The highlight games for the next set of EPL matches are BRENTFORD versus LIVERPOOL and CHELSEA versus WOLVES. Our feature columnist, John Newsome, previews these and all game week 22 matches with his unique and insightful commentary. You can view all previous analysis from John’s regular column here: English Premier League Predictions For Saturday.
Please note all prices quoted below were correct at the time of publication.
Game Week-22
All of these set of fixtures are the reverse of Game Week-2 that took place over the Bank Holiday weekend of 24th and 25th of August 2024.
Saturday 18th
NEWCASTLE v BOURNEMOUTH
12.30 in England
TNT Sport
Newcastle registered their 9th win in succession in all competitions and the 6th consecutive Premier League victory, this time against Wolves at St James Park on Wednesday.
Alexander Isak scored twice with Anthony Gordon adding a 3rd to give Eddie’s Magpies the win over Vitor’s Gold and Blacks by a 3-0 scoreline.
That was Alexander’s 15th Premier League goal of the season and the 8th goal scored in successive games, leaving the Swedish Striker joint 3rd overall in the ‘Scoring in Consecutive Games’ list after Jamie Vardy (11) and Ruud Van Nistelrooy (10).
Daniel Sturridge also scored in 8 consecutive games whilst at Liverpool.
Added to that Jamie Vardy and Ruud Van Nistelrooy scored 8 in succession on another separate occasion before going on to score 11 and 10 respectively.
John Newsome has offered up the Tip of ‘Alexander Isak To Score First’ in each of the last 6 EveryTip columns, at Odds of around 4/1.
Alexander has scored the ‘First Goal’ in 3 of those 6 Newcastle games featured in the 6 columns, plus scoring the ‘First’ in the game against Liverpool which wasn’t offered up as a Tip.
Along with that, Mr Isak scored 3 in the game against Ipswich after scoring first and 2 in the recent game against Wolves, meaning, with Betfred’s excellent promotion of ‘Double Delight/Hat-trick Heaven’ the initial Odds of 4/1 were trebled in the game against Ipswich and Doubled for the Wolves game.
What that basically means, is it’s worth a cheeky little bet on Alexander Isak To Score First when the Swede is in the starting lineup for Newcastle.
Newcastle moved up to 4th in the Premier League Table with 38 points from the 21 fixtures played.
A massive 18 points have been accrued from the last 6 games.
Bournemouth were very unlucky not to gain a victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday.
After the home team had taken a lead early on to have the advantage at the break, Justin Kluivert converted a penalty just after the restart to draw the game level.
Antoine Semenyo then scored to give the Cherries a lead going into the final stages.
With 95 minutes up on the clock, Chelsea scored an equaliser to give both a share of the points from a draw by a 2-2 score.
That leaves Bournemouth in 8th place with 34 points from the opening 21 games completed.
A quick note regarding the Bournemouth faithful who have to set off around 4 AM for the 6-hour journey from the South Coast up to Tyneside for this early 12.30 kickoff.
The journey for the Cherry faithful is approximately 700 miles over a 12-hour round trip so the girls and boys just want to say a ‘big thank you’ to the Premier League Fixture Compilers and TNT Sport.
Cheers!
Both teams shared the points from a draw by a 1-1 score when Newcastle made the long trip South to take on Bournemouth at the Vitality back in August 2024.
That particular game kicked off at 2 PM on a Sunday Afternoon, giving the Toon Army an extra hour and a half in bed.
Marcus Tavernier scored the Cherries’ goal in the 1st-half, with Anthony Gordon replying for the Magpies midway through the 2nd-half, to give both teams a point apiece.
Betfred offer Newcastle at Odds On 4/6, the Draw at 100/30 and 4/1 for Bournemouth to come away with all 3-points.
Betfred offer 5/2 that Alexander Isak Scores First and 6/5 that Newcastle Score in Both Halves.
