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UEFA Cup starts tonight! Thursday, 18 September 2008 AC Milan v FC Zurich, R1, L1, 19:45 AS Nancy v Motherwell, R1, L1, 18:00 Banik Ostrava v Spartak Moscow, R1, L1, 17:45 Bellinzona v Galatasaray, R1, L1, 19:00 Besiktas v FC Metalist Kharkiv, R1, L1, 18:30 Borac Cacak v Ajax, R1, L1, 20:00 Borussia Dortmund v Udinese, R1, L1, 19:45 Braga v Artmedia Petrzalka, R1, L1, 20:30 Brondby v Rosenborg, R1, L1, 19:45 Cherno More v VfB Stuttgart, R1, L1, 16:00 Dinamo Zagreb v Sparta Prague, R1, L1, 19:45 Everton v Standard Liege, R1, L1, 20:05 FC Moscow v FC Copenhagen, R1, L1, 15:00 Feyenoord v Kalmar FF, R1, L1, 18:00 FK Austria Vienna v Lech Poznan, R1, L1, 18:30 Hamburg v Unirea Urziceni, R1, L1, 18:00 Hapoel Tel-Aviv v St Etienne, R1, L1, 17:30 Kayserispor v PSG, R1, L1, 19:00 Litex Lovech v Aston Villa, R1, L1, 15:20 Maritimo v Valencia, R1, L1, 21:00 MSK Zilina v Levski Sofia, R1, L1, 18:30 Napoli v Benfica, R1, L1, 20:00 NEC v Dinamo Bucuresti, R1, L1, 18:45 NK Slaven Koprivnica v CSKA Moscow, R1, L1, 17:30 Omonia Nicosia v Man City, R1, L1, 18:00 Politehnica Timisoara v Partizan Belgrade, R1, L1, 18:45 Portsmouth v Guimaraes, R1, L1, 18:00 Racing Santander v FC Honka, R1, L1, 19:30 Rennes v FC Twente, R1, L1, 19:50 Sampdoria v FBK Kaunas, R1, L1, 19:45 Sevilla v SV Red Bull Salzburg, R1, L1, 19:45 SK Brann v Deportivo La Coruna, R1, L1, 18:00 Slavia Prague v FC Vaslui, R1, L1, 18:15 Tottenham v Wisla Krakow, R1, L1, 20:10 Vitoria Setubal v Heerenveen, R1, L1, 21:00 Wolfsburg v Rapid Bucuresti, R1, L1, 18:00 Young Boys v Club Brugge, R1, L1, 19:00
So I bolded the British clubs. I think all the English clubs will make it through confortably. I expect Spurs to grab their first win of the season tonight and that will get their season back on track. Motherwell of Scotland, sole flyers of the Scottish flag in the UEFA Cup, have been thrown a tough tie against Nancy of France but if they play to their best like last seasons form that got them into Europe then they should make it through. Good luck to all of them.
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As if anyone actually cares about the Champion's League loser's cup. Winning the UEFA is like refusing to failing to make the Olympics, but racing your Grandma over 100metres and calling yourself a winner.
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exsuscito wrote:
As if anyone actually cares about the Champion's League loser's cup. Winning the UEFA is like refusing to failing to make the Olympics, but racing your Grandma over 100metres and calling yourself a winner.
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Yasamuu wrote:
exsuscito wrote:
As if anyone actually cares about the Champion's League loser's cup. Winning the UEFA is like refusing to failing to make the Olympics, but racing your Grandma over 100metres and calling yourself a winner.
refusing to failing to?
Yes. It's a well-known manner of phrasing called 'malandering'.
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exsuscito wrote:
Yasamuu wrote:
exsuscito wrote:
As if anyone actually cares about the Champion's League loser's cup. Winning the UEFA is like refusing to failing to make the Olympics, but racing your Grandma over 100metres and calling yourself a winner.
refusing to failing to?
