Monday 16th November
19:45 Coleraine v Glenavon, IFA Premiership, Sky Sports 1 & HD1
Not much to talk about this week. The last knockings of World Cup qualifying is underway with
precious little local interest. So instead, Sky have wheeled out this rare gem from Northern
Ireland.
Tuesday 17th November
19:45 Northern Ireland v Czech Republic, U21 International , Sky Sports 1& HD1
This is a European Championship Qualifier.
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Monday 9th November
19:45 Barnsley v Sheffield Utd, Championship, Sky Sports 1/HD1
Start the week with a thundering Yorkshire derby if that's your pleasure. An Eee Ba Gum Classico if
you will. Both teams are two of six on 17 points making it tighter than a gnat's chuff in the
middle of the Championship.
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Monday 2 November
19.45 Sheffield Utd v Newcastle Utd, Championship, Sky Sports 1/HD1
The Blades are in an awful slump that could see them in big trouble if they don't snap out of it
quick. A last minute winner from Kevin Nolan ended Newcastle's own winless run last time out but
they can go back top with a win here.
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Another week, another World Cup tournament - this time FIFA's top competition for Under-17 players
currently going on in Nigeria until November 15th. As with the Under-20 World Cup, Eurosport UK are
covering the tournament so check their website for programme information. We'll pay closer
attention ourselves when it gets to the latter stages, but for now we're concentrating on.
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Monday 19th October
19:45 Leeds Utd v Norwich City, League One, Sky Sports 1/HD1Paul Lambert has settled the shredded nerves at Carrow Road and the Canaries are now unbeaten in
five games. A hot reception awaits them at Elland Road, though, and the best Norwich can hope for
is a point.
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Monday 12th October
19:45 Tranmere Rovers v Stockport County, League One, Sky Sports 1/HD1Rovers are now John Barnes-free after a pretty awful start to the campaign. County are only a few
places above them. Needless to say both teams are skint and don't have much to work with, squad
wise.
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Monday 5th October
15:30 Spain v Italy, FIFA U-20 World Cup Last 16, British Eurosport
19:00 Paraguay v South Korea, FIFA U-20 World Cup Last 16, British Eurosport 2
With another double-header of World Cup qualifiers on the horizon, we find ourselves staring into a
gaping void in the footballing calendar this week.
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(All times - UK)
Monday 28th September
20:00 Manchester City v West Ham Utd, Barclays Premier League, ESPN & HDOne of the games of the weekend. City are through to the next round of the Cup and will be anxious
to continue their programme for World Domination (local derbies not withstanding).
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Monday 21st September
19:45 Cliftonville v Linfield, IFA Premiership, Sky Sports 1
We start this week with another all-too-rare dipping of the toes into the world of Northern Irish
football. You have to go back almost exactly three years for the last time Cliftonville beat
Linfield in a league fixture and on current form fourth-placed Linfield should beat their opponents
three places below them again.
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Monday 14th September
19:45 MK Dons v Norwich City, League One Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports HD1
Another mammoth Midweek TV Preview begins with an England v Scotland clash - in managerial terms,
at least. Paul Ince's MK Dons and Paul Lambert's Norwich are enjoying similar form at the moment,
but Norwich need the points more after a poor start.
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Monday 7th September
17:00 Germany v Norway, UEFA Women's European Championship, British EurosportNorway lost 4-0 to the Germans earlier in this tournament. While a repeat scoreline is unlikely,
it's hard to see past Germany joining England in the Final.
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The more observant amongst you will notice that this week's Midweek TV Preview is unnaturally
short. We would like to point out that this is not because we forgot to write most of it - merely
that next weekend's World Cup qualifiers have resulted in most domestic football being put on the
back burner for a week.
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Monday 24th August
19:45 Norwich City v Sunderland, Carling Cup 2nd Round, Sky Sports 1 / Sky Sports HD1
A tale of two managers to begin with. After their catastrophic start to the season, Norwich have
replaced Bryan Gunn with Paul Lambert, the manager of the Colchester side that beat them 7-1 on the
opening day of the Championship season, and to good effect.
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Monday 17th August9:45 Dundee Utd v Hearts, Scottish Premier League, ESPNOnly Hamilton failed to score in the opening round of the SPL season. While the old firm tend to
operate in a league of their own, the rest of the league is set to be pretty finely balanced this
season.
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Monday 10 August
19.45 Darlington v Leeds Utd, Carling Cup 1st Round, Sky Sports 1/HD1
Leeds scored five at this stage of the competition last season and made it as far as the fourth
round. Darlington's journey ended in extra time at Watford in round two. Leeds didn't really
convince against newly-promoted Exeter at the weekend but did a lot better than Darlington who were
comfortably beaten by Aldershot.
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Wednesday 10th June
11:00 Australia v Bahrain, World Cup Qualifier, British Eurosport
Dead Rubber of the Week #1: As we'll be discussing shortly, Australia secured their place at the
2010 World Cup at the weekend following their goalless draw against Qatar.
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Monday 18 May
10:00 Netherlands v Germany, UEFA U17 European Championship Final, British Eurosport/HD
The thirteenth and final day of the Under-17 Euros sees the Dutch playing the hosts at the
Magdeburg Stadium. Both teams have already played each other once in First Round Group B, the
result being a 2-0 win for the Germans last Tuesday.
