It looked like it might be a quiet day at the office for Manchester City didn't it? After the Big Brotheresque saga of Roque Santa Cruz's drawn out switch to Eastlands from Blackburn, it looked like Mark Hughes and his henchmen might just have a few days to contemplate their next move. And refill their briefcases with cold hard cash.

Match Reports

You will need these for later:

Arsenal 4-4 Spuds

City 3-0 Arsenal

Villa 2-2 Arsenal

Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal

Arsenal 1-4 Chelsea

Fener 2-5 Arsenal

Arsenal 0-2 Villa

Burnley 2-0 Arsenal

Porto 2-0 Arsenal

Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea

Every one of those matches in which Arsenal have conceded 2 or more goals have one thing in common, do you know what that is?

They Think It's All Over... begins its Premier League Preview with a detailed look at Arsenal, Villa, Birmingham, Blackburn and Bolton.

(this looks like it's going to be my annual 'mulligan' game will fill in more details when I've seen more highlights)

When the league fixtures came out a few hearts sank. The early going looked difficult, with Chelsea, Arsenal, Villa, Everton, Liverpool and Man City to be negotiated in the first ten games.

Middlesbrough All But Relegated

While many were watching Manchester United claim their 18th league title, a few others saw Middlesbrough's status in the Premier League all but over.

36 games into the league with 31 points, Aston Villa faced Middlesbrough at 'Boro's stadium, with disgruntled fan support and terrible home form, surprisingly, Middlesbrough started brightly against Aston Villa, 60 seconds inside the game Middlesbrough almost scored when Stewart Downing's cross was turned behind by Gareth Barry.

Manchester United have been drawn at home against Kettering or Leeds!

More to follow...

Spurs vs Peterborough
Brentford vs Doncaster
Boro vs City
Stoke vs York
Notts County vs Forest Green Rovers
Huddersfield vs West Brom
Sheffield United vs QPR
MK Dons vs Burnley
Chelsea vs Watford
Nottingham Forest vs Birmingham
Preston vs Colchester
West Ham vs Arsenal
Villa vs Blackburn
Pompey vs Coventry
Sunderland vs Oxford United/Barrow
Wigan vs Hull
Everton vs Carlisle
Sheffield Wednesday vs Crystal Palace
Tranmere/Aldershot vs Wolves
Blackpool vs Ipswich
Fulham vs Swindon
Stockport/Torquay vs Brighton
Scunthorpe vs Barnsley
Southampton vs Rotherham/Luton
Bristol City vs Cardiff
Reading vs Liverpool
Staines Town/Millwall vs Derby
Plymouth vs Newcastle
Leicester vs Swansea
Bolton/ vs Lincoln
Accrington/Barnet vs Gillingham
United vs Kettering/Leeds

Ideas for Christmas

"FA Cup Third Round: United At Home Against.

Manchester United managed to close the gap on Chelsea by just two points as they defeated Hull city 1-3 in a Premier League match on Sunday evening. With this win, the table seemed to heat up a bit and the pressure on leaders Chelsea will mount. Add to this, the Arsenal victory over Aston Villa [...]