Yes. It's a well-known manner of phrasing called 'malandering'.
You failed, it's ok, I understand, we all do it sometimes. =p
Aston Villa are drawing 1-1 away from home just now, King Carlos Cuellar made his debut tonight.
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exsuscito wrote:
As if anyone actually cares about the Champion's League loser's cup. Winning the UEFA is like refusing to failing to make the Olympics, but racing your Grandma over 100metres and calling yourself a winner.
Whatever. If my team wins it I will run along Tottenham High Road naked singing, "My old man's a dust man...", while eating frozen jellied eels. Or, something.
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Moonlite wrote:
exsuscito wrote:
As if anyone actually cares about the Champion's League loser's cup. Winning the UEFA is like refusing to failing to make the Olympics, but racing your Grandma over 100metres and calling yourself a winner.
Whatever. If my team wins it I will run along Tottenham High Road naked singing, "My old man's a dust man...", while eating frozen jellied eels. Or, something.
I'd drive into London just to witness that! Spurs FTW!
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Vinia wrote:
Moonlite wrote:
exsuscito wrote:
As if anyone actually cares about the Champion's League loser's cup. Winning the UEFA is like refusing to failing to make the Olympics, but racing your Grandma over 100metres and calling yourself a winner.
Whatever. If my team wins it I will run along Tottenham High Road naked singing, "My old man's a dust man...", while eating frozen jellied eels. Or, something.
I'd drive into London just to witness that! Spurs FTW!
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Moonlite wrote:
Vinia wrote:
Moonlite wrote:
exsuscito wrote:
As if anyone actually cares about the Champion's League loser's cup. Winning the UEFA is like refusing to failing to make the Olympics, but racing your Grandma over 100metres and calling yourself a winner.
Whatever. If my team wins it I will run along Tottenham High Road naked singing, "My old man's a dust man...", while eating frozen jellied eels. Or, something.
I'd drive into London just to witness that! Spurs FTW!
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Thankfully Motherwell containted Nancy to just 1 goal away from home so hopefully they can do it back home in two weeks time, their goalkeeper played really well and Darren got the last 30mins of the game which was cool.
Villa thumped Litex, after they had 2 players sent off, 3-1. Spurs broke their duck, finally! Brazilian Jo broke his duck for Man City, scoring twice as they won 2-1. Everton, though, drew 2-2 and have a difficult task of getting through now and Portsmouth won 2-0 in their European debut.
Thursday, 18 September 2008
AC Milan 3-1 FC Zurich AS Nancy 1-0 Motherwell Banik Ostrava 0-1 Spartak Moscow Bellinzona 3-4 Galatasaray Besiktas 1-0 FC Metalist Kharkiv Borac Cacak 1-4 Ajax Borussia Dortmund 0-2 Udinese Braga 4-0 Artmedia Petrzalka Brondby 1-2 Rosenborg Cherno More 1-2 VfB Stuttgart Dinamo Zagreb 0-0 Sparta Prague Everton 2-2 Standard Liege FC Moscow 1-2 FC Copenhagen FK Austria Vienna 2-1 Lech Poznan Feyenoord 0-1 Kalmar FF Hamburg 0-0 Unirea Urziceni Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1-2 St Etienne Kayserispor 1-2 PSG Litex Lovech 1-3 Aston Villa MSK Zilina 1-1 Levski Sofia Maritimo 0-1 Valencia NEC 1-0 Dinamo Bucharest NK Slaven Koprivnica 1-2 CSKA Moscow Napoli 3-2 Benfica Omonia Nicosia 1-2 Man City Politehnica Timisoara 1-2 Partizan Belgrade Portsmouth 2-0 Guimaraes Racing Santander 1-0 FC Honka Rennes 2-1 Twente Enschede SK Brann 2-0 Deportivo La Coruna Sampdoria 5-0 FBK Kaunas Sevilla 2-0 SV Red Bull Salzburg Slavia Prague 0-0 FC Vaslui Tottenham 2-1 Wisla Krakow Vitoria Setubal 1-1 Heerenveen Wolfsburg 1-0 Rapid Bucuresti Young Boys 2-2 Club Bruges Apoel Nicosia 1-4 Schalke 04 FC Nordsjaelland 0-2 Olympiakos Hertha Berlin 2-0 St Patricks
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The finish to this weeks football weekend was a lot more exciting than the beginning.
