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作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-13 14:05     標題: Review of Eng Championship League

Season will end soon.
Championship League is in Round 42. (total 46 round)
Here is the Standing (as of 11 Apr 2009) of top 8 teams
Note - some play one game less.
                          P            Pts
Wolves             42           80
Birmingham     42           76
    --------------------------  (direct promotion line)
Sheff Utd          42           75
Cardiff              41           70
Reading           41           69
Burnley             42            69
    ------------------------------ (Place-off line)
Swansea         42            62
Preston            42            62

Promotion -- Top 2 teams promoted direct.
  Promotion Play-off btw Third, Fourth, Fifth, and
  Sixth-placed teams for a promotion spot.

1. It seems Wolves are on course for a direct
  promotion spot.
2. Birmingham and Sheff Utd are fighting for
  the other direct promotion spot.
3. Swansea and Preston may not be able to
  catch the sixth-placed team unless some
disasters happen to Reading or Burnley.
  Swansea or Preston win their remaining matches
  may be able to catch them. This is very remote
  and unlikely to happen.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-13 14:22

Here is the other end of the League Table.
The relegation battle of Championship League.

                          P              Pts
Plymouth          42             49
Barnsley           41             46
Notts Forest    42              45
     ---------------------  (Relegation line)
Norwich           42              43
Southampton  42              41
Charlton           41             33

1. It seems Charlton are doomed. See you next
   season in League One.
2. Southampton, Norwich, Notts Forest  and
  Barnsley are fighting to get out of the
  remaining 2  relegation spots.
作者: bluemandanny    時間: 2009-4-13 14:26

原帖由 Thunderball 於 2009-4-13 02:22 PM 發表
Here is the other end of the League Table.
The relegation battle of Championship League.

                          P              Pts
Plymouth          42             49
Barnsley           41         ...

查爾頓上半季好似仲好地地嫁喎
作者: XABI    時間: 2009-4-13 14:27

聖人同查爾頓齊齊護級
頭果2隊升降機黎
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-13 14:36

Here are the fixtures of Championship League today
(13 Apr 2009) -- Only those involved in Promotion
  and Relegation battles are listed below.

Barnsley vs Swansea
Birmingham vs Plymouth

Blackpool vs Reading
Cardiff vs Burnley
Coventry vs Charlton
Derby vs Wolves
Sheff Utd vs Notts Forest
Southampton vs Crystal Palace
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-13 15:07

One more thing.
The parent holding company of Southampton went
  into administration about 2 weeks ago.
The Football League is investigating this matter
  and decide whether to deduct 10pts
  from Southampton.
If Southampton are to deduct 10pts, they will not
stand any chance in the relegation battle.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-14 11:37

Here are the results of last night games.
Barnsley 1-3 Swansea
Birmingham 1-1 Plymouth
Blackpool 2-2 Reading
Cardiff 3-1 Burnley
Derby 2-3 Wolves
Doncaster 0-2 Preston
Norwich 2-0 Watford
Sheff Utd 0-0 Notts F
Southampton 1-0 Crystal P
Coventry 0-0 Charlton

Standings
                              P            Pts
Wolves                43           83
Birmingham      43            77
    ---------------------   (Direct Promotion line)
Sheff Utd            43            76
Cardiff                 42            73
Reading              42            70
Burnley               43            69
     ---------------------  (Promotion Play-off line)
Swansea             43            65
Preston              43             65

Not much change. It is certain Wolves are
  one of the two teams in direct promotion.
  Wolves need 3 more pts to make certain
  they are the Champion.
作者: 水藍    時間: 2009-4-14 13:13

Charlton 跌到落英甲....
作者: PentiumD805    時間: 2009-4-14 13:22

Norwich
Southampton
Charlton
呢三隊都曾經係英超風光過
其中一隊Norwich仲要英超第三,歐協盃踢走拜仁
點解搞到今時今日咁

[ 本帖最後由 PentiumD805 於 2009-4-14 13:24 編輯 ]
作者: PentiumD805    時間: 2009-4-14 13:23

盧頓降班英非聯...
Luton lose Football League status  
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_3/7979729.stm
作者: PentiumD805    時間: 2009-4-14 13:26

嚇死...原來樓主部份資料Outdate
20        Norwich 46
21        Barnsley 46
22        Nottm Forest 46
23        Southampton 44
24        Charlton 34
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-14 17:35

