Season 29 Week 17 processing...

Villa 1 Watford 3 Kane on 80 minutes.

Santos 2 Botafogo 2 Robinho on 81 minutes.
Stoke 2 Leicester 2 Vardy.
Cagliari 0 Lazio 3 Thiago Alcantara.
Parma 2 Napoli 1 Hamsik pulls one back.

Man City 3 Arsenal 3 Denilson on 82 minutes may have ended his ex-teammates title hopes ?
Palace 5 ( five ) Fulham 1 Rondon.
Man United 2 Charlton 3 Danilo header, its all happening in this game.
Ipswich 2 Wimbledon 1 Klaassen.
Leeds 3 Banstead 2 Ryan Mason.

Norwich 2 Everton 2 Snodgrass header on 83 minutes.
Lens 1 Nantes 2 Koita header pulls one back.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Man City 3 Arsenal 3 Denilson on 82 minutes may have ended his ex-teammates title hopes ?
Palace 5 ( five ) Fulham 1 Rondon.
Man United 2 Charlton 3 Danilo header, its all happening in this game.
Ipswich 2 Wimbledon 1 Klaassen.
Leeds 3 Banstead 2 Ryan Mason.

Get in!!! Delighted to be on the right end of a late goal for once!!  Although with my track record there is far too much time left for my liking....

Santos 2 Botafogo 3 Hulk on 85 minutes signalling a big shift in power maybe ?
Wolves 3 Chelsea 4 Willian.
Celtic 3 Rangers 0 Necid freekick.

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Norwich 2 Everton 2 Snodgrass header on 83 minutes.
Lens 1 Nantes 2 Koita header pulls one back.

Read that as Keita   

I know he isn't in the first 11 but.....

Newcastle 3 Plymouth 3 Aubameyang on 87 minutes.
Sparta Prague 4 Ruzomberok 1 Dockal header.

Independente 0 Argentinos 1 Flora on 89 minutes.

The ref brings the games to a close and the round up will follow shortly...

Argentina

River Plate 45 +29
Estudiantes 38 +29
Argentinos 38 +18 Champions

River Plate maintaining their lead as we enter the last five games of the season...but only just...

Brazil

Fluminense 44 +36
Santos 36 +13 Champions
Botafogo 34 +16
Flamengo 30 +11
Corinthians 29 +10
Sao Paulo 27 +4

Another defeat for Santos probably means the end of their title challenge...

Ireland

Cherry 42 +23 Champions
Crusaders 36 +27
Coleraine 31 +16
Bohemians 31 +14
Derry 29 +12

Six defeats this season for Bohemians has handed the title to Cherry for another year ?

Premiership

Watford 38 +25
Charlton 35 +10
Man City 31 +16
Newcastle 24 -2

Looks like a two horse race now after City dropped more points...

Championship...whose coming up automatically ?

Spurs 43 +38
Chelsea 36 +28
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Westham 34 +16

It's between these three London clubs with Spurs being nailed on favorites. Can't remember the last time the Hammers were in the top flight so a really good effort from them so far...

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Premiership

Watford 38 +25
Charlton 35 +10
Man City 31 +16
Newcastle 24 -2

Looks like a two horse race now after City dropped more points...

 

I thought I was dead and buried a few weeks ago!!  Shows how quickly things can change...

France

Nantes 49 +48 Champions
Paris 42 +27
Monaco 37 +30

Another title triumph looks to be heading the way of Nantes...

Bundesliga

Schalke 51 +38 Champions
Gladbach 38 +25
Bayern 33 +24
Cologne 33 +5

Fifteen points left and Schalke have a thirteen point lead with five games to play...can they go all season with nothing by wins ? never been done before...

Dutch

Genk 49 +36
Mechelen 34 +19
Liege 34 +5
Ajax 31 +18 Champions
Rotterdam 31 +14
PSV 29 +7

Genk could be crowned Champions next week after a superb season...

Serie A

Ancona 41 +26
AC Milan 40 +28
Lazio 36 +28
Inter Milan 34 +7 Champions

Still too close to call with both Ancona and Milan bang on form, will go to the last game I expect...

Scotland

Celtic 43 +31 Champions
St Johnstone 41 +24
Rangers 33 +19

A bad slip by the Saints this week after doing so well last week puts them on the back foot...

Spain

Barcelona 49 +50
Real Madrid 43 +31
Zaragoza 33 +17
Betis 32 +15
Valencia 31 +11 Champions
Atletico Madrid 30 +10

Barcelona march on to yet another title after missing out to Valencia last year...

MLS

Chicago 43 +22
Cosmos 41 +33
Harrisburg 40 +23 Champions
Tampa 38 +23

The Champions slipped up this week and fell away slightly and controversy at Chicago as Cosmos accuse them of collusion to rig the results of the Tampa Chicago game from week 15 which Chicago won by two goals to one...an investigation is underway...

Now for this week's Cup Quarter-Final results, played late last night...

Copa Brazileiro

Fluminense 3 Sao Paulo 2
Vasco 2 Corinthians 3
Botafogo 4 Flamengo 2
Santos 3 Internacional 1

That's some tough semi-final opponents with all the sides in the top five...

FA Cup Quarter-Final results

Charlton 3 Everton 2
Man City 3 Fulham 2
Villa 3 Tranmere 2
Plymouth 2 Spurs 0

Semi-final draw is next week...all games over one leg on a neutral ground...