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(All times UK)
Monday 11 May
19:45 Sheffield United v Preston, Championship Play-off Semi-final 2nd Leg (1st leg 1-1), Sky
Sports 1 & HD1
A tense night is in store at Bramhall Lane. There are no away goals in the play-offs so advantage
for Preston. Advantage The Blades then?
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Monday 4 May
17.30 Histon v Torquay Utd, Blue Square Premier, Play-off Semi-final 2nd Leg (0-2), Setanta Sports
1
Histon will be hoping to repeat Cambridge's earlier heroics by turning over a two goal deficit.
Although they'll be hoping not wait until the final moments of extra time to do it.
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Monday 27th April
19:45 Norwich City v Reading, Championship, Sky Sports 1/HD1
"Where are you?" Delia Smith was once heard to ask. She may soon get the answer "in League One" if
things don't go Norwich's way. Here's the deal: The Canaries are in the relegation zone and need to
win this match to retain any slim chances of staying up, whereas Reading are in the play-off zone
and need to win to retain any slim chances of gaining automatic promotion (or avoid losing a
play-off spot).
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Monday 20th April
19:45 Burnley v Sheffield United, Championship, Sky Sports 1 / HD1
Had the Blades managed to beat ten man Forest at the weekend they would have been looking at this
game in hand to ease into second and a precious automatic promotion spot. Unfortunately for them,
they choked and could not score against the relegation threatened Forest.
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Tuesday 14 April
19.45 Bayern Munich v Barcelona, UEFA Champions League Quarter-final 2nd Leg (Agg 0-4), ITV4
If any game was going to have the greatest comeback of all time it would probably be this one. It
won't happen though, Bayern are just too frail at the back.
19.45 Chelsea v Liverpool, UEFA Champions League Quarter-final 2nd Leg (Agg 3-1), ITV1/HD
Rafa never has a problem with chucking the towel in if there are bigger fish to fry.
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Monday 6th April
19:45 Burton Albion v Torquay United, Blue Square Premier, Setanta Sports 1
Top-of-the-table Burton suffered a shock 4-0 defeat to Crawley Town on Saturday. Still, if you're
going to crash and burn, best do it when (a) you're nine points clear at the top, and (b) your
nearest rivals - Cambridge and Histon - lose at the same time.
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Tuesday 10 March
19:45 Bayern Munich v Sporting Lisbon, UEFA Champions League Last 16 2nd Leg, Sky Sports Xtra &
HD3
These days Bayern are more PT Barnham that FC Hollywood. If they were to throw away a 5 goal first
leg lead to Sporting this week its fair to say that Klinnsy will be up for a clean sweep at this
year's Comedy Awards, along with his cards presumably.
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Monday 2 March19.45 Histon v Cambridge Utd, Blue Square Premier, Setanta Sports 1Both teams sit a mile behind Burton in second and third spot. While level-on-points Histon have
three games in hand, Cambridge are on a good run and are looking to cement their position in the
play-off places.
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Monday 23rd February
19.45 Wycombe Wanderers v Rotherham United, League Two, Sky Sports 1 / HD1
Having seen Wycombe with mine own eyes last week (more of which soon), it's fair to say their 2nd
place in League Two at the moment is highly justified. A win in this (one of two matches they have
in hand) could see them go top of the table if they bang in five tonight, but Rotherham should be
good enough to prevent such an outcome.
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Monday 16 February
19:45 Arsenal v Cardiff City, FA Cup 4th Round Replay, Setanta Sports 1The big question being asked around the Emirates (apart from 'where is the falafel stand'?) is
'when will Eduardo return'? He's played for his country already. Surely the time has come to make
his triumphant return to the first team fold.
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Monday 9 February
19.45 Kidderminster v Cambridge United, Blue Square Premier, Setanta Sports 1
With Burton's lead in the Conference looking unassailable, the battle for the play-off spots is
where the action is. Three points separate the next seven teams, a group which includes
Kidderminster and Cambridge.
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Monday 2nd February
19:45 Bradford City v Darlington, League Two, Sky Sports 1 / HD1
Providing this match survives the pitch inspection, we start this week with an intriguing match
between two teams currently in the League 2 play-off spots. There's little to choose between both
sides and recent form suggests this could end up a draw.
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Monday
19:45 Burton Albion v Barrow, Blue Square Premier, Setanta Sports 1
Albion dropped points for the first time since October at the weekend. While hardly a chink in the
leader's armour, new boys Barrow will draw some encouragement for their trip to the Pirelli
Stadium.
Tuesday
20:00 Portsmouth v Aston Villa, Premier League, Sky Sports 2 and HD2
Portsmouth are in it right up to their necks as Gregory Peck might have said.
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Monday 19 January
19.45 Yeovil Town v Leicester City, League One, Sky Sports 1/HD1
A glance at the League table wouldn't fill home fans with confidence for this fixture, but I reckon
they could sneak a draw here. Leicester have been giving their best performances at the Walker's
Stadium this season while Yeovil have shared the points in half their home ties.
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Monday 12th January
19.45 MK Dons v Colchester United, League One, Sky Sports 1/HD1
Both teams are experiencing good form at the moment, particularly Roberto Di Matteo's Dons who look
like strong contenders for an automatic promotion place. Colchester lost 3-0 at home when these two
met earlier in the season, but expect a closer result this time following Paul Lambert's
introduction as U's manager.
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