Newcastle United v Chelsea Chelsea travel to Newcastle on the back of successive Premier League defeats and having picked up only three points in their last four league fixtures. During their catastrophic run they have scored only one goal and conceded six. Manager Carlo Ancelotti will be hoping their poor run of results comes to an end this afternoon at St James’ Park (photo by Sir-Nobby). Newcastle’s fortunes have...
Tottenham let me down in last Saturday’s match at Bolton, their 4-2 loss to the Wanderers coming just days after they had inflicted a crushing 3-1 Champions League defeat on mighty Inter Milan. My inkling is Tottenham were out of sorts at the Reebok with a Champions League hangover the likely cause. Tonight Harry Redknapp’s (photo source Wikipedia) team have a chance to put things right in their Premier...
Football matches don’t come much bigger than a Merseyside derby and this afternoon Everton and Liverpool clash at Goodison Park for Monday morning’s bragging rights on Merseyside. Amazingly both sides are in the bottom four of the Premiership table, making this afternoon’s derby game even more important to both halves of Merseyside (top photo by Bobsmith 040689). New England Sports Venture’s recent takeover at Liverpool will have given the...
Crewe Alexandra have drawn seven out of their last eight league games and today they take on a side whose form is hard to predict. Southend entertain Crewe in their League Two home fixture having won four and drawn once in their last eight league games stretching back to late August. Dario Gradi’s young Crewe side have drawn their last two league games 3-3 and 5-5 against high flying...
Games don’t come much bigger than today’s titanic Premier League clash between Manchester United and Liverpool. Old Trafford may be the venue but you can guarantee the Liverpool fans present will be ringing out the boos and taunts for a certain Wayne Rooney (photo by Gordon Flood). The media glare is still shining on the Man Utd striker and the young ‘pro’ will be enthusiastic to put his scoring...
I came so close to pulling off a soccer double bet yesterday. SC Freiburg scored a late winner to beat Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 and scupper my winning hand. Doncaster Rovers drawing 0-0 with Leeds United was the success of my X Factor double bet, and I did end the day in profit after recommending two single punts on the matches to run alongside the double. Today Soccer Saturday returns...
My Saturday football selections flopped big time, but there wasn’t half some good games amongst them. My Saturday treble was Manchester United, Leeds United and Rotherham all to win. Those three games produced 15 goals with Manchester United and Rotherham both getting pegged back when having seemingly unassailable leads. Everton scored twice in added time to snatch a 3-3 draw against red faced Alex Ferguson’s Red Devils, and a...
