Season 23 week 20 processing ...

what a shame this game has to end in just a few minutes, cos it is now

Birmingham 4 Fulham 3

following a Martin Skrtel header on 88 minutes and is it now all over ? don't count on it.

the last 2 minutes now...

and we have a late late goal in Betis, so lets go over to Mark to get the latest...

Real Betis have done incredibly well so far this season and they continue to fight with the scoreline now reading

Real Betis 1 Valencia 1

following a Ganso shot on 89 minutes.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

this is the title decider after all and Leicester have shown they definitely deserve the title with another top notch goal this time from the boot of Roman Pavlyuchenko who has wrapped things up at

Leicester 2 Tottenham 0

on 85 minutes.

I think that's the title sewn up. It's not mathematically certain as Spurs will be 5 points behind with 2 still to play, but it's all over bar the shouting. Good season for the foxes. What's the record points tally in a season Paul?. You said that no side had gone through a season unbeaten and after last weeks debacle at Wolves, I can't do that any more, but I wonder if there's a record points tally to be shot at?

so many games on a knife edge still as we enter the last few seconds...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Real Betis have done incredibly well so far this season and they continue to fight with the scoreline now reading

Real Betis 1 Valencia 1

following a Ganso shot on 89 minutes.

Oh we've woken up have we?

Cosmos 2 Kansas 1 Chevanton and how important could that be.

full time whistles are being blown as we speak and some games have gone into injury time...

but no more goals and it is all over for another week...

we'll get some reactions from manager's and be back in a bit with the roundup...

That last 2 minutes was horrible. Great week, wins for both sides and any win against Fulham is a hard fought victory!

Betis realistically now cant do any more than 3rd. Two defeats to the big boys away from home and a home draw, to Valencia just not good enough to compete at the very top. How we rue that away defeat to Celta Vigo in week 14. Still, we'll regroup, rebuild and we'll be back to challenge the establishment again next season. If we can finish the season with a couple of wins then we'll have ended within just a few points of the top two.
Leicester, Champions elect, although any less would have been abject failure in without doubt the worst championship in my memory. Need to remodel and add, without disrupting the apple cart or there could be a fair few lessons handed out next season by the big boys. However, next year, we finally get the level playing field in terms of TV money, so should be good fun trying to stay up.

Rich@Leicester wrote:

Betis realistically now cant do any more than 3rd. Two defeats to the big boys away from home and a home draw, to Valencia just not good enough to compete at the very top. How we rue that away defeat to Celta Vigo in week 14. Still, we'll regroup, rebuild and we'll be back to challenge the establishment again next season. If we can finish the season with a couple of wins then we'll have ended within just a few points of the top two.
Leicester, Champions elect, although any less would have been abject failure in without doubt the worst championship in my memory. Need to remodel and add, without disrupting the apple cart or there could be a fair few lessons handed out next season by the big boys. However, next year, we finally get the level playing field in terms of TV money, so should be good fun trying to stay up.

I still think Betis are my team of the season.

Just got to keep putting the pressure on Barca, it's theirs to lose but with only a couple of games left its looking like they can not fail to win,

thanks guys, roundup time and maybe a few more comments from the bosses...

Two 1-0 wins, will take that all day long.  Very tight race to the top, but a couple of teams effectively drop out this week.  Looks like it will be a fight between Plymouth, Birmingham and Charlton.

With Plymouth to play Newcastle and Arsenal both away from home, it will need some great performances to defend their title.  However, despite being third in the table, the title is actually in [email=Rich@ Birmingham's]Rich@ Birmingham's[/email] hands.  Win both and the title is theirs and with a game at home at Everton coming first, the odds have been dramatically reduced on them lifting the trophy!!

Tough game against Geoff next up for me, nothing less than a win will do, but couldn't have asked for a harder game against a resurgent City.

Exciting times for all concerned.  France remains as tight as can be with all top four teams winning, with a couple of points separating all four.

Big game coming up (just gone!) for Nantes against Mark in the Europa final.  Can the kids defend their title?  I certainly hope so, as the title seems to be difficult to get with a game against Ben's Lyon coming next

Boca 6 Lorenzo 0

Boca 52 +50 Champions or Argentina.
Argentinos 42
Gimnasia 42
Lorenzo 42

Corinthians 0 Gremio 2
Santos 5 Flamengo 1

Santos 49 Champions of Brazil ( I'm a happy chappy )
Flamengo 35

Shamrock 2 Bohemians 1
Cork 0 UCD 0
Shelbourne 0 Cherry 0

Bohemians 42 +19
UCD 36 +12
Cherry 35 +12

Birmingham 4 Fulham 3
Arsenal 0 Man United 0
Watford 0 Everton 0
Plymouth 4 Blackburn 0
Man City 1 Chelsea 0
Charlton 1 Newcastle 0

Charlton 39 +10
Plymouth 37 +18
Birmingham 36 +9
Fulham 35 +12
Arsenal 33 +15

a superb summary by Tom, thanks for that Tom, but i wouldn't count Fulham or Arsenal out just yet, although it does seem exceedingly tough for them now.

and Watford are desperate for points at the foot of the table

Watford 21 -13
Man Utd 20 -18
Everton 17 -14
Blackburn 7 -25

Palace 1 Boro 4
Leeds 0 Westham 0
Liverpool 2 Blackpool 1
Reading 0 Wolves 3
Leicester 2 Spurs 0
Villa 0 Bolton 1

Leicester 49 +26
Spurs 45 +29
Liverpool 36 +6
Reading 32 +1
Leeds 27 +2
Westham 27 +0
Wolves 27 -7
Blackpool 26 +3

playoffs far from decided with Wolves still in with a shout but Palace are relegated.

Forest 2 Luton 0
Wimbledon 3 Preston 1
Crewe 0 Soton 3

Soton 51 +40
Forest 50 +28
Wimbledon 45 +33

Southampton are promoted barring a disaster.

Truro 0 Banstead 2

Banstead 56 +40 Champions and second promotion in successive years.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Truro 0 Banstead 2

Banstead 56 +40 Champions and second promotion in successive years.

 Banstead/Santos League double.