The other end of the table (as of 4/13).
Pls note the date (because there are 2 rounds
  of games 4/11 & 4/13).
                           P               Pts
Derby                42             51
Blackpool         43             51
Plymouth         43              50
Barnsley           42              46
Norwich           43              46
     ---------------  (Relegation line)
Notts F              43             46
Southampton 43              44
Charlton           42             34

There are 3 rounds to go. The teams at 50
  (or 51pts) cannot be at ease at this moment,
  They still have something to fight for.
The 3 teams on 46pts can still catch them.
For example, Barnsley still have a game in hand.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-15 17:54

Who are going to promote to Championship
  League?
Here is the Top 8 of League One Table (as of 4/13)
                                P                  Pts
Leicester               43                89
Peterboro            43                 82
           ------------------- (Direct Promotion line)
Millwall                 43                  79
MK Dons              42                  78
Leeds                    43                  75
Tranmere             43                  72
            --------------------- (Play-Off line)
Scunthorpe         41                  70
Southend            43                  67

1. Leicester need 2 more points to confirm
  promotion and also Champion.  
  Peterboro cannot overtake Leicester on 91pts.
  Leicester have better goal difference.
2. Milwall and Peterboro are fighting for the
  other direct promotion spot.
3. Scunthorpe can catch Tranmere as they
  have 2 games in hand (if they can win them all).
4. MK Dons and Leeds must win the rest of
  their matches to keep up their Place-off spots.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-17 17:40

Here is a review of Scottish Premier League
Overview -- It is Round 33 this weekend (4/18).
  After this weekend, the League will be split into
  Championship Group and Relegation Group.
  All scores, and points will be carried forward.

Table (as of 4/12) -- All played 32 games.
                             Pts
1. Celtic               71
2. Rangers          70
3. Hearts             53
4. Aberdeen       48
5. Dundee Utd  48
6. Hibernian       43
    -------------  (Cut-off line)
7. Motherwell    41
8. Kilmarnock    33
9. Hamilton        33
10. St Mirren      31
11. Inverness      31
12. Falkirk           27

Relegation -- Last of league relegated.
After the split, there will be a single-round
for both Championship and Relegation
Groups.  The game may be more keen
because the strength of the teams are
very close.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-17 18:00

Review of Holland Div 1.
Overview -- All teams have played 30 games.
There are 4 more rounds before season ends.
There are some changes for the Play-offs this
  season.
Champions League -- The top 2 teams qualify.
Europa League -- There are 4 spots.
The Holland Cup Winner gets 1 spot.
The other 3 spots will be decided by Play-off
(between the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th-placed
teams).

Table (as of 4/12)
                                 Pts
1. AZ                            76
2. Twente                   65
     ------------- (Champions League line)
3. Ajax                         64
4. Heerenveen          58
5. PSV                         55
6. Groningen             46
    --------------- (Play-Of line)
7. NAC                        42
8. NEC                        39
9. Utrecht                  39


15. Den Haag          27
     -------------- (Relegation Play-Off Line)
16. Roda                   25
17. de Graafschaap  25
     --------------- (Direct Relegation line)
18. Volendam         24

Last-placed team will be relegated direct.
The 16th and 17th placed teams will be in
play-off with Div 2 teams.  They will be split
into 2 groups.
Comment -- Ajax and Twente are fighting for
2nd place.

NAC still have some chance to chase Groningen.
作者: 小麒麟    時間: 2009-4-17 19:54

都係法甲同德甲緊湊D
作者: Man~    時間: 2009-4-17 20:16

原帖由 PentiumD805 於 14/4/2009 13:22 發表
Norwich
Southampton
Charlton
呢三隊都曾經係英超風光過
其中一隊Norwich仲要英超第三,歐協盃踢走拜仁
點解搞到今時今日咁


你這樣說的話,
藍戰士也不過是近十年由艾巴接手後彈出而已…
時勢變,人都會變;
球會由人組成,人變,球會也會變…
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-18 12:13

Corrections to Holland European spots
Champions League -- To p2 qualify
Europa League -- There are 4 spots.
Holland Cup Winner get 1 spot.
The 2 other spots go to 3rd- and 4th-placed teams.
The remaining spot will goes to the Winner of
  a Play-off between 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th-placed
  teams. If The Holland Cup Winner has the European
  places already, the Europa League spot will go
  to the losing finalist of this Play-off.

