Manchester United and Liverpool will again battle it out for the third time this season with
United still reeling from their FA Cup exit to the Red's last month 2-1 at Anfield, however United
have only lost twice in 33 home games as you can read below in our match facts for todays Battle of
Britain.
There are empty seats at Wembley this evening. The FA's hyperbolic per-match ticket advertising
for this match may have made inferences to this being the match that everybody wants to see, but
the fact that the advertisements were on display anywhere at all told its own story. There are red
dots pock-marking the background at the national stadium this evening, betraying the feeling that
this match is more of a tussle than a battle of Britain.
England on the box tonight, then, eh? Wembley. The lads. Battle of Britain. Rooney.
Ramsey. Erm, did I mention the lads? Yes, well maybe nothing to get too enlivened about but
there'll at least be a couple of familiar phizogs under the lights this evening.
I put it to you that deadline-day recruit, Scott Parker, put in a tidy shift in Sofia.
Five goals away from home, five different scorers, clean sheet, no injuries (I think) and
run-outs for squad members and kids alike – long may this continue. It could be that Hearts are
actually awesome, and we are in fact better than Brazil 1970, but a win that comfortable inevitably
points to abysmal opposition.
The phrase "European competition" had a somewhat redundant feel to it this evening, after
Tottenham Hotpur cruised to a comfortable win against Heart of Midlothian at Tynecastle in a match
that felt at times like a training match for the visitors from the Premier League. It was a match
that might, under a certain light, have had the feel of a possible surprise on the cards.
Tottenham v Hearts, Celtic v Liverpool, Man United v Dundee United and other
Anglo-Scottish clashes
The Battle of Britain is on again
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The return of European football. Scotland expects.
The worst, usually.
Dundee United have already shuffled off, cramming a qualifying defeat into the SPL's
blink-and-you'll-miss-it summer holiday.
Three survive. Rangers reward for not winning their Champions League qualifier is a shot at the
Europa League if they can negotiate past Slovenia's NK Maribor in the play off round.
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August, 2011 produced its own little version of the Battle of Britain as Hearts of Midlothian were
drawn against Tottenham Hotspur.
Arsenal's inability to beat Aston Villa at the weekend, combined with Man City's win over Stoke
last night, means that Arsenal will in all likelihood finish up in the fourth place in the league.
This means the Gunners will have to play a Champions League play-off game either side of the second
weekend of the Premier League campaign.
Arsenal's inability to beat Aston Villa at the weekend, combined with Man City's win over Stoke
last night, means that Arsenal will in all likelihood finish up in the fourth place in the league.
This means the Gunners will have to play a Champions League play-off game either side of the second
weekend of the Premier League campaign.
