's riots, but all other Premier League matches will go ahead as normal.

Saturday, 13 August 2011

Barclays Premier League
Blackburn v Wolverhampton, 15:00
Fulham v Aston Villa, 15:00
Liverpool v Sunderland, 15:00
QPR v Bolton, 15:00
Tottenham OFF Everton, 15:00
Wigan v Norwich, 15:00
Newcastle v Arsenal, 17:30

Npower Championship
Barnsley v Southampton, 15:00
Birmingham v Coventry, 15:00
Crystal Palace v Burnley, 15:00
Doncaster v West Ham, 15:00
Ipswich v Hull, 15:00
Leeds v Middlesbrough, 15:00
Leicester v Reading, 15:00
Millwall v Nott'm Forest, 15:00
Portsmouth v Brighton, 15:00
Watford v Derby, 15:00

Npower League One
Bournemouth v Sheffield Wed, 15:00
Bury v Carlisle, 15:00
Chesterfield v Stevenage, 15:00
Colchester v Wycombe, 15:00
Exeter v MK Dons, 15:00
Hartlepool v Walsall, 15:00
Leyton Orient v Tranmere, 15:00
Notts County v Charlton, 15:00
Rochdale v Huddersfield, 15:00
S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe v Preston, 15:00
Sheffield Utd v Brentford, 15:00
Yeovil v Oldham, 15:00

Npower League Two
Accrington Stanley v Southend, 15:00
Aldershot v Northampton, 15:00
Barnet v Port Vale, 15:00
Bristol Rovers v Torquay, 15:00
Burton Albion v Shrewsbury, 15:00
Cheltenham v Swindon, 15:00
Crawley Town v Macclesfield, 15:00
Crewe v Gillingham, 15:00
Dag & Red v AFC Wimbledon, 15:00
Hereford v Morecambe, 15:00
Oxford Utd v Bradford, 15:00
Plymouth v Rotherham, 15:00

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola says deal for Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas is "very close"

Tottenham-Everton has, of course, bitten the dust - more's the pity

All kick-offs 1500 BST unless stated
Blackburn v Wolverhampton
Fulham v Aston Villa
Liverpool v Sunderland
QPR v Bolton
Wigan v Norwich
Newcastle v Arsenal (1730)

LIVERPOOL v SUNDERLAND (1500)
"'What a difference a year makes?' said Liverpool owner John Henry on Friday, and it's true the Reds have many reasons to be cheerful compared to a year ago. Bolstered by four big signings, boss Kenny Dalglish will aim to re-establish his team in the top four and improve on the poor start to last season. Sunderland boss Steve Bruce says he is delighted by his 10 summer acquisitions but may settle for a point as his side become familiar with each other."

WIGAN v NORWICH (1500)
"After a six-year absence, Norwich make a return to the big time. Can the current side emulate the class of '93 and join the likes of Robert Fleck, Ruel Fox and Chris Sutton in the Canaries hall of fame? They begin their campaign at Wigan, who performed yet another miracle act last season. Manager Roberto Martinez was given the bumps for keeping the Latics up, but with no Charles N'Zogbia we may not see a repeat of those celebrations."

QPR v BOLTON (1500)
"It's been a decade-and-a-half since QPR got to play with the big boys, though boss Neil Warnock's been here more recently, with Sheffield United. And while he may not have had as productive summer on the transfer front as he'd like, he's still got playmaker Adel Taarabt and a groundswell of supporter positivity to rely on. However, Bolton are no soft-touch and won't be coy in the face of a bouncing Loftus Road. Owen Coyle has got them playing and after fading toward the end of last season, they'll want to begin this one with a bang."

FULHAM v ASTON VILLA (1500)
"A new season and two new managers, equals a new start for both sides. Fulham boss Martin Jol returns to the Premier League almost four years since his ignominious exit from Tottenham, while Aston Villa's Alex McLeish makes a quick return having been relegated with Birmingham last year. The acrimonious manner of his arrival means he is the man most in need of three points today."

BLACKBURN v WOLVES
"It's the last day of last season all over again. That was a relegation decider and many pundits are predicting a struggle ahead for both sides again. Blackburn sold Phil Jones and Nikola Kalinic and bought three unproven players in David Goodwillie, Radosav Petrovic and Bruno Ribeiro. Wolves strengthened their defence with Roger Johnson but big things are expected upfront from Kevin Doyle and Steven Fletcher. It may not be pretty at Ewood Park, but both sides will already be desperate for a win."

Early rumours doing the rounds at the moment that Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish is starting with all four new boys in Charlie Adam, Jordan Henderson, Stewart Downing, Jose Enrique against Sunderland today.

LIVERPOOL v SUNDERLAND TEAMS

Liverpool: Reina, Flanagan, Carragher, Agger, Jose Enrique, Lucas, Adam, Henderson, Suarez, Downing, Carroll. Subs: Doni, Meireles, Kuyt, Spearing, Ngog, Kelly, Robinson.

Sunderland: Mignolet, Bardsley, Brown, Ferdinand, Richardson, Larsson, Cattermole, Colback, Elmohamady, Sessegnon, Gyan. Subs: Westwood, Gardner, Wickham, Vaughan, Ji, Bramble, Laing.

Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

BLACKBURN v WOLVES TEAMS

Blackburn: Robinson, Salgado, Hanley, Nzonzi, Olsson, Emerton, Dunn, Pedersen, Hoilett, Formica, Roberts. Subs: Bunn, Rochina, Blackman, Goodwillie, Ribeiro, Anderson, Henley.

Wolverhampton: Hennessey, Stearman, Johnson, Berra, Ward, Jarvis, O'Hara, Henry, Hunt, Doyle, Fletcher. Subs: De Vries, Elokobi, Ebanks-Blake, Hammill, Milijas, Foley, Maierhofer.

Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)

WIGAN v NORWICH TEAMS

Wigan: Al Habsi, Boyce, Caldwell, Lopez, Figueroa, Gomez, McCarthy, Watson, Diame, Moses, Di Santo. Subs: Pollitt, Thomas, McArthur, Sammon, Jones, Rodallega, Stam.

Norwich: Ruddy, Russell Martin, Whitbread, De Laet, Tierney, Fox, Surman, Hoolahan, Crofts, Holt, Morison. Subs: Rudd, Bradley Johnson, Jackson, Pilkington, Bennett, Barnett, Naughton.

Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)

FULHAM v ASTON VILLA TEAMS

Fulham: Schwarzer, Hughes, Hangeland, Senderos, John Arne Riise, Duff, Etuhu, Murphy, Dempsey, Andrew Johnson, Zamora. Subs: Etheridge, Kelly, Sidwell, Baird, Kasami, Briggs, Dembele.

Aston Villa: Given, Young, Collins, Dunne, Warnock, Delph, Petrov, N'Zogbia, Heskey, Bent, Agbonlahor. Subs: Guzan, Ireland, Albrighton, Delfouneso, Makoun, Clark, Bannan.

Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

QPR v BOLTON TEAMS

QPR: Kenny, Dyer, Hall, Gabbidon, Hill, Smith, Derry, Faurlin, Taarabt, Campbell, Bothroyd. Subs: Murphy, Orr, Buzsaky, Connolly, Agyemang, Helguson, Ephraim.

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Knight, Robinson, Eagles, Muamba, Reo-Coker, Petrov, Kevin Davies, Klasnic. Subs: Bogdan, Alonso, Gardner, Mark Davies, Blake, Pratley, Wheater.

Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)

The Premier League season is now up and running!

The Premier League season is now up and running!
The Premier League season is now up and running!
Who will score the first goal?

YELLOW CARD

First yellow card of the season inside a minute - Norwich's David Fox for a rather naughty foul on Franco di Santo. Take a bow, referee Stuart Atwell.

Disallowed goal! Almost an absolutely dream start to the campaign for QPR as DJ Campbell sweeps in from close range from Jay Bothroyd's flick-on... but the Londoners' joy is curtailed by a linesman's flag. Correct decision, too.

Bad to worse for QPR... Kieron Dyer has lasted less than five minutes - the Rangers new-boy has twisted an ankle and is being stretchered off. Incredible.

PENALTY TO LIVERPOOL

PENALTY TO LIVERPOOL
Missed penalty: Luis Suarez goes from near-hero to villain in the space of a minute as he forces a penalty after charging down a clearance to go clean through... his progress halted by Kieron Richardson's ankle tap... but the Uruguayan blazes so far over the bar from the spot his effort is troubling nothing but row Z. Oops.

GOALFLASH

Liverpool 1-0 Sunderland (Suarez)

GOALFLASH

Liverpool 1-0 Sunderland (Suarez)
Liverpool goal: Redemption. Luis Suarez makes up for that earlier penalty misss with a deft glance header at the near post from Charlie Adam's whipped free-kick to notch the first goal of the new Premier League season.

GOALFLASH

Wigan 1-0 Norwich (Watson, pen)

GOALFLASH

Blackburn 1-0 Wolves (Formica)

GOALFLASH

Wigan 1-0 Norwich (Watson, pen)
Wigan goal: It's a touch harsh, for me, but Ben Watson cares not as he coolly dispatches the spot-kick after Ritchie de Laet is adjudged to have tripped Franco di Santo in the area. Just the start the Canaries did not want.

GOALFLASH

Blackburn 1-0 Wolves (Formica)
Blackburn goal: Dream debut - Jason Roberts is the creator as he lays in Mauro Formica charging into the area, the Argentine producing a delightful finish low across the keeper and into the far post.

