Stoke got an unbeaten five match spree as they played out a hard fought draw with Sunderland. The 0-0 scoreline says nothing of the action that took place at Sunderland. The action packed match between the two medium placed teams in the Premier League table saw both creating their own chances but none materialising. Click to continue reading...

The transfer window closes on February 1st, 2010 and rumours are totally doing the rounds. While some rumours like the Ruud Van Nistelrooy move and the high profile Wayne Rooney transfer to Real Madrid have been put to rest, there have been newer ones. The Spurs already seem set to lose David Bentley and Jamie O [. Click to continue reading...

Wolves Reserves have not played a game since the last decade. They will travel to London tonight to play the Chelsea reserves. But don't think about going to watch, because no audience will be let in as the match is played at Cobham training grounds. The only experienced player will be Matt Hill, the Official Wolves [. Click to continue reading...

If the grapevine is to be believed then the Kops seem set to lose their Captain and mainstay Steven Gerrard owing to the string of bag performances by the team. Real Madrid seems to be the most likely club that Gerrard is eying for the Summers as he is hoping to be bid in the [...] Click to continue reading...

In a packed Saturday Premier League football evening, Liverpool will visit Stoke City and try to win back some respect. After a string of losses and being knocked out of FA Cup by Reading, The Reds are low on confidence but will still be the better side on paper. Though without Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres [. Click to continue reading...

As the transfer window opens two days later, Liverpool seems to be looking at all avenues to spike up their act. After reports that Emile Heskey and Kenwyne Jones are the transfers being sought out this season, Boss Rafael Benitez is now looking to get Real Madrid striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy on loan. Click to continue reading...

Sunderland was denied yet another victory last night as Marouane Fellaini helped Everton pick up their fourth draw on the trot during the ongoing Barclay's Premier League. The highly talented midfielder achieved this feat with five minutes left in the mach. The result was Black Cats were robbed of yet another victory adding to their [. Click to continue reading...

Last week Fernando Torres urged his Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez to make some quality buys during next months transfer window to spur their ailing team. Seems, Rafa took a cue and his wish list for the New Year includes Emile Heskey, Kenwyne Jones and Roque Santa Cruz. Liverpool will be bringing in two new players as [. Click to continue reading...

Simon Kuper and Stefan Syzmanski titled the American version of their new book Soccernomics (review is here), but their title for the release in the UK is Why England Lose. In the book, Kuper and Syzmanski identified the US as a rising power in soccer and England as a permanent disappointment to their rabid fans.

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It was a busy day with nine Premier League matches taking place throughout Saturday. Manchester United won their 8th match in the season against Blackburn Rovers and is now at the second spot in the league table with 25 points. It was a good first half with Manchester United waving most of the attacks, but Rovers [. Click to continue reading...

Controversies played a major part in the game, as Sunderland came off strong at the Stadium of Lights against a Liverpool side, which was without the services of Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres. It took the Black Cats only 5 minutes to grab the lead, as Darren Bent got the back of the Reds net, as [. Click to continue reading...

Patience is a virtue, and for two of the Premier League's best players, that patience has finally paid off. The crazy thing about it all? These two players are on the same team! And the lucky team is Sunderland.

It was just last season that Sunderland were in the heat of the relegation battle.

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.Manchester United continued to get results in the final moments of the game, as they overcame an inspired Sunderland unit to end the game 2-2 at Old Trafford. After a flawless game for Anton Ferdinand, the Black Cat Man was involved in an own goal when he deflected Patrice Evra's off-target shot into his own net. Click to continue reading...

Anton Ferdinand, Rio's younger brother, will be cursing himself as his own goal on the 92nd minute gifted Manchester United an undeserving equalizer and a share of the points in the process, as the Black Cats of Sunderland played more superior football than their counterparts in red, and in truth deserved to take all 3 [. Click to continue reading...

Given the title of this article, I could be about to tell you about how the strike duo of Darren Bent and Kenwyne Jones will be leading Sunderland to new heights in the Premier League this season, but we will save that for a later date. I'd rather make a bold statement and talk about the bottom of the table at the moment.

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With yet another exciting Premier League weekend in the books it's time to review this weekend's winners and losers.

Winners Robbie Keane

Robbie Keane emerges from this weekend as the biggest winner. The Tottenham striker has had a relatively quiet start to the season, oftentimes playing second fiddle to the red hot Jermain Defoe.

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This saturday we get in to the 5th gameweek in Fantasy Premier League. Two really interesting matches this week. Manchester City plays the host for Arsenal, and Tottenham and ManU go against each other in Tottenham's homefield. City - Arsenal will be especially interesting as the team with the least conceded goals ( Man City, 0) and the team that's scored most goals (Arsenal, 11 goals) compete which is more important, to score many goals or to concede little. Click to continue reading...

Again 90 minutes of each game has been kicked and it's time to see who did well in Premier League Fantasy Football this week. Overall there were few big surprises and a few little ones. Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham continue with their no points lost-campaign. Bolton, Blackburn, Portsmouth and Everton still stand at zero. Click to continue reading...

. A hard fought battle was witnessed at Sunderland as the hosts came from a goal down to beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1. Striker Kenwyne Jones was the star for Sunderland as he struck twice to seal the match for is team. Gael Givet had the score board ticking as he scored [...] Click to continue reading...

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For the second match in a row, Chelsea came back from a goal down to winning a match effectively in their outing at Sunderland. Winning 1-3 after Sunderland had scored to go ahead in the match was surely a second present for Carlo Ancelotti.

Darren Bent had put the hosts in the lead as he fired a shot from Kenwyne Jones past Petr Cech.

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Two draws in the last two games would have been enough to keep the Black Cats in the top flight, but some poor defending led to a loss that sees them desperately fighting for a place to remain in the top tier of English football.

The game at Fratton Park began with the hosts setting the pace of the game, and they came close to taking the lead on more than one occasion.

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It's time - yet again - for a whole team to get some recognition. All season long we haven't been seeing teams capitalize on opportunities presented to them. That all changed on Monday when the proverbial golden egg fell into Newcastle's lap, and they actually took advantage of it! With a late match on Monday night at home against fellow relegation candidates Middlesbrough, Newcastle was forced to sit tight and watch while the rest of the Premier League battled for position on the table.

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To Anfield, where football was not the most important thing on the agenda for once. Paying respect to those who sadly lost their lives in the Hillsborough disaster, 20 years ago this Wednesday, was at the forefront of everyone's mind. A minute‘s silence, impeccably observed. What followed was fitting; a comprehensive feast of flowing football saw Liverpool sweep Blackburn aside with ease.

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Ricky Sbragia must surely be thinking that he is living the life of luxury. Since taking over from Roy Keane, Sbragia has slowly been leading Sunderland from the bottom of the Premier League to the edge of the top half. Sunderland's 1-0 win against Fulham tonight propels them up to 11th in the table, and just five points away from a potential European spot. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham hope Kenwyne Jones can propel them up the table. Click to continue reading...