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Liverpool 1 Tottenham 3

Spurs came out firing Berbatov opened the scoring after 29mins with a lovely header from a lennon curling cross, he then added a second on 57mins before Luis Garcia pulled one back for Liverpool but it wasnt enough as Tottenham would score again on 87mins through Jermaine Jenas to go back to London with all 3points.
Attendance 44959
MOM Aaron Lennon 9

UEFA Cup 1st Round 1st Leg

Tottenham 3 Marsielle 0
Tottenham entered the Uefa Cup because they couldnt beat Arsenal last season to the 4th place finish so Marsielle would be the first team to pay for it Berbatov opened the scoring after 25mins and scored again 2mins later to send the WHL fans into a frenzy, Clint Dempsey sealed the memorable win on 33mins with a 30yard strike to kill of le frogs.
Att 29291
MOM Dimitar Berbatov 9

Tottenham 0 Chelsea 2
With sky camera's at WHL tonight it was time for spurs to show the good run of form to the viewers but it didnt happen, Shevchenko opened for the visitors after only 6mins and Essien would score a second with only 22mins played and this one was over.
Att 36250
MOM Michael Ballack 8

Blackburn 0 Tottenham 3
It was time for Tottenham to get back on track and climb the table once more Modric opened the scoring for us on 68mins and then 2 very late goals Defoe on 90mins and Lennon in injury time 92mins would seal the win and Blackburn where left shocked at how they conceded to so late on.
Att 30552
MOM Clint Dempsey 10

UEFA Cup 1st Round 2nd Leg

Marsielle 0 Tottenham 0
It was up to the home side to try to get back into this but they just couldnt break down the Tottenham defence and it ended 0-0 and saw Spurs move on into the group stages.
Att 35937
MOM Michael Dawson 8

Tottenham 2 Sheff Utd 1
Neil Warnock's side had to try to stop them dropping into the relegation zone and Hulse gave them the lead after only 11mins but it was Nade who would put the ball in his own next to make it 1-1 on 29mins and then Dawson popped up to head home from the corner on 35mins to seal the win for spurs.
Attendance 31275
MOM Luka Modric 8

Charlton Athletic 1 Tottenham 3
Hasslebaink opened the scoring for Charlton on 38mins and that was all from them as they just could get through the wall Tottenham put up, Jenas would then add one on 62mins Modric on 70mins and the final goal of the afternoon was scored from the spot on 74mins when Zokora smashed it past mhyre after being pulled down by Thomas.
Att 27802
MOM Didier Zokora 9

UEFA Cup Group A Game 1

Tottenham 2 Schalke 04 1
Berbatov would give spurs the early lead on 14mins then he popped up again to make it 2-0 with just 20mins on the clock,Kuranyi would pull one back for Schalke but it wasnt enough and Tottenham's good season rolls on, Zlatan Bajranovic will miss the next game after being sent off on 67mins for Schalke.
Att 34864
MOM Dimitar Berbatov 8

Tottenham 4 Newcastle 2
The eagerly awaited match between to high flying managers was up next, Tony had made some shock moves in the transfer market and personally I think it weakened his team but anyway Berbatov opened the scoring after only 4mins from the spot and then Zokora made it 2-0 on 25mins, Milner then pulled one back on 38mins for Newcastle but Berbatov would score again on 74mins and it looked like spurs where cruising to the 3points Duff would score on 79mins for the visitors and then Ekotto would be sent off on 81mins but Newcastle still couldnt break down the defence and Modric pounced on 88mins to give Tottenham the very good home win.
Att 36250
MOM Clint Dempsey 9

Carling Cup 3rd Round

Tottenham 1 West Brom 0
Not too much to talk about in this one except the contraversal goal that Tottenham scored to win this, Eddie Johnson was clearly in a offside position when he recieved the ball and ran onto score after 26mins.
Att 29246
MOM Anthony Vanden Borre 8

Stay tuned as there is plenty more to come from WHL later on

[retired_abubaker]

Happy new year lads, all the best for 2007. :thup:

[retired_pjscott64]

happy new year one and all, are wo on on Tues or Thurs first this week? Oh and Reading can just Grrrr off

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Game will start back up on Thursday night lads as I gotta take my daughter to physio hope you all had a night christmas and new year

[retired_bigmamma]

Originally posted by US ARSENAL:

Game will start back up on Thursday night lads as I gotta take my daughter to physio hope you all had a "night" christmas and new year

erm we can hardly have a night christmas because the sun always gives us light each day.

