2010-11 English Club Football/Soccer Thread

[BroadwayBomber55]

I'm back: Fulham to name former Manchester City boss Mark Hughes as manager
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...ngland&cc=5901

[PlsDontTearDownY.S.]

And still need a true striker and a pain-in-the-ass ball winning defensive midfielder.

And a good keep! Almunia gives me nightmares sometimes.

[BroadwayBomber55]

"I'm at the best club": Fernando Torres staying with Liverpool
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...ngland&cc=5901

[BroadwayBomber55]

Okay folks, it's time for my Npower Football League predictions.

[BroadwayBomber55]

BB55's Predictions - 2010-11 Npower Championship

Winner (First Automatic spot for promotion to the Barclays Premier League)/Points/Winning Margin/Goal Differential
1. Middlesbrough/93/Win by 4 Points/+49

Second Automatic spot to the Barclays Premier League
2. Nottingham Forest

Play-Off teams
3. Queens Park Rangers
4. Reading
5. Burnley
6. Leicester City

Safety for the rest
7. Norwich City
8. Cardiff City
9. Leeds United
10. Ipswich Town
11. Portsmouth
12. Hull City
13. Bristol City
14. Sheffield United
15. Derby County
16. Millwall
17. Swansea City
18. Preston North End
19. Crystal Palace
20. Coventry City
21. Watford

Relegated to npower League One
22. Doncaster Rovers
23. Barnsley
24. Scunthorpe United

Play-off results
Semifinals: Leicester City over Queens Park Rangers; Burnley over Reading
Final at Wembley: Leicester City over Burnley

Top Goalscorer and number of goals: Kris Boyd, Middlesbrough with 29.

[BroadwayBomber55]

BB55's Predictions - 2010-11 Npower League One

Winner (First Automatic spot for promotion to the Npower Championship)/Points/Winning Margin/Goal Differential
1. Southampton/92/Win by 8 Points/+36

Second Automatic spot to the Npower Championship
2. Huddersfield Town

Play-Off teams
3. Sheffield Wednesday
4. Charlton Athletic
5. Peterborough United
6. Brighton and Hove Albion

Safety for the rest
7. Swindon Town
8. Plymouth Argyle
9. Colchester United
10. Milton Keynes Dons
11. Brentford
12. Bristol Rovers
13. Oldham Athletic
14. Notts County
15. Tranmere Rovers
16. Leyton Orient
17. Carlisle United
18. Walsall
19. Exeter City
20. Rochdale

Relegated to League Two
21. Hartlepool United
22. Yeovil Town
23. AFC Bournemouth
24. Dagenham and Redbridge

Top Goalscorer and number of goals: Lee Barnard, Southampton with 27.

Play-off Results
Semifinals: Charlton Athletic over Peterborough United; Sheffield Wednesday over Brighton and Hove Albion
Final at Wembley: Charlton Athletic over Sheffield Wednesday

[BroadwayBomber55]

BB55's Predictions - 2010-11 Npower League Two

Winner (First Automatic spot for promotion to the Npower League One)/Points/Winning Margin/Goal Differential
1. Bradford City/91/Win by 5 Points/+35

The other two Automatic promotion spots for League One
2. Rotherham United
3. Gillingham

Play-Off teams
4. Wycombe Wanderers
5. Oxford United
6. Northampton Town
7. Port Vale

Safety for the rest
8. Chesterfield
9. Morecambe
10. Bury
11. Shrewsbury Town
12. Stevenage Borough
13. Southend United
14. Lincoln City
15. Aldershot Town
16. Stockport County
17. Crewe Alexandra
18. Torquay United
19. Hereford United
20. Barnet
21. Burton Albion
22. Macclesfield Town

Relegated to Conference National
23. Cheltenham Town
24. Accrington Stanley

Promoted to League Two: Luton Town and Crawley

Top Goalscorer and no. of goals: Adam le Fondre, Rotherham United with 26.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Npower Championship Fixtures: August 6-8, 2010

Friday 6th August
19:45 Norwich vs Watford

Saturday 7th August
15:00 Bristol City vs Millwall
15:00 Burnley vs Nottm Forest
15:00 Coventry vs Portsmouth
15:00 Crystal Palace vs Leicester
15:00 Hull vs Swansea
15:00 Middlesbrough vs Ipswich
15:00 Preston vs Doncaster
15:00 QPR vs Barnsley
15:00 Reading vs Scunthorpe
17:15 Leeds vs Derby

Sunday 8th August
12:35 Cardiff vs Sheff Utd

[BroadwayBomber55]

I win, you lose:HMRC loses against Pompey
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...296258,00.html

[PlsDontTearDownY.S.]