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BRENTFORD v LIVERPOOL
15.00 in England
Brentford scored a brilliant equaliser in the 92nd minute to gain a point from a draw by a 2-2 score against Man City at the GTech Stadium on Tuesday.
After a goalless 1st-half, City scored twice to gain a 2-0 advantage, however, Yoane Wissa replied soon after the 2nd, before Christian Norgaard scored the very late goal to stun the Travelling Citizens and gave the watching Bees faithful in attendance something to celebrate.
It was a brilliant game to watch for those in the stadium and the football family at home watching on the Gogglebox.
Brentford sit in 11th place with 28 points having completed the full complement of 21 games.
Liverpool themselves gained a point from a draw against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Tuesday.
Forest scored the opener after 8 minutes and led until Arne Slot introduced Diogo Jota and Konstantinos Tsimikas in the 65th minute.
Amazingly, the 2 players combined immediately with Konstantinos providing the assist for Diogo who scored the equaliser with his first touch, a brilliant header from KT’s corner.
With no further goals, both shared the points from a draw by a 1-1 score, leaving Liverpool at the summit of the Premier League Table with 47 points.
That’s 4 points ahead of Arsenal in 2nd (43) and 6 points ahead of Nottingham Forest in 3rd (41), however, please remember that Liverpool have played a game less (20) than both, due to the postponed game against Everton which is set to take place at Goodison Park on the 12th of February.
Liverpool gained the home victory over Brentford at Anfield back in August.
Goals from Luis Diaz and Mo Salah, one in each half, saw Arne’s Slot Machines inflict the defeat on Thomas’s Bees by a 2-0 scoreline.
Betfred offer Brentford at 5/1, the Draw at 4/1 and Odds On 1/2 for Liverpool to come away with all 3-points.
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LEICESTER v FULHAM
15.00 in England
Leicester are now winless in the last 7 Premier League games with 6 Losses and a Draw.
The latest defeat, the 6th in a row, came against Crystal Palace at the King Power Stadium on Wednesday, with the Foxes suffering the loss by a 2-0 scoreline.
Although Ruud Van Nistelrooy was a Master of Scoring Goals, the Dutchman is not transferring his own skills to his players, with Leicester only registering 2 goals in the last 6 Premier League games.
The anomaly in that statistic is Leicester scored 6 goals in the recent FA Cup game gaining a victory over Queens Park Rangers by a 6-2 scoreline.
The Foxes sit in 19th place with 14 points from the opening 21 games and if the goals don’t start going in, Leicester will be back in the Championship come May.
Fulham felt the phenomenon of the ‘New Manager Bounce’ on Tuesday, succumbing to a defeat against West Ham at the London Stadium by a 3-2 scoreline.
After conceding 2 goals to trail at the break, Alex Iwobi pulled a goal back for the Cottagers just after the restart.
West Ham, under the New Manager Graham Potter, then scored a 3rd, before Alex added his and Fulham’s 2nd with 12 minutes remaining.
Unfortunately for Marco Silva’s team, time ran out, leaving Fulham with the first defeat out of the last 9 Premier League games.
Those 9 fixtures have included 6 Draws, 2 Wins and a Loss against the Hammers.
There were a couple of strange situations that came from the midweek game.
Firstly, both of Alex Iwobi’s goals came from Alex crossing the ball into the area for a teammate to head home, yet on both occasions, nobody touched the ball with both going straight in from Alex’s last touch.
Regarding West Ham’s goals, the following was put in last week’s EveryTip column,
‘What is noticeable about watching football of late and John Newsome is in no way a UEFA Licensed Coach, is that nowadays not many players get hold of the ball and run at the opposition, trying to beat a man with the ‘CR7 Step-over’ (John Newsome was an expert at this back in the day and it’s rumoured that Cristiano copied the action from this EveryTip contributor!)
It just appears to be ‘pass, pass, pass’ to keep possession, try to generate an opening and make chances, which Marco Silva and the rest of the Modern Day Managers want from their players.