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glad to see you still got your sense of humour tony just hope you can keep it when newcastle get relegated

[retired_rover2clover]

Sticky start for Toffee's

Well its been a roller coaster start for Everton fans under their new management of Steve Gold, there have been plenty of goals, unfortunately, mainly for the opposition, but hey! its about entertainment!

But its not easy as toffee's manager, I inherit a team that sits bottom of the premierleague, rock bottom that is, a bunch of players who's morale is so low, its deeper than a black hole! With no possibilities of buying anyone as the transfer window had already closed over a month ago, it also meant, that I couldnt sell anyone to make some money either, the board, well, lets not talk about the board and their non existance finances!

Anyway, lets get to the action and see how the opponents have been keeping us down.......


Everton Vs Fulham @ Craven Cottage

The first game under new management got away, an away game aswell! So with all my inexperience, I make up some random tactic to get the boys underway!

Well what a great first game it was! Although Fulham scored it was unexpected result in favour of the visitors to the cottage, the big names from the toffee's squad stepped up when called for! Three great goals to get the manager underway on his premiership encounter on avoiding the dreaded drop and get the team out of relegation!

Final Score Fulham 1 - 3 Everton
Scorers Beattie, Arteta, Cahill


Everton Vs Reading @ Goodison

Our first home game and I was hoping that after such a brilliant start to my management career that the players would also show the home fans something to be proud of and give back home to the Everton faithfull!

Well, it started well with a penalty that was converted by Beattie. It was then in the dying minutes of the game where out of nowhere, well, 35 to 40 yards actually, a wondergoal was scored by Ingimarsson, that of course, was how the game was to end, just when I thought we would get a draw!

Final Score Everton 1 - 2 Reading
Scorers Beattie(pen)


Everton Vs West Ham @ Upton Park

So we face our first human opponent in long time West Ham fan and of course manager, Mr Rouch, I didnt have much of an expectation going into the game but a point would certainly be nice to help us along with our battle!

Well, the start went from terrible to, well, I dont think words can describe it! Straight from kick off it was all Hammers and bang, not just one but two goals! At this point, I was hoping we would at least keep the scoreline below double figures at half time! But a tactical change saw an on form Beattie get not just one, but two goals!!!!! Going into half time we had pegged back what seemed to start with impossible, but after overhearing manager Rouchie tell Tevez he will have to wear a brazil shirt if he doesnt get his act into gear he repaid him shortly after the break! The Hammer hung on to that lead and deserved the win without doubt!

Final Score Everton 2 - 3 West Ham
Scorers Beattie(2)


Everton Vs Cardiff @ Ninian Park

Its time for the cup! Well, it was end to end stuff and very entertaining but unfortunately, we just couldnt put the round thing in the net, which then the opponents did!

Well, I guess it was never meant to be after all eh! Anyway, "we're concentrating on the league"!!

Final Score Everton 0 - 1 Cardiff
Scorers None


Everton Vs Portsmouth @ Goodison

Our first home game again human opposition, it was time for steff to bring his newly assembled Pompey squad to Goodison, so could the scousers nick some points in this tense relegation battle?

Well, either side could have and probably should have scored in this game but it took until the last kick of the game for the deadlock to be broken! It was fantastic stuff and the attacking midfield supremo that is Cahill popped up between the Pompey defenders to score a goal that couldnt have been timed any better!

Final Score Everton 1 -0 Pompey
Scorers Cahill


Everton Vs Middlesbrough @ Riverside

The only team who have yet to win a game so far this season, so of course, one of two things would happen, scenario one where Everton thrash the Boro and go home singing on the team bus, or scenario two where boro get their first ever win of the season as their playing against us!

Scenario two was always more likely and thats exactly what happened, although we should have probably have scenario one we just couldnt score and then came boro to show us how its done! Although we did then level the scores we turned to a deja vu of the Reading game but this time Euell doing the honours!

Final Score Everton 1 - 2 M'Boro
Scorers Arteta

So not a good run of late with a couple of defeats and we could have really done with beating Boro as after the pompey game, we actually managed to get out of the relegation zone for the first time this season and under my management, but with that loss we were right back in it again!

Of course there is still a way to go before the season ends but we definately need to get some re-enforcements in the January transfer window but first, we must sell some players as the club just has no money at all to spend, otherwise, its gonna be a miracle to get the team out of relegation!

So far the likes of van der meyde, davies and valente have been placed on the transfer list, we will hopefully get some money for them that we spend!

More on this sticky situation soon..........

[retired_calliecan]

Scottish diddy drags Portsmouth to new lows!!

