Manchester United back to the top

Liverpool fans must be wondering whats wrong with their team this season. Rafa's selection had been questionable and I will not be suprise if he gets the sack. Title dream is way over before Christmas, wake up!!

Everton 0 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur *3.20
Chelsea FC 1 - 0 Reading (1 - 0) *2.20
Derby 1 - 1 Manchester City (0 - 0) *3.55 + 5.00
West Ham 1 - 0 Liverpool (0 - 0)
Manchester United 2 - 0 Portsmouth (2 - 0)

Deja vu

No JP. See tonight how.. Mu gonna keep up the pace with Arsenal. Kevin Keegan's Newcastle had again lost to the gunners 3 nil in a space of 4 days. Worst, his side still yet to score a SINGLE GOAL so far. Sunderland finally climb out of drop zone to 14.

Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Wigan (1 - 0)
Arsenal 3 - 0 Newcastle United (1 - 0) *1.70
Bolton Wanderers 0 - 0 Fulham 0 - 0
Sunderland 2 - 0 Birmingham City 1 - 0

Midweek EPL II

EVERTON vs TOTTENHAM
Match No. 0305
Draw 3.20
1-1 6.50
LS D-H 5.00

Spurs already very tired after playing 2 siong games, lucky if to get a point.

CHELSEA vs READING
Match No. 0306
READING (+1½) 2.20
A-H 22.00
LS 2-1 6.50

DERBY vs MANCHESTER CITY
Match No. 0307
Draw 3.55
D-D 5.00
LS 2-2 17.00

WEST HAM vs LIVERPOOL
Match No. 0308
Draw 3.20
2-2 14.00
LS H-D 15.00

MANCHESTER UTD vs PORTSMOUTH
Match No. 0309
PORTSMOUTH (+1½) 2.10
1-0 5.50
LS D-H 4.30

Milan Baros making his debut for Portsmouth

We are reading OLD NEWS

Take a look at today's copy of TNP on pg 53, Arsenal made a move for Jonathan Woodgate..

In actual fact, he had already signed on the dotted line for Spurs when the paper is being printed. Don't know why SPH decided to had noon edition only on Monday and Thursday. A boo boo step. Now Today paper is the only noon edition to have the latest news updated. Looks like readership had already fallen..

FA Cup 5th round.

Last year finalist Manchester United host Arsenal in the 5th round of the FA Cup, an early final come too early as both teams are regulars in the oldest competition. Liverpool will play Championship opposition in Barnsley at Anfield, Bryan Robson will take on former team Middlesbrough. Chelsea will have the easiest tie, they host Huddersfield.

Bristol Rovers v Southampton

Cardiff City v Wolves

Sheffield United v Middlesbrough

Liverpool v Barnsley

Manchester United v Arsenal

Preston v Portsmouth

Coventry City v West Brom

Chelsea v Huddersfield Town

The ties are scheduled to take place on 16 and 17 February.

FA CUP action from Harry's @ CHIJMES.

folks folks folks, i can tell u, this non-league side Havant & dun know wat.. scares the bloody s**t outta me.. Benitez nearly shot his backside with his line-up. a host of first-teamers on the bench which includes Jamie Carragher, Steven Gerrard, FernandoTorres, Dirk Kuyt.

its clear that he underestimate this group of part-timers which includes cab driver, rubbish collector and teacher. i tell u man, im completely furious when H&W took the lead.. not once but twice.... goodness.. if Liverpool was playing Man United, would Benitez DARED to play such a line-up?

both goals conceded was from a corner and idiotic defending by Steve Finnan. Skrtel, being his first start for the REDS. looks nervous with his schoolboy defending. Ryan Babel, for first 15-20mins or so... keep losing possession though he found his footing after that. on the flanks together with Pennant. Javier Mascherano, think he's best at intercepting passes rather than taking rugby shots. i would hate to see him go. hope his permanent move settle quickly...