However, whilst this is one way of playing football, it’s not the only way!
George Best used to run at the opposition, dropping his shoulder and going past the player, so did Paul Gascoigne.
(So did John Newsome!)
Yet there doesn’t appear to be those type of players anymore, it’s just ‘pass, pass and more passes!’
Fulham are a good team, however, if this EveryTip contributor can see the problem with the ‘possession-based system’ then the ‘Proper Coaches’ will too and like Kieran McKenna did on Sunday, let Fulham have the ball, then wait until one of the ‘pass, pass, passes’ goes awry and hit the Cottagers on the break.’
The Hammers scored 2 of their 3 goals from errors when Fulham’s ‘pass, pass passes out from the back’ went ‘awry.’
Fulham sit in 10th place with 30 points from the 21 games completed.
Fulham gained the home victory over Leicester in the Game Week-2 encounter at Craven Cottage.
Emile Smith-Rowe scored the opener for the home team with Wout Faes replying soon after to take both teams in level at the break.
Alex Iwobi scored the winner midway through the 2nd-half to give Marco Silva’s White and Blacks the points from a 2-1 score.
Steve Cooper will be watching this on the Big Screen in his local boozer.
Betfred offer Leicester at 3/1, the Draw at 11/4 and slight Odds On 10/11 for Fulham to come away with all 3-points.
Betfred offer that Harry Wilson Scores First and that Fulham Win To Nil.
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WEST HAM v CRYSTAL PALACE
15.00 in England
West Ham gained the benefit from the ‘Unscientific Phenomenon of the New Manager Bounce’ by inflicting a defeat on fellow Londoners Fulham at the London Stadium on Tuesday.
Carlos Soler and Tomas Soucek scored for the Hammers in the 1st-half to make the Bubbles half-time Pie and Pint experience a pleasurable one.
Fulham did score just after the restart to half the deficit before Lucas Paqueta added a 3rd midway through the 2nd-half.
The away team then scored a 2nd goal to make the last 12 minutes a nervy one for the watching Bubbles in attendance, however, time ran out and the Hammers got the victory over the Cottagers by a 3-2 scoreline.
It was shown later that the ‘New Manager Bounce’ would see Graham Potter’s team have just 3 ‘Shots On Target’ but ultimately, the 3 ‘SOT’ produced 3 goals and the victory.
West Ham sit in 13th place with the same 26 points as Manchester United, both having completed 21 games.
Crystal Palace gained an away night victory over Leicester at the King Power Stadium on Wednesday.
Goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Marc Guehi, both scored in the 2nd-half, gave the Eagles the win over the Foxes by a 2-0 scoreline.
That’s now 4 unbeaten for Palace, with 2 Wins and 2 Draws, leaving Oliver Glasner’s team in 15th place with the same 24 points as Tottenham.
If one remembers, Crystal Palace didn’t start the 2024/25 Premier League campaign that well, suffering defeats in 5 of the opening 8 fixtures and drawing the other 3.
Meaning just 3 points from a possible 24.
One of the defeats came against West Ham at Selhurst Park over the Bank Holiday Weekend in August 2024.
Second-half goals from Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen gave the Hammers the victory over the Eagles by a 2-0 away day scoreline.
Julen Lopetegui will be watching this one in the Spanish equivalent of the local Wetherspoons.
Betfred offer West Ham at 13/8, the Draw at 5/2 and 13/8 for Crystal Palace to come away with all 3-points.
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ARSENAL v ASTON VILLA
17.30 in England
Sky Sports
After drawing against Brighton in the Premier League, suffering a defeat against Newcastle in the 1st-leg of the Carabao Cup Semi-Final and then being knocked out of the FA Cup by Manchester United following a penalty shootout, Arsenal got back to winning ways on Wednesday.
Mikel Arteta’s Young Guns inflicted a defeat on their North London rivals Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs by a 2-1 scoreline.