Having just taken over at Portsmouth new manager Steff Browning found himself in a storm of controversy as the fans felt he wasn’t up to the job, and results thus far have proven the sceptical fans correct!

The new manager set about making the squad his own as he blew 18.5 million pounds on four players:

Players in

Andrey Arshavin joined from Zenith Petersburg in a deal worth 8.75m.
Edgar Davids joined from Tottenham in a million pound deal.
Mido also came in from Spurs in a deal rumoured to be around the 3.5m mark.
Andrés Guardado joined from Atlas in a five million pound deal.

No players have yet been kicked out of the club to date.


The friendly matches

09/07/2006: Pirin 2001 0 Portsmouth 6
11/07/2006: Shumen 2001 0 Portsmouth 2
16/07/2006: Svetkavista 0 Portsmouth 4
27/07/2006: Hamburg 1 Portsmouth 1


And with those minor trivialities out of the way it was time to get on with the serious business of avoiding relegation!


Saturday 20th August 2006: Portsmouth v Liverpool: Premiership: 1-1 draw

We couldn’t have wished for a harder start to the season really, coming up against one of the top sides in the country was always going to be a big ask for us, it took all of ten minutes for Liverpool to display their quality as Harry Kewell rattled the ball home from 25 yards to give his side the lead. Lady luck smiled on us a little bit during the rest of the first half and we went in at half time very fortunate to trail by only the one goal.
We started the second half brightly and saw a lot more of the ball; we managed to make our possession count in the 55th minute as Benjani headed home from close range.
Both sides created chances during the remainder of the game but where unable to convert them.
1-1Was a good result in my eyes!


Wednesday 23rd August 2006: Chelsea v Portsmouth: Premiership: 2-0 loss

Oh the hard games just keep coming here, this time we found ourselves up against the boys of the Russian billionaire Mr Abramovich and the two players that scored the goals merely underlined the quality Chelsea have at their disposal.
New signing Adriano opened the scoring the 10th minute and it was another new boy that added the second in the 49th minute, Esteban Cambiasso.
The truth was we weren’t in this match what so ever and the only shock was that Chelsea didn’t sure many more.


Saturday 26th August 2006: Portsmouth v Blackburn: Premiership: 1-1 draw

Another hard fought point this one!
Blackburn, also under the new management of Andrew Hepburn would have had exactly the same though and a draw was probably a fair reflection of the game.
Jason Roberts opened the scoring for Blackburn in the 5th minute as our defence was cut open like a knife through butter. Egyptian refugee Mido pulled us level in the 37th minute and that is all she wrote.


Wednesday 13th September 2006: Sheff Utd v Portsmouth: Premiership: Another crappy 1-1 draw


Yes we really fancied our chances in this one, sadly so did our opponents as we struggled to even secure a single point and our first win of the season.
Mido scored for the second game on the trot in the 34th minute and we looked for our 1-0 lead at half time. In the second half my players seemed to think that the game was already over and practically stopped playing altogether and Sheff Utd dominated the entire second half, Rob Hulse pulled them level in the 65th minute and they created plenty of chances to take all three point and we must count ourselves very lucky that by some miracle of god they weren’t able to take them.


Sunday 17th September 2006: Portsmouth v Charlton: Premiership: 2-0 win

Finally!
Our first win of the season \o/
After the disappointment of failing to beat Sheff Utd the previous week we where determined to take all three points from this potentially difficult match against Charlton, and we did!
Mido continued his run of good form as he opened the scoring in the 16th minute, Charlton found themselves down to 10 men as Luke Young was ordered off in the 36th minute and Pedro Mendes grabbed his first of the season in the 56th minute to secure all three points.



Wednesday 20th September 2006: Wolves v Portsmouth: Carling Cup second Round: 1-0 win

They may only be Championship diddies but we sure as hell make hard work of beating them!
Wolves had far more of the ball in the first half and would have considered themselves unfortunate to go in the 0-0 at ht. The second half was a much closer affair with ball going end to end, we managed to make the breakthrough in the 64th minute through Mido (who else?) and could have scored more, but by the same token Wolves had plenty of chances to at least salvage a draw and force extra time.


Saturday 23rd September 2006: Newcastle v Portsmouth: Premiership: 2-1 loss

Terrible performance from my lot here saw Newcastle dominate this match from start to finish (shameful eh?) and we only seemed to realise that we could venture into their half in the final few minutes of the game. It was only due to Newcastle’s woeful finishing that the match remained level at half time as they wasted a whole host of great chances to take the lead.
It only took them two minutes in the second half to get their act together though as Damien Duff fired a vicious volley past the hapless David James to give his side a deserved lead. Man Utd kid, on loan at Newcastle this season, Giuseppe Rossi doubled the lead in the 63rd minute and Newcastle where on easy street. It had taken us 85 minutes to realise we could venture into the Newcastle half and three minutes later Andrés Guardado pulled one back for us, but it was far too little far too late.