Fab sticking around:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...ngland&cc=5901

The arrogance of Barcelona is amazing. They must have thought that disrespecting Arsenal with lowball contract offers and coming out with countless statements the likes of "Cesc needs to win" (as if Arsenal is a small club) was the way to get Fab. Wrong! At least til next summer . At least maybe then, Barcelona will stop trying to be cheap and realize that for players as good and as crucial to their clubs as Cesc is to Arsenal, that you have to overpay. No money, no honey.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Npower League 1 Fixtures: August 7, 2010

Saturday 7th August
12:15 Southampton vs Plymouth
15:00 Carlisle vs Brentford
15:00 Charlton vs Bournemouth
15:00 Exeter vs Colchester
15:00 Notts County vs Huddersfield
15:00 Peterborough vs Bristol Rovers
15:00 Rochdale vs Hartlepool
15:00 Sheff Wed vs Dag & Red
15:00 Swindon vs Brighton
15:00 Tranmere vs Oldham
15:00 Walsall vs Milton Keynes Dons
15:00 Yeovil vs Leyton Orient

[BroadwayBomber55]

Npower League 2 Fixtures: August 7, 2010

Saturday 7th August
15:00 Accrington Stanley vs Aldershot
15:00 Burton Albion vs Oxford Utd
15:00 Bury vs Port Vale
15:00 Chesterfield vs Barnet
15:00 Crewe vs Hereford
15:00 Gillingham vs Cheltenham
15:00 Rotherham vs Lincoln City
15:00 Shrewsbury vs Bradford
15:00 Southend vs Stockport
15:00 Stevenage vs Macclesfield
15:00 Torquay vs Northampton
15:00 Wycombe vs Morecambe

[BroadwayBomber55]

Barclays English Premier League

The 2010 FA Community Shield Match: Chelsea (2009-10 EPL and FA Cup Winners) vs. Manchester United (2009-10 EPL Runner-Up)

Match from Wembley Stadium: August 8, 2010 - 15:00 BST
http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FAComp...2010_matchinfo

MATCH RULES
* 90 minutes.
* Penalty shoot-out if scores level after 90 minutes.
* Seven named substitutes
* Maximum of six substitutions.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Npower Championship FT Scores: August 6, 2010

Friday 6th August
Norwich 2-3 Watford

[BroadwayBomber55]

Latest transfer updates:
http://www.skysports.com/football/tr...20369,,00.html

[BroadwayBomber55]

Npower Championship FT Scores: August 7, 2010

Saturday 7th August
Preston 0-2 Doncaster

QPR 4-0 Barnsley

Hull 2-0 Swansea

Burnley 1-0 Nottm Forest

Middlesbrough 1-3 Ipswich

Crystal Palace 3-2 Leicester

Reading 1-2 Scunthorpe

Coventry 2-0 Portsmouth

Leeds 1-2 Derby

Bristol City 0-3 Millwall

[BroadwayBomber55]

Npower League 1 FT Scores: August 7, 2010

Saturday 7th August
Southampton 0-1 Plymouth

Sheff Wed 2-0 Dag & Red

Swindon 1-2 Brighton

Notts County 0-3 Huddersfield

Carlisle 2-0 Brentford

Exeter 2-2 Colchester

Tranmere 1-2 Oldham

Rochdale 0-0 Hartlepool

Peterborough 3-0 Bristol Rovers

Charlton 1-0 Bournemouth

Walsall 1-2 Milton Keynes Dons

Yeovil 2-1 Leyton Orient

[BroadwayBomber55]

Npower League 2 FT Scores: August 7, 2010

Saturday 7th August
Burton Albion 0-0 Oxford Utd

Bury 0-1 Port Vale

Chesterfield 2-1 Barnet

Rotherham 2-1 Lincoln City

Gillingham 1-1 Cheltenham

Crewe 0-1 Hereford

Shrewsbury 3-1 Bradford

Stevenage 2-2 Macclesfield

Wycombe 2-0 Morecambe

Accrington Stanley 0-0 Aldershot

Torquay 3-0 Northampton

Southend 1-1 Stockport

[BroadwayBomber55]

On the move latest Transfer gossip: August 7
http://blogs.soccernet.com/onthemove/

Major stories include
- Mikel Arteta signs a 5-year deal with Everton
- Will Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini accept deals for both Aston Villa midfielder James Milner and Inter Milan young and enigmatic striker Mario Balotelli?

