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Eire

Bohemians 34 +16
Shamrock 31 +6
UCD 27 +4

with Cherry just 5 points above the drop zone, having won only 5 games all season.

Championship

Man United 39 +15
Everton 34 +12
Blackburn 31 +6
Hull 30 +4

League One saw Soton out of the bottom three for the first time in ages but Palace are still deep in the mire.

Coventry 25 +3
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Norwich 23 +1
Soton 22 -2
Villa 22 -5
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Portsmouth 21 +1
Palace 13 -13
Sheff Utd 13 -15

Non-League Isthmian

Banstead 54 +48
Lincoln 44 +27
MK Dons 35 +3
Hyde 32 +7

crucial 3 points this week for my side against second placed Lincoln.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Premiership

Birmingham 0 Plymouth 2
Leicester 1 Chelsea 0
Fulham 0 Newcastle 1
Watford 1 Charlton 1
Spurs 1 Man City 1
Arsenal 1 Liverpool 3

Plymouth 41 +18
Charlton 39 +20
Watford 35 +12
Man City 29 +10
Birmingham 28 +7
Fulham 27 +7
Liverpool 25 -1
Spurs 21 -5
Chelsea 20 -10
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Arsenal 16 -11      max 28 points
Leicester 13 -21    max 25 points
Newcastle 11 -26   max 23 points

so an excellent week for new leaders Plymouth as they leap frog over Charlton to regain top spot, and maybe a missed chance by City to cement fourth place.

So close at the top. Great result away at Birmingham and great to see Lyon winning - not quite sure what is up with them this season though!

France

Nantes 49 +57
Lille 40 +34
Paris 36 +13
Lyon 32 +21
Monaco 30 +8
Etienne 29 +7

cant see on fire Nantes giving up a nine point lead here with so many star players on top form right now, they certainly don't rely on just one player to make them tick.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Premiership

Birmingham 0 Plymouth 2
Leicester 1 Chelsea 0
Fulham 0 Newcastle 1
Watford 1 Charlton 1
Spurs 1 Man City 1
Arsenal 1 Liverpool 3

Plymouth 41 +18
Charlton 39 +20
Watford 35 +12
Man City 29 +10
Birmingham 28 +7
Fulham 27 +7
Liverpool 25 -1
Spurs 21 -5
Chelsea 20 -10
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Arsenal 16 -11      max 28 points
Leicester 13 -21    max 25 points
Newcastle 11 -26   max 23 points

so an excellent week for new leaders Plymouth as they leap frog over Charlton to regain top spot, and maybe a missed chance by City to cement fourth place.

Really interesting battle. Great win for Plymouth to go top but Tom's Charlton still hanging in there.

Bundesliga

Bayern 52 +35 CHAMPIONS
Schalke 36 +24
Hamburg 36 +21
Berlin 36 +17
Gladbach 35 +19

it's a close race for second.

Eredivisie

Ajax 44 +24
Feyenoord 36 +26
PSV 35 +15
Heerenveen 34 +11

unmanaged Feyenoord start their slide it would seem.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Bundesliga

Bayern 52 +35 CHAMPIONS
Schalke 36 +24
Hamburg 36 +21
Berlin 36 +17
Gladbach 35 +19

it's a close race for second.

Wow!

Serie A

confirmation that Inter are now top...

Inter 43 +49
Roma 43 +31
Milan 30 +5
Parma 29 +2
Ancona 28 +5
Juventus 28 +0
Napoli 27 -1
Cagliari 26 +0

Russia

Spartak 45 +22
CSKA 36 +25 max 48 points
Lokomotiv 34 +10
Dinamo 34 +8

not looking good for CSKA despite a fine win this week

Scotland

Inverness 37 +15
Rangers 29 +9 max 41 points
Celtic 28 +6
Aberdeen 28 +6
St Johnstone 24 +2

quite happy with my first season in Scotland's top flight so far, long way to go to catch up though.

La Liga

Barcelona 47 +41
Real 46 +47
Betis 35 +30
Bilbao 33 +8
Valencia 32 +16

whilst Sevilla are now 5 points above the drop zone and looking good for survival in the top flight.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Serie A

confirmation that Inter are now top...

Inter 43 +49
Roma 43 +31
Milan 30 +5
Parma 29 +2
Ancona 28 +5
Juventus 28 +0
Napoli 27 -1
Cagliari 26 +0

After a dreadful start (tactical disaster by the manager) Inter go top for the first time this season. Hopefully the De Rossi signing was a master stroke.

MLS

Galaxy 35 +11
Miami 32 +14
Chicago 29 +10
Dallas 26 -1
Cosmos 25 +4 max points 37

very nearly over for the Cosmos as their miserbale season continues.

so that's it for the league games this week, but don't go anywhere because we have live coverage of the World Cup final coming up in just a few minutes...

Argentina versus Italy live from The Maracana...

Martin Tyler and Ryan Giggs are our commentators today in front of a packed house here full tot he brim with Argentine supporters mostly...

Carlos Tevez will likely be Argentina's starman today, although they do have plenty of stars, whilst Italy are more workmanlike one would say...

And the teams are out and the whistle is blown...

Tevez sets up the first attack of the game but it is broken up by De Rossi...

a Marchisio freekick is gathered by Romero...

Di Maria is robbed by De Sciglio...

The Argentines are putting themselves about abit and another Marchisio freekick is well saved by Romero...

De Rossi continues to shine as he robs Zabaleta...

Why have I got Marchisio taking free kicks?? Oh dear. Prandelli-esque.