Table (as of 4/17/2009 includes the results of 4/17).
  All teams have played 30 games (except NAC and
  Heracles have played 31.)
                               Pts
1. AZ                     76
2. Twente              65
           -------------------- (Champions League line)
3. Ajax                   64
4. Heerenveen      58
           -------------------- (Europa League line)
5. PSV                   55
6. Groningen         46
7. NAC                   42
8. NEC                   39
         ---------------------- (Play-off line)
9. Utrecht               39
10. Feyenoord      38

Fixtures
4/17   Heracles 4-0 NAC
4/18
Feyenoord vs Twente
Graafschap vs Groningen
NEC vs Roda
AZ vs Vitesse

4/19
Utrecht vs Heerenveen
Volendam vs Sparta Rotterdam
PSV vs Ajax
Willem II vs Den Haag

Comment
1. If AZ wins today, they will be crowned Champion
  regardless results elsewhere. They now have
11 pts margin.
2. PSV are very disappointing this season.
  They must do better to get into the direct
(automatic) Europa Lg spots or they have to go
  through the Place-Off.
3. Similiar things can be said about Feyenoord,
they must win the rest of their matches to get
into the Europa Lg Play-off.
4. AZ and Twente are the surprise packages
   this season. AZ always win their matches
  on big margin. Their forwards are on their
  best form this season.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-18 13:50

Review of German Bundesliga I (Div 1)
Overview - There are 18 teams playing 2 round-robin.
  Total 34 rounds. This week, it is playing Round 28.
There are 7 rounds to go.

Champions Lg -- Top 2 qualify for Group Stag
of Champions Lg ). The 3rd-paced team qualifies
for Play-Off Stage (of Champions Lg).

Europa Lg -- There are 3 spots.
German Cup Winners gets 1 spots.
The other 2 spots go to the 4th and 5th-placed team.

Relegation -- There are some changes in
  Relegation rules this season (17th, and
18th-placed team) relegated direct.
The 16th-placed team will be in Play-off with
  the 3rd-placed team of Div 2.

Table (as of 4/17) All teams have played 27 games
  (except Schalke and Cottbus 28 games).
                                   Pts
1. Wolfsburg             54
2. B.Munich              51
      ---------------  (Champions League Grp Stage line)
3. Hamburg              51
     ---------------- (Champions Lg Play-Off Stage line)
4. Hertha                  49
5. Stuttgart               48
    ---------------- (Europa Lg line)
6. Schalke               46
7. Hoffenheim         44
8. Dortmund            43
9. Leverkusen         42

12. Frankfurt            29
13. Hannover          29
14. Bochum             28
15. Bielefeld            24
          ---------------- (Relegation Play-off line)
16. M'gladbach       23
         ----------------  (Direct Relegation line)
17. Cottbus             23
18. Karlsruhe          18

Comment
1. It is very tight at top of the Table The top 5 teams
  can switch their places in a single round of
  matches. The championship could only be
  decided on the final day of the season.
2. Same can be said on the Europa Lg spots
  and the chasing pack. Schalke, Hoffenheim,
  Dortmund and Leverkusen can all figure in the finish.
3. Relegation -- It may be 4-way battle between
Bielefeld, M'gladbach, Cottbus and Karlsruhe.
Bochum, Hannover, and Frankfurt can be dragged
into the battle too.
作者: ivan15    時間: 2009-4-18 14:43

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作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-18 14:51

Southampton -- The problem comes from its debt from
  building their NEW stadium coupled with their
  relegation from Premier League.
The credit crunch (in 2008/9) increase their fair
  share of trouble.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-18 15:07

So who is going to be promoted to German D1.
Now it is the turn of German D2 (Div 2).
Overview -- It comprises 18 teams playing
  2 round-robin (total 34 rounds). it is now Round 28.
  There are 7 rounds to go (including this round).
Promotion -- There are 3 promotion spots.
Top 2 teams promoted to D1 direct.
The D2-3 (3rd-placed team) will be in Play-Off
with D1-16 (16-th placed of D1) for other
promotion spot.

