A Happy Monday to you all and here's another Football League round-up to start your week off in a weekend that saw the Championship leadership change hands, League One brings us bags of goals and Rotherham finally get back to plus points in League Two. Click to continue reading...

Wycombe Wanderers As a brand new feature, I back up my mini quest for real football by introducing some of the lesser known teams of the lower league to all you Premier League fans out there. The Carling Cup this week saw Sunderland and Man City surely not even flinch at the prospect of facing Northampton and Brighton respectively. Click to continue reading...

Wolves' unbeaten record is shattered After a full mid-week fixture list in The Championship, Wolves' superb start to the season was ended by fellow promotion hopefuls Reading but Birmingham failed to capitalise after being held away from home. Click to continue reading...

Did Spurs fans go to far? The issues raised at Portsmouth on Saturday, regarding the vile song sung by ‘supporters' of Tottenham Hotspur have opened up a can of worms that has quite frankly been sealed too long. Sol Campbell was subjected to a song that was racist (hanging from a tree), homophobic (HIV reference)), personal (lunacy reference) and offensive on almost every other level. Click to continue reading...

Its matchday two, night one in the Champions League later this evening.

Arsenal and Man Utd are in action.

Plus there is a full programme of matches in the Championship. Click to continue reading...

The Carling Cup fourth-round draw took place Saturday, and Chelsea have to be pleased with the outcome or are they? Our Blues will welcome Championship side Burnley to Stamford Bridge on November 11 or 12.

We all remember how Chelsea fared against Barnsley in last year's FA Cup. Still, I don't think this tie will be much of a problem.

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It's goals, goals, goals and controversy After another weekend of exciting Football League action, we take a look back on a week that saw Wolves extend their lead at the top of the Championship, Oldham remain on top in League One and the League Two leadership change hands once again. Click to continue reading...

We've seen some bad goals called before. Last weekend in Serie A there was a controversial did it or didn't it? cross the line goal. But nothing like this. It's not a question of whether the entire ball crossed the line, it's a question of what drugs the linesman was on when he, the only [...] Click to continue reading...

RESULTS Champions League Chelsea 4-0 Bordeaux Marseille 1-2 Liverpool AS Roma 1-2 Cluj Barcelona 3-1 Sporting Lisbon Panathainikos 0-2 Inter Milan PSV 0-3 A Madrid W Bremen 0-0 Anorthosis Basel 1-2 S Dontesk Championship Reading 6-0 Sheff Wed Burnley 2-0 Blackpool Bristol City 1-2 Birmingham Wolves 2-1 C Palace Barnsley 0-1 Cardiff Sheff Utd 1-1 Coventry Doncaster 0-1 Charlton Swansea 1-1 Derby County Watford 1-2 Plymouth Preston 2-1 Nottm Forest LEAGUE ONE Stockport 1-1 Northampton Cheltenham 2-1 Bristol Rovers Click to continue reading...

Chris Iwelumo...perennially undervalued striker



Shot Differential

Team Shots
For Shots
Against Shot_Diff League
Position
Norwich
70
34
+36
17
Swansea
65
42
+23
10
Derby
74
57
+17
20
Burnley
56
39
+17
19
Blackpool
76
65
+11
12
Wolves
72
61
+11
1
Cardiff
56
48
+8
8
Southampton
68
62
+6
23
Watford
48
42
+6
11
Preston
64
59
+5
3
Coventry
61
60
+1
13
Sheff Wed
50
49
+1
6
QPR
55
58
-3
4
Notts Forest
48
51
-3
21
Birmingham
47
51
-4
2
Ipswich
61
66
-5
15
Doncaster
43
51
-8
14
C Palace
46
56
-10
18
Sheff Utd
57
69
-12
7
Bristol City
59
73
-14
5
Reading
51
67
-16
9
Plymouth
47
69
-22
24
Barnsley
45
67
-22
22
Charlton
45
68
-23
16


Shot Efficiency

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At win at last for one team It's been another busy week in Football League world with two of the three league leaders holding firm on top of their respective divisions and one very happy and relieved team in the Championship finally getting a win at the 39th attempt! Click to continue reading...

...............Which means the Champions League kicks-off again. Have you got over the memory of last season's Champions League final yet? Next week the first round of Champions League group games kick off, but first after the International break, there is a full programme of Premiership, Championship, League One and League Two games to cover and THERE will be LIVE scores in the comments section from 3pm Saturday (UK Time). Click to continue reading...

Real football in the football league So we're a month into the new season in the Football League and already fans are setting their sights high after their best start in 87 years or drowning their sorrows after another below par start to the season. It's been as tight, surprising, dramatic and entertaining as usual in the Football League and here's a look back on the first month of 2008/09. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you get arrested for indecent exposure at a nude beach..... The inevitable has happened: WAGs Offside (WAGs Offside) Reliving King Kev's first Newcastle departure. (Off The Post) One of the many problems with MLS management. (No Short Corner) Dreams do come true. (SoccerLens) Championship paycheck will buy you a Lambo. Click to continue reading...

After their 4-0 demolition of Cheltenham Town at Boundary Park this afternoon, the 'REAL' Latics are top of League One, two points clear of Leicester City, who are looking to make a quick return to the Championship. Oldham's Lee Hughes scored a hat-trick inside 17 minutes. Click to continue reading...

Saturday morning, 0930: I'm following Newcastle v Bolton on Setanta (HTPC); Spurs v Sunderland on FSC (cable); Liverpool v Boro on Sirius (radio); and Ebbsfleet Utd v Stevanage on BBC Radio Kent (laptop). This is after Charlton v Reading (on Setanta) at 0630. I wonder how much electricity I'm using to do this. Click to continue reading...