GOALFLASH

Blackburn 1-1 Wolves (Fletcher)

GOALFLASH

Blackburn 1-1 Wolves (Fletcher)
Wolves goal: Blackburn's lead lasts approximately 90 seconds as Steven Fletcher brings Wolves level straight away with a far-post header from Matt Jarvis's cross.

GOALFLASH

Wigan 1-1 Norwich (Hoolahan)

GOALFLASH

Wigan 1-1 Norwich (Hoolahan)
Norwich goal: This afternoon is shaping up to have it all - we now have a keeper gaff to add to the melting pot. Steve Morison gets clear down the Wigan left but his cross looks to have been claimed by Latics keeper Ali Al Habsi, only for the ball to slip out of his hands, allowing Wes Hoolahan to slam home.

GOALFLASH

QPR 0-1 Bolton (Cahill)

GOALFLASH

QPR 0-1 Bolton (Cahill)
Bolton goal: That is a jaffer - and from a most unlikely source. It's a touch against the run of play but Bolton care not, Chris Eagles teeing up centre-half Gary Cahill to take a touch and spank home a doozy from 25 yards into the top corner.

Half-time whistles blowing up and down the country

Half-time whistles blowing up and down the country
HALF-TIME

Blackburn 1-1 Wolves
Fulham 0-0 Aston Villa
Liverpool 1-0 Sunderland
QPR 0-1 Bolton
Wigan 1-1 Norwich

In the Championship, Craig Mackail-Smith bags his first goal for Brighton as the Seagulls take the lead against rivals Portsmouth, but standing top of the table at the moment are fellow south-coast side Southampton, who lead Barnsley 1-0. Dropping into League One, Rochdale equalise against Huddersfield through the wonderfully named Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro while in League Two, Gillingham are on course for back-to-back wins as they lead 2-0 at Port Vale.

PENALTY TO WOLVES

PENALTY TO WOLVES
MISSED PENALTY, WOLVES (Doyle)

GOALFLASH

Blackburn 1-2 Wolves (Ward)

GOALFLASH

Blackburn 1-2 Wolves (Ward)
Wolves goal: Where to start? Michel Salgado hacks Matt Javirs down in the box for a definite penalty - but Paul Robinson pulls off a fine stop to push Kevin Doyle's penalty away from goal. From that save, however, the ball is returned into the area with interest and Stephen Ward latches on to a half clearance with a slap volley into the corner. Advantage Wolves.

GOALFLASH

Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland (Larsson)

GOALFLASH

Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland (Larsson)
Sunderland goal: Liverpool bossed the first half - but Sunderland are level thanks to a beauty. Ahmed El Mohamady drifts over a looping cross from the right and Sebastian Larsson, having lost marker John Flanagan, fires a super volley into the far corner. Brilliant.

GOALFLASH

QPR 0-2 Bolton (Gabbidon og)

GOALFLASH

QPR 0-2 Bolton (Gabbidon og)
Bolton goal: It's a fine finish - but unfortunately at the wrong end for Danny Gabbidon, who stretches out a leg to toe-poke Chris Eagles's free-kick into his own net. QPR learning some harsh lessons early on in their Premier League career.

PREMIER LEAGUE FACT: Hope for QPR? Bolton have not kept a clean sheet in their last 26 Premier League away matches.

GOALFLASH

QPR 0-3 Bolton (Klasnic)

GOALFLASH

QPR 0-3 Bolton (Klasnic)
Bolton goal: Or maybe no hope for QPR, then. There's an element of (bad) luck about this one too, Ivan Klasnic collecting Kevin Davies's nod down in the box and shooting on the turn, his effort deflected into the far corner off the shin of Rangers defender Bradley Orr.

BREAKING TEAM NEWS

Joey Barton does indeed start for Newcastle against Arsenal, while Demba Ba and Yohan Cabaye get their debuts.

FOOTBALL LEAGUE LATEST:

"Crawley Town look set for a dream start at home in League Two as they go 2-0 up against Macclesfield and a brace from Rotherham's Gareth Evans sees them leading 2-1 against Plymouth and set to keep their winning start to the season intact. Tranmere and Sheffield United join Charlton at the top of League One as all three sides look set to notch back-to-back league wins. Big spenders Leicester City fall behind to last season's play-off finalists Reading in the Championship, as nine-man Leeds fall behind against Middlesbrough."

GOALFLASH

QPR 0-4 Bolton (Muamba)

GOALFLASH

QPR 0-4 Bolton (Muamba)
Bolton goal: A rude awakening and then some for QPR as Fabrice Muamba adds the sugar dusting to the cherry on the icing of the cake for Bolton with a fine finish after being put through by Ivan Klasnic.

BREAKING TEAM NEWS

The Arsenal team at Newcastle is confirmed now, with Gervinho handed a debut and Tomas Rosicky starting in midfield Alex Song and Aaron Ramsey.

PREMIER LEAGUE FACT:

Currently there are no home clubs winning. This could be the first time in PL history that no home club wins on the opening day of the season.

RED CARD

Clint Hill, QPR

RED CARD

Clint Hill, QPR
Red card: Worse to even worse for QPR as Clint Hill sees red for a deliberate headbutt on the midriff of Martin Petrov, the Rangers defender losing his rag in the face of the visitors' keep-ball at the end of a comfortable win. Silly.

NEWCASTLE v ARSENAL TEAMS

Newcastle: Krul, Coloccini, Steven Taylor, Ryan Taylor, Simpson, Barton, Cabaye, Tiote, Gutierrez, Shola Ameobi, Ba. Subs: Forster, Williamson, Lovenkrands, Gosling, Best, Obertan, Sammy Ameobi.

Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Gibbs, Rosicky, Song, Ramsey, Arshavin, Gervinho, van Persie. Subs: Fabianski, Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Djourou, Jenkinson, Frimpong, Chamakh.

Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)

NEWCASTLE v ARSENAL

Last season this match was 4-4... let's finish the Premier League season-opening day with a bang shall we...?

NEWCASTLE v ARSENAL

Last season this match was 4-4... let's finish the Premier League season-opening day with a bang shall we...?
Up and running at St James' Park.

INJURY NEWS UPDATE

QPR boss Neil Warnock says Kieron Dyer's foot is not broken, it is just badly bruised.

PREMIER LEAGUE FACT:

St James' Park was the stadium with the most Premier League goals last season (68) finishing one ahead of Blackpool's Bloomfield Road. 12% of those 68 goals were scored in this fixture (4-4).

HALF-TIME

Newcastle 0-0 Arsenal

HALF-TIME

Newcastle 0-0 Arsenal
The second half kicks off.

RED CARD

Gervinho, ARSENAL

RED CARD

Gervinho, ARSENAL
Red card: Well well well... an ignominious debut from Gervinho ends with a red card. The Ivory Coast forward theatrically throws himself to the ground on the hunt for a penalty, Joey Barton reacts by grabbing his shirt, and Gervinho throws a slap that prompts a collapse form the Newcastle midfielder that might have earned him top scores at the recent world diving championships. It was six of one, half a dozen of the other for me. Barton is only yellow carded, though. Controversy.

Less than 10 minutes remaining, is there a winner left in this one? England youth international Emmanuel Frimpong is going to make a late cameo for Arsenal.

FULL-TIME

Newcastle 0-0 Arsenal

Norwich sign Spanish defender Daniel Ayala from Liverpool

Sunday, 14 August 2011 Fixtures

Barclays Premier League
Stoke v Chelsea, 13:30
West Brom v Man Utd, 16:00

Npower Championship
Blackpool v Peterborough, 15:00
Cardiff v Bristol City, 15:00

BREAKING TEAM NEWS
It's confirmed - Fernando Torres starts for Chelsea, as do Florent Malouda and Salomon Kalou, Didier Drogba is on the bench.

BREAKING TEAM NEWS

As for Stoke - Jonathan Woodgate makes his league debut for the club, Jon Walters and Kenwyne Jones start up front.

STOKE v CHELSEA TEAMS

Stoke: Begovic, Huth, Shawcross, Woodgate, Wilson, Pennant, Delap, Whelan, Etherington, Jones, Walters. Subs: Sorensen, Collins, Pugh, Diao, Whitheead, Wilkinson, Shotton.

Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Alex, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Mikel, Lampard, Kalou, Torres, Malouda. Subs: Hilario, Ivanovic, Benayoun, Drogba, Ferreira, McEachran, Anelka.

Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)

Chelsea held to goalless draw against Stoke at Britannia Stadium

Manchester United beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 after a late Steven Reid own goal

Manchester United lose defenders Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Rafael da Silva to injury

Cesc Fabregas completes move from Arsenal to Barcelona by signing five-year deal

Newcastle and Arsenal charged with failing to control players after incident on Saturday

LA Galaxy sign Tottenham and Republic of Ireland striker Robbie Keane for an undisclosed fee

Monday, 15 August 2011 Fixtures

Barclays Premier League
Man City v Swansea, 20:00

Blue Square Bet North
Hinckley Utd v Gainsborough, 19:45
Worcester v Vauxhall Motors, 19:45

Celtic striker Gary Hooper will definitely miss Celtic's away Europa League tie against Sion on Thursday due to an ankle injury.

Speculation suggests Manchester United strikers Federico Macheda and Mame Biram Diouf may be offered to clubs on loan to aid their football development

Sergio Aguero comes off the bench to score twice in Manchester City's four-goal defeat of Premier League new boys Swansea.

Arsenal striker Gervinho has his  three-game ban for violent conduct  upheld by the Football Association after his appeal was dismissed,  the FA has announced.