Sunday 1st October 2006: Portsmouth v Arsenal: Premiership: 1-0 loss

I always felt this one would be a step too far for us and I was proved correct as we struggled to get to grips with this game from the word go.
The score line doesn’t tell the whole story of this one, Arsenal’s only goal game through Adebayor in the 12th minute but in reality they could have scored about 12 in this one.


Saturday 14th October 2006: Man Utd v Portsmouth: Premiership: 4-1 loss

First Arsenal now Man Utd, not the best run of games we could have hoped for in all honesty.
Man Utd quite simply killed us here; we played so badly that even Garry Neville had to score out goal for us.
Paul Scholes gave Man Utd the lead in the 42nd minute before Neville’s OG right on the stroke of half time to give us an undeserved draw at half time. Alan Smith didn’t hang around in the second half as he rattled Man Utd back in the lead a minute after the restart.
Wayne Rooney made it three in the 59th minute before adding the fourth in the 63rd minute.
Linvoy Primus was also ordered off for us in the 23rd minute.


Sunday 22nd October 2006: Portsmouth v Bolton: Premiership: 1-0 win

An early contender for worst match of the season this one without almost nothing happening throughout the entire match except for Lomano LuaLua scoring the 50th minute, yeah it really was that dull.

Wednesday 25th October 2006: Portsmouth v Sheff Utd: Carling Cup third Round: 2-1 win

Couldn’t beat them in the Premiership but we managed to see them off in this Carling Cup encounter.
Danny Webber gave Sheff Utd the lead in the 13th minute before Benjani levelled things up on the half hour mark, Lomano LuaLua secured all three points with his 69th minute strike to take us through to the next round.


Saturday 28th October 2006: Everton v Portsmouth: Premiership: 1-0 loss

Another dull and dire match that only had one moment of note; this time around it was Tim Cahill’s 91st minute winner.

Rubbish :thdn:


Sunday 5th November 2006: Portsmouth v Fulham: Premiership: 1-0 win


Another hard fought 3 points here as both sides battled away.
Both sides had good chances in the first half to break the deadlock but neither could take advantage.
The second half was more of the same before Gary O’Neil struck with six minutes remaining with what proved to be the goal that wrapped up all three points for us.


Wednesday 8th November 2006: Chelsea v Portsmouth: Carling Cup fourth Round: 3-1 loss

A hard task this one as we come up against defending champions in this Carling Cup encounter and tragically they killed us /o\
Luke Moore opened the scoring in the 21st minute for Chelsea, Benjani pulled us level on the half hour mark before a quick fire Joe Cole double (43mins and 45mins) all but wrapped up the game for Chelsea.
Former Inter diddy Adriano missed a penalty in the 82nd minute.

[retired_kotikaka]

Transfer Gossip

In the news of Airdrie becoming a feeder club of Villa's 14 youngsters have joined the ranks at Airdrie

The 14 players are -

Damien Bellon
scott Bridges
Erik Lund
Phil Green
Danny McDonald
Yago Bellon
Isaih Osbourne
Ola Morgan
Ray Jones
Lee Boyle
Adam Mcourk
Tobias Mikaelsson
Sam Williams

Also in other news Aston villa have secured the services of Garry O'connor who will join in January for 5.25 million.