However, H&W should be given credit for taking the game against a side 6 divisions above them. it could have been more if their goalkeeper wasn't quick enough. parring away 2 shots which could have gone into his net.

watching "live" from Harry's bar, new hangout for REDS supporters. saw the notice on BPL Stomping Ground. glad to have my pretty companion accompany me to watch the game. some notable pics taken from EAST OF ANFIELD, which they named.



enough cok toking, results from 4th Round (EPL teams only);

wigan v chelsea
1-2 (0-0)

portsmouth v plymouth
2-1 (2-1)

mansfield v middlesbrough
0-2 (0-1)

liverpool v havant & W
5-2 (2-2)

derby county v preston north end
1-4 (0-3)

arsenal v newcastle
3-0 (0-0)

sheff united v man city
2-1 (2-0)

man united v tottenham
3-1 (1-1)

i wld love to see my beloved Liverpool playing Man United in the final, a repeat of 1996 final. that'll be great! :)

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Midweek EPL

TRansfer dateline is near, clubs are making reinforcement here and there... Jonathan Woodgate might be playing his last game for boro as he passed his medical test at Spurs and could make his start against Man Utd at White Hart Lane this weekend. Newcastle return to the capital for their league match against the gunners when they lost 3 nil in the FA Cup on saturday.

MIDDLESBROUGH vs WIGAN
Match No. 0301
Draw 3.15
1-1 6.50
LS D-D 5.00

ARSENAL vs NEWCASTLE
Match No. 0302
H-H 1.70
2-1 7.50
LS TG 2 3.60

BOLTON vs FULHAM
Match No. 0303
Home 1.83
D-H 4.30
LS 2-1 7.00

SUNDERLAND vs BIRMINGHAM
Match No. 0304
Away 3.00
0-2 16.00
LS D-A 6.50


HUAT AH!!

Result Time.

FA Cup weekend ended with highs and lows, Manchester City and Derby were dumped out of the cup and Rafa was a relived man after seeing his side trailing behind twice.. :)


Mansfield Town 0 - 2 Middlesbrough (0 - 1)
Watford 1 - 4 Wolverhampton (0 - 1)
Arsenal 3 - 0 Newcastle United (0 - 0) *2.10
Wigan 1 - 2 Chelsea FC (0 - 0)
Manchester United 3 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur (1 - 1) *9.00
Sheffield Utd 2 - 1 Manchester City (2 - 0) *3.60 + 3.60 + 22.00




EPL

Aston Villa 1 - 1 Blackburn Rovers 0 - 0

Wat a busy week

Thanks Bern for the Recap of score 2 weeks back... JP again....

Oh, this site had overseas visitors.. Thank u for all ur support.

TOTTENHAM vs SUNDERLAND *3.80 + 1.75
READING vs MANCHESTER UTD *3.90
Nearly JP all 3 if Ronaldo didnt scored the 2nd goal.
FULHAM vs ARSENAL *2.20 + 1.80 + 8.50
WIGAN vs EVERTON *1.97 + 3.30 + 7.50
VILLARREAL vs VALENCIA *1.98 + 3.45

FA Cup this weekend, gonna pick few games, hope to JP again..

MANSFIELD vs MIDDLESBROUGH (Live on Ch 24 @ 2025)
Match No. 0402
TG 3 3.70
1-2 7.50
LS D-A 4.20

WTFRD vs WOLVERHAMPTON
Match No. 0403
Home 1.77
H-H 2.90
LS WTFRD (-1½) 3.20

ARSENAL vs NEWCASTLE (Live on Ch 24 @ 2225)
Match No. 0406
ARSENAL (-1½) 2.10
H-H 1.88
LS 3-1 8.50

WIGAN vs CHELSEA (Live on Ch 24 @ 0110)
Match No. 0409
CHELSEA (-1½) 2.35
A-A 2.15
LS 0-3 9.00

MANCHESTER UTD vs TOTTENHAM (Live on Ch 24 @ 2155)
Match No. 0411
H-H 2.10
2-1 7.00
LS 3-1 9.00

SHEFFIELD UTD vs MANCHESTER CITY (Live on Ch 24 @ 1200)
Match No. 0412
Home 3.60
TG 3 3.60
LS 2-1 22.00

Liverpool's game against minnows opposition Havant & Waterlooville will be shown Live on Ch 23 @ 2255

EPL

ASTON VILLA vs BLACKBURN
Match No. 0301
Home 1.80
2-1 6.70
LS 2-2 15.00

EPL recap;

19th Jan

tottenham v sunderland
2-0 (1-0)

reading v man united
0-2 (0-0)

portsmouth v derby
3-1 (2-1)

newcastle v bolton
0-0

fulham v arsenal
0-3 (0-2)

blackburn v middlesbrough
1-1 (0-1)

birmingham v chelsea
0-1 (0-0)


20th Jan

wigan v everton
1-2 (0-2)

man city v west ham
1-1 (1-1)


21st Jan

liverpool v aston villa
2-2 (1-0)



Kevin Keegan believes that Alan Shearer will one day become Newcastle manager.

