Match Report Wigan 1-0 Manchester United

One of the shocks of the season came as Wigan provided a huge boost to their survival hopes and maybe opened up the title race to both Manchester teams

The game started in a end to end fashion but Wigan where winning all the 50-50's and where starting to take control of the game with James Macarthy and James Macarthur running the midfield for the Latics.

On the half our mark Victor Moses had a clear goal dissalowed after a great Shaun Maloney corner.

Straight after the break Wigans pressure paid off Jean Beausejour and Shaun Maloney playing a lovely one two on the edge of the box and then smashing the ball into David De Geas net to send the Dw into raptures.

The closest united came in the spell after was a Wayne Rooney shot whitch just went over shortly after rooney was replaced. Wigan chould of doubeld their lead when Conor Sammon went down the wing and pulled it back for Momo Diame who hit his shot straight at De Gea

United players where addament that Figueroa had handeld the ball in the box but according to the Reff Phil Dowd and linesman there was nothing doing and 1-0 it stayed.

Man of the match.
Wigans Shaun Maloney

Monday Madness!

Ipswich's Tractor Boys horse around for new kit launch on Suffolk farm!

They may be known as the Tractor Boys but Ipswich Town's players seemed to take the nickname a bit too literally at the launch of their new kit at a muddy farm in Suffolk. 

Brazillian midfielder attacks ref after being sent off!

Footballers are often close to going over the edge in a game that's full of passion but are normally stopped from doing so by team-mates or their own common sense. This mechanism for preventing things from getting out of control failed last week when Iranduba's Derlan lost all sense of rationality and attacked a referee during a league match in Brazil.

Neil Warnock takes Leeds squad on bonding trip to Flamingo Land!

Manager Neil Warnock thought of a novel way to lift the spirits of his Leeds United squad following a recent dip in form, by taking them on a trip to Flamingo Land. 

APOEL's Paulo Jorge gets two teeth knocked then pulls another out himself!

Brave APOEL Nicosia's run in the Champions League was ended by a rampant Real Madrid, but the men on the pitch gave everything for the cause. Centre back Paulo Jorge gave more than most in the clash at the Santiago Bernebeu as he left the pitch with three less teeth than he started the game with.

Motherwell FC bus gets stuck under bridge after match!

The Motherwell Football Club's team bus found itself wedged underneath a bridge as it took players home from today's Clydesdale Bank Premier League match.  Motherwell were driving back west from an away match against Hibernian when their coach driver steered the bus under a low bridge on New Street, Edinburgh. A spokesman from the club claimed that the incident, which occurred at 3:50pm on Sunday afternoon, was down to one of the staff claiming to have found 'a short cut' off the main route. Despite all the commotion he added the situation was only 'wee mishap.'

Match Report Chelsea 2-1 Wigan

Two contriversial goals saw chelsea take a huge step towards champions league football for next season.

The game started in a open fashion with both teams keeping the ball well and both creating good chances.A Gary Cahill shot from the edge of the box nearly found its way into the net but Wigan keeper Ali Al Habsi pulled lff one of his many ecxellent saves to enshure wigan went in level at the break deservedly.

The second half started in a similar fashion both teams playing decently well Wigan where having most of the ball. But then against the run of play Chelsea struck the ball was played in by Juan Mata and found defender Branislav Ivanovic who finished later replays showed he was clearly offside with Wigan players surronding the reff.

But soon after wigan drew back level with Diame scoring a superb left foot strike but chelsea came back to win late on with Mata scoring but again it seemed offside

Monday Madness!

This way!

Fans of German fourth-tier football team Magdeburg decided some drastic action was needed if their bottom-placed club are to avoid relegation.Magdeburg fans This way: Magdeburg fans point the way to goal.The mis-firing side had not scored in their previous five games.So, for Sunday’s clash with Berliner AK ’07, supporters were handed huge arrows to show the players exactly where the goal was.

Cheeky!

Jose Mourinho may pick the team at Real Madrid but Iker Casillas has shown he's the one who picks his nose after a video appeared showing him wiping a bogey over the face of a young mascot.

A cheeky ballboy, who stepped onto the pitch during a Brazilian league match and denied the opposition a goal, would be advised to lay low for the time being after his outrageous stunt sparked an on-field storm.
We're sure ballboys across the world have often dreamt of bursting onto the scene and helping their team in their hour of need, but we doubt many have actually dared to do it.
However, one youngster wasn't so shy and decided to make a last-ditch clearance when his side faced conceding a certain goal.

The clash between Bradford City and Crawley Town was marred by a post-match brawl, which led to five players being shown a red card in the dressing rooms.

Season awards.

Its come to this stage of the season where we decide who deserves the awards for great/ bad things this season.

1. Players of the season
Im going to choose a player from eaach team and put them into order 1--20

Arsenal.
Player Robin Van persie
Rvp has been on fire all season.

Aston Villa
Darren Bent
Provided key goals at key times!

Blackburn
Yakubu
Scored most of Blackburns goals and has kept the fight alive!

Bolton
Mark davies
Provided some creativity in Boltons midfield

Chelsea
Juan Mata
Linked up well with chelsea's experianced player and has played well at difficult times

Everton
Royston Drenthe
The loanne has been something dfferent for everton he scares defences

Fulham
Clint Dempsey
Fulham have been brilliant all season especially Dempsey his driving from midfield is top notch!

Liverpool
Martin Skyrtel
He has been a rock at the back for liverpool all season.