More news from Arsenal as striker  Carlos Vela joins Real Sociedad  on a season-long loan, subject to a medical.

Monday, 15 August 2011 Results

Barclays Premier League
Man City 4-0 Swansea

Blue Square Bet North
Hinckley Utd 3-0 Gainsborough
Worcester 2-0 Vauxhall Motors

Tuesday, 16 August 2011 Fixtures

Uefa Champions League Qualifying
Arsenal v Udinese, PO, L1, 19:45
BATE Borisov v SK Sturm Graz, PO, L1, 19:45
FC Copenhagen v Plzen, PO, L1, 19:45
FC Twente v Benfica, PO, L1, 19:45
Lyon v Rubin Kazan, PO, L1, 19:45

Npower Championship
Barnsley v Middlesbrough, 19:45
Doncaster v Nott'm Forest, 19:45
Ipswich v Southampton, 19:45
Leeds v Hull, 19:45
Portsmouth v Reading, 19:45
Watford v West Ham, 19:45
Crystal Palace v Coventry, 20:00

Npower League One
Bournemouth v Stevenage, 19:45
Bury v Sheffield Wed, 19:45
Chesterfield v Preston, 19:45
Colchester v Charlton, 19:45
Exeter v Brentford, 19:45
Hartlepool v Huddersfield, 19:45
Leyton Orient v Wycombe, 19:45
Notts County v Tranmere, 19:45
Rochdale v Carlisle, 19:45
Scun.thorpe v Oldham, 19:45
Sheffield Utd v Walsall, 19:45
Yeovil v MK Dons, 19:45

Npower League Two
Accrington Stanley v Bradford, 19:45
Aldershot v Torquay, 19:45
Barnet v Gillingham, 19:45
Bristol Rovers v Northampton, 19:45
Burton Albion v Port Vale, 19:45
Cheltenham v Morecambe, 19:45
Crawley Town v Southend, 19:45
Crewe v Rotherham, 19:45
Dag & Red v Swindon, 19:45
Hereford v Macclesfield, 19:45
Oxford Utd v Shrewsbury, 19:45
Plymouth v AFC Wimbledon, 19:45

HALF-TIME

Arsenal 1-0 Udinese

Theo Walcott's first-half goal is enough to give Arsenal a 1-0 lead over Udinese after leg one of the Champions League play-off.

Arsenal agree terms with Galatasaray for transfer of Ivory Coast midfielder Emmanuel Eboue

Nigerian striker Peter Odemwingie says he is not trying to negotiate a move away from West Brom, even though he is yet to sign a new deal with the club.

Arsenal midfielder Alex Song has accepted a charge of violent conduct and will now serve a three-match suspension, the Football Association have confirmed.

Liam Trotter has given Millwall a 1-0 lead against Peterborough  in the Championship,  while Bristol City are winning 1-0 at Leicester City.

Nigeria striker Peter Odemwingie signs a new three-year contract with West Brom

Stoke are the first of seven British clubs in action on a busy night of Europa League play-off action, including Hearts' Anglo-Scottish clash with Tottenham, with places in the group stage up for grabs.

Spurs beat Hearts 5-0 in first leg of Europa League play-off at Tynecastle

Tottenham close to signing France midfielder Lassana Diarra from Real Madrid

QPR terminate the contract of Leon Clarke by mutual consent. The striker, who joined from Sheffield Wednesday in 2010, played 15 games in all competitions for the west London club.

New Los Angeles Galaxy striker Robbie Keane remains "100% committed" to playing for the Republic of Ireland despite the distance. "Throughout my career I've always been committed to Ireland and that won't change," he says. "Nothing will change unless the manager of Ireland (Giovanni Trapattoni) tells me different."

Saturday, 20 August 2011 Fixtures

Barclays Premier League
Sunderland v Newcastle, 12:00
Arsenal v Liverpool, 12:45
Aston Villa v Blackburn, 15:00
Everton v QPR, 15:00
Swansea v Wigan, 15:00
Chelsea v West Brom, 17:30

Npower Championship
Brighton v Blackpool, 15:00
Bristol City v Portsmouth, 15:00
Burnley v Cardiff, 15:00
Coventry v Watford, 15:00
Derby v Doncaster, 15:00
Hull v Crystal Palace, 15:00
Nott'm Forest v Leicester, 15:00
Reading v Barnsley, 15:00
Southampton v Millwall, 15:00
Peterborough v Ipswich, 17:20

Npower League One
Brentford v Leyton Orient, 15:00
Carlisle v Bournemouth, 15:00
Charlton v Scun.thorpe, 15:00
Huddersfield v Colchester, 15:00
MK Dons v Chesterfield, 15:00
Oldham v Rochdale, 15:00
Preston v Exeter, 15:00
Sheffield Wed v Notts County, 15:00
Stevenage v Hartlepool, 15:00
Tranmere v Sheffield Utd, 15:00
Walsall v Yeovil, 15:00
Wycombe v Bury, 15:00

Npower League Two
AFC Wimbledon v Hereford, 15:00
Bradford v Dag & Red, 15:00
Gillingham v Plymouth, 15:00
Macclesfield v Bristol Rovers, 15:00
Morecambe v Aldershot, 15:00
Northampton v Cheltenham, 15:00
Port Vale v Accrington Stanley, 15:00
Rotherham v Barnet, 15:00
Shrewsbury v Crewe, 15:00
Southend v Burton Albion, 15:00
Torquay v Crawley Town, 15:00

Saturday, 20 August 2011 Results

Barclays Premier League
Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool
Aston Villa 3-1 Blackburn
Chelsea 2-1 West Brom
Everton 0-1 QPR
Sunderland 0-1 Newcastle
Swansea 0-0 Wigan

Arsenal's problems increase as Emmanuel Frimpong is sent off in Liverpool's 2-0 win at Emirates Stadium.

Sunday, 21 August 2011 Fixtures

Barclays Premier League
Norwich v Stoke, 13:30
Wolverhampton v Fulham, 14:00
Bolton v Man City, 16:00

Npower Championship
West Ham v Leeds, 13:15
Middlesbrough v Birmingham, 15:00

Npower League Two
Swindon v Oxford Utd, 13:00

West Ham v Leeds line-ups

West Ham: Green, O'Brien, Tomkins, Reid, Ilunga, Collison, Parker, Noble, Nolan, Taylor, Cole. Subs: Boffin, Carew, Barrera, Faubert, Piquionne.

Leeds: Lonergan, Lees, Kisnorbo, O'Dea, White, Gradel, Howson, Clayton, Snodgrass, Keogh, McCormack. Subs: Rachubka, Connolly, O'Brien, Sam, Nunez.

Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)

Norwich v Stoke line-ups

Norwich: Ruddy, Naughton, Barnett, De Laet, Tierney, Bennett, Crofts, Bradley Johnson, Pilkington, Holt, Chris Martin. Subs: Rudd, Russell Martin, Jackson, Surman, Hoolahan, Fox, Ayala.

Stoke: Begovic, Shawcross, Huth, Woodgate, Wilson, Pennant, Whelan, Whitheead, Etherington, Jones, Walters. Subs: Sorensen, Collins, Pugh, Upson, Wilkinson, Shotton, Arismendi.

Referee: Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire)

GOALFLASH

Swindon 0-1 Oxford (James Constable)

NORWICH v STOKE TEAM NEWS

Norwich manager Paul Lambert has left new signing Daniel Ayala and last week's goalscorer Wes Hoolahan on the bench. Canaries centre-half Zak Whitbread is out because of a knee injury picked up at Wigan so Leon Barnett comes into the defence. There are also starts for summer arrivals Anthony Pilkington, Elliott Bennett and Kyle Naughton. Stoke have made four changes from the team which beat FC Thun in their Europa League play-off on Thursday night. Asmir Begovic is back between the sticks, while Jonathan Woodgate, Jermaine Pennant and Glenn Whelan start.

England boss Fabio Capello is at Upton Park, where we have just kicked off. Plenty of prospective picks for him to look at.

GOALFLASH

Swindon 0-1 Oxford (James Constable)
Oxford goal: The U's take an early lead as Peter Leven swings a corner in from the left and the man who has been the centre of attention prior to kick-off, James Constable, rises highest to power in the header at the near post.

GOALFLASH

West Ham 1-0 Leeds Utd (Cole)

HALF-TIME
Swindon 1-2 Oxford
West Ham 1-0 Leeds Utd

LATEST: West Ham 2-1 Leeds Utd (Patrick Kisnorbo og)

LATEST: West Ham 2-1 Leeds Utd (Patrick Kisnorbo og)
West Ham goal: Scott Parker released Julien Faubert down the right, and his driving cross was turned into his own goal by Patrick Kisnorbo under pressure from Carlton Cole.

Middlesbrough v Birmingham line-ups

Middlesbrough: Ikeme, McMahon, McManus, Bates, Bennett, Robson, Rhys Williams, Bailey, Arca, Emnes, McDonald. Subs: Coyne, Hines, Martin, Smallwood, Haroun.

Birmingham: Myhill, Carr, Caldwell, Davies, Murphy, Burke, Spector, Fahey, Redmond, Beausejour, Rooney. Subs: Doyle, Dann, Wood, Asante, Hubbins.

Referee: Mark Brown (East Yorkshire)

GOALFLASH

Wolves 1-0 Fulham (Kevin Doyle)

GOALFLASH

Wolves 1-0 Fulham (Kevin Doyle)
Wolves goal: A quickly-taken short corner catches Fulham cold and Matt Jarvis squares for Kevin Doyle, who rides a couple of challenges and slams his shot past the helpless Schwarzer. Doyle enjoyed that, so much so he is booked for removing his shirt in his celebration.

