We've got it straight from the biscuit tin - the shortlist of managers West Ham's owners are considering and the man who is odds-on favourite to manage the Hammers, at least in September 2008. But first, the candidates: West Ham's Final Five 1. Roberto Mancini: Popular choice amongst the fans, can't speak English (or Icelandic for that matter) [. Click to continue reading...

So, the transfer deadline (August 31) has passed and the football market is now closed. Closed? Not quite. Indeed, while transfers from one club to another will have to wait until January to resume, teams may still sign players as free agents (and that until March 31, 2009). So, inspired from this Top 11 Serie A [. Click to continue reading...

Few noticed last week when Juande Ramos called for a shortening of the transfer window, but the nuclear fallout from Monday's race to the finish seems to support his argument. Prior to Monday, Robinho had been settling in nicely at for another season at Real Madrid, Kevin Keegan was sorting out his first proper [. Click to continue reading...

The Premiership woke up this morning to a lot of excitement. Everton fans were celebrating breaking their transfer record, West Ham fans were incredulous that they had sold half their defence without replacing them, Liverpool fans were "overjoyed" at signing two foreign 18 year olds to add to their increasing collection of foreign 18 year olds, [. Click to continue reading...

Looking at the Premier League table, you might be forgiven for assuming that Bolton Wanderers have got off to a decent start this season. Indeed, if they hadn't missed from the penalty spot at St James' Park ten days ago, they could have seven points to show from their first ... Click to continue reading...

As in the first two weekends of the Premier League season, there's another two incidents that have come under the spotlight of the Right Result. West Ham United and Blackburn Rovers had featured in the first fortnight's judgments and their meeting at Upton Park alerted the RR panel. Especially to the frustration of Rovers manager Paul Ince, [. Click to continue reading...

We could have done a lot worse, a loss would not have helped our cause. But the game against West-Brom yesterday which ended in an extremely boring 0-0 showed just how badly we need balls in the back of the net. The trotters were par with WBA in just about every category.

This brings me to a slightly more optimistic bit of news.

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Bolton Wanderers have signed three-times Polish player of the year Ebi Smolarek on a season long loan from Racing Santander, with an option to purchase the player at the end of the deal. Smolarek is a 27 year old Polish international striker, having played 34 times for his country, although he failed to score at [. Click to continue reading...

Some of the biggest storylines from the opening two weeks of the new Premier League season have been the surprising displays by Hull, Stoke, Middlesbrough and Newcastle. All four teams are playing today in matches that will show whether their results from the first two weeks were a flash in the pan or not. Click to continue reading...

Week 3 : EPL Season 2008/2009: Bolton Wanders are meeting West Bromwich Albion in the third round of the Premier League Saturday the 30th og August. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today  Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here at footiedb.com Click to continue reading...

Well, I did get a couple of things right last week, like Daniel Sturridge scoring for Man City. But overall, not so good. Arsenal to beat Fulham? You'd think so, but no. But maybe third time's the charm. Here are my predictions for week three in the Premier League. Saturday Bolton 1-1 West Bromwich Albion A win over Stoke [. Click to continue reading...

Can we not talk about last week's predictions please? Well I guess you want to laugh at me with the same intensity I kicked my own backside. Only five predictions correct (eleven of twenty so far this season), missed the banker entirely (one for two on banker predictions). The only two solaces I had was [. Click to continue reading...

Can we not talk about last week's predictions please? Well I guess you want to laugh at me with the same intensity I kicked my own backside. Only five predictions correct (eleven of twenty so far this season), missed the banker entirely (one for two on banker predictions). The only two solaces I had was [. Click to continue reading...

Third Half Chat times this weekend:

Saturday from 9:30 and 7:25 pm.

Sunday from 8:15 am.

As I forgot to mention the full match review games on this week's show, here they are. Middlesbrough v Stoke City (The Gods must not like me at the moment with Stoke City) and Sunderland v Manchester City.

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I've never really understood the need for foreign travel. It makes no sense to leave a perfectly good country for a significantly poorer one; although this is never a real problem for the Welsh. When I have capitulated to convention, I have found the experience quite pleasurable. I particularly enjoyed my timeshare in an [. Click to continue reading...

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BBC - Bristol City manager Gary Johnson told BBC Radio Bristol:
"QPR have some good players. In possession they are very good - especially three or four of the foreign lads - but we are a good team in possession too."
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It's the end of August. This means, of course, that it's time for our annual dissection of what is wrong with the League Cup. This year's Second Round has already been played, and it has already provided a couple of surprises, including Northampton Town beating Bolton Wanderers and Rotherham United knocking out Wolverhampton Wanderers on [. Click to continue reading...

Can't deny it for much longer. Two bad losses, one was a missed penalty at the Toon and the other was a 2-1 loss to a lowly Northampton. It looked so positive last week but these losses are making us look like Bolton of last year. I just want Jimmy Bullard and a bolstered midfield. I'm sorry that I haven't been writing but these games rarely come on over here.

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Who would win the Premier League? The Champions League? The FA Cup? Would Manchester United and Chelsea still fight for the title? Will Arsenal and Liverpool be dumped out of Europe by Villa, Everton and Tottenham? Which is the best kit in England? in Europe? Oliver Fowler finds out... Scotland Champions & FA Cup - Partick Thistle The two colours [. Click to continue reading...

Long gone are the days where Bolton were a side who struck fear into many of the Premier League's greatest sides. Under Sam Allardyce, the rough side from northern England used to put up a fight 38+ games each season - no matter who the opponent was. The side was one that went to war [...] Click to continue reading...

KEVIN Keegan makes three changes from the side which beat Bolton Wanderers 1-0 at St.James' Park on Saturday. Jose Enrique and Sebastien Bassong both make their season debuts, with Seb making his official debut tonight, and Geremi as expected remains in the team as a starter. Making way from Saturday are center-back Steven Taylor, who is [. Click to continue reading...

Admit it. There are some players in the Premier League who get under your skin. The type of players you love to hate. But who are they and why do you hate them so much? Names of players who often get fans irate include: Ashley Cole (Chelsea) John Terry (Chelsea) Frank Lampard (Chelsea) El Hadji Diouf (Sunderland) Lee Bowyer (West Ham [. Click to continue reading...

23/08/2008

Blackburn Rovers - Hull City 1 - 1
Liverpool - Middlesborugh 2 - 1
Newcastle - Bolton Wanderers 1 - 0
Stoke City - Aston Villa 3 - 2
Tottenham - Sunderland 1 - 2
West Bromwich Albion - Everton 1 - 2
Fulham - Arsenal 1 - 0

24/08/2008

Wigan Athletic - Chelsea 0 - 1
Manchester City - West Ham 3 - 0

25/08/2008

Portsmouth - Manchester United 0 - 1

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After the second weekend of the new season, there's only one Premier League team left with a 100% record, according to the Right Result. Chelsea miss out on the chance of joining Liverpool on two wins out of two as Blues keeper Petr Cech's blatant push on Emmerson Boyce at a first-half corner should have earned [. Click to continue reading...

Kevin Keegan was happy to take all three points on Saturday against a tough Bolton Wanderers side, and he is also delighted at the way his two Argentine players have settled so quickly into the Newcastle setup. Jonas Gutierrez and Fabricio Coloccini - settled so quickly Kevin Keegan talked today about Jonas Gutierrez first: "I've never known a [. Click to continue reading...