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Re: English Football Thread (Was: Premiership Resu
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11/30/07 10:37 AM
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Champions League set for revamp
Uefa is set to revamp the Champions League on Friday with the top three clubs in the Premier League qualifying for the group stages from 2009.
Under the plans, the fourth-placed side will now face a play-off against a team from another of Europe's leagues.
The Scottish champions will also go straight into the group stages but the runners-up face two qualifying rounds.
Previously in England, the top two sides qualified by right and the next two joined the third qualifying round.
It is likely the fourth-placed Premier League side will face a tougher play-off compared to playing in the third qualifying round of the Champions League against weaker opponents.
In Scotland, the champions have previously needed to come through a qualifying round. I liked this idea the first time I heard it. Even though the 4th place team will have another round, they will still make the group stages.
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Re: English Football Thread (Was: Premiership Resu
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11/30/07 10:42 AM
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Yogi Barrabbas
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Has Joey (wanker) Barton played for you yet this season.. 2 or 3 games now i think mate! Funny how well regarded he is around the country..... 
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Re: English Football Thread (Was: Premiership Resu
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11/30/07 03:30 PM
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Uefa moves Champions League final from 2010
The Champions League final will move to Saturday from 2010 and Wembley is on the shortlist to host it, says Uefa.
Berlin's Olympiastadion, the Allianz Arena in Munich, Valencia's Mestalla and the Bernabeu are also on the list.
Qualification will also change, with 22 teams qualifying based on league places and a two-part tournament for the rest.
Five places will be disputed by 15 teams from leading nations, and the rest contested by teams from Uefa's 40 other member nations.
Format changes also mean that three Premier League teams will qualify automatically for the group stage, as will the champions of Scotland.
But the fourth-placed Premier League side will face a stiffer test in the qualifying round, as they are more likely to face stronger opponents than under the current format.
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Re: English Football Thread (Was: Premiership Resu
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12/01/07 01:17 PM
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Saturday, 01 December 2007 Barclays Premier League Blackburn 3-1 Newcastle Chelsea 1-0 West Ham Portsmouth 0-0 Everton Reading 1-1 Middlesbrough Sunderland 1-0 Derby Wigan 1-1 Man City The Coca-Cola Football League Championship Blackpool 1-0 QPR Charlton 1-3 Burnley Coventry 0-1 Sheff Utd  Crystal Palace 1-1 West Brom Hull 2-2 Cardiff Ipswich 0-0 Barnsley Leicester 1-2 Southampton Plymouth 3-0 Scunthorpe Sheff Wed 1-2 Colchester Stoke 2-1 Norwich Wolverhampton 1-0 Preston The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON Notts County 0-1 Havant and W 
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Re: English Football Thread (Was: Premiership Resu
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12/01/07 01:28 PM
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Sorry Yogi,Capo congrats to Blibble
Two sublime goals from David Bentley helped Blackburn to their first win in five games at the expense of Newcastle.
The Magpies took the lead after the restart when Obafemi Martins headed in Geremi's free-kick from the left.
Bentley equalised for Rovers when he curled in a 22-yard free-kick that left keeper Shay Given rooted to the spot.
The midfielder side-footed his second from 25 yards out before Tugay added gloss to the Rovers scoreline with a poked effort from 15 yards.
The defeat leaves the Magpies without a win in five although the fans, who had recently been critical of manager Sam Allardyce and the players, would have been heartened by the performance.
However, they almost got off to a terrible start when the defence parted to allow Santa Cruz to run through.
Luckily for the away defence, the tall striker clipped his ball wide of Shay Given's right-hand upright.
Apart from that scare and one later in the half that saw a rush-of-the-head moment from Given almost penalised by Bentley from 40 yards, Newcastle were comfortable during the first 45 minutes.
But so were Blackburn, although their defence was made to work a lot harder by the Magpies - especially forwards Alan Smith and Martins.
Rovers had coped admirably with the mid-height balls chipped into their area but manager Hughes would have been left livid straight after the restart when Martins gave the visitors the lead.
The Nigeria striker was left unmarked and flicked in Geremi's free-kick from the left past Brad Friedel.
Within seven minutes Blackburn posted their riposte and they were back in the match.
Left-back Charles N'Zogbia conceded a foul on the edge of the area and up stepped Bentley to curl in a 22-yard effort that left Given stranded on his spot.
Barton should have put the Magpies back into the lead but his shot was smothered during a scramble in the six-yard area.
Martins then missed an even easier chance from four yards when he headed the ball over from a James Milner flick-on.
They were made to regret those missed chances when Bentley, who had a quiet game up until his first goal, fired in Rovers' second.
The England international seized on a loose ball from Stephen Carr's tackle on Santa Cruz and placed a 25-yard low side-foot cross-shot past Given's reach and in off the post.
As legs tired, chances flowed, with Milner seeing his shot blocked from eight yards and Blackburn substitute Morten Gamst Pedersen's diving header beating Given but also the keeper's left-hand post.
With Newcastle pouring forward in a desperate attempt to salvage a point, they left spaces at the back.
And they were exposed in stoppage time by another Rovers substitute, Jason Roberts, who laid the ball into the path of Tugay, who in turn poked the ball past Given from just inside the area.
Team P W D L F A W D L F A GD PTS
1 Arsenal 13 7 1 0 20 6 3 2 0 9 4 19 33
2 Chelsea 15 4 3 0 12 3 5 1 2 10 6 13 31
3 Man Utd 14 6 1 0 14 1 3 2 2 9 6 16 30
4 Man City 14 8 0 0 13 3 1 2 3 5 11 4 29
5 Liverpool 13 2 4 0 12 4 5 2 0 10 2 16 27
6 Aston Villa 14 5 0 2 11 7 3 3 1 14 7 11 27
7 Portsmouth 14 2 4 0 11 6 5 1 2 14 7 12 26
8 Everton 14 4 1 2 16 7 3 1 3 10 9 10 23
9 Blackburn 14 3 2 2 8 9 3 3 1 9 8 0 23
10 West Ham 14 2 3 2 9 7 3 1 3 10 5 7 19
11 Newcastle 13 4 1 2 11 11 1 2 3 8 10 -2 18
12 Fulham 14 2 4 2 14 14 0 3 3 4 8 -4 13
13 Reading 14 4 0 3 8 10 0 1 6 9 21 -14 13
14 Tottenham 14 2 1 3 15 12 0 5 3 9 13 -1 12
15 Bolton 14 2 3 3 8 8 0 2 4 4 10 -6 11
16 Birmingham 14 2 1 4 7 10 1 1 5 6 12 -9 11
17 Middlesbrough 14 1 3 3 8 12 1 1 5 4 14 -14 10
18 Sunderland 14 2 2 2 6 7 0 2 6 8 22 -15 10
19 Wigan 14 2 1 3 5 6 0 1 7 5 19 -15 8
20 Derby 14 1 2 4 5 14 0 1 6 0 19 -28 6
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thought youd say that
