Cheaters!!!

Sorry for not able to post updates recently. Had a bad week at work and got back stabbed by cheater.

Anyway, back to the green field and round ball.
Arsenal progress to the group stage of the Champions League by beating Celtic in a 2 legged playoff. Leading 2 nil at Celtic Park, Arsenal won the 2nd leg 3 - 1. Eduardo dived to earn Arsenal a penalty.



He had since been charged by UEFA and is facing a two-match ban for 'deceiving the referee' after tumbling over to win a penalty.

UEFA Champions League draw.

Group A
Bayern Munich
Juventus
Bordeaux
Maccabi Haifa

Group B
Manchester United
CSKA Moscow
Besiktas
VfL Wolfsburg

Group C
AC Milan
Real Madrid
Marseille
FC Zurich

Group D
Chelsea
FC Porto
Atletico Madrid
APOEL

Group E
Liverpool
Lyon
Fiorentina
Debreceni

Group F
Barcelona
Inter Milan
Dynamo Kiev
FC Rubin Kazan

Group G
FC Sevilla
Rangers
VfB Stuttgart
Unirea Urziceni

Group H
Arsenal
AZ Alkmaar
Olympiakos
Standard Liege

This week EPL matches.

CHELSEA: Alex (groin) and Paulo Ferreira (knee)
BURNLEY: Richard Eckersley (suspended), Steven Caldwell (groin)

CHELSEA vs BURNLEY
Match No: 0301
Home 1.12
BURNLEY (2.5) 1.63
H-H 1.42
2-0 6.00
TG 2 3.80

BLACKBURN: Pascal Chimbonda (debut), Steven Reid (hamstring), Brett Emerton (thigh), Michel Salgado (not match fit), Ryan Nelsen (knee), Franco Di Santo (hamstring)
WEST HAM: Savio (virus), Dean Ashton, Luis Boa Morte and Herita Ilunga (unavailable)

BLACKBURN vs WEST HAM
Match No: 0302
Home 2.15
BLACKBURN (-1.5) 4.20
H-H 3.90
2-0 9.50
TG 2 3.40

STOKE CITY: Robert Huth (debut)
SUNDERLAND: none

STOKE CITY vs SUNDERLAND
Match No: 0303
Draw 3.15
SUNDERLAND (1.5) 1.13
H-D 14.00
1-1 6.50
TG 2 3.30

BOLTON: Joey O'Brien and Ricardo Gardner (out)
LIVERPOOL: Sotirios Kyrgiakos (debut), Fabio Aurelio, Daniel Agger and new midfielder Alberto Aquilani (out)

BOLTON vs LIVERPOOL
Match No: 0304
Away 1.40
BOLTON (1.5) 1.53
D-A 3.80
0-1 7.00
TG 1 5.40

WOLVERHAMPTON: Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (hamstring), Kevin Foley (knee)
HULL CITY: Jimmy Bullard, Ian Ashbee, Dean Marney and Richard Garcia (out)

WOLVERHAMPTON vs HULL CITY
Match No: 0305
Home 2.00
HULL CITY (1.5) 1.18
A-H 23.00
2-1 7.50
TG 3 3.70

TOTTENHAM: Jonathan Woodgate (hernia), Michael Dawson (Achilles), Heurelho Gomes (groin)
BIRMINGHAM: Cameron Jerome (ankle)

TOTTENHAM vs BIRMINGHAM
Match No: 0306
Home 1.28
TOTTENHAM (-1.5) 1.87
H-H 1.70
4-0 14.00
TG 4 4.60


MANCHESTER UTD: Rio Ferdinand (thigh) and Edwin van der Sar (hand) out.
ARSENAL: Cesc Fabregas (hamstring), Theo Walcott (back), Lukasz Fabianski (knee), Samir Nasri (broken leg) and Johan Djourou (knee) all out.

MANCHESTER UTD vs ARSENAL
Match No: 0307
Home 2.07
MANCHESTER UTD (-1.5) 4.00
H-H 3.60
2-0 8.50
TG 2 3.30

PORTSMOUTH: Tommy Smith and Michael Brown (debut), Hermann Hreidarsson, Steve Finnan and Papa Bouba Diop (hamstring)
MANCHESTER CITY: none

PORTSMOUTH vs MANCHESTER CITY
Match No: 0308
Away 1.45
MANCHESTER CITY (-1.5) 2.45
A-A 2.20
0-3 7.50
TG 3 3.50

EVERTON: Sylvain Distin (debut), Phil Jagielka, Mikel Arteta and Victor Anichebe (out)
WIGAN: none

EVERTON vs WIGAN
Match No: 0309
Home 1.65
EVERTON (-1.5) 2.70
D-H 4.40
3-1 9.00
TG 4 5.80

ASTON VILLA: Curtis Davies (shoulder), Stephen Warnock (debut)
FULHAM: Andrew Johnson (shoulder), Simon Davies (foot) and Toni Kallio (Achilles), Jonathan Greening (debut)

ASTON VILLA vs FULHAM
Match No: 0310
Draw 3.40
FULHAM (1.5) 1.37
H-D 14.00
2-2 14.00
TG 4 5.80

Chelsea back on top

Chelsea went top of the table after victory over Sunderland at Sthe tadium of Light. Darren Bent put the Black Cats ahead in the 18th min. Michael Ballack, Frank Lampard and Deco replied after the break.