PENALTY to Stoke

RED CARD to Norwich's Leon Barnett

GOALFLASH

Wolves 2-0 Fulham (Matt Jarvis)

PENALTY to Stoke
MISSED PENALTY by Stoke's Jon Walters - saved by John Ruddy

HALF-TIME

Wolves 2-0 Fulham

MISSED PENALTY by Stoke's Jon Walters - saved by John Ruddy
Stoke missed penalty: Right, where do we start? Firstly, Leon Barnett is extremely unlucky to be sent off for fouling Jon Walters, who seemed to be outside the box when the Norwich defender stumbled into him. Walters picks himself up to take the spot-kick himself, but sees his shot brilliantly saved by John Ruddy, who dives to his left to push it away. The Canaries fans enjoyed that, especially seeing as Walters is a former Ipswich man.

GOALFLASH

Wolves 2-0 Fulham (Matt Jarvis)
Wolves goal: Mark Schwarzer can't get to Stephen Hunt's cross, but Roger Johnson does and although his header hits the post, Matt Jarvis is on hand to lash the ball into the net.

FULL-TIME

Swindon 1-2 Oxford

FULL-TIME

West Ham 2-2 Leeds

BREAKING MAN CITY TEAM NEWS
Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko start up front. Carlos Tevez is on the bench. Bolton team news will be with you in a tick.

BREAKING BOLTON TEAM NEWS
Wanderers field the same side that thumped QPR 4-0 last week with Kevin Davies and Ivan Klasnic their front partnership.

GOALFLASH

Norwich 1-1 Stoke (Kenwyne Jones)

GOALFLASH

Norwich 1-1 Stoke (Kenwyne Jones)
Stoke goal: The Potters finally find a way past Norwich's 10-men. After a long spell of pressure, Matthew Etherington feeds Glenn Whelan and his dinked cross is firmly headed home by Kenwyne Jones.

FULL-TIME

Norwich 1-1 Stoke

GOALFLASH

Middlesbrough 0-1 Birmingham (Adam Rooney pen)

BREAKING MAN CITY TEAM NEWS
Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko start up front. Carlos Tevez is on the bench. Bolton team news will be with you in a tick.

Bolton v Man City line-ups

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Knight, Robinson, Eagles, Muamba, Reo-Coker, Petrov, Kevin Davies, Klasnic. Subs: Bogdan, Alonso, Mark Davies, Blake, Pratley, Wheater, Blakeman.

Man City: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Kolarov, Milner, Barry, Toure Yaya, Silva, Dzeko, Aguero. Subs: Pantilimon, Zabaleta, Clichy, Savic, Johnson, Tevez, Balotelli.

Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)

GOALFLASH

Middlesbrough 0-1 Birmingham (Adam Rooney pen)
Birmingham goal: Boro goalkeeper Carl Ikeme brings down Birmingham's Adam Rooney in the box, for which he gets booked. Rooney picks himself up, dusts himself off and slots away the resulting penalty.

HALF-TIME

Middlesbrough 0-1 Birmingham

FULL-TIME

Wolves 2-0 Fulham

GOALFLASH

Middlesbrough 1-1 Birmingham (Barry Robson)

GOALFLASH

Middlesbrough 1-1 Birmingham (Barry Robson)
Middlesbrough goal: Birmingham's Curtis Davies brings down Boro striker Marvin Emnes on the edge of the area and Scotsman Barry Robson steps up to score directly from the resulting free-kick.

GOALFLASH

Bolton 0-1 Man City (David Silva)

GOALFLASH

Bolton 0-1 Man City (David Silva)
Man City goal: Ouch. The more times I see this, the worse it gets for Jussi Jaaskelainen. The Bolton keeper, in a shocking pink shirt, has an absolute, er, shocker when he lets David Silva's speculative shot from 25 yards zip past him. He was right behind it too, although it did bounce just in front of him.

LATEST

Bolton 1-3 Man City

GOALFLASH

Bolton 2-3 Man City (Kevin Davies)

GOALFLASH

Bolton 2-3 Man City (Kevin Davies)
Bolton goal: City are playing the flowing football but Bolton are far from dead and buried. Martin Petrov lifts a free-kick into the area and Kevin Davies rises above Joleon Lescott to steer his header into the bottom corner of the net.

Carlos Tevez is replacing Sergio Aguero. A few boos (possibly for Aguero from the Bolton fans), which quickly turn to huge cheers for Tevez.

Man City go top of Premier League with 3-2 away win at Bolton

Spanish club Valencia say they have reached an "agreement in principle" to sell midfielder Juan Mata to Chelsea.

Monday, 22 August 2011 Fixture

Barclays Premier League
Man Utd v Tottenham, 20:00

Man Utd sign reported £40m deal with DHL to sponsor their training kit

MAN UNITED v TOTTENHAM TEAM LINE-UPS

Man Utd: De Gea, Smalling, Jones, Evans, Evra, Nani, Cleverley, Anderson, Young, Rooney, Welbeck. Subs: Lindegaard, Berbatov, Giggs, Park, Hernandez, Carrick, Fabio Da Silva.

Tottenham: Friedel, Walker, Dawson, Kaboul, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Livermore, Kranjcar, Bale, Van der Vaart, Defoe. Subs: Gomes, Huddlestone, Jenas, Pavlyuchenko, Bassong, Corluka, Townsend.

Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)

TOTTENHAM TEAM NEWS SNAP FROM OLD TRAFFORD
New signing Brad Friedel makes his Tottenham debut in goal.

John Mikel Obi's father found safe - he had been kidnapped earlier in August

HALF TIME:


Man Utd  0 - 0  Tottenham

GOAL!

MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 TOTTENHAM (Welbeck)

GOAL!

MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 TOTTENHAM (Welbeck)
Welbeck goal: Simple but superb. Chris Smalling lays back for Tom Cleverley, who - from the right wing - whips a perfect cross over for Danny Welbeck, who is lurking between Spurs defenders, to head home into the corner without fuss. Brutally effective.

Results from the first couple of weeks of the season:

August 5:

FLC

Hull City 0 - 1 Blackpool

Results from August 6:

Burnley 2 - 2 Watford
Brighton & Hove Albion 2 - 1 Doncaster Rovers
Bristol City 0 - 3 Ipswich Town
Coventry City 0 - 1 Leicester City
Derby County 2 - 1 Birmingham City
Middlesbrough 2 - 2 Portsmouth
Nottingham Forest 0 - 0 Barnsley
Peterborough United  2 - 1 Crystal Palace
Reading 2 - 2 Millwall
Southampton 3 - 1 Leeds United

FL1

Brentford 2 - 0 Yeovil Town
Carlisle United 0 - 3 Notts County
Charlton Athletic 3 - 0 AFC Bournemouth
Huddersfield Town 1 - 1 Bury
Milton Keynes Dons 2 - 2 Hartlepool United
Sheffield Wednesday 2 - 0 Rochdale
Oldham Athletic 0 - 2 Sheffield United
Preston North End 2 - 4 Colchester United
Tranmere Rovers 1 - 0 Chesterfield
Stevenage 0 - 0 Exeter City
Walsall 1 - 0 Leyton Orient
Wycombe Wanderers 1 - 1 S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe United

FL2

AFC Wimbledon 2 - 3 Bristol Rovers
Bradford City 1 - 2 Aldershot Town
Gillingham 1 - 0 Cheltenham Town
Macclesfield Town 0 - 1 Dagenham & Redbridge
Morecambe 0 - 1 Barnet
Northampton Town 0 - 0 Accrington Stanley
Port Vale 2 - 2 Crawley Town
Rotherham United 1 - 0 Oxford United
Shrewsbury Town 1 - 1 Plymouth Argyle
Southend United 1 - 0 Hereford United
Swindon Town 3 - 0 Crewe Alexandra
Torquay United 2 - 2 Burton Albion

Results from August 7:

Community Shield

Manchester City 2 - 3 Manchester United

FLC

West Ham United 0 - 1 Cardiff City

Results from August 9:

League Cup:

Rochdale 3 - 2 Chesterfield (AET)
Port Vale 2 - 4 Huddersfield Town
Rotherham United 1 - 4 Leicester City
Hull City 0 - 2 Macclesfield Town
Hartlepool United 1 - 1 Sheffield United (Sheffield United win on penalties)
Exeter City 2 - 0 Yeovil Town
Leeds United 3 - 2 Bradford City
Hereford United 1 - 0 Brentford
Doncaster Rovers 3 - 0 Tranmere Rovers
Wycombe Wanderers 3 - 3 Colchester United (Wycombe Wanderers win on penalties)
Walsall 0 - 3 Middlesbrough
Southend United 1 - 1 Leyton Orient (Leyton Orient win on penalties)
Stevenage 3 - 4 Peterborough United (AET)
Barnsley 0 - 2 Morecambe
Portsmouth 0 - 1 Barnet
Accrington Stanley 0 - 2 Skankthorpe United
Derby County 2 - 3 Shrewsbury Town
Oldham Athletic 1 - 1 Carlisle United (Carlisle United win on penalties)
Bury 3 - 1 Coventry City
Burnley 6 - 3 Burton Albion (AET)
Preston North End 3 - 2 Crewe Alexandra
Nottingham Forest 3 - 3 Notts County (Nottingham Forest win on penalties)
Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 0 Gillingham
AFC Bournemouth 5 - 0 Dagenham & Redbridge
Ipswich Town 1 - 2 Northampton Town
Cheltenham Town 1 - 4 Milton Keynes Dons
Plymouth Argyle 0 - 1 Millwall
Southampton 4 - 1 Torquay United

