Week 17 Processing

not crap

so two goals in as many minutes seems to have earned Inter all three points there...and now over to Upton Park...

what a game this has been and with the sixth goal having hit the back of the net its now

Westham 3 Arsenal 3

on 88 minutes after Freddie Sears beat the Arsenal defence to bring his side level and surely that's it now ?

in all the excitment I almost forgot to bring you the news that Lyon's Lucas Barrios has given his side a 2-1 lead at Cannes.

Dean Marney has been dismissed for Villa who are drawing with Reading

and we have to cross to Darren Fletcher again with just 2 minutes left of the game at Upton Park...another goal Darren ?

Matt Etherington has fired home a fourth goal for Westham as they come from behind to lead Arsenal with just 1 few seconds left on the clock, and after 89 minutes its now

Westham 4 Arsenal 3

bit of a shocker there...

and right at the death Maxwell has been dismissed for Roma

Paul Hemmings wrote:

and right at the death Maxwell has been dismissed for Roma

Don't concede Roma. Hold on ......................

a late goal at Home Park where Plymouth's Nic Nic Anelka has scored again to make

Plymouth 3 Everton 0

after 90 minutes

a few late goals to report here as Fernando Baiano has pulled a goal back late in the game against Flamengo and its now Flamengo 2 Corinthians 1 deep into injury time and more drama in Rome...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

a few late goals to report here as Fernando Baiano has pulled a goal back late in the game against Flamengo and its now Flamengo 2 Corinthians 1 deep into injury time and more drama in Rome...

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Just a note .... it's a very slow day in work.

Steve Lee reporting here and Ive just witnessed the biggest hit and run raid of all time as Francesco Totti seems to have grabbed all three points for Ancona with the whistle on the refs lips so after 91 minutes its now

Roma 1 Ancona 2

the whistkes are blowing around most of our grounds although they are still playing at Maine Road where City have gone further in front thanks to a fine header by Georgios Samaras and after 93 minutes its now

Man City 3 Blackburn 0

and thats it, its all over bar the inquisitions now as full time is up.

Again this week we seem to have had some great games, so I'll start the round up whilst our reporters try to get comments and first reactions from some of the managers involved...

Rosario 4 Racing 2

River Plate 4 Gimnasia 0

Newells 0 Boca 2

Estudiantes 3 Independente 0

Lorenzo 5 Sante Fe 1

Argentinos 4 Velez 2

plenty of goals this week in Argentina...

River Plate 44 +29

Boca 41 +29

nobody else even close

Gremio 4 Palmeiras 1

Sao Paulo 2 Santos 3

Flamengo 2 Corinthians 1

Cruzeiro 2 Fluminense 0

Sao Joao 4 Portuguesa 3

Botafogo 2 Vasco 2

excellent win for gremio this week

Sao Paulo 37 +18

Cruzeiro 34 +21

Santos 34 +13

Flamengo 26 +4

Newcastle 0 Man United 1

Westham 4 Arsenal 3

Fulham 0 Birmingham 1

Villa 2 Reading 2

Man City 3 Blackburn 0

Plymouth 3 Everton 0

some surprise results there this week...

Plymouth 37 +17

Fulham 33 +14

Arsenal 30 +6

Newcastle 28 +4

Man City 27 +9

Birmingham 24 +2

looks like Plymouth are beginning to open out a bit of a lead now with just five games left and they have a reasonably easy run in as well as they have to play Villa home and away as well as Blackburn, Man United and Man City, the only down side for them seems to be that four of their last five games are away from home. Week 22 away at Old Trafford could be vital, but they have averaged three goals a game now over their last six games.

Wow - meetings all morning and a nice 3-nil win against a usually very defensive Everton side is great news, very nice to see a slight tactical shift may have made the difference with a 0-0 in the previous match against Everton. Great to see Anelka getting on the scoresheet twice as well!

Livid that Johnson got himself sent off though but I hope his replacement can come in and do the business. Now to see how my second string got on in the cup against City and any other news...

Looking at the table it is still very tight and with a number of away games there is a lot for the side still to do.

Great to see Lyon getting a win too!

thats very interesting actually with Rooney playing in the top flight alongside quality players the goal split is thus from the last six Plymouth games...

Rooney TM 5 goals

Robinho ST 5 goals only 5 games though

Anelka ST 6 goals

Ireland DY 2 goals

that looks about right to me for a TM in the top flight playing alongside top players.

Pleased with the win over Boro, although good wins for Chelsea and Watford mean pretty much no change at the top. Four more wins to get to the promised land....

Don't want to go into the last game of the season needing a win against the immovable object that is Watfords defence.



Disappointed Nantes failed at what was in effect the final hurdle, but a strong performance non-the-less over the season, and with a Europa final to look forward to and hopefully a good run in the domestic cup, I can't be too hard on the young boys.

Paris look a well organised outfit too, probably deserve to be winners over the season.

Great results for both Gremio and Brum this turn, both teams with a tactical shift paying dividends straight away!

Boro 0 Charlton 2

Palace 0 Bolton 1

Chelsea 3 Leicester 0

Spurs 2 Leeds 0

Oldham 3 Hull 2

Watford 2 Norwich 0

so the top sides continue to dominate what has become a fascinating battle for the Championship title and promotion to the big time...

Chelsea 39 +29

Charlton 39 +25

Watford 35 +6

Spurs 34 +11