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| | 29 September 2008 - Weekend 6 Results | | | Saturday
Fernando Torres struck twice in three minutes as Liverpool comfortably eased past Everton in the Merseyside derby.
Jonas Olsson's scrappy second-half strike handed West Brom their first away win of the season.
Chelsea saw off a spirited Stoke side to rack up their sixth Premier League away win in a row and return to the top of the table.
Goals from Ashley Young and John Carew helped Aston Villa secure a third successive Premier League victory at the expense of Sunderland.
First-half goals from Christopher Samba and Roque Santa Cruz saw Blackburn inflict a fifth successive defeat on a beleaguered Newcastle.
Goals from Carlton Cole and Matthew Etherington secured victory for West Ham at Fulham, who were also reduced to 10 men in an awful three-minute spell.
A controversial penalty scored by Cristiano Ronaldo set Manchester United on their way to victory over Bolton.
Two goals in four second-half minutes from Geovanni and Daniel Cousin earned Hull a famous away win over Arsenal.
Sunday
Wigan overcame Manchester City in a pulsating game at the JJB Stadium which saw yet another controversial penalty.
Tottenham were left rooted to the bottom of the Premier League after a tame display in a loss at Portsmouth.
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| | 30 September 2008 - Weekend 7 Predictions | | | Weekend 7 (4/5 October) fixtures are available to Predict.
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| | 22 September 2008 - Weekend 5 Results | | | Saturday
Arsenal came from a goal behind to record a well-earned victory at Bolton, and climb to the top of the Premier League table.
Stoke City withstood wave upon wave of Liverpool attack and produced a defiant performance as they held Liverpool to a goalless draw at Anfield.
Gianfranco Zola's reign as West Ham manager got off to a good start as the Hammers came out 3-1 victors at home to struggling Newcastle.
Substitute Michael Chopra celebrated his first appearance of the season by scoring two late goals to give Sunderland victory in a frantic derby.
Sunday
In the West Midlands derby first-half goals from John Carew and Gabriel Agbonlahor gave Aston Villa 1-2 victory over West Brom.
A superb second half comeback by Everton earned a deserved point after at Hull.
Mark Hughes' Manchester City excelled against a dismal Portsmouth to record their biggest Premier League win.
Even though it is Arsenal and Liverpool who have made the early running this season, Chelsea and Manchester United played as if the title hung in the balance on the result of one game.
Tottenham remain bottom of the Premier League table after they were held to a goalless draw at home by Wigan.
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| | 22 September 2008 - Weekend 6 Predictions | | | Weekend 6 (27/28 September) fixtures are available to Predict.
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| | 15 September 2008 - Weekend 4 Results | | | Saturday
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez earned his first Premier League win over Manchester United courtesy of Ryan Babel's deserved late winner.
Emmanuel Adebayor scored a hat-trick as Arsenal strolled to a comfortable 0-4 victory over Blackburn at Ewood Park.
Goals from Zoltan Gera and Bobby Zamora helped steer an impressive Fulham to victory over Bolton at Craven Cottage.
Robinho marked his Manchester City debut with a goal - but Chelsea spoiled the party with an impressive win to stay top of the Premier League.
Hull deservedly defeated Newcastle on an afternoon of passionate protest from Magpies supporters still reeling after the departure of manager Kevin Keegan.
Striker Jermain Defoe starred for Portsmouth as they came back from a goal down to beat Middlesbrough.
West Brom won for the first time this season and left new West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola with lots to analyse after watching from the stands.
Determined Wigan earned a deserved draw against Sunderland after Amr Zaki's late equaliser cancelled out Titus Bramble's early own goal.
Sunday
Cahill reacted quicker than everybody else to head the winner from a corner at the end of an incident packed second half, which included a disallowed goal and a disputed penaly claim.
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| | 15 September 2008 - Weekend 5 Predictions | | | Weekend 5 (20/21 September) fixtures are available to Predict.
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| | 1 September 2008 - Weekend 3 Results | | | Saturday
Wigan cruised to a 0-5 victory at Hull, Phil Brown admitted that after a good start to the season the defeat was a 'harsh reality check'.
Middlesbrough have their best start to a Premier League season for nine years thanks to a Tuncay strke in the dying stages to against a 10-man Stoke City.
Everton missed a penalty and a host of other chances as Portsmouth claim the three points with a fine display of finishing that the Toffees will envy.
A rampant Arsenal finally demonstrate their title credentials this season with a convincing 3-0 win over Newcastle United.
Blackburn missed the chance to go top of the Premier League as the suffered a heavy 4-1 defeat at West Ham, Paul Ince's first defeat as Rovers boss.
In the Premier League's first goalless draw of the season West Brom earned their first point at Bolton.
Sunday
After the Gareth Barry transfer saga, rival bosses Rafael Benitez and Martin O'Neill managed a polite handshake before kick-off, while on the pitch Liverpool and Villa played out a cagey goalless draw at Villa Park.