Results from August 10:

League Cup

Oxford United 1 - 3 Cardiff City (AET)

Results from August 11:

Sheffield Wednesday 0 - 0 Blackpool (Sheffield Wednesday win on penalties)

Results from August 13:

Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 0 - 0 Aston Villa
Liverpool 1 - 1 Sunderland
Newcastle United 0 - 0 Arsenal
Queens Park Rangers 0 - 4 Bolton Wanderers
Wigan Athletic 1 - 1 Norwich City

FLC

Barnsley 0 - 1 Southampton
Birmingham City 1 - 0 Coventry City
Crystal Palace 2 - 0 Burnley
Doncaster Rovers 0 - 1 West Ham United
Ipswich Town 0 - 1 Hull City
Leeds United 0 - 1 Middlesbrough
Leicester City 0 - 2 Reading
Millwall 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest
Portsmouth 0 - 1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Watford 0 - 1 Derby County

FL1

Bournemouth 2 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday
Bury 0 - 2 Carlisle United
Chesterfield 1 - 1 Stevenage
Colchester United 1 - 1 Wycombe Wanderers
Exeter City 0 - 2 MK Dons
Hartlepool United 1 - 1 Walsall
Leyton Orient 0 - 1 Tranmere Rovers
Notts County 1 - 2 Charlton Athletic
Rochdale 2 - 2 Huddersfield Town
Sheffield United 2 - 0 Brentford
Skankthorpe United 1 - 1 Preston North End
Yeovil Town 3 - 1 Oldham Athletic

FL2

Accrington Stanley 1 - 2 Southend United
Aldershot Town 0 - 1 Northampton Town
Barnet 1 - 3 Port Vale
Bristol Rovers 1 - 2 Torquay United
Burton Albion 1 - 1 Shrewsbury Town
Cheltenham Town 1 - 0 Swindon Town
Crawley Town 2 - 0 Macclesfield Town
Crewe Alexandra 1 - 2 Gillingham
Dagenham and Redbridge 0 - 2 Wimbledon
Hereford United 0 - 3 Morecambe
Oxford United 1 - 1 Bradford City
Plymouth Argyle 1 - 4 Rotherham United

Results from August 14:

Premier League

Stoke City 0 - 0 Chelsea
West Bromwich Albion 1 - 2 Manchester United

FLC

Blackpool 2 - 1 Peterborough United
Cardiff City 3 - 1 Bristol City

Results from August 15:

Premier League

Manchester City 4 - 0 Swansea City

Results from August 16:

Champions League

Arsenal 1 - 0 Udinese

FLC

Barnsley 1 - 3 Middlesbrough
Crystal Palace 2 - 1 Coventry City
Doncaster Rovers 0 - 1 Nottingham Forest
Ipswich Town 2 - 5 Southampton
Leeds United 4 - 1 Hull City
Portsmouth 1 - 0 Reading
Watford 0 - 4 West Ham United

FL1

Bournemouth 1 - 3 Stevenage
Bury 2 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday
Chesterfield 0 - 2 Preston North End
Colchester United 0 - 2 Charlton Athletic
Exeter City 1 - 2 Brentford
Hartlepool United 0 - 0 Huddersfield Town
Leyton Orient 1 - 3 Wycombe Wanderers
Notts County 3  -2 Tranmere Rovers
Rochdale 0 - 0 Carlisle United
Skankthorpe United 1 - 2 Oldham Athletic
Sheffield United 3 - 2 Walsall
Yeovil Town 0 - 1 MK Dons

FL2

Accrington Stanley 1 - 0 Bradford City
Aldershot Town 0 - 1 Torquay United
Barnet 2 - 2 Gillingham
Bristol Rovers 2 - 1 Northampton Town
Burton Albion 1 - 1 Port Vale
Cheltenham Town 1 - 2 Morecambe
Crawley Town 3 - 0 Southend United
Crewe Alexandra 1 - 2 Rotherham United
Dagenham & Redbridge 1 - 0 Swindon Town
Hereford United 0 - 4 Macclesfield Town
Oxford United 2 - 0 Shrewsbury Town
Plymouth Argyle 0 - 2 Wimbledon

Results from August 17:

FLC

Blackpool 0 - 1 Derby County
Cardiff City 1 - 3 Brighton & Hove Albion
Leicester City 1 - 2 Bristol City
Millwall 2 - 2 Peterborough United

Results from August 18:

Europa League

Fulham 3 - 0 Dnipro
Hearts 0 - 5 Tottenham Hotspur
Nacional 0 - 0 Birmingham City
Thun 0 - 1 Stoke City

Results from August 20:

Premier League

Arsenal 0 - 2 Liverpool
Aston Villa 3 - 1 Blackburn Rovers
Chelsea 2 - 1 West Brom
Everton 0 - 1 Queens Park Rangers
Sunderland 0 - 1 Newcastle United
Swansea City 0 - 0 Wigan Athletic

FLC

Brighton & Hove Albion 2 - 2 Blackpool
Bristol City 0 - 0 Portsmouth
Burnley 1 - 1 Cardiff City
Coventry City 0 - 0 Watford
Derby County 3 - 0 Doncaster Rovers
Hull City 0 - 1 Crystal Palace
Nottingham Forest 2 - 2 Leicester City
Peterborough United 7 - 1 Ipswich Town
Reading 1 - 2 Barnsley
Southampton 1 - 0 Millwall

FL1

Brentford 5 - 0 Leyton Orient
Carlisle United 2 - 1 Bournemouth
Charlton Athletic 2 - 2 Skankthorpe United
Huddersfield Town 3 - 2 Colchester United
MK Dons 6 - 2 Chesterfield
Oldham Athletic 2 - 0 Rochdale
Preston North End 1 - 0 Exeter City
Sheffield Wednesday 2 - 1 Notts County
Stevenage 2 - 2 Hartlepool United
Tranmere Rovers 1 -  1 Sheffield United
Walsall 1 - 1 Yeovil Town
Wycombe Wanderers 0 - 2 Bury

FL2

AFC Wimbledon 1 - 1 Hereford United
Bradford City 0 - 1 Dagenham and Redbridge
Gillingham 3 - 0 Plymouth Argyle
Macclesfield Town 0 - 0 Bristol Rovers
Morecambe 2 - 0 Aldershot Town
Northampton Town 2 - 3 Cheltenham Town
Port Vale 4 - 1 Accrington Stanley
Rotherham United 2 - 2 Barnet
Shrewsbury Town 2 - 0 Crewe Alexandra
Southend United 0 - 1 Burton Albion
Torquay United 1 - 3 Crawley Town

Results from August 21:

Premier League

Bolton Wanderes 2 - 3 Manchester City
Norwich City 1 - 1 Stoke City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 0 Fulham

FLC

Middlesbrough 3 - 1 Birmingham City
West Ham United 2 - 2 Leeds United

FL2

Swindon Town 1 - 2 Oxford United

Manchester United make it two Premier League wins from two with a 3-0 win over Tottenham at Old Trafford.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger allowed on touchline for Champions League game v Udinese

Arsenal and Newcastle found guilty of failing to control players during match - fined £30,000

Jack Wilshere set to be out for at least two more weeks, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger reveals

Aston Villa, Norwich, QPR, Sunderland, Swansea, West Brom and Wolves are in action as the Premier League clubs enter the Carling Cup at the second-round stage.

In the Champions League draw, Manchester City are in Group A along with Bayern Munich, Villarreal and Napoli. Manchester United have been drawn with Benfica, Basel and Otelul Galati in Group C. Chelsea will play Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen and Genk in Group E while Arsenal, Marseille, Olympiakos and Borussia Dortmund make up Group F.

Liverpool confirm they have reached agreement, subject to medical, for Alberto Aquilani to join AC Milan on loan for the remainder of the current season. The deal includes an option to make the move a permanent one.

Bradford City announce the resignation of manager Peter Jackson with the club currently lying 21st in League Two.

QPR complete the signing of Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton on a four-year contract

Saturday, 27 August 2011 Fixtures

Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Wolverhampton, 12:05
Wigan v QPR, 12:30
Blackburn v Everton, 15:00
Chelsea v Norwich, 15:00
Swansea v Sunderland, 15:00
Liverpool v Bolton, 17:30

Npower Championship
Brighton v Peterborough, 15:00
Crystal Palace v Blackpool, 15:00
Derby v Burnley, 15:00
Doncaster v Bristol City, 15:00
Hull v Reading, 15:00
Ipswich v Leeds, 15:00
Leicester v Southampton, 15:00
Middlesbrough v Coventry, 15:00
Millwall v Barnsley, 15:00
Portsmouth v Cardiff, 15:00

Npower League One
Yeovil v Sheffield Utd, 13:00
Bournemouth v Walsall, 15:00
Brentford v Tranmere, 15:00
Bury v Charlton, 15:00
Colchester v Oldham, 15:00
Exeter v Chesterfield, 15:00
Huddersfield v Wycombe, 15:00
Leyton Orient v Carlisle, 15:00
MK Dons v Stevenage, 15:00
Preston v Notts County, 15:00
Rochdale v Hartlepool, 15:00
Sheffield Wed v Scun.thorpe, 15:00

Npower League Two
Accrington Stanley v Burton Albion, 15:00
Bradford v Barnet, 15:00
Bristol Rovers v Hereford, 15:00
Cheltenham v Crawley Town, 15:00
Dag & Red v Torquay, 15:00
Macclesfield v AFC Wimbledon, 15:00
Northampton v Morecambe, 15:00
Oxford Utd v Aldershot, 15:00
Plymouth v Crewe, 15:00
Port Vale v Southend, 15:00
Rotherham v Gillingham, 15:00
Shrewsbury v Swindon, 15:00

Man City boss Roberto Mancini confident Carlos Tevez will stay after his family join him

ASTON VILLA v WOLVES teams

Aston Villa: Given, Herd, Dunne, Collins, Warnock, N'Zogbia, Petrov, Delph, Agbonlahor, Heskey, Bent. Subs: Guzan, Ireland, Albrighton, Delfouneso, Makoun, Clark, Bannan.