All the news, scores and scorers from the Premiership, Championship, League One and League from 3pm (UK Time) Click to continue reading...

Well, it's quite evident why this guy isn't doing these shows in the Prem. This is a member of the Red Devils, the British Army's parachuting team, who attempted to land in the stadium during the Burnley - Ipswich Town Championship game this weekend. Unfortunately, he wasn't aiming for the roof. He was aiming for [. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to do while you pop out a human being on your front lawn...... Chatting up the always good Rafael Honigstein. (Bundesliga Talk) A glimpse at Frank's actual contract. (The Spoiler) Italian legends descend upon The Offside (Gianluigi Buffon Offside & Francesco Totti Offside) Oh, and look, another Italian blog. Click to continue reading...

It's clear that when an Old Firm side lose arguably their best defender, they will hunt down a replacement fairly immediately. This appears to be the case after Rangers were left with no alternative but to sell Carlos Cuellar to Aston Villa for £7.8 million, with Walter Smith identifying a certain Championship defender as his [. Click to continue reading...

It's clear that when an Old Firm side lose arguably their best defender, they will hunt down a replacement fairly immediately. This appears to be the case after Rangers were left with no alternative but to sell Carlos Cuellar to Aston Villa for £7.8 million, with Walter Smith identifying a certain Championship defender as his [. Click to continue reading...

It's not much fun losing your best players. Nevertheless, it's a fact of life for any football club, unless you're a Manchester United, a Chelsea or a Barcelona. Reading manager Steve Coppell has seen the likes of Steven Sidwell, Dave Kitson and Nicky Shorey leave the club since he's been at the helm, and it [. Click to continue reading...

I'm in the minority of people who actually like Neil Warnock, having tremendous respect for the Crystal Palace manager's achievements within the game. Indeed, there can be few people who have a greater knowledge of the Championship and the former Blades boss has today landed a couple of new players for his Eagles squad, which [. Click to continue reading...

While Paul Jewell could do little about County's relegation from the Premier League last season, it didn't seem as though there was much improvement on Billy Davies' record in the top flight. The former Wigan manager brought in plenty of new faces, but they couldn't land him a win all season and it still appears [. Click to continue reading...

Both Sheffield clubs have strikers missing for the next few weeks, perhaps the supporters of both clubs can have a pint together while commisserating over their respective losses. While two-goal hero Akpo Sodje is out for at least a month after getting injured against Burnley on Saturday, James Beattie is yet to take to the [. Click to continue reading...

Imagine if a striker scored a goal every ten minutes for their club this season. In the Championship, nine goals a game over 46 matches would mean a grand total of 414 for the season, which would probably be enough to land the Golden Boot. This is the current goals-to-game ratio that Akpo Sodje can boast [. Click to continue reading...

One game down, forty-five to go as far as the 24 teams in the Championship is concerned, but what did the opening weekend of fixtures tell us? Many regard Doncaster's 1-0 win at Derby as the performance of the weekend, but that's only working on the assumption that Rovers were playing League One football last [. Click to continue reading...

Are the Potters starting to get a tiny bit desperate with the days counting down until the start of the new season? The sum total of their signings to date have been Dave Kitson and Seyi Olofinjana, a pairing which might not be enough to stop Stoke City being relegated back to the Championship. However, [. Click to continue reading...

Jim Magilton clearly means business next season if this latest capture is anything to go by. While the deal is not quite yet done, this signing would surely make Ipswich one of the favourites to gain promotion from the Championship this season, especially as they've already captured Kevin Lisbie from Colchester. Click to continue reading...

France's Ligue 1 got underway tonight as 19 teams try to break Olympique Lyon's 7-year grip on the championship. American defender Carlos Bocanegra anchored the central defense for Stade Rennais in a battle with traditional power Olympique Marseille. It did not help matters that going into the match, star striker Sylvain Wiltord had been suspended after criticizing coach Guy LaCombe in an interview with L'Equipe. Click to continue reading...

Alan Pardew will have been delighted to secure the services of this player for the long season ahead. The Charlton boss is under pressure to deliver this term, with the Addicks failing to land a top six spot last season, despite challenging at the right end of the table for much of the campaign. Sky Sports [. Click to continue reading...

Birmingham were certainly disappointed kicking off the Championship season after enjoying the high life in the Prem last season, but frowns turned to jubilee after they gave the Coke a raucous start. Their game with Sheffield United had eeked out to a goalless draw until a 92nd minute goal kick was met by a head [. Click to continue reading...

The Sky Blues are many people's idea of a dark horse this season, especially under former Fulham manager Chris Coleman. The Championship is likely to be as wide-open as ever, and Coventry now have a strikeforce which could boost the 'goals for' column next term. The BBC report that it's back-to-back signings for the West Midlands [. Click to continue reading...

It's taken a little while, but Alex McLeish has strengthened the Birmingham squad even more ahead of the new season by taking a gamble on a Spartak Moscow player who will be a familiar name to many Arsenal supporters. The Birmingham Mail reports that Quincy Owuse-Abeyie has arrived at St Andrews on a season-long loan deal, [. Click to continue reading...

Reading are among the favourites to win next season's Championship, although their hopes of making an immediate return to the Premier League have been seriously dented today. While Steve Coppell was hopeful of keeping hold of one of his star players, the lure of playing in the top flight has proved too much for this [. Click to continue reading...