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Brazil

Vasco 33 +20
Fluminense 32 +21
Santos 31 +12
Botafogo 29 +19 Champions
Cruzeiro 27 +10
Flamengo 26 +14

Santos held at Sao Paulo means Vasco go back to the top and eight goals for Flu didn't do them any harm either, neither did three more points for current champs Botafogo who are still right in the mix, more twists and turns to come here for sure...

Wellllll. Both Villa and Lazio went up 1-0, down 2-1 and drew 2-2. Not bad results for either, though (shock of shocks) Ruz apear to have lost for the first time in two seasons 

Eire

Derry 37 +25
Shamrock 35 +15
Cherry 33 +29 Champions
Cork City 29 +19

Derry holding on tightly to top spot thanks in the main to their double victories over current Champions Cherry and boss Youngers ability to get what is an average side on paper playing remarkably consistently...

Premiership

Watford 35 +24 Champions
Arsenal 31 +7
Chelsea 27 +9
Charlton 27 +7

Watford's superb home form keeps the Champions on course for their third title on the bounce but they did ride their luck this week with two penalties helping them beat Liverpool.

Championship

Birmingham 36 +15
Spurs 25 +5
Burnley 24 +3
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Newcastle 24 +3
Wednesday 24 +0
Wolves 23 +8
Leicester 21 +0

The Tottenham resurgence continues with Leroy Sane beginning to hit top form but Birmingham maintain their perfect home record to stay well clear, been a few long seasons for Birmingham fans not since the heady days of yesteryear have they had so much to cheer about.

France

Nantes 42 +39 Champions
Monaco 36 +12
Marseille 35 +20
Paris 27 +9

When it's right it's just right...

Germany

Schalke 39 +33
Bayern 27 +8 Champions
Stuttgart 26 +5
Gladbach 26 +4

Hard to see anybody catching Schalke following Bayerns defeat this week.

Holland

Rotterdam 40 +30
Ajax 39 +41
Twente 39 +33
PSV 38 +38
Feyenoord 33 +17

So tight, a couple of bad results and you could be out of it...

Belgium

Genk 45 +46
Liege 39 +37
Mechelen 37 +29
Anderlecht 36 +40

Genk remain perfect with fifteen wins from fifteen games but it was very tough this week as they overcame a much improved Mechelen side on their own patch...

Italy

Inter Milan 36 +18
Juventus 35 +27
AC Milan 35 +21
Lazio 27 +9 Champions
Cagliari 27 +8
Roma 27 +7

Inter held at Lazio which allowed Juve and AC to make up ground and with just one point separating the top three sides it's mightily close, with Champions Lazio yet to hit top form, the next seven games should be very interesting...

Extremely pleased with this weeks results 4 wins out of 4 for my teams! 

Most impressed would be Botafogo who have by there own standards had a less then great campaign! With Mahrez also injured this week feared would struggle to get a result vs Flamengo but 1-0 gets the points! As for Genk delighted to win 15 straight league games and Hlozek being key to them which is a pleasant suprise..... be interesting to see where Neymar fits in when he returns..... 

Well done to everyone this week, fingers crossed for International Games 

Scotland

Motherwell 31 +11
Hibs 30 +10
Celtic 29 +16 
Aberdeen 27 +2 Champions
Falkirk 25 +5

Another away defeat for the leaders allowed Hibs to step closer after the bad weather resulted in plenty of draws this week and a home draw for the Champions didn't do them any favors...

Slovakia

Ruzomberok 40 +58 
Slovan 37 +31
Kosice 33 +23
Bratislava 33 +16
Zilina 31 +15

Ruz not their usual powerhouse this season it would seem but still more than capable of winning it all...

Spain

Barcelona 38 +22 Champions
Atletico 35 +28
Real 34 +32
Betis 30 +23
Valencia 26 +9

Great performance at Sevilla this week by the Champions maintains that three point gap, fans will be hoping they can keep it up as they look over their shoulder at the chasing pack...

MLS

Chicago 39 +47
Cosmos 36 +24 Champions
Kansas 33 +20
Harrisburg 31 +25
NewYork 31 +17

The chasing pack is slowly slipping further back from the leaders although Chicago have almost completed their home schedule already and have some tough away games coming up in the last seven games of an exciting season...

Gold Cup semi-final results

Sweden 4 Denmark 3
Greece 0 Colombia 3

World Youth Cup semi-final results

Scotland 1 Germany 2
England 3 Brazil 2

World Cup semi-final results

France 0 Belgium 3
Croatia 2 England 5

Transfers now...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

World Cup semi-final results

France 0 Belgium 3
Croatia 2 England 5

Well that went well for France... oh well

Paul Hemmings wrote:

World Youth Cup semi-final results

Scotland 1 Germany 2
England 3 Brazil 2

Extremely good crop of English u21 this year... 

TAA, Sancho, Foden, Rice, Greenwood, Husdon-Odoi

Pleased for the lads to make the final!

Paul Hemmings wrote:

World Cup semi-final results

France 0 Belgium 3
Croatia 2 England 5

Convincing win for the England team!! 2nd time in the final I believe for the Three Lions since my switch from Portugal! 

Looking forward to playing the Red Devils in the final!

Jonathan Leko joins Birmingham for £40millions whilst Stevan Jovetic who has been in fine form for the Blues in their rush to the top of the Championship joins West Brom on a free.
Changes at Parma as Wellington Silva, Bernardeschi and Verra all come in following a swap deal that saw Nicolo Barella leave for Independente and Thiago Maia move the other way.
Plymouth were also busy as they let Loftus-Cheek join high flying Arsenal in exchange for the much sought after Emile Smith-Rowe, he'll join Yves Bissouma and Omar Richards at Home Park.
Fulham were also busy bringing in Jay Spearing and Lee Molyneaux.
David Silva is recalled from his loan spell at Banstead to help cope with Man City's growing injury list.

As usual all the transferrs are detailed on the TP special action...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

World Youth Cup semi-final results

Scotland 1 Germany 2
England 3 Brazil 2

Was always going to be a close game this one. Whilst Brazil have an excellent crop of top young attacking talent the defensive side was always going to struggle against such a well rounded squad such as England. 

All the best for the rest of the tournament to both teams

Chaps - anyone up for a zoom call tonight? Ben and I are in.

Coaching and finances are finished, printing in the morning and then I'll send out the turns later on Thursday, thanks for your company today...