After conceding a Tottenham goal, a deflected Gabriel header, credited as an Own Goal was quickly followed up by a Leandro Trossard strike, all in the 1st-half, giving Arsenal a much-needed victory.
Arsenal sit in 2nd place with 43 points, now just 4 points adrift of Liverpool at the summit, however, the Gunners have completed the full set of 21 games, whereas Liverpool have only played 20, due to the postponed fixture against Everton.
Aston Villa gained an away night victory over Everton at Goodison Park on Wednesday.
Whilst Everton are struggling, it was maybe thought that the ‘Unscientific Phenomenon of the New Manager Bounce’ would come into play following the arrival of David Moyes.
That wasn’t the case as it was David Moyes who took over at Goodison Park, not Paul Daniels, with the Toffees just continuing to be the same useless team as they were under Sean Dyche.
(Paul Daniels was a Magician!)
A single Ollie Watkins goal, scored in the 2nd-half, gave Villa the win from a 1-0 score.
Aston Villa sit in 7th place with the same 35 points as Man City both having completed the full 21 games on offer.
Coincidentally, this reverse fixture back in August 2024, was the Sky Sports early Saturday Night Football, the same as today.
It was Mikel’s Young Guns that gained the away night victory over Unai’s Claret and Blues, with goals from Leandro Trossard and Thomas Partey giving Arsenal the win from a 2-0 scoreline.
Betfred offer Arsenal at Odds On 1/2, the Draw at 100/30 and 6/1 for Aston Villa to come away with all 3-points.
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***Premier League Team of the Week***
GOALKEEPER- Matz Sels- Nottingham Forest
RIGHT-BACK- Amad Diallo- Manchester United
CENTRE-BACK- Gabriel- Arsenal
CENTRE-BACK- Matthijs De Ligt- Manchester United
LEFT-BACK- Myles Lewis-Skelly- Arsenal
MIDFIELDER- Christian Norgaard- Brentford
MIDFIELDER- Kaoru Mitoma- Brighton
MIDFIELDER- Diogo Jota- Liverpool
FORWARD- Georginio Rutter- Brighton
FORWARD- Alexander Isak- Newcastle
FORWARD- Chris Wood- Nottingham Forest
STAR MAN- Amad Diallo- Manchester United
***Last Week’s Winning Tips-
Chelsea v Bournemouth To Draw- 16/5
Aston Villa To Win- 13/10
Crystal Palace To Win- 10/11
Newcastle To Win- 1/3
Arsenal To Win- 1/3
Manchester United To Win- 1/4
Correct Scores-
Correct Tips-
Cole Palmer To Score First- 7/2
Chris Wood To Score First- 6/1
Ollie Watkins To Score First- 5/1
Alexander Isak To Score First- 4/1
(Double Delight/Hat-Trick Heaven-
Added to That Alexander Scored a 2nd Goal Which Betfred Double The Odds To 8/1-)
Aston Villa Win To Nil- 11/4
Newcastle Win To Nil- 6/5
Ipswich v Brighton Under 2.5 Goals- 6/5
Sunday 19th
EVERTON v TOTTENHAM
14.00 in England
Sky Sports
David Moyes’ first game back in charge of the Toffees resulted in a home defeat against Aston Villa at Goodison Park on Wednesday.
Whilst Sean Dyche has gone and David is now the Manager, the same problems that Sean experienced were there for Mr Moyes, against Villa, the main one being that Everton can’t score goals.
In the last 14 Premier League games, the Sticky Toffee Puddings have only scored 8 goals and 4 of those were in the fixture against Wolves.
Everton have failed to score in 10 of the 14 games.
There are only Southampton, who sit at the bottom of the Premier League Table with 13 goals scored, that have scored less than Everton (15) in the 21 games played so far.
Everton sit in 16th place with 17 points from 20 games played, remember that it is only 20 not 21.
David Moyes has his work cut out to get his Toffees away from the relegation zone and more than likely, will have a few new signings before the January Transfer Window shuts on February 3rd 2025.