Shearer, 37, was tipped to take over the reins at St James' Park before Keegan's return and has since been in discussions to join his backroom staff.

There remain doubts as to whether the former Magpies striker will join as number two, but Keegan insists that Shearer will eventually be in charge.

"Alan Shearer is going to manage this football club one day, that's for sure," he said.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard says speculation over the club's ownership and the future of manager Rafa Benitez is affecting the players on the pitch.

Liverpool lie fifth in the Premier League after a 2-2 draw at home to Aston Villa and are 14 points adrift of Manchester United and Arsenal.

Gerrard said: "It's not just this week, it's been going on for some time and it's certainly not helping the players.

Tottenham assistant Gus Poyet admits the whole club are desperate to end a nine-year winless run against Arsenal in Tuesday's Carling Cup semi-final.

The tie is poised at 1-1 going into the second leg at White Hart Lane, and Poyet said: "Everyone knows we haven't beaten Arsenal for a very long time.

"We are convinced we can win and reach the final, it doesn't matter how."

But Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger warned: "They played well in the first leg, we want to pay them back and qualify."

Poyet admits the game is Spurs' biggest of the season and says the players will be right up for it in front of a packed home crowd.


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another PREMIERSHIP wkend.

hey folks, back from another fantastic day at the beach. my beach soccer team beat this grp who called themselves rich bastards. yeah.. a thumping 7-0, i nick in 2 of them... yea.. rich but aimless in play... lol..

w/o further tok cok... here's my picks for this wkend EPL games.
(selected)


READING vs MANCHESTER UNITED
3/5 goals, 0-3/0-4
LS: AOS

as much i hate the red devils, they been dominating much, as i like reading to hold onto the champions. i dun see it coming with Andre Bikey, Ibrahim Sonko and Emerse Fae who are all at the African Cup of Nations. Wingers Glenn Little (achilles) and John Oster (ankle) also miss out while central defender Michael Duberry is still doubtful with a knee injury.

note that reading has the joint worst defence in the top flight.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS vs SUNDERLAND
LS: 4/5 goals

NEWCASTLE UNITED vs BOLTON WANDERERS
Kevin Keegan will be without a whole midfield – Nicky Butt, Alan Smith and Emre are all suspended and Joey Barton is unavailable. Keegan will also be without Geremi, Martins, Beye and Faye who are at the African Nations Cup.

Gary Megson will be looking to involve his new signings to freshen up his side after the departure of Anelka and with El Hadji Diouf being suspended.

new manager, renew hope? against a side w/o a away win all season. hmm...

home win (1.53)

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Here we GOAL!!

Ha.... back to the relax weekend, earn some pocket $$$ time lo..

TOTTENHAM vs SUNDERLAND
Match No. 0301
TG 3 3.80
H-H 1.75
LS 2-1 7.00
Robbie Keane, a goal shy from century goals for Spurs will be on the scoresheet.

BLACKBURN vs MIDDLESBROUGH
Match No. 0302
BLACKBURN (-1½) 2.70
3-0 12.00
LS H-H 2.25

READING vs MANCHESTER UTD
Match No. 0303
D-A 3.90
0-1 6.00
LS READING (+1½) 1.80

PORTSMOUTH vs DERBY
Match No. 0304
Draw 3.90
1-1 7.50
LS 0-1 15.00

BIRMINGHAM vs CHELSEA
Match No. 0305
Draw 3.55
1-1 6.60
LS A-D 15.00

FULHAM vs ARSENAL
Match No. 0306
ARSENAL (-1½) 2.20
A-A 1.80
LS 0-3 8.50

NEWCASTLE vs BOLTON
Match No. 0307
Away 4.35
D-A 8.80
LS 0-1 9.20

WIGAN vs EVERTON
Match No. 0308
Away 1.97
A-A 3.30
LS 1-2 7.50

MANCHESTER CITY vs WEST HAM
Match No. 0309
MANCHESTER CITY (-1½) 3.05
3-1 11.00
LS A-H 26.00

VILLARREAL vs VALENCIA
Match No. 1502
Home 1.98
H-H 3.45
LS 3-2 22.00

Amazing United

Busy week, so no predictions last week. Anyway, league leader Arsenal dropped 2 pts against Brimingham at home. Manchester United playing late, took the chance and hammered 6 past managerless Newcastle. Ronaldo scoring his first hattrick for united.