Wolverhampton: Hennessey, Stearman, Berra, Johnson, Ward, Jarvis, Henry, O'Hara, Hunt, Fletcher, Doyle. Subs: De Vries, Elokobi, Kightly, Vokes, Hammill, Milijas, Foley.

Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)

WIGAN v QPR teams

Wigan: Al Habsi, Boyce, Caldwell, Lopez, Figueroa, Gomez, Diame, Watson, Moses, Rodallega, Di Santo. Subs: Kirkland, McCarthy, Thomas, McArthur, Sammon, Jones, Stam.

QPR: Kenny, Perone, Gabbidon, Hall, Connolly, Taarabt, Faurlin, Derry, Buzsaky, Smith, Agyemang. Subs: Murphy, Bothroyd, Helguson, Ephraim, Hewitt, Andrade, Harriman.

Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)

South Korean striker and captain Park Chu-Young, currently at Monaco, is on his way to London to undergo a medical at Arsenal,

HALF-TIME

Aston Villa 0-0 Wolves

CARLING CUP THIRD-ROUND DRAW
Cardiff City v Leicester City
Wolves v Millwall
Chelsea v Fulham
Aldershot Town or Carlisle United v Rochdale
Arsenal v Shrewsbury Town
Burnley v MK Dons
Leeds United v Manchester United
Brighton v Liverpool
Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United
Manchester City v Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers v Leyton Orient or Bristol Rovers
Swindon Town or Southampton v Charlton or Preston North End
Everton v West Brom
Crystal Palace or Wigan v Middlesbrough
Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers
Stoke City v Tottenham Hotspur

Ties played week commencing 19 September.

GOALFLASH

Wigan 1-0 QPR (Di Santo)

GOALFLASH

Wigan 1-0 QPR (Di Santo)
Wigan goal: That... is a goal. Cracking strike from Franco di Santo, the Argentine teeing up Hugo Rodallega's pass with one touch and then lashing a superb scissor volley into the top corner with the next. Wigan lead.

HALF-TIME

Wigan 1-0 QPR

Luke Young has joined QPR from Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal, the London club have confirmed.

GOALFLASH

Wigan 2-0 QPR (Di Santo)

GOALFLASH

Wigan 2-0 QPR (Di Santo)
Wigan goal: It's his day today, Franco di Santo - and he's deserved it for his work-rate alone. The Argentine nicks the ball off Hugo Rodallega's toes just outside the box, ignores his team-mates complaints, and powers the ball into the top corner via a deflection. Di Santo goals - like London buses. Game over?

FULL-TIME

Aston Villa 0-0 Wolves

Franco di Santo's day's work is done - Conor Sammon on to replace the two-goal hero - while James McArthur replaces Victor Moses. Wigan think this is in the bag.

FULL-TIME

Wigan 2-0 QPR

BLACKBURN v EVERTON teams

Blackburn: Robinson, Salgado, Samba, Givet, Olsson, Emerton, Nzonzi, Dunn, Pedersen, Hoilett, Roberts. Subs: Bunn, Formica, Petrovic, Rochina, Goodwillie, Hanley, Lowe.

Everton: Howard, Neville, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Osman, Heitinga, Arteta, Barkley, Fellaini, Anichebe. Subs: Mucha, Hibbert, Bilyaletdinov, Beckford, Cahill, Vellios, Baxter.

Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

Chelsea, meanwhile, will host Norwich with Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres up front - new signing Juan Mata on the bench.

CHELSEA v NORWICH teams

Chelsea: Hilario, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Mikel, Lampard, Drogba, Torres, Malouda. Subs: Turnbull, Mata, Lukaku, Ferreira, McEachran, Alex, Anelka.

Norwich: Ruddy, Barnett, De Laet, Whitbread, Naughton, Hoolahan, Bradley Johnson, Crofts, Tierney, Holt, Chris Martin. Subs: Rudd, Russell Martin, Morison, Jackson, Pilkington, Fox, Bennett.

Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)

GOALFLASH

Chelsea 1-0 Norwich (Bosingwa)

GOALFLASH

Chelsea 1-0 Norwich (Bosingwa)
Chelsea goal: Foot like a traction engine! Chelsea have started brighter than a mid-summers day on Mercury and Jose Bosingwa rewards them with a fabulous strike, drilling into the top corner from 22 yards. Norwich starting down the barrel.

SWANSEA v SUNDERLAND teams

Swansea: Vorm, Williams, Taylor, Caulker, Rangel, Britton, Sinclair, Dyer, Routledge, Graham, Agustien. Subs: Moreira, Tate, Dobbie, Lita, Moore, Allen, Gower.

Sunderland: Mignolet, Bardsley, Brown, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Cattermole, Larsson, Gardner, Colback, Gyan, Sessegnon. Subs: Westwood, Wickham, Richardson, Vaughan, Ji, Bramble, Elmohamady.

Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)

GOALFLASH

Chelsea 1-1 Norwich (Holt)

GOALFLASH

Chelsea 1-1 Norwich (Holt)
Norwich goal: Would you Adam it? Hilario gets it all kinds of wrong as he comes unnecessarily to try to punch away Wes Hoolahan's cross, gets muddled with John Terry, and allows Grant Holt to hook over his shoulder and into an empty net.

PENALTY TO CHELSEA

RED CARD John Ruddy, NORWICH

PENALTY TO CHELSEA
GOALFLASH

Chelsea 2-1 Norwich (Lampard, pen)

PENALTY TO BLACKBURN

GOALFLASH

Chelsea 2-1 Norwich (Lampard, pen)
Chelsea goal: Relief all round Stamford Bridge as Ramires, clear on goal, goes over John Ruddy's outstretched arm - the Norwich keeper sent off for his troubles - and Frank Lampard drills the spot-kick down the middle.

PENALTY TO BLACKBURN
MISSED PENALTY, Blackburn.

MISSED PENALTY, Blackburn.
Missed penalty, Blackburn: Oh dear. For the second time in the match, Blackburn miss from the penalty spot. Mauro Formica - again - earns the spot-kick as he is felled by Phil Jagielka, but - taking it himself - he drills it against the post and away. Steve Kean looks like he's got a mouthful of month-old milk.

PENALTY TO EVERTON

PENALTY TO EVERTON
GOALFLASH

Blackburn 0-1 Everton (Arteta, pen)

GOALFLASH

Blackburn 0-1 Everton (Arteta, pen)
Everton goal: It's not been a great game, but what a finale we have. Blackburn defender Chris Samba - mystifyingly, if you ask me - is penalised for climbing on Marouane Fellaini from a long throw, referee Lee Mason pointing to the spot, and Mikel Arteta fires an injury-time winner from the spot. Drama.

LIVERPOOL v BOLTON teams

Liverpool: Reina, Kelly, Carragher, Agger, Jose Enrique, Adam, Lucas, Kuyt, Henderson, Downing, Suarez. Subs: Doni, Carroll, Maxi, Spearing, Shelvey, Skrtel, Robinson.

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Knight, Robinson, Eagles, Reo-Coker, Muamba, Petrov, Kevin Davies, Klasnic. Subs: Bogdan, Sanli, Mark Davies, Blake, Pratley, Wheater, Riley.

Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)

FULL-TIME

Blackburn 0-1 Everton
Chelsea 3-1 Norwich
Swansea 0-0 Sunderland

There was 11 minutes of injury time at Stamford Bridge in which Chelsea did get to score their third goal.

BREAKING NEWS
Update on that Dider Drogba injury from Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas: "He will have a full exam. He was completely unconscious. The doctor did a great job. He is showing progressive signs of recovery but we need a full exam which is being done. We hope for his wellbeing as a person first."

GOALFLASH

Liverpool 1-0 Bolton (Henderson)

GOALFLASH

Liverpool 1-0 Bolton (Henderson)
Liverpool goal: Great strike. Liverpool work it well and after Jussi Jaaskelainen saves Stewart Downing's volley from a Luis Suarez cross brilliantly, Jordan Henderson - at the second attempt - thrashes home from inside the area, arrowing a shot into the top corner.

BREAKING NEWS
Micah Richards has signed a new four-year contract at Manchester City.

HALF-TIME

Liverpool 1-0 Bolton

GOALFLASH

Liverpool 2-0 Bolton (Skrtel)

GOALFLASH

Liverpool 2-0 Bolton (Skrtel)
Liverpool goal: Simples. Charlie Adam whips in a delightful corner and Martin Skrtel powers past Zat Knight to thump home an unstoppable header.

About 3 minutes later...

About 3 minutes later...
GOALFLASH

Liverpool 3-0 Bolton (Adam)

GOALFLASH

Liverpool 3-0 Bolton (Adam)
Liverpool goal: Blimey - if that Martin Skrtel fact is to remain true, we aint half in for a storming Bolton comeback now. Charlie Adam drifts at goal unchallenged and then unleashes a low shot into the corner from 20 yards out. First goal for Liverpool.