Manchester city
Vincent Kompany
The skipper has carried city through tough times and has been a great defender

Norwich.
Grant Holt
Scored at some of the big grounds and really has played well and worked hard every game

Qpr
Joey Barton
Works hard in midfield every miniute of every game deserves to be captin

Stoke
Ryan shotton
Really come into his own this season now he is a reguler in the first team

Sunderland.
James Mclean
Since martin o neill arrived he has been a reguler and goals have flew in!

Swansea
Scott Sinclair
Scored and set up lots and lots of goals for the flying swans!

Spurs
Bennit Assou Ekkoto
Not got the praise he deserves for a fantastic season he is a great defender and can attack two!

West Brom
Peter Odemwinge
Provided the main source of goals in west broms good season!

Wigan.
Ali al Habsi
Some of his saves have been world class his penalty save against liverpool is one of many great and important saves!

Wolves
Wayne Hennesy
Most of the goals conceded arent his folt some of his saves have been worthy of a higher finish

Overall team of the season.

Al Habsi

Shotton Kompany Skrtel Assou Ekkoto
Sinclair Davies Dempsey Mata
Van Persie Yakubu

Subs
Hennesy
Barton
Mclean
Drenthe
Bent
Holt
Odemwinge

Player of the season award.... Goes to Robin Van Persie!


Miss of the season
A not so good award but this time only two contenders!

Miss 1
Fernando Torres
Man United 3-1 Chelsea
Torres has a great chance he takes it round De Gea with a open net gaping he strikes it wide right infront of the stretford end! Ouch!

Miss 2
Jean Beausejour
Wigan 2-0 Stoke
Victor moses crosses the ball Beausejour has a open net gaping but somehow manages to place it over the bar!

The winner of the miss of the season is....... Fernando Torres

Goal of the season

Goal number 1
Peter crouch
Stoke 1-1 Man City
Crouch picks the ball up on the edge of the box and volleys it into joe harts net what a strike!

Goal number 2
Robin Van Persie
Arsenal 1-0 Everton

Alex song plays a lovely ball through to van persie who volleys it into the corner. Pick that out!

The winner of the goal of the season is............. Peter Crouch!

Manager of the season goes to Alan Pardew! The runner up is Roberto Martinez!

World knowlege test two!

If you know the answers feel free to comment your answers and join the fun!

1. Who wears the number 18 shirt for Wigan?

2. Who is the manager of Pourtsmouth?

3. True or false?
Liverpool won at Old trafford this season

4. What is the name of Qpr's ground

5. Who does Kevin Nolan play for

6. Whitch country is Ali Al Habsi from?

7. What was the score when Bolton met Man united at the Reebok this season?

8. Who wears the number 17 for Barcelona?

9. Who reffed the 2010 World Cup Final?

10. Where is Newcastle keeper Tim Krul from?

Match preview Blackburn v Man United

A match with significance at both ends of the table both teams have been on decent form of late and both are on course to achevie their objectives of staying up for Blackburn and winning the league for Man united a win for ethier team will be huge in their season .
The last time these two met Blackburn got a very suprising 3-2 victory at Old Trafford so United will be up for revenge at Ewood Park.

Key players
Wayne Rooney
If Rooney plays well Manchester united play well. Simple as!

Yakubu
Blackburn rely on him as their man attacking and goalscoring

Match preview wigan v stoke

Both teams come into this game off the back of impressive results against members of the big sides wigan won 2-1 at Liverpool and Stoke drew 1-1 with Manchester City.

The game is more important to wigan but Tony Pulis wont let his side lie down he will be going for the win as they try to secure a top 10 finish. A wigan win whould take them out of the bottom three a result that whould be huge with games against Man united Chelsea Arsenal and Newcastle still to come.

Match facts
Five of the last seven meetings between the two have ended in draws
Wigan are unbeaten against stoke in their last five meetings sice martinez took charge.

Predictions Week 5!

Last Week: Tom got 31 while Vishal was just behind on 29. Both admins seemed to get lots of threes, but not a lot of 5 pointers!

Week 5: All the prem games as usual and a couple of crucial top of the table clashes in the Championship and Portugal.

Vishal:
Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea (3)
Everton 2-1 West Brom (3)
Fulham 1-1 Norwich (0)
Man City 3-1 Sunderland (0)
QPR 1-4 Arsenal (0)
Wigan 1-1 Stoke (0)
Wolves 1-2 Bolton (3)
West Ham 2-1 Reading (0)
Benfica 2-2 Braga (0)
Newcastle 1-2 Liverpool (0)
Tottenham 3-1 Swansea (5)
Blackburn 1-2 Man United (3)

Thomas:
Aston Villa 0-0 Chelsea (0)
Everton 1-1 West Brom (0)
Fulham 1-1 Norwich (0)
Man City 2-1 Sunderland (0)
QPR 2-2 Arsenal (0)
Wigan 3-1 Stoke (3)
Wolves 2-2 Bolton (0)
West Ham 2-1 Reading (0)
Benfica 1-2 Braga (0)
Newcastle 4-2 Liverpool (3)
Tottenham 3-2 Swansea (3)
Blackburn 1-2 Man united (3)

World knowlege test!

This week instead off our usual team knowlege test we've decided to do a world knowlege test! Comment your answers!

1. Who is the manager of Real Madrid?

2. How many times have Liverpool won the Champions League?

3. Where do Bayen Munich play there home games?

4. Where was last seasons Champions League final held?

5. How many goals has Aston villa striker Emile Heskey scored this season?

6. Who wears the number six shirt for Barcelona?

7. Who won La Liga last season?

8. Who is Roberto Martinez the manager of?

9. True or false?
Blackburn beat Man united at old trafford this season?

10. Whitch club is Joe Cole currently on loan at?