[BroadwayBomber55]

Well, the EPL curtain raiser, the FA Community Shield will be played from Wembley Stadium, London on August 8th at 15:00 BST.

EPL and FA Cup winners Chelsea will look to snatch up a third trophy in 2010 by trying to win their 5th English Supercup and their 22nd major honor overall.

Carlo Ancelotti and the Stamford Bridge Blues take on a familiar foe: Sir Alex Ferguson, Wayne Rooney and Manchester United.

The Red Devils will look to grab a second trophy in 2010 after winning the 2010 Carling Cup in February. United has the most FA Charity/Community Shield trophies with 17 (13 outright and 4 shared).

If they win their 18th FA Shield, United will also tie Liverpool for the most officially recognized major honors (Old First Division 1/EPL title, FA Cup, League Cup, FA Charity/Community Shield, European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup/Europa League, UEFA Intertoto Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup/FIFA Club World Cup) with 58.

This will be the fifth meeting between Chelsea and Manchester United in the curtain raiser with the teams splitting the first four meetings and three of them were decided on penalties. Manchester United defeated Chelsea in 1997 and 2007, both by penalties while Chelsea had the other two wins in 2000 and 2009.

[EvanJ]

The final was Chelsea 1-3 Manchester United.

[BroadwayBomber55]

That is the 18th FA Charity/Community Shield trophy for Manchester United in 27 appearances.

And also, Manchester United ties Liverpool for the most officially recognized trophies in English football with 58.

What a debut for Chicharito, Javier Hernandez. The former Chivas striker came off the bench to replace Michael Owen and scored a goal.

Looks like Wayne Rooney found his scoring partner since Cristiano Ronaldo left Old Trafford.

Antonio Valencia and Dimitar Berbatov also scored for United while Salomon Kalou scored Chelsea's lone goal.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Npower Championship FT Scores: August 8, 2010

Cardiff City 1-1 Sheffield United

[BroadwayBomber55]

2010-11 Carling Football League Cup

First Round Fixtures: August 9-10, 2010

From Sky Sports

Monday 9th August
19:45 Stevenage vs Portsmouth

Tuesday 10th August
19:45 Aldershot vs Watford
19:45 Barnsley vs Rochdale
19:45 Bradford vs Nottm Forest
19:45 Brentford vs Cheltenham
19:45 Carlisle vs Huddersfield
19:45 Chesterfield vs Middlesbrough
19:45 Crewe vs Derby
19:45 Doncaster vs Accrington Stanley
19:45 Exeter vs Ipswich
19:45 Hereford vs Colchester
19:45 Leeds vs Lincoln City
19:45 Leicester vs Macclesfield
19:45 Milton Keynes Dons vs Dag & Red
19:45 Morecambe vs Coventry
19:45 Northampton vs Brighton
19:45 Norwich vs Gillingham
19:45 Oxford Utd vs Bristol Rovers
19:45 Peterborough vs Rotherham
19:45 Plymouth vs Notts County
19:45 QPR vs Port Vale
19:45 Scunthorpe vs Oldham
19:45 Sheff Wed vs Bury
19:45 Shrewsbury vs Charlton
19:45 Southampton vs Bournemouth
19:45 Southend vs Bristol City
19:45 Stockport vs Preston
19:45 Swansea vs Barnet
19:45 Swindon vs Leyton Orient
19:45 Walsall vs Tranmere
19:45 Wycombe vs Millwall
19:45 Yeovil vs Crystal Palace

[BroadwayBomber55]

Stunned in the Midlands: Martin O'Neill quits as manager of Aston Villa
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...ngland&cc=5901

Aston Villa is going to suffer. That's a complete shock.

Question is, what is the next destination for MON?