Tottenham suffered a defeat against Arsenal in the North London Derby on Wednesday.
Despite Son Heung-Min scoring first, Arsenal then scored twice to leave Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs with the loss from a 2-1 away night scoreline.
Tottenham do have injury concerns at the moment, missing influential players such as the Goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario and the main Defenders Cristian Romero, Micky Van De Ven, Destiny Udogie and Ben Davies.
Rodrigo Bentancur is out for a few weeks also.
So Big Ange is having to rely on the Youngsters such as Radu Dragusin, who despite looking around 38 years old, is only 22.
Archie Gray, who is only 18, has been thrown in as an emergency Centre-Back and doesn’t look out of place but does need help from others.
Archie is the Son of the ex-Barnsley and several other clubs Striker Andy Gray, who himself is the Son of the ex-Leeds United player Frank Gray and the Nephew of the Elland Rd legend Eddie Gray.
Young Mr Gray won’t be at Tottenham beyond the next couple of seasons.
The Leeds Lad will be playing at a Champions League Club in the not-too-distant future.
Added to that, Archie has 3 Brothers, Harry, Charlie and Jacob, who naturally have the ‘Gray Football Gene’ and are all currently in the Leeds United Academy, with 16-year-old Harry, the next ‘Gray Cab off the Rank’.
Tottenham sit in 14th place with the same 24 points as Crystal Palace from the opening 21 games completed.
Spurs smashed the Toffees at the Chas and Dave Memorial Stadium back in August.
Second-half goals from Cristian Romero and Son Heung-Min added to 1st-half
strikes from Yves Bissouma and Sonny’s first, gave Tottenham the victory over Everton by a 4-0 scoreline.
Sean Dyche will no doubt be watching this Sunday Afternoon Football in the local boozer in Burnley, which is named ‘The Royal Dyche’ after the Gravel Voiced ex-Toffee and Claret Manager.
Betfred offer Everton at 9/5, the Draw at 13/5 and 6/4 for Tottenham to come away with all 3-points.
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MANCHESTER UNITED v BRIGHTON
14.00 in England
Manchester United were rubbish for 82 minutes against Southampton at Old Trafford on Thursday.
After conceding a Saints goal to trail at the break and for 37 minutes of the 2nd-half, Amad Diallo scored a brilliant hat-trick in the space of 12 minutes to give United the victory by a 3-1 scoreline.
Whilst not the most impressive performance considering that Ruben’s Red Devils had knocked Arsenal out of the FA Cup on Sunday and gained a brilliant point against Liverpool last time out in the Premier League, it was a great comeback and a great 3 goals from the Young Superstar Amad.
That leaves Manchester United in 12th place with the same 26 points as West Ham from the opening 21 fixtures completed.
Brighton gained an away night victory over Ipswich at Portman Rd on Thursday.
After a goalless 1st-half, Kaoru Mitoma and Georginio Rutter scored for the Seagulls to give Fab’s Brighton a victory over Kieran’s Ipswich by a 2-0 scoreline.
That was Brighton’s first Premier League win in 9, leaving them in 9th place with 31 points from the 21 games played.
It was Fabian Hurzeler’s home team that gained the victory over Erik Ten Hag’s travelling United back in the Game Week-2 affair at the Amex.
The ex-United Striker Danny Welbeck scored the opener to give the Seagulls a lead at the break.
Amad Diallo scored the equaliser midway through the 2nd-half, before a very late goal from Joao Pedro scored in the 95th minute gave Brighton the win over Manchester United by a 2-1 scoreline.
Erik Ten Hag will be watching this reverse fixture in his 6 Berth Caravan back in Amsterdam.
As Del Boy would say,
Ajax!
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NOTTINGHAM FOREST v SOUTHAMPTON
14.00 in England
Chris Wood scored the opener against Liverpool at the City Ground on Tuesday.