Table (as of 4/17). All teams have played 27 games
  (except Mainz, Oberhausen, Augsburg, Ahlen,
Rostock and Osnabruck on 28).
Only top 7 shown here.
                                   Pts
1. Freiburg                52
2. Mainz                     48
     --------------- (Direct Promotion line)
3. Nurnberg               46
    ---------------- (Promotion Play-Off line)
4. Greuther                 45
5. Kaiserslautern       45
6. Aachen                   42
7. Duisburg                41

Comment
1. Freiburg are favourite to win the Championship.
  Mainz must do better if they want to overtake
  Freiburg.
2. Mainz are not sure of 2nd place yet. The chasing
  pack (Nurnerg, Greuther, or Kaiserslautern)
can overtake them.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-19 13:11

Brief Update (after 4/18 games)
1. Coca-cola Championship
Confirmed Promotion -- Wolves
Confrimed Relegation -- Charlton

2. League One
Confirmed Promotion and Champion -- Leicester
Confirmed Relegation -- Hereford

3. League Two
Promotion -- Cannot be confirmed yet.
Confirmed Relegation -- Luton (confirmed last week)
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-19 13:46

Results of Championship games on 4/18
  (only parts of results)
Charlton 2-2 Blackpool
Notts F 1-0 Coventry
Plymouth 0-3 Doncaster
Preston 6-0 Cardiff
Reading 0-0 Barnsley
Sheff Wed 2-0 Southampton
Wolves 1-0 QPR
Watford 0-1 Birmingham

Games to be played today & tomorrow
4/19  Ipswich vs Norwich
4/20  Burnley vs Sheff Utd

Table (as of 4/18)
                                 P           Pts
1. Wolves                44          86
2. Birmingham        44          80
   ---------------------- (Direct Promotion line)
3. Sheff Utd             43          76
4. Cardiff                 43          73
5. Reading              43          71
6. Burnley                43          69
   ---------------------- (Promotion Play-off line)
7. Swansea            44          68
8. Preston               44          68


20. Notts F              44          49
21. Barnsley           43           47
      -------------------- (Relegation line)
22. Norwich            43           46
23. Southampton   44           44
24. Charlton            43           35

1. Confirmed Promotion -- Wolves (need 1 more
  point to confirm Champion). Birmingham may
  go level on points if Birm win their remaining
  games and Wolves lose their next 2 games.
  Wolves have better Goal Difference (+26 against
  +16).
2. Confirmed Relegation -- Charlton
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-19 14:13

Results of League One games played on 4/18
Brighton 3-1 Oldham
Bristol R 4-2 Millwall
Carlisle 1-1 Swindon
Crewe 1-2 Cheltenham
Hereford 0-2 Colchester
Leeds 3-1 Tranmere
Leyton 1-3 Northampton
Peterboro 1-0 Stockport
Scunthorpe 0-1 MK Dons
Southend 0-2 Leicester
Yeovil 2-3 Hartlepool

Table (as of 4/18)
                                    P            Pts
1. Leicester               44           92
2. Peterboro              44           85
         --------------------- (Direct Promotion line)
3. MK Dons               43           81
4. Millwall                   44           79
5. Leeds                    44           78
6. Tranmere              44           72
        --------------------- (Promotin Play-off line)
7. Scunthorpe           42           70
8. Southend              44           67


17. Swindon             44           49
18. Yeovil                  43           49
19. Carlisle               44           46
20. Crewe                 44           46
      ------------------------ (Relegation line)
21. Northampton      42           45
22. Brighton              43           45
23. Cheltenham        43           38
24. Hereford              43           33

Note
1. 4 teams to be relegated from League One to
  League Two.
2. Leicester is onfirmed Promotion and Champion.
  Leicester have 7pts margin over Peterboro with
  2 games to play.
3. Hereford is relegated.
作者: 水藍    時間: 2009-4-19 14:35

原帖由 Thunderball 於 2009-4-18 12:13 發表
Corrections to Holland European spots
Champions League -- To p2 qualify
Europa League -- There are 4 spots.
Holland Cup Winner get 1 spot.
The 2 other spots go to 3rd- and 4th-placed teams.
The remai ...

