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At the risk of upsetting the few lovely and loyal Newcastle supporters that frequent this site, I did find myself nodding at this article written by Matthew Syed in this weeks Times.

"The only way that Newcastle fans are ever going to be truly happy is when they have formed a collective to buy the club and have made a pig's ear, as they inevitably would, of a kind that would make Freddy Shepherd's last remaining strands stand on end. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool 2-1 Manchester United
Ok, see, this is why it's not such a great idea to like both Liverpool and Manchester United. Because yeah, I wanted United to win, and Berbatov to be amazing on his debut, and Wayne Rooney to score a hat-trick or something. And instead I got Rooney marooned out on the wing, an own-goal for Wes Brown, and the Edwin van der Sar Comedy Experience. Click to continue reading...

Well, who saw that coming? Do you think that Sven is sitting there stroking his metaphorical moustache having seen something two years ago that no-one else had.....?

Blackburn 1-2 Arsenal
Fulham 2-0 Bolton
Liverpool 1-1 Man Utd
Man City 0-1 Chelsea
Newcastle 2-0 Hull
Portsmouth 2-1 Middlesbrough
West Brom 1-2 West Ham
Wigan 1-0 Sunderland
Stoke 0-1 Everton
Tottenham 2-2 Aston Villa

and some wildcards from the seemingly forgotten league of European football:

Palermo 0-1 Roma
Genoa 1-2 AC Milan
Napoli 1-1 Fiorentina Click to continue reading...

Every team in the English Premier League has played their 2nd game of the season. Here are the results. Liverpool   2-1 MiddlesbroughNewcastle 1-0 BoltonStoke 3-2 Aston VillaTottenham 1-2 SunderlandWest Brom 1-2 EvertonBlackburn 1-1 HullFulham 1-0 ArsenalWigan 0-1 Chelsea Manchester City 3-0 West HamPortsmouth 0-1 Manchester United Gerrard Saves Click to continue reading...

So much for posting the predictions earlier this year. Ahem. I have been in London with the child, in my defence....

Blackburn 2-0 Hull
Fulham 0-1 Arsenal
Liverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough
Newcastle 2-1 Bolton
Stoke 0-2 Aston Villa
Tottenham 2-1 Sunderland
West Brom 1-1 Everton
Man City 2-1 West Ham
Wigan Athletic 0-1 Chelsea
Portsmouth 1-1 Man Utd

wildcards from the second week of the Bundesliga:

Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Bayern Munich
TSG Hoffenheim 2-0 Borussia Monchengladbach
Stuttgart 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen Click to continue reading...

Celtic and Scotland International Striker Craig Beattie has signed for West Bromwich Albion in a £1.25 million tranfer deal, with a further £500,000 after appearances. Beattie had been on the fringes of the Celtic team since he made his debut in 2003, unfortunately Inury has curtailed the number of games he has played for Celtic. Tony Mowbray tried [. Click to continue reading...