Odd for AOS was abouut $20 odd.

Rafa Benitez had thrown in the towel, he admitted Liverpool WILL NOT WIN the title this season...

replay fixtures (EPL teams);

15th JAN,

bristol rovers vs fulham

liverpool vs luton town

reading vs tottenham hotspurs

sheffield wednesday vs derby county


16th JAN,

manchester city vs west ham united

newcastle united vs stoke city
1st meeting ended 0-0 in a late game last night.

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Who is David, who is Goliath!!

Bolton Wanderers 0 - 1 Sheffield Utd (0 - 1) *6.50
Preston 1 - 0 Scunthorpe Utd (0 - 0) *2.00 + 6.50 + 4.70
Ipswich 0 - 1 Portsmouth (0 - 0) *1.90
Southampton 2 - 0 Leicester City (2 - 0) *1.90
Watford 2 - 0 Crystal Palace (1 - 0) *1.82 + 3.20
Barnsley 2 - 1 Blackpool (0 - 1) *1.90
Aston Villa 0 - 2 Manchester United (0 - 0) *3.05

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Derby 2 - 2 Sheffield Wed (2 - 2) * 3.20
Burnley 0 - 2 Arsenal (0 - 1) *2.10 + 1.75
Luton Town 1 - 1 Liverpool (0 - 0) *4.90

Replay a Anfield for Liverpool..

Think Fabio prefers watching Italian Job more at Kenilworth Stadium (Luton's home ground).

ENGLISH FA CUP 3rd round results (EPL teams);

BRISTOL CITY V MIDDLESBROUGH
1-2 (1-1)

IPSWICH V PORTSMOUTH
0-1 (0-0)
sadly i bought A-A... :(

HUDDERSFIELD V BIRMINGHAM
2-1 (1-1)

BLACKBURN V COVENTRY
1-4 (0-1)
A-A $17.

WEST HAM V MANCHESTER CITY
0-0
Man City advantage in replay.

EVERTON V OLDHAM
0-1 (0-1)
toffees can't grab even a replay. A-A $29, gaint-killer for the night.

CHELSEA V QPR
1-0 (1-0)
one goal and QPR is out.

TOTTENHAM V READING
2-2 (1-1)
more goals. replay at the Majestic Stadium will be interesting.

BOLTON V SHEFFIELD UTD
0-1 (0-1)
Pete got it right. $6 for away win

SUNDERLAND V WIGAN
0-3 (0-1)
Black Cats probably thinking of top-flight survival.

ASTON VILLA V MANCHESTER UTD
0-2 (0-0)
the villians no chance. $3.05 opening odds for Man United to triumph a 2 goal win is fantastic.


of tonight remaining games. Stoke City have a chance to inflict more damage to Newcastle and more pressure on BIG SAM. Luton Town, with all their troubles, would wanna make it big with a win against my beloved Liverpool. Benitez better wake up his idea to avoid a replay.

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FA Cup

JP again...

FULHAM vs CHELSEA (1-2 7.50)
MIDDLESBROUGH vs EVERTON (Away 2.15)
MANCHESTER UTD vs BIRMINGHAM (1-0 8.00, TG 1 6.50)

Well, FA Cup this weekend, David vs Goliath for some fixtures. Small teams usually do have some surprise for those teams playing in top flight. 22 games were opened out of 32 fixtures. Saw funny odds between TOTTENHAM vs READING, TG 9, 30 bucks and AOS 19 bucks.. The lowest odds offered for this weekend. Big winner every weekend so KS meh??

SUNDERLAND vs WIGAN
Match No. 0401
Home 2.05
2-1 7.00
LS H-H 3.70
2 bottom teams fighting for FA Cup or survival??

CHARLTON vs WEST BROMWICH
Match No. 0402
Home 2.40
TG 3 3.70
LS 2-1 8.50
2 top 5 Championship teams pitting against each other.

BOLTON vs SHEFFIELD UTD
Match No. 0403
Away 6.50
D-A 13.00
LS 1-2 16.00
Upset.

PRESTON vs SCUNTHORPE
Match No. 0404
Home 2.00
1-0 6.50
LS D-H 4.70
2 bottom 3 2 Championship teams pitting against each other.