PSV 唔洗再出黎俾人抄
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-19 14:40

Results of German D1
Bielefeld 0-1 B.Munich
Cologne 0-3 Stuttgart
Frankfurt 4-1 M'gladbach
Karlsruhe 2-2 Hoffenheim
Bochum 0-2 Dortmund
Wolfsburg 2-1 Leverkusen

Games to be played on 4/19
Hamburg vs Hannover
Hertha vs Bremen

Standings (Partial listing. As of 4/18)
                              P         Pts
1. Wolfsburg        28        57
2. B.Munich         28        54
     ----------------- (Champions Lg Group Stage line)
3. Stuttgart           28        51
     ----------------- (Champions Lg Play-Off line)
4. Hamburg         27        51
5. Hertha              28        49
     ------------------  (Europa Lg line)
6. Schalke            28         46
7. Dortmund         28         46
8. Hoffenheim      28         45


14. Bochum          28         28
15. Bielefeld         28         24
     ------------------ (Relegation Play-off line)
16. M'gladbach    28         23
    ------------------- (Direct Relegation line)
17. Cottbus          28         23
18. Karlsruhe       28         19
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-19 15:15

France Div 1
Overview -- There are 20 teams playing 2 round-robin
  (total 38 rounds). It is Round 32 this week.

Champions Lg -- Top 3 teams qualify.
Europa Lg -- There are 3 spots.
1 spot goes to France Cup Winner.
The 2nd spot goes to French League Cup Winner.
The 3rd spot goes to the 4th-paced team of
    the League.
Relegation -- Bottom 3 teams relegated..

Table (as of 4/18)
                                     P          Pts
1. Marseille                31         61
2. Lyon                        31        60
      ---------------- (Champions Lg Group Stage)
3. Bordeau                31         59
     ---------------- (Champions Lg Play-Off line)
4. Toulouse               32         56
     ---------------- (Europa Lg line)
5. Lille                        32         56
6. PSG                       31         56
7. Rennes                  32          51


16. Nantes                 32          33
17. Sochaux              32          32
     ------------------- (Relegation line)
18. St Etienne            32         31
19. Caen                    32          31
20. Le Havre              31          21

Games to be played on 4/19
Lorient vs Marseille
PSG vs Le Havre
Bordeaux vs Lyon   <-- Top-of table clash
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-20 17:26

Results of games played on 4/19
Championship
Ipswich 3-2 Norwich

Dutch (Holland) D1 League
Utrecht 2-1 Heerenveen
Volendam 3-0 Sparta Rotterdam
PSV 6-2 Ajax    (No joking!!)
Willem II 3-3 Den Haag

France D1
Bordeaux 1-0 Lyon
Lorient 1-2 Marseille
PSG 3-0 Le Havre

Scottish Premier League
Hibernian 2-3 Rangers

Will update details of League Standings later.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-20 17:37

There are some make-up games this week.
Some games may affect promotion/relegation.
Coca-Cola Championship
4/21 Charlton vs Cardiff
          Coventry vs Barnsley
          Derby vs Reading

League One
4/21 Bristol Rovers vs Brighton
          Northampton vs Scunthorpe
          Yeovil vs Hereford

League Two
4/21  Luton vs Wycombe
           Rotherham vs Morecambe
          Dag & Red vs Brentford

Here are the results of German D1 games
played yesterday (4/19)
Hamburg 2-1 Hannover
Hertha 2-1 Bremen
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-20 17:48

German D1 Standings -- All played 28 games
                                       Pts
1. Wolfsburg                57
2. B.Munich                  54
     ------------- (Champ Lg Group Stage line)
3. Hamburg                  54
    -------------- (Champ Lg Play-Off Stage line)
4. Hertha                       52
5. Stuttgart                   51
    -------------- (Europa Lg line)
6. Schalke                      46
7. Dortmund                 46
8. Hoffenheim               45
9. Leverkusen                42


15. Bielefeld                   24
    ---------------- (D1/D2 Play-off line)
16. M'gladbach            23
   ----------------- (Direct Relegation line)
17. Cottbus                   23
18. Karlsruhe                19
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-20 17:58

Holland D1 Standings -- All played 31 games.
                                   Pts
1. AZ                         76
      ------------ (Champ Lg Group Stage line)
2. Twente                65
     ------------- (Champ Lg Play-Off Stage line)
3. Ajax                      64
4. PSV                      58
    ------------- (Europa Lg line)
5. Heerenveen       58
6. Groningen          49
7. NAC                     42
8. Utrecht               42
     ------------- (Play-off for Europa Lg spot line)
9. Feyenoord         41
10. NEC                  40


15. Den Haag       28
   ----------- (Relegation Play-off line)
16. Volendam      27
17. Graafschap    26
   ------------ (Direct Relegation line)
18. Roda                25