A round-up of the games

Bolton (H) 0-0

Wigan (A) 0-0

Darlington (League cup) (A) 2-0

Everton (H) 3-0

Liverpool (A) 1-2

Fulham (H) 0-0

Chelsea (A) 1-2

Middlesborough (League Cup) (A) 1-2

Reading (H) 3-0

Blackburn (A) 1-0

Pettigrews Comment's
It's been a good run for Pettigrew and Villa with it starting off with 2 draws one against Bolton and then one against Wigan. The positives out of those two games were Dagoberto and Gonzalo Higuain were begining to show the reason Pettigrew signed them both.
The League cup was up next against Darlington with a full strength squad available and walking the game easily 2-0 with Higuain and Holding midfielder Gavin McCann getting the goals.
Next up was the Merseyside double facing Everton first at home, the game started off a bit edgy but Naka scored a sensational goal early on and then Aggy and Gonzalo making it 3-0. It was a tough game away to Liverpool next and they proved to be to strong and Pettigrew and his men fell to Rafa's squad 2-1.
Fulham then came to Villa park and managed to play a boring 5 4 1 formation and got a 0-0 draw before Villa went on to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge where the champions battled hard and won 2-1 but there was a down point in the game when in the 93rd minute Freddy Adu got sent off for kicking out at the Chelsea captain.
It was back to the league cup for Villa where they were knocked out by Boro with Morrison and Viduka getting the goals and only a consolation from Kerlon to make it 2-1.
It was back to the premier league for the next two games with Reading at Villa park first, it was a tough encounter with Cardenas opening the scoring on the 44th minute just before half time. Agbonlahor then doubled the lead just after half time with Gareth Barry sealing the victory in the 82nd minute with as 25 yard free kick. Aston Villa travelled to Blackburn for the last game this session and it was a 1-0 game with a superb strike from Villa's top scorer Gonzalo Higuain to win the game. All in all its been a sucessful session with 3 draws 4 wins and 3 defeats



New style of report, just trying it out may weell go back to old style.

[retired_abubaker]

The Rovers Record - The rookie is faltering badly!!!!

After a superb opening to his Blackburn managerial career, it is slowly but surely going downhill for Hepburn. September brought nothing but misery for Blackburn as they succumbed to loss after loss and it made for some horrible viewing. Here is a rundown of the latest goings on at Ewood Park:


UFEA Cup 1st Round 1st Leg

Blackburn v Atromitos - (H) Thurs 14th September 2006

A game where Blackburn were expected to run up a cricket score turned out to be very tough in the end although Blackburn's finishing was to say the least not very clinical. A goal either half from Nonda and McCarthy had them cruising towards victory but it should have been more and then the Greek side stunned everyone inside Ewood Park by grabbing a priceless away goal to give them hope for the return leg in Greece. Hepburn was furious with his defence for being so sloppy and he knew that goal may come back to haunt them. Apart from the lack of finishing, Blackburn did play some fine attacking football and this tie really should have been well and truly over.

Final Score - Blackburn 2 v 1 Atromitos
Goals - Blackburn - Nonda (40), McCarthy (82)
Goals - Atromitos - Doe (90)
Sent Off - Djebbour (Atromitos)
Att - 13120
MOTM - Shabani Nonda (Blackburn)


Premiership

Watford v Blackburn - (A) Sun 17th September 2006

The sloppiness in the previous game was still evident during this performance when Blackburn travelled to Vicarage Road to take on Watford. A game of few chances with both defences on top saw Watford grab a later winner with only four minutes to go. Hepburn was again most unhappy at conceding a late goal. He was also concerned about the lack of chances being created by his attacking players. Plenty of food for thought after this game for Hepburn and his men.

Final Score - Watford 1 v 0 Blackburn
Goals - Watford - Bouazza (86)
Att - 19006
MOTM - Hameur Bouazza (Watford)


Premiership

Blackburn v Tottenham - (H) Sat 23rd September 2006

Another poor performance from Blackburn as they were completely outplayed by Rob Perry's high flying Tottenham side. Blackburn again hardly mustered a chance and were defending like schoolboys at times. Brad Friedel really did save Blackburn from a real thrashing, making save after save to keep the score down. For all the chances Tottenham did have it took them till the last minutes to seal the win with two late goals, although it should have been over long before then.

Final Score - Blackburn 0 v 3 Tottenham
Goals - Tottenham - Modric (68), Defoe (90), Lennon (90)
Att - 30552
MOTM - Clint Dempsey (Tottenham)


UEFA Cup 1st Round 2nd Leg

Atromitos v Blackburn - (A) Thurs 28th September 2006

They came into this game on the back of two losses and this was a team low on confidence but should still have had enough in them to beat a lowly positioned Greek side. The way this game progressed you could have been forgiven for thinking that Blackburn were the minnows. Atromitos played very well and their away goal did prove vital in the end as Atromitos grabbed a superb 1-0 win via the penalty spot. Again Blackburn offered nothing in attack and Atromitos seemed pretty comfortable throughout. This was a poor poor result for Blackburn and Hepburn, suddenly was starting to feel the pressure. A game no one expected them to lose and yet they lost it.

Final Score - Atromitos 1 v 0 Blackburn
Goals - Atromitos - Katsikas (pen,65)
Att - 2986
MOTM - Pantelis Katsikas (Atromitos)


So they ended the month on a real low after their European exit and out of the window went the potential windfall for a prolonged run in Europe and a lot of cash to help the bank balance in the process. Hepburn has a lot of work to do to get his new team playing football again and winning football matches.