BREAKING NEWS

Stoke are in talks to sign Tottenham midfielder Wilson Palacios and hope to agree a deal in the next 48 hours

FULL TIME:

Liverpool 3-1 Bolton

Sunday, 28 August 2011 Fixtures

Barclays Premier League
Newcastle v Fulham, 13:00
Tottenham v Man City, 13:30
West Brom v Stoke, 15:00
Man Utd v Arsenal, 16:00

Npower Championship
Nott'm Forest v West Ham, 13:15
Watford v Birmingham, 15:00

NEWCASTLE v FULHAM  teams

Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, Steven Taylor, Coloccini, Ryan Taylor, Lovenkrands, Cabaye, Tiote, Gutierrez, Obertan, Best. Subs: Soderberg, Smith, Ba, Marveaux, Sammy Ameobi, Vuckic, Ferguson.

Fulham: Schwarzer, Briggs, Hughes, Hangeland, Baird, Dempsey, Murphy, Sidwell, Donegan, Dembele, Kasami. Subs: Etheridge, Kelly, Johnson, Senderos, Gecov, Etuhu, Frei.

Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)

FOOTBALL LEAGUE LATEST:

Two sides expected to be in the hunt for promotion, Nottingham Forest and West Ham United, face off at the City Ground. Neither side have set the league alight so far this season, but a victory for one of the teams will lay down a significant marker to the others in the division. Struggling Watford need to pick up wins quickly if they are to avoid being dragged into a relegation battle. They come up against Birmingham, who recorded an impressive win in the Europa League qualifying round on Thursday.

BREAKING TEAM NEWS

Luka Modric starts for Tottenham v Man City.

NEWCASTLE v FULHAM (1300)

Newcastle makes four changes to the side which beat S(I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women)horpe, with Steven Taylor, Gabriel Obertan, Chiek Tiote and Jonas Gutierrez all coming in. Leon Best starts alongside Peter Lovenkrands as Shola Ameobi has a slight knee problem. Fulham's Pajtim Kasami replaces Andy Johnson from the team which played Dnipro, while Bobby Zamora is still out injured.

BREAKING TEAM NEWS

Samir Nasri starts for Man City v Tottenham.

News coming out of the City Ground ahead of the Nottm Forest v West Ham match is that Scott Parker - apparently in talks over a move to Tottenham - has been left out of the Hammers squad today. Confirmation the midfielder is Spurs-bound?

TOTTENHAM v MAN CITY teams

Tottenham: Friedel, Corluka, Dawson, Kaboul, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Modric, Kranjcar, Bale, Van der Vaart, Crouch. Subs: Cudicini, Huddlestone, Pavlyuchenko, Defoe, Bassong, Walker, Livermore.

Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy, Toure Yaya, Barry, Silva, Nasri, Aguero, Dzeko. Subs: Pantilimon, Richards, Milner, Johnson, Savic, Tevez, Balotelli.

Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

HALF-TIME

Newcastle 0-0 Fulham

GOALFLASH

Newcastle 1-0 Fulham
Tottenham 0-2 Man City

HALF TIME

TOTTENHAM 0-2 MAN CITY

WEST BROM v STOKE teams

West Brom: Foster, Reid, Tamas, Olsson, Shorey, Brunt, Scharner, Mulumbu, Morrison, Tchoyi, Long. Subs: Fulop, Thomas, Dorrans, Dawson, Jones, Cox, Fortune.

Stoke: Begovic, Huth, Shawcross, Woodgate, Wilson, Pennant, Whelan, Whitheead, Etherington, Walters, Jones. Subs: Sorensen, Collins, Soares, Pugh, Upson, Wilkinson, Shotton.


Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

GOALFLASH

Newcastle 2-0 Fulham (Best)

GOALFLASH

Newcastle 2-0 Fulham (Best)
Newcastle goal: Oh that's nice. Demba Ba's impact is immediate, his fine cross finding Leon Best, who turns brilliantly before slamming home 12 yards out. Double trouble.

WEST BROM v STOKE NEWS

Jonathan Woodgate returns to the heart of the Stoke defence while Robert Huth and Matthew Etherington are also back in the side after being suspended for the Europa League match against FC Thun on Thursday. West Brom are unchanged from the side that lost 2-1 at Chelsea last weekend so that means boss Roy Hodgson has gone with Somen Tchoyi up front.

GOALFLASH

Tottenham 0-3 Man City (Dzeko, hat-trick)

GOALFLASH

Tottenham 0-3 Man City (Dzeko, hat-trick)
Man City goal: The visitors are rampant and Edin Dzeko on fire, the Bosnian in the right place at the right time again to convert Yaya Toure's brilliant cross from the right from all of six yards out. Game over, surely.

GOALFLASH

Newcastle 2-1 Fulham (Dempsey)

GOALFLASH

Newcastle 2-1 Fulham (Dempsey)
Fulham goal: It's not quite game over at St James' Park, though, that's for sure as Clint Dempsey rises to meet Danny Murphy's pin-point free-kick to head home and give the Cottagers hope in the final few minutes.

GOALFLASH

Tottenham 0-4 Man City (Aguero)

GOALFLASH

Tottenham 0-4 Man City (Aguero)
Man City goal: "Easy, easy" is the cry from the visiting fans - and it really, really is. Sergio Aguero this time breaks the Tottenham defensive line, beats Michael Dawson as if he's not even there, and then slams home. Tottenham collapsing fast.

GOALFLASH

Tottenham 1-4 Man City (Kaboul)

FULL-TIME

Newcastle 2-1 Fulham

GOALFLASH

Tottenham 1-4 Man City (Kaboul)
Tottenham goal: Hold up - does the comeback start here? Out of nowhere, Tottenham reply - Rafael van der Vaart's corner headed home completely unmarked by Younes Kaboul.

BREAKING TEAM NEWS

Manchester United are unchanged against Arsenal, meaning Rio Ferdinand starts on the bench. The Gunners, without Thomas Vermaelen or Bacary Sagna, start with young midfielder Francis Coquelin.

FOOTBALL LEAGUE LATEST:

Full time, Nottingham Forest 1-4 West Ham United. The Hammers have sent a message out today with this impressive victory over Steve McClaren's men, who have a lot of work to do defensively if they are to compete for promotion this season.

In the Scottish Premier League, meanwhile, Celtic are back to winning ways following last Sunday's surprise 1-0 defeat at home to St Johnstone. They have  won 2-0  at St Mirren thanks to a double from Gary Hooper.

GOALFLASH

Tottenham 1-5 Man City (Dzeko)

GOALFLASH

Tottenham 1-5 Man City (Dzeko)
Not a good day for north London

GOALFLASH

Tottenham 1-5 Man City (Dzeko)
Man City goal: The agony, in fact, increases for Spurs... Edin Dzeko swapping passes with Gareth Barry before curling an absolutely beautiful goal into the top far corner for his fourth of the afternoon and City's fifth. Incredible.

FULL-TIME

Tottenham 1-5 Man City

Arsenal duo Bacary Sagna & Thomas Vermaelen miss match at Man Utd through injury

MAN UTD v ARSENAL teams

Man Utd: De Gea, Smalling, Jones, Evans, Evra, Nani, Cleverley, Anderson, Young, Rooney, Welbeck. Subs: Lindegaard, Ferdinand, Berbatov, Giggs, Park, Hernandez, Fabio Da Silva.

Arsenal: Szczesny, Jenkinson, Djourou, Koscielny, Traore, Ramsey, Coquelin, Rosicky, Walcott, van Persie, Arshavin. Subs: Fabianski, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Chamakh, Lansbury, Miquel, Ozyakup, Sunu.

Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)

Swansea defender Alan Tate breaks his leg in a golf buggy accident

MAN UTD v ARSENAL NEWS

Sir Alex Ferguson was moved to dispense sympathy to Arsene Wenger ahead of Arsenal's visit to Old Trafford after his turbulent start to the new season - but it will end abruptly as Manchester United attempt to maintain their winning start to the defence of their Premier League title. United have started the season with a pace, poise and youthful verve that is an ominous sign for their rivals. Arsenal, meanwhile, will be under-strength but with spirits lift at last by the Champions League win against Udinese in Italy.

BREAKING NEWS

West Ham midfielder Scott Parker is on the verge of joining Tottenham. "It will come to fruition in the next 24 hours or so," said Hammers boss Sam Allardyce.

FOOTBALL LEAGUE LATEST:

Rooney scores! But it's Irishman Adam, who gives Birmingham the lead just before half time against Watford after turning in from David Murphy.

HALF-TIME

West Brom 0-0 Stoke

GOALFLASH

Man Utd 1-0 Arsenal (Welbeck)

GOALFLASH

Man Utd 1-0 Arsenal (Welbeck)
Man Utd goal: It's been coming... Anderson's delightful scoop over the Arsenal defence catches Johan Djourou napping and Danny Welbeck steals in to flick a header past the onrushing Wojciech Szczesny from eight yards out. Breakthrough.

PENALTY TO ARSENAL

PENALTY TO ARSENAL
PENALTY MISSED, Van Persie, SAVED

PENALTY MISSED, Van Persie, SAVED
Missed penalty: Well well well... David de Gea, take a bow. He took some stick at the start of the season the new Man Utd keeper, but he's growing with every game and that's a fine penalty save, down low to his right to keep out Robin van Persie's spot-kick, after Jonny Evans was adjudged to have grabbed at Theo Walcott in the box. How costly a miss for Arsenal might that be?

