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Paul Hemmings wrote:

Plymouth 3 Aston Villa 3 Ollie Watkins on 81 minutes as he proves himself too hot to handle again.
Newcastle 2 Charlton 3 Mohamed Salah......

Watford 3 Liverpool 2 James Maddison on 82 minutes, impressive again.

Tom@Charlton wrote:

City fans not even watching their own game anymore, all glued to their radios hoping for no more action from St James' Park!  

Title heading City's way as it stands....

Silence falls all around Maine Road as news filters through, now they are desperate for more goal action...Can Charlton hang on.....

Emelec 6 ( six ) Quito 0 Hamed Traore on 84 minutes.
Huddersfield 2 Swansea 1 Kieffer Moore.
Ajax 2 Alkmaar 1 Wout Weghorst.

I thought watching Liverpool's high line against City at the weekend was bad enough but this is unbearable!  Heading for heart failure at this rate.....

"City fans chanting Lucky Charlton" playing Newcastle same week as the League Cup Final...reports our roving reporter...

Hartlepool 2 Oldham 0 Vincent Janssen on 86 minutes.
Wolfsburg 8 ( eight ) Bremen 0 Adama Traore header.
Hannover 2 Hamburg 1 Michael Gregoritsch again.
Lazio 5 Cremonese 0 Sami Khedira.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

"City fans chanting Lucky Charlton" playing Newcastle same week as the League Cup Final...reports our roving reporter...

This isn’t lost on the Charlton manager, is the luck finally changing! 

Never been so glad to not be in the cup final!

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Plymouth 3 Aston Villa 3 Ollie Watkins on 81 minutes as he proves himself too hot to handle again.
Newcastle 2 Charlton 3 Mohamed Salah......

Can Plymouth muster one last chance! Great cup win but need to be following it up at home the same week!

Santos 2 Sao Paulo 0 Jose Zeca on 87 minutes.
Mousehole 0 Redruth 1 DJ Buffonge.
Hibs 6 Falkirk 5 Judson Do Bonfim header.

West Brom 2 Fulham 3 Jo on 88 minutes.
Hannover 3 Hamburg 1 Florian Grillitsch with his hatrick.

wow right at the death, have Inter saved themselves ?

Fiorentina 1 Inter Milan 1 Andrej Kramaric.

Atletico 7 ( seven ) Villareal 0 Joaquin Correa header on 89 minutes. They might be top.
Chicago 3 Tampa 1 Matheus Ribeiro.

Nantes 1 Etienne 2 Paulo Ganso putting on a real show in injury time.
Lyon 1 Marseille 2 Ishak Belfodil.
Brighton 1 Everton 0 Troy Deeney.

The ref blows the final whistle...

A thoroughly enjoyable turn

I'm going to start the roundup in Spain then take a short break before doing the other leagues...

Spain

Atletico 58 +72
Real Madrid 56 +82
Barcelona 52 +48 Current Champions
Valencia 49 +26

next week
Atletico vs Sevilla
Real Madrid vs Barcelona

talk about two exciting and immensely important games, just dont come any bigger for you guys...

And in Holland the crowd erupt - Twente have a historic treble! Monumental effort from a squad many tipped to be rank outsiders at the start of the season...

Atletico and Independiente find themselves one win from glory in both Spain and Argentina - benefiting from solid and settled tactics and sides for most of the season...

Plymouth still, in the league at least, seem to be having some hangover from the many changes made early-mid seasons with at least 3 different tactics used, though perhaps tiredness playing a bit of a part in the late goals. The manager though now sticking with FAS and a settled squad. 

A further DY and perhaps a World Class TM the only additions sought...

Though a further FA Cup win - defending the title from last year, combined with a CL SF place means all isn't lost - seems when the team are playing without any disruption handicaps they seem to be able to fire... lesson learnt - roll on next season.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Nantes 1 Etienne 2 Paulo Ganso putting on a real show in injury time.
Lyon 1 Marseille 2 Ishak Belfodil.
Brighton 1 Everton 0 Troy Deeney.

Players and manager have to take full responsibility for this one.  Not lost at home for a long time, but following the cup win and the managers eyes elsewhere, think events in France were mistakenly taken for granted.  Luckily, we have one more game to grab a point and secure the title hopefully.....

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Plymouth still, in the league at least, seem to be having some hangover from the many changes made early-mid seasons with at least 3 different tactics used, though perhaps tiredness playing a bit of a part in the late goals. The manager though now sticking with FAS and a settled squad. 

Fans remain to be convinced the tinkerman back this statement up.

France

Nantes 54 +57 current Champions
Etienne 52 +44
Paris 52 +38

Next week
Auxerre vs Nantes
Paris vs Etienne

Premiership

Man City 50 +21
Charlton 48 +26
Watford 41 +23 current Champions
Chelsea 40 +18
Arsenal 37 +8
Plymouth 32 +5

and at the bottom it's tight

Newcastle 19 -19
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Liverpool 18 -15
Birmingham 13 -16 relegated
Wednesday 4 -39 relegated ( hopefully Banstead will get more than 4 points next season...#nervous )

next week
Plymouth vs Man City
Charlton vs Chelsea
Newcastle vs Birmingham
Liverpool vs Arsenal

Championship

Banstead 49 +21 promoted
Palace 43 +18 promoted
Burnley 38 +11 on a great run having just beaten Norwich, Soton and Palace in the last 3 weeks.
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Soton 36 +10
Norwich 35 +7

next week
Burnley vs Tranmere
Soton vs Spurs
Norwich vs Brighton

Argentina

Independente 55 +73
Boca 54 +55
River Plate 50 +43
Argentinos 45 +31 current champions
Estudiantes 45 +27

next week
Estudiantes vs Independente
Boca vs Lanus

Tiredness cost the leaders Anderlecht big time this week as their paper thin squad was found wanting following a tough cup final and a league match against rivals Mechelen which ended in two defeats.

Belgium

Genk 58 +101 breaking all Belgium league records. current champions.
Anderlecht 57 +40
Mechelen 49 +31

next week
Liege vs Genk
Anderlecht vs Oostende

Brazil

Santos 56 +40 new CHAMPIONS with a game to spare
Botafogo 51 +55
Fluminense 45 +36
Vasco 39 +3
Flamengo 38 +20

Congratulations to Santos for a second title win here in Brazil.

Ecuador

Barselona 54 +34
Emelec 53 +41 current champions
Cuenca 41 +13

next week
Barselona vs Delfin
Ameriqua vs Emelec