Unfortunately for the Tricky Trees, the away team scored an equaliser midway through the 2nd-half and with no further goals, both teams shared the points from a draw by a 1-1 score.
Not many teams will take points from Liverpool this season, however, Nottingham Forest have now taken 4 in games between the two of them, which is a brilliant achievement for Nuno and his Squad.
Forest remain in 3rd place with 41 points from the 21 games played, still 6 points adrift of Liverpool at the summit.
Southampton managed to grab a defeat from the jaws of victory against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Thursday.
A goal credited to the United player Manuel Ugarte gave the Saints a lead at the interval, which was held until the 82nd minute.
Manchester United then scored 3 goals to inflict the defeat on Southampton by a 3-1 scoreline, leaving the Saints at the foot of the table with 6 points from the 21 fixtures completed.
A single Morgan Gibbs-White goal scored in the 70th minute, gave Nottingham Forest the victory over Southampton at St Mary’s by a 1-0 August Bank Holiday scoreline.
Russel Martin will be watching this one on the 55-inch in his 3 Bedroom Terraced House, shouting,
‘Lucy, get us a Can of Spesh and a bag of Pork Scratching please love!’
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IPSWICH v MAN CITY
16.30 in England
Sky Sports
Ipswich suffered a defeat against Brighton at Portman Rd on Thursday.
After a tight goalless 1st-half, it was the away team that scored to take the lead on the hour mark.
Whilst Ipswich were trying to get back into the game, Brighton scored a 2nd and with no further goals, Ipswich suffered the home loss by a 2-0 scoreline.
Ipswich remain in the relegation zone sitting in 18th place with the same 16 points as Wolves who are above based purely on goals scored.
17- Wolves- 16 points (Scored 31- conceded 48= Minus-17)
18- Ipswich- 16 points (Scored 20- Conceded 37= Minus-17)
Man City let slip a 2-goal lead against Brentford at the GTech Stadium on Tuesday.
Following a goalless 1st-half, Phil Foden scored twice to give City a healthy advantage going into the final 12 minutes or so.
Unfortunately, for the Travelling Citizens in attendance, who had made the long journey South for a midweek night game, their idols conceded twice, meaning both teams shared the points from a draw by a 2-2 score.
Pep Guardiola wasn’t happy after the game and was seen having an emotional conversation with Stefan Ortega and Josko Gvardiol.
The point gained leaves Man City in 6th place with the same 35 points as Aston Villa from the opening 21 games completed, still 12 adrift of Liverpool at the summit.
In the Game Week-2 encounter at the Etihad, probably the surprise was the New Premier League boys Ipswich scored first with Sammie Szmodics getting the opener after 7 minutes.
That kicked City into life with Kevin De Bruyne scoring in between a couple of Erling Haaland goals, 1 being a converted penalty to give the home team a comfortable lead at the interval.
Erling scored his 3rd and City’s 4th late on to seal the Norwegian/Leeds Lad’s first hat-trick of the season and give Pep’s High Flying Blues the victory over Kieran’s Tractor Boys by a 4-1 scoreline.
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Monday 20th
CHELSEA v WOLVES
20.00 in England
Sky Sports
Chelsea gained a point from a draw by a 2-2 score against Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday.
Cole Palmer scored the opener to give Enzo’s Blues a lead at the break.
The Cherries then scored twice and when it appeared a home defeat was on the cards, Reece James came up with an equaliser for Chelsea in the 95th minute to give both teams a point apiece from the Archbishops’ favourite scoreline.
Chelsea are now winless from the last 5 Premier League fixtures with 3 Draws and 2 Losses, leaving Enzo Maresca’s Blues in 5th place with 37 points from the opening 21 games completed.
Wolves remain in 17th place following the midweek defeat against Newcastle at St James Park on Wednesday.
It was stated that Wolves are a different team without Matheus Cunha, however, despite Matheus being available to play following a 2 game suspension, Vitor Pereira decided to leave the influential Midfielder out of the starting lineup and put Matheus on the bench.