Shaun Wright-Phillips marked his Manchester City return by scoring twice as Mark Hughes's side cruised to a 0-3 victory at Sunderland.
Tottenham earned their first point of the season as they frustrated Chelsea to hold on to a draw.
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| | 31 August 2008 - Weekend 4 Predictions | | | There's a weekend break for international games
Weekend 4 (13/14 September) fixtures are available to Predict.
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| | 25 August 2008 - Weekend 2 Results | | | Saturday
Steven Gerrard smashed home in injury time to steal victory for Liverpool against a Middlesbrough side that had looked good value for the three points just 15 minutes earlier, and another dramatic strike again at the death when Rory Delap's throw was diverted in by Mamady Sidibe to earn Stoke their first Premier League win.
Hull's bright start to life in the top flight continued as they earned a battling point at Blackburn, and 2 second-half goals were enough to give Everton an unconvincing win over West Brom, The Baggies were completely on top for the first hour but paid the price for failing to take their chances.
Good news for England as Michael Owen came off the bench to earn Newcastle a win over a Bolton side who paid the price for a missed penalty.
Spurs dropped Dimitar Berbatov, who was not in the 'correct frame of mind', and the uncertainty surrounding the striker seemed to affect the rest of the team as Djibril Cisse scored on his Sunderland debut to condemn Spurs to their second straight Premier League defeat.
In the evening kick-off, Brede Hangeland's first-half goal gave Fulham their first win of the season against a disappointing Arsenal, the giant defender stabbed in Jimmy Bullard's cross from close range after 21 minutes.
Sunday
Chelsea are top of the Premier League as Deco scored the only goal at the JJB with a 25-yard free-kick, although it was not as comfortable as the opening weekend as Wigan forced Czech to make several smart saves.
Man City secure their first Premier League win of the season, beating West Ham 3-0.
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| | 24 August 2008 - Weekend 3 Predictions | | | Weekend 3 (30/31 August) fixtures are available to Predict.
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| | 20 August 2008 - Stoke Already Down, According to Paddy Power | | | Paddy Powerg(16757604)a(553385)) are paying out on bets made by punters on Stoke to be relegated after just one game of the Premier League season! Cheeky beggars! And yet a quick glance at the Premier League table reveals that the Potters are not even at its foot, that early ignominy falls to Portsmouth, a side with the striking talent of England internationals Jermain Defoe and Peter Crouch to call upon. But you could argue that Stoke did not have the worst result of the weekend. You wouldn't fancy being a Fulham fan right now, or Man City, and I suspect Evertonians won't be exactly ecstatic either. | | |
| | 19 August 2008 - Weekend 2 Predictions | | | Weekend 2 (23/24 August) fixtures are available to Predict.
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| | 19 August 2008 - Weekend 1 - Video Highlights | | | The Guardian have some video highlights from the opening weekend of the season, including Chelsea's stunning 4-0 win against Portsmouth. Link:
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| | 18 August 2008 - Weekend 1 Results | | | Saturday
Arsenal kicked off the new Premier League season with a win over West Brom Samir Nasri scores after four minutes of his Premier League debut as the Gunners beat West Brom. The other Premier League new boys had mixed results, Hull City marked their first appearance in English football's top-flight by coming from behind to beat Fulham, while Stoke never really looked in the game at Bolton after Gretar Steinsson's flukeyspectacular attempted cross flew in, eventually going down 3-1.
An injury-time strike from Andre Ooijer ensured Paul Ince's Blackburn reign started with a 2-3 victory at Everton.
Goals from David Wheater and Mido hand Middlesbrough an impressive win over a lacklustre Spurs at the Riverside.
Dean Ashton scored twice to help West Ham make a winning start to the season at home to Wigan.
Summer signing Robbie Keane made his Liverpool debut up front, but it was Fernando Torres who struck a brilliant late, and probably undeserved, winner as Liverpool made hard work of beating Sunderland.
Sunday
Luiz Felipe Scolari hailed his first game in charge of Chelsea as the "perfect day" after his side thumped Portsmouth 4-0.
Agbonlahor hits a stunning seven-minute hat-trick as Aston Villa's late show tears Manchester City apart.
Man Utd make an unconvincing start to the defence of their Premier League title as they are held at home by Newcastle.
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| | 05 August 2008 - New season | | | The pre-season Premiership transfer market has barely getting started this summer, but there have been an awful lot of gossip and column inches written but very few of the big touted transfers being completed.
All of this transfer market in-action and pre-season preamble is just wheting the appetite before it all kicks off again.
Wimbledon was wonderful, Formula 1 is fine, the Tour is terrific and the Olympics will be a nice distraction but my football withdrawal symptoms are kicking in and reading pages about Barry and Ronaldos proposed transfers, or watching the friendly tours will not suffice!