TOTTENHAM vs READING
Match No. 0405
TG 3 3.80
2-1 7.00
LS A-H 18.00
No more 10 goals this time.

CHELSEA vs QPR
Match No. 0406
2-0 6.50
Home win, but no value.

IPSWICH vs PORTSMOUTH
Match No. 0407
Away 1.90
PORTSMOUTH (-1½) 3.15
LS 0-2 7.20
Ipswich unbeaten home record this season ends here.

EVERTON vs OLDHAM
Match No. 0408
2-0 6.00
Home win, but no value.

BRISTOL CITY vs MIDDLESBROUGH
Match No. 0409
Home 2.95
H-H 5.50
LS 3-1 35.00
Bristol will eat mee rubus.

WEST HAM vs MANCHESTER CITY
Match No. 0410
Away 2.55
A-A 4.70
LS 1-3 27.00
City continue winning.

SOUTHAMPTON vs LEICESTER
Match No. 0411
Home 1.90
D-H 4.30
LS 1-0 6.50
Sotong to win this tie.

PLYMOUTH vs HULL CITY
Match No. 0412
Draw 3.20
D-D 5.10
LS 1-1 6.20
Championship or FA Cup?

WTFRD vs CRYSTAL PALACE
Match No. 0413
Home 1.82
WTFRD (-1½) 3.20
LS 3-0 19.00
Hornets.

BLACKBURN vs COVENTRY
Match No. 0414
Draw 3.90
1-1 8.50
LS A-D 18.00
Upset.

BARNSLEY vs BLACKPOOL
Match No. 0415
Home 1.90
BARNSLEY (-1½) 3.35
LS 2-0 7.80
Home win.

HUDDERSFIELD vs BIRMINGHAM
Match No. 0416
Away 1.65
BIRMINGHAM (-1½) 2.90
LS 0-3 9.50
League 1 vs BPL

ASTON VILLA vs MANCHESTER UTD
Match No. 0417
MANCHESTER UTD (-1½) 3.05
A-A 2.60
LS TG 4 3.90
Unlikely upset.

DERBY vs SHEFFIELD WED
Match No. 0418
Draw 3.20
1-1 6.50
LS A-D 15.00
Upset.

FULHAM vs BRISTOL ROVERS
Match No. 0419
FULHAM (-1½) 2.10
3-0 9.00
LS 5-0 35.00
Finally Fulham can win.

BURNLEY vs ARSENAL
Match No. 0420
ARSENAL (-1½) 2.10
A-A 1.75
LS 0-5 25.00
Young gunners to win.

Match LUTON vs LIVERPOOL
Match No. 0421
1-2 7.50
0-3 8.00
LS Draw 4.90
If Liverfool cant beat league 1 struggler, forget about BIG 4.

STOKE CITY vs NEWCASTLE
Match No. 0422
Away 2.00
1-2 7.50
LS A-A 2.80
Wats wrong with Big Sam?

so so... close.

yeap.. yday ive small placings on Fulham & Man U game. both turn out disappointed. wif the hectic xmas new year period gone. teams wld have to contend wif?? yes.. injuries and of cos the African Nations Cup happening from 20th Jan.


FULHAM vs CHELSEA
1-2 (1-0)
first time bought H-D, odds at $18. Fulham wld wanna make impression now they have new boss on board. and thru enough they were rewarded for their efforts wif a early lead thru a Danny Murphy's penalty. but it wasn't enough as Chelsea fought back in the 2nd period thru a Kalou header and a needless challenge from a set-piece which resulted Michael Ballack to claim all 3 points for the visitors. i forgot the fact that Chelsea is not bullshit when they are lying 3rd on table. hence its a shame i did not take advantage of H-A on H/FT ticket. :(

the results;

BORO vs EVERTON
0-2

READING vs PORTSMOUTH
0-2
this was a close shave. portsmouth winless in 4 games but NEW PAPER got it all wrong.. lol... they forgot the fact that portsmouth plays better on the road than AT HOME.

MAN UNITED vs BIRMINGHAM
i bought 2-0 and die die cannot score another one. sad case.

ARSENAL vs WEST HAM
2-0
gunners maintained 2 point lead over Red Devils.


tonight,

LIVERPOOL vs WIGAN
LS: 4-0

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ASTON VILLA vs TOTTENHAM
2-1
pete, last game ended 6-4 to spurs. no more 4-4 la...