Vitor did introduce Mr Cunha at half-time but unfortunately, the Brazilian couldn’t change proceedings with Wolves eventually suffering an away day loss by a 3-0 scoreline.
Wolves have the same 16 points as Ipswich, however, due to the Tractor Boys conceding 2 against Wolves, both teams have a Minus-17 goal difference, meaning Vitor’s Gold and Blacks stay just above the the relegation places purely on goals scored.
17- Wolves- 16 points (Scored 31- conceded 48= Minus-17)
18- Ipswich- 16 points (Scored 20- Conceded 37= Minus-17)
Can one remember the scoreline when Chelsea went up to Molineux to take on Wolves back in August 2024?
Well, it was Enzo Maresca’s Blues that gained the away day victory over Gary O’Neil’s Gold and Blacks by a devastating 6-2 score, with the goals going in as follows,
2′ Nicolas Jackson- (Chelsea 0-1)
27′ Matheus Cunha- (Wolves 1-1)
45′ Cole Palmer- (Chelsea 1-2)
45+6′ Jorgen Strand-Larsen- (Wolves 2-2)
Half-Time Chicken Balti Pie and Cup of Bovril.
49′ Noni Madueke- (Chelsea 2-3)
58′ Noni Madueke- (Chelsea 2-4)
63′ Noni Madueke- (Chelsea 2-5)
80′ Joao Felix- (Chelsea 2-6)
Full-Time Ham and Pineapple Pizza and Gin and Tonic.
Gary O’Neil will be watching this one, on his 24′ TV in the back of his Volkswagen Camper Van parked up at the Asda Car Park in Wolverhampton Town Centre.
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Celtic remain at the Top of the Scottish Premier League with 60 points following their Game Week-23 draw against Dundee FC (who?)
Rangers sit in 2nd place with 47 points after the win against Aberdeen (who?)
There aren’t any SPL fixtures for this weekend with all of the teams playing in the Scottish FA Pub Cup.
Celtic take on Kilmarnock (who?) with Rangers facing Fraserburgh (WHO?)
Fraserburgh play in the Scottish Highland League which is the 5th Division in the Scottish Football Pyramid.
So if one can equate the Scottish Premier League with a Pub League, imagine what the Highland League equates to, probably a game of Subbuteo!
If Rangers get knocked out of the Scottish Pub Cup by Fraserburgh, then PC Loser (Philippe Clement) should just get on the Ferry back to Belgium as regardless of the Ibrox outfit being skint, the hierarchy would have no choice but to get rid.
Maybe that other famous Belgian, Hercule Poirot is available, the Monocled Sleuth couldn’t do any worse.
These are some of the other ties that take place in this weekend’s Scottish FA Pub Cup and these are proper teams, not ones that are made up.
A couple more ‘All SPL Clashes.’
Dundee FC v Dundee United
St Johnstone v Motherwell
Added to,
Hearts v BRECHIN (who?)
ELGIN (who?) v Aberdeen
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH (who?) v St Mirren
Hibernian v CLYDEBANK (who?)
DUNFERMLINE (who?) v STENHOUSEMUIR (who?)
COVE RANGERS (who?) v FORFAR (who?)
QUEENS PARK (who?) v MONTROSE (who?)
DUMBARTON (who?) v ADRIEONIANS (who?)
HAMILTON (who?) v MUSSELBURGH (who?)
Ross County v LIVINGSTON (who?)
FALKIRK (who?) v RAITH (who?)
and probably the best of the lot,
BROXBURN (WHO?) v AYR
Broxburn play in the Scottish Lowland League, which is the 5th Tier of the Pyramid, the same as the Highland League.
The loveable Yank/Scot is still over in Seattle, going from Melbourne which was 40′ in the shade, to 3′ and rain!
It won’t be too much longer before the lad is on one of Qantas’ finest flying home (well his 6th one) and changing his name back to OzScot.
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