GOALFLASH

Man Utd 2-0 Arsenal (Young)

GOALFLASH

Man Utd 2-0 Arsenal (Young)
Man Utd goal: Answer: very costly. Less than a minute after that penalty miss, Man Utd double their lead as Ashley Young pounces on a defensive error to drill a brilliant curling effort into the top corner from 22 yards out. Quality strike.

HALF-TIME

Man Utd 3-1 Arsenal

FULL-TIME

West Brom 0-1 Stoke

FOOTBALL LEAGUE LATEST:

Full time, Watford 2-2 Birmingham City: This turned into a thriller at the end. Birmingham striker Chris Wood thought he was the hero, putting his team 2-1 ahead after 88 minutes, but he was to be outdone by Watford's towering centre-back Martin Taylor who bagged a close-range header deep into injury-time to grab a point for the Hornets.

GOALFLASH

Man Utd 4-1 Arsenal (Rooney)

GOALFLASH

Man Utd 4-1 Arsenal (Rooney)
Man Utd goal: He's done it again! An almost exact replica of his first half-strike - only this time from the other side of the area - Wayne Rooney shifting it to Ashley Young before curling a beauty into the opposite corner, Wojciech Szczesny not even moving.

One minute later...

One minute later...
GOALFLASH

Man Utd 5-1 Arsenal (Nani)

GOALFLASH

Man Utd 5-1 Arsenal (Nani)
Man Utd goal: This is getting ugly for Arsenal. Very ugly. Wayne Rooney plays the most simple of passes into Nani, completely unmarked and a yard onside inside the box, and the Portuguese winger clips home the classiest of finishes. Arsenal being torn apart.

Then...

Then...
GOALFLASH

Man Utd 6-1 Arsenal (Park)

GOALFLASH

Man Utd 6-1 Arsenal (Park)
Man Utd goal: Scoring. At. Will. And there's still 20 minutes to go. Ji-Sung Park is the goalscorer this time - minutes after coming on as sub - the Korean sliding home from Ashley Young's cut-back.

GOALFLASH

Man Utd 6-2 Arsenal (Van Persie)

GOALFLASH

Man Utd 6-2 Arsenal (Van Persie)
Arsenal goal: This game is a right strange game, I tell you. With Manchester United looking to pile the goals in at one end, Arsenal sneak another in the back door at the other, Robin van Persie lashing high into the net at the back post with the home defence AWOL.

RED CARD

Carl Jenkinson, ARSENAL

RED CARD

Carl Jenkinson, ARSENAL
Arsenal red card: Arsenal have yet to finish a league game with 11 men this season - and they won't do so again today, Carl Jenkinson shown a second yellow card as he trips Javier Hernandez running through on goal.

PENALTY TO MAN UTD

PENALTY TO MAN UTD
GOALFLASH

Man Utd 7-2 Arsenal (Rooney, hat-trick)

GOALFLASH

Man Utd 7-2 Arsenal (Rooney, hat-trick)
Man Utd goal: Seven up for Man Utd - and Sir Alex Ferguson can still barely crack a smile on the touchlines. Theo Walcott is adjudged to have pushed Patrice Evra over in the box and Wayne Rooney steps up to convert the penalty. Hat-trick.

One minute of normal time remaining... and still Man Utd come forward... Chris Smalling breaking the Arsenal defensive line for the umpteenth time this afternoon, only for his cross to elude the sliding Javier Hernandez inside the box by a matter of inches.

In injury time...

In injury time...
GOALFLASH

Man Utd 8-2 Arsenal (Young)

GOALFLASH

Man Utd 8-2 Arsenal (Young)
Man Utd goal: And there's one of them. Unbelievable. Ashley Young, as he did in the first half, curls a stunner right-footed into the top far corner from 18 yards leaving Arsenal keeper Wojciech Szczesny with absolutely no chance. Incredible.

FULL-TIME

Man Utd 8-2 Arsenal

FULL-TIME

Man Utd 8-2 Arsenal
Phew!

PREMIER LEAGUE'S BIGGEST WINS

    Man Utd 9-0 Ipswich - Mar 95
    Tottenham 9-1 Wigan - Nov 09
    Chelsea 8-0 Wigan - May 10
    Newcastle 8-0 Sheff Wed - Sep 99
    Nottm For 1-8 Man Utd - Feb 99
    Chelsea 7-0 Stoke - Apr 10
    Arsenal 7-0 Everton - May 05
    Blackburn 7-0 Nottm Forest - Nov 95
    Man Utd 7-0 Barnsley - Oct 97
    Arsenal 7-0 Middlesbrough - 06

Man Utd defender Phil Jones named in England squad for Euro 2012 qualifying matches

Manager Arsene Wenger admits Arsenal's 8-2 Premier League defeat at Manchester United on Sunday was humiliating.

Manager Arsene Wenger admits Arsenal's 8-2 Premier League defeat at Manchester United on Sunday was humiliating.
The last time Arsenal suffered from an 8-0 defeat Queen Victoria was on the throne.

Man City's Roque Santa Cruz joins Real Betis on a one-year loan

Manager Arsene Wenger admits Arsenal's 8-2 Premier League defeat at Manchester United on Sunday was humiliating.
Arsenal are offering to compensate fans who travelled to Sunday's 8-2 thrashing by Manchester United with a free ticket to a future away match.

West Ham's Scott Parker hands in a transfer request and nears a move to Tottenham as activity hots up ahead of the transfer window closing on Wednesday.

Joe Cole is to have talks with Lille over a season-long loan from Liverpool

Rangers reject a £6.5m bid from Leicester City for striker Nikica Jelavic

Arsenal say they have "agreed to sign" South Korea captain Chu Young Park from Monaco

England play Bulgaria, Wales host Montenegro and Northern Ireland take on Serbia on a busy night of qualifying for Euro 2012.

LATEST SCORE

Bulgaria 0-3 England

LATEST SCORE

Wales 1-0 Montenegro

HALF-TIME

Bulgaria 0-3 England
Northern Ireland 0-0 Serbia
Wales 1-0 Montenegro

GOALFLASH

Wales 2-0 Montenegro

FULL-TIME
Bulgaria 0-3 England
Republic of Ireland 0-0 Slovakia
Wales 2-1 Montenegro
Northern Ireland 0-1 Serbia

Captain John Terry believes England have "almost" sealed qualification for the Euro 2012 finals in Poland and Ukraine following Friday's 3-0 win in Bulgaria.

Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez says he has a 'love-hate relationship' with manager Roberto Mancini.

There are no  Barclays Premier League and Npower Championship due to the recent European Championship Qualifying matches.

Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart out for up to six weeks after suffering hamstring tear

Steven Gerrard expects to make Liverpool return v Spurs on 18 September

Scotland 2-2 Czech Republic

Scotland 2-2 Czech Republic
Michal Kadlec's controversial penalty in the dying seconds at Hampden all but killed off Scotland's hopes of qualifying for the Euro 2012 finals.

Fabio Capello insists Frank Lampard remains a key member of his England squad, despite dropping him for the victory over Bulgaria.

England host Wales, Scotland face Lithuania and Northern Ireland travel to Estonia following the Republic of Ireland's 0-0 Euro 2012 qualifying draw in Russia.

ENGLAND v WALES

England: Hart, Smalling, Terry, Cahill, Cole, Milner, Lampard, Barry, Downing, Young, Rooney. Subs: Stockdale, Jagielka, Lescott, Parker, Carroll, Johnson, Defoe.

Wales: Hennessey, Gunter, Williams, Blake, Taylor, Bale, Crofts, Collison, Ramsey, Ledley, Morison. Subs: Myhill, Danny Collins, James Collins, King, Allen, Robson-Kanu, Earnshaw.

Referee: Robert Schorgenhofer (Austria)

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Estonia 2-0 N Ireland

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Estonia 2-1 N Ireland

GOALFLASH

England 1-0 Wales (Young)

GOALFLASH

England 1-0 Wales (Young)
England goal: Cracking wing-play down the right from Stewart Downing, getting the better of Joe Ledley and then cutting back to Ashley Young to slam home from 10 yards. Breakthrough.

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England 1-0 Wales

PENALTY TO SCOTLAND

PENALTY TO SCOTLAND
PENALTY MISSED, Darren Fletcher, SCOTLAND

GOALFLASH

Estonia 3-1 N Ireland (Zenjov)

PENALTY MISSED, Darren Fletcher, SCOTLAND
Missed penalty: Deary me. Is that the final nail in the coffin of Scotland's Euro 2012 qualifying campaign? Moments after Darvydas Sernas wastes a glorious Lithuania three-on-one attack, Scotland earna penalty when Tadas Labukas inexplicably punches Barry Bannan's cross away. Darren Fletcher steps to take the spot-kick - but his effort is saved to his left by keeper Zydrunas Karcemarskas. Ouch.

GOALFLASH

Estonia 3-1 N Ireland (Zenjov)
Estonia goal: Two-goal cushion restored, just as Northern Ireland looked to be dominating. And they only have themselves to blame, Gareth McAuley caught in possession after Sander Puri's header had hit the post, Sergei Zenjov slamming home.

GOALFLASH

Scotland 1-0 Lithuania (Naismith)

GOALFLASH

Scotland 1-0 Lithuania (Naismith)
Scotland goal: Beauty. And it's little surprise that Barry Bannan is the creator - he's been excellent all night - his chipped cross half-volleyed in off the post on the stretch brilliantly by Steven Naismith. Play-offs still on?

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Estonia 4-1 N Ireland

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England 1-0 Wales

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