Wigan Athletic 0 - 1 Wolverhampton W. (0 - 1)
WOLVERHAMPTON (1.5) 1.38
TG 1 4.50

Sunderland 1 - 3 Chelsea (1 - 0)

Celtic 0 - 2 Arsenal (0 - 1)
Away 1.75
ARSENAL (-1.5) 3.05
0-2 7.80
TG 2 3.40

More matches tonight.

HULL CITY vs TOTTENHAM
Match No: 0303
Away 1.80
HULL CITY (1.5) 1.27
A-A 2.90
0-1 7.00
TG 1 4.30

BIRMINGHAM vs PORTSMOUTH
Match No: 0304
Home 1.85
PORTSMOUTH (1.5) 1.23
D-H 4.20
1-0 6.80
TG 1 4.00

BURNLEY vs MANCHESTER UTD
Match No: 0305
Away 1.25
MANCHESTER UTD (-1.5) 1.87
A-A 1.63
0-3 6.20
TG 3 3.60

LIVERPOOL vs STOKE CITY
Match No: 0306
Home 1.20
LIVERPOOL (-1.5) 1.60
H-H 1.58
3-1 9.50
TG 4 4.80

Midweek games.

Midweek games are always tricky because the teams will be playing in the evening (1945) . The results are unexpected at times with few surprises. Wigan taking on Wolves. Wigan surprised Villa on saturday with a 2 nil victory and is expexted to bag 3 points tonight. Sunderland take on Chelsea, both teams claimed 3 points on saturday and will want to continue the winning trend.

Champions League play-off
Gunners travels to Celtic with a victory over Everton and Celtic won at Aberdeen. History had not been on English teams sides when they travel over to Scotland, I still pick the Gunner come away with a victory.

WIGAN vs WOLVERHAMPTON
Match No: 0301
Home 1.60
WOLVERHAMPTON (1.5) 1.38
D-H 4.30
1-0 6.50
TG 1 4.50

SUNDERLAND vs CHELSEA
Match No: 0302
Draw 3.90
SUNDERLAND (1.5) 1.53
D-D 5.60
1-1 9.00
TG 2 3.30

GLASGOW CELT vs ARSENAL
Match No: 0504
Away 1.75
ARSENAL (-1.5) 3.05
D-A 4.50
0-2 7.80
TG 2 3.40

Opening day of new season

Chelsea survived the opening day of the new season with a stoppage time winner from Didier Drogba. The striker equalised after debutant Stephen Hunt gave the visitors a first-half lead at Stamford Bridge. He later admit that he was lucky and his winning goal was trying to setup a teammate, and it went into goal.

Big spender Manchester City got off to a winning start with a 2 nil win at Ewood Park. Former Arsenal striker Adebayor needed only 3 mins to open his scoring for his new club. Last season unsung hero, Stephen Ireland killed off hopes for Rovers as he scored in the closing minute.

Arsenal went to the top of the table after trashing Everton 6 - 1. They lead Everton 3 nil at halftime with goals from Denilson, new boy Vermaelen and Gallas. Fabregas added another 2 goals and Eduardo getting himself on the scoresheet. Saha score a consolation goal for the toffees.

CHELSEA 2 - 1 HULL CITY (1 - 1)
Home 1.10

ASTON VILLA 0 - 2 WIGAN (0 - 1)
WIGAN (1.5) 1.43

WOLVERHAMPTON 0 - 2 WEST HAM (0 - 1)
TG 2 3.40

BOLTON 0 - 1 SUNDERLAND (0 - 1)
Away 3.15
SUNDERLAND (1.5) 1.16
0-1 9.00
TG 1 4.20

BLACKBURN 0 - 2 MANCHESTER CITY (0 - 1)
TG 2 3.30

PORTSMOUTH 0 - 1 FULHAM (0 - 1)
Away 2.70
FULHAM (1.5) 1.14
0-1 8.00
TG 1 4.20

STOKE CITY 2 - 0 BURNLEY (2 - 0)
Home 1.75
STOKE CITY (-1.5) 3.05
H-H 2.70
2-0 7.00
TG 2 3.40

EVERTON 1 - 6 ARSENAL (0 - 3)
Away 2.10
A-A 3.30

MANCHESTER UTD 1 - 0 BIRMINGHAM (1 - 0)
Home 1.18
H-H 1.60

TOTTENHAM 2 - 1 LIVERPOOL (1 - 0)
Home 3.10
TOTTENHAM (1.5) 1.22
2-1 13.00
TG 3 3.70

The Kickoff

All right, the long awaited season finally come back after 2 mths plus of season break.