I need competitive football!
Roll on Saturday 16 August!
The first weekends fixtures for the 2008/09 season have been added and you can now make your predictions. | | |
| | 19 June 2008 - Premier League - 2008/2009 | | | It was one of the most eagerly anticipated dates in the football calendar, the Premier League fixture list released on 16 June has once again captured the imagination of fans around the world.
It may only be five weeks since Manchester United lifted the Barclays Premier League trophy at Wigan’s JJB Stadium after a titanic battle with Chelsea. But attention is now focused on Saturday, 16 August and the start of the new campaign.
Alex Ferguson’s men begin their title defence with a mouth-watering clash with Newcastle United at Old Trafford, and new Chelsea manager Luis Felipe Scolari will start his tenure at Stamford Bridge with a home game against FA Cup winners Portsmouth.
Championship winners West Bromwich Albion face the toughest test of the newly promoted sides on the opening weekend, with an away trip to Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium, while Stoke City travel to Bolton Wanderers and play-off winners Hull City will take on Fulham at home.
The first clash of any ‘Big Four’ teams will take place on the weekend of 13-14 September, when Manchester United go to Anfield to play Liverpool and the following week, the Red Devils face the equally daunting task of going away to Chelsea.
Looking ahead to the final day of the Barclays Premier League season on Sunday, 24 May 2009, Arsenal are at home to Stoke, Chelsea go to Sunderland and Manchester United face Hull at the Kingston Communications Stadium.
For now though, supporters of all 20 clubs can enjoy a summer of transfer speculation while counting down the days to the start of the Barclays Premier League season.
You can Register for the 2008/2009 game now and I will send out an e-mail when you can make your first predictions! | | |
| | 06 May 2008 - Weekend 36 Results | | | 276 days, 370 games and it finally came down to one final, tense Sunday in May. At 15:00 on the final Sunday of the season, with so much still to play for, the Premier League title, A Uefa Cup spot and the final two relegation positions were still undecided.
But at around 16:50 (and most likely long into the night) it was Manchester United and Fulham who were celebrating.
Fittingly on his 758th appearance for United, (albeit as a sub this time) Ryan Giggs scored the goal which sealed the 0-2 win at Wigan and with it the title.
For most of the afternoon Reading were looking favourites to avoid the drop putting four past Derby, but a Danny Murphy header 11 minutes from time sent them down and ensured Fulham survived. Birmingham 4-1 Blackburn
Chelsea 1-1 Bolton
Derby 0-4 Reading
Everton 3-1 Newcastle
Middlesbrough 8-1 Man City
Portsmouth 0-1 Fulham
Sunderland 0-1 Arsenal
Tottenham 0-2 Liverpool
West Ham 2-2 Aston Villa
Wigan 0-2 Man Utd Premier League - As It Finished:
Champions: Manchester United
Champions League: Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool
Uefa Cup: Everton
Intertoto Cup: Aston Villa
Relegated: Reading, Birmingham, Derby
They will be joined in August by West Brom, Stoke City and the winners of the championship play off final. I hope you all enjoy Euro 2008 and a long summer of transfer speculation!
See you next season! Weekend 36 points
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| | 24 April 2008 - Football Links | | | I've updated the
Links section of the site using links from my other site the Football Directory.
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| | 28 February 2008 - Fantasy Formula 1 | | | Unfortunately I don't have the time to run a Formula 1 league this year, but if you are looking for a good one...
Fantasy League Formula 1 2008
Register today and show you have what it takes to manage your very own Formula 1 team. Equipped with a $60 million budget, hand-pick a team of six drivers and one constructor as you battle it out for over £20,000 in prizes.
The game costs £10 per 'team' entry, with £20,000 in prizes up for grabs throughout the 2008 competition. The game commences with a Warm-Up Championship for the first two Grands Prix then team points are reset for the Main Championship, with a first prize of £5,000 in cash and a trip for two to Rio de Janeiro and Interlagos for the Brazilian Grand Prix.
http://www.fantasyleaguef1.com
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| | 14 August 2007 - Password Recovery | | | There was a small problem with the password recovery form which has now been fixed, so if you forgot your login or password then follow the link below and they should be sent to you promptly.
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| | | | | Latest Results | | | | 05 October 2008 | | | | Chelsea | 2 | | | Aston Villa | 0 | | | | | Everton | 2 | | | Newcastle United | 2 | | | | | Manchester City | 2 | | | Liverpool | 3 | | | | | Portsmouth | 2 | | | Stoke City | 1 | | | | | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | | | Hull | 1 | | | | | West Ham United | 1 | | | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | | | | | 04 October 2008 | | | | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | | | Manchester United | 2 | | | | | Sunderland | 1 | | | Arsenal | 1 | | | | | West Brom | 1 | | | Fulham | 0 | | | | | Wigan | 0 | | | Middlesbrough | 1 | | | | more results... | |
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