Saturday, 20 September 2008 Barclays Premier League Blackburn 1-0 Fulham Bolton 1-3 Arsenal Liverpool 0-0 Stoke Sunderland 2-0 Middlesbrough West Ham 3-1 Newcastle
Sunday, 21 September 2008 Chelsea 1-1 Man Utd Hull 2-2 Everton Man City 6-0 Portsmouth Tottenham 0-0 Wigan West Brom 1-2 Aston Villa
Chelsea vs Manchester United lived up to expectations. Sometimes big games disapoint due to the tension and teams not wanting to lose the game but both sides played good football and on the balance of play I think maybe Chelsea shaded it but couldn't pull out the victory. They did keep their 4 year, 85 game unbeaten Premierleague Home run going though which has been the corner stone of their success in recent years.
In the most suprising result of the weekend, Man City thumped Portsmouth 6-0. It was a freak result, one which City were on the end of last year when Middlesbrough thumped them 7-1.
Elsewhere, Aston Villa won a thrilling Midlands derby against West Brom, Sunderland came out ontop in the North East derby against Middlesbrough largely thanks to saves from Craig Gordon and a missed penalty by Stewart Downing and Liverpool failed to capitalise on last weeks win over Man United by drawing at home to Stoke, Fernando Torres still with just a single goal to his name this season which came on the opening day. A frustrating day all round.
Spurs kept up their unfortunately poor Premierleague form, drawing 0-0 at home to Wigan. Until Pavlyuchenko and Bent start firing Spurs will continue to be down in the dumps, having only 3 first team strikers in their squad, the other being Frazier Campbell.
~~ Saturday, 20 September 2008 Clydesdale Bank Premier League Aberdeen 0-1 Dundee Utd Hamilton 0-1 Hibernian Hearts 1-0 Inverness CT St Mirren 1-1 Falkirk
Sunday, 21 September 2008 Kilmarnock 1-3 Celtic Rangers 2-1 Motherwell
The opening game of the weekends fixtures in the SPL was live on TV...unfortunately. Aberdeen v Dundee United was settled by a penalty and despite some good football from United in patches, it was ultimately a boring contest. Derek Riordan got off the mark on his return to Hibs as they beat Hamilton 1-0 and their rivals Hearts kept up their quietly impressive start to the season, holding 2nd place for all of 24 hours beating Inverness 1-0.
Rangers kicked off an hour before Celtic with the chance to put them under a bit of pressure and taking a 6 point lead if they beat Motherwell. Regular goalkeeper Alan McGregor was dropped after a series of poor performances for Rangers. Steven Davis and Nacho Novo grabbed the goals for the home side before a below par Well scored a late consolation. Celtic didn't buckle under the pressure, despite Maloney missing a penalty and Aiden McGeady being left out the team again. Maloney made up for his penalty miss and Samaras grabbed a brace as Kilmarnock pulled back a late goal.
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I knew it Was hoppin for a win but as usual, Killie suck lol We're drawing on points with Celtic so lets just hope that we can pull through (we always get an alright start at the beggining but towards half way we lose it then pick it back up at the end )
I just hope we do a bit better than last year, considerin Gretna ain't in the league to save us from relegation like last season...
Was hoppin for a win but as usual, Killie suck lol We're drawing on points with Celtic so lets just hope that we can pull through (we always get an alright start at the beggining but towards half way we lose it then pick it back up at the end 
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