Will Manchester Uniter retain the trophy again??

1st game, Chelsea vs Hull City. Last season, Chelsea beat the Tigers 3-0 at the KC Stadium, but the return leg at Stamford Bridge played to a goalless draw. Carlo Ancelotti will want to start his 1st league game with a bang after Charity shield success and that gives Phil Brown leaving London empty handed. Rest of the matches all in action during the weekend.







CHELSEA vs HULL CITY
Match No: 0301
Home 1.10
CHELSEA (-2.5) 2.30
H-H 1.43
4-1 12.00
TG 5 6.30

ASTON VILLA vs WIGAN
Match No: 0302
Draw 3.45
WIGAN (1.5) 1.43
D-D 5.20
0-0 9.00
TG 0 9.00

WOLVERHAMPTON vs WEST HAM
Match No: 0303
Home 2.45
WOLVERHAMPTON (-1.5) 5.00
D-H 5.00
2-0 10.00
TG 2 3.40

BOLTON vs SUNDERLAND
Match No: 0304
Away 3.15
SUNDERLAND (1.5) 1.16
D-A 7.00
0-1 9.00
TG 1 4.20

BLACKBURN vs MANCHESTER CITY
Match No: 0305
Draw 3.30
BLACKBURN (1.5) 1.25
H-D 15.00
1-1 6.50
TG 2 3.30

PORTSMOUTH vs FULHAM
Match No: 0306
Away 2.70
FULHAM (1.5) 1.14
D-A 6.00
0-1 8.00
TG 1 4.20

STOKE CITY vs BURNLEY
Match No: 0307
Home 1.75
STOKE CITY (-1.5) 3.05
H-H 2.70
2-0 7.00
TG 2 3.40

EVERTON vs ARSENAL
Match No: 0308
Away 2.10
EVERTON (1.5) 1.22
A-A 3.30
1-2 8.00
TG 3 3.70

MANCHESTER UTD vs BIRMINGHAM
Match No: 0309
Home 1.18
MANCHESTER UTD (-1.5) 1.67
H-H 1.60
3-0 7.50
TG 3 3.60

TOTTENHAM vs LIVERPOOL
Match No: 0310
Home 3.10
TOTTENHAM (1.5) 1.22
D-H 7.20
2-1 13.00
TG 3 3.70

Unsporting Chelsea won the Community Shield

What was referee Chris Foy thinking when he was right in front of Patrice Evra, Wayne Rooney and Michael Ballack. Was he thinking play on when ballack fouled Evra when Rooney had the ball?

Clearly, Ballack deliberately elbow Evra when Evra passed the ball to Rooney. Was Ballack playing the ball? No, that should had been a red card to the German captain.



The Blues went on to score when clearly they can put the ball out.

Rooney levelled the score in stoppage time to put the game into penalties.

Chelsea beat United 4-1 in the shooutout.

Xabi Alonso is officially a Madridista

Xabi Alonso finally completed his move to Real Mardid on Wednesday. The Spanish international parted ways with Liverpool after 5 years with the Merserside. He helped Liverpool to Champions League glory in 2005

In his first press conference as a Mardidista:

Is there anything you want to say to Liverpool fans?
I am very grateful to Liverpool fans who made my five years there fantastic. They must understand, though, that this opportunity came up and it was the best option for me.


Sunderland landed Darren Bent in a club record £10m deal from Tottenham.

Still from the North London club, Peter Crouch reunites with former manager Harry Redknapp after joining from Portsmouth. The lankly striker will compete with Jermain Defoe, Robbie Keane and Roman Pavlyuchenko. The club missed out on Dutch striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar.

FA Community Shield

The 09/10 BPL season kickoff this weekend with FA Community Shield as curtain raiser. This year Manchester United meets Chelsea at Wembly.

With Van Der Sar injured, Ben Foster will be call into action between the sticks. Nemanja Vidic has been ruled out for two weeks with a calf injury, also on the treatment table are Wes Brown and Gary Neville. Fans should be able to catch Antonio Valencia and Michael Owen in action.

Carlo Ancelotti will get his first taste of English football. With no major injuries on his team, Ancelotti will want to fill the trophy cabinet with the shield to impress Roman Abramovich.