Comment
1. The bottom 3 teams have changed their places.
2. PSV and Heerenveen have switch their places.
Let's see if PSV can keep up their place in
direct qualification for Europa Lg.
There are 3 more rounds to go.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-21 17:50

Results of last night Championship Promotion
  battle (4/20)
Burnley 1-0 Sheff Utd

Table
                                      P              Pts
1. Wolves                   44             86
2. Birmingham         44             80
     --------------  (Direct Promotion line)
3. Sheff Utd               44             76
4. Cardiff                    43             73
5. Burnley                  44             72
6. Reading                 43             71
      ------------- (Promotion Play-Off line)
7. Swansea                44            68
8. Preston                  44            68

Its seems Sheff Utd reserve their energy for
  the Play-Off rather than chasing Birmingham.

The Play-off format -- It will be 2-leg Semi-Final
  with the lower ranked side at home first
CC-6 vs CC-3
CC-5 vs CC-4
(Note CC-6 = the Sixth-ranked team)

The Play-Off Final (1-game) will be played
at Wembly at the last weekend of May.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-21 17:58

Scottish Premier League
The Regular Scottish League have completed.
Premier League will be split into 2 groups.

Championship Gp -- Celtic (74), Rangers (73),
   Hearts (54), Dundee Utd (49), Aberdeen (48),
   Hibernian (42).
Relegation Gp -- Motherwell (41), Kilmarnock (34),
  Hamilton (34), St Mirren (34), Inverness (32),
  Falkirk (28).
The number inside brackets are points earned.
All points and scores will be carried forward.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-22 11:30

Results of games played on 4/21
Championship
Charlton 2-2Cardiff
Coventry 1-1 Barnsley
Derby 0-2 Reading

League One
Bristol Rovers 1-2 Brighton
Northampton 3-3 Scunthorpe
Yeovil 2-2 Hereford

League Two
Luton 0-1 Wycombe
Rotherham 3-2 Morecambe
Dag & Red 3-1 Brentford

Comment
1. Reading strengthen their position in
   Championship Play-Off.
2. Wycombe moved into 2nd place (of League 2).
   Brentford have to delay their celebration
  (to be crowned League 2 Champion) until this
  weekend.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-22 11:40

Championship Standing (as of 4/21) --
All played 44 games
                                 Pts
1. Wolves                 86
2. Birmingham         80
    ----------------- (Direct Promotion line)
3. Sheff Utd              76
4. Reading               74
5. Cardiff                  74
6. Burnley                 72
   ----------------- (Promotion Play-off line)
7. Swansea              68


19. Plymouth           50
20. Notts Forest      49
21. Barnsley             48
    ---------------- (Relegation line)
22. Norwich              46
23. Scouthampton   44
24. Charlton              36  (confirmed relegation
)
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-22 17:54

League One Standings (as of 4/21. Only bottom
  9 teams are shown. Refer to Post #25 for
  the top half of the Table.)
                                     P       Pts
16. Hartlepool          44     50
17. Yeovil                   44     50
18. Swindon              44     49
19. Brighton              44     48
20. Northampton    44     46
    ------------ (Relegation line)
21. Carlisle                 44     46
22. Crewe                   44     46
23. Cheltenham        43    38
24. Hereford               44    33
There are only 2 rounds to go.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-23 17:57

Time to look at Greece Super League
Overview -- This last round (R30) of matches will
  take place this Sunday. Olympiakos was
  crowned Champion about 5 rounds ago.
Champ Lg -- There are 2 spots. The first spot
  already gone to Olympiakos. The second spot
  will go to the Play-Off Winner.
Play-Off
Play-Off will involve the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th.
The Winner will take the Champ Lg spot.
The 2nd and 3rd placed (of Play-off) will
  take the Europa Lg spot.
The 3rd spot of Europa Lg will go to the Winner
of Greek Cup.

Standings (as of 4/23) -- All played 29 games.
                                 Pts
1. Olympiakos       68
      ---------- (Champ Lg Group Stage line)
2. PAOK                  60
3. Panathinaikos  58
4. AEK                      54
5. Larisa                   46
     ------------ (Play-Off line)
6. Aris                       44
7. Xanthi                  35
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-24 09:55

Championship News
The League Governing body rules that Southampton
  is to be deducted 10pts. How this 10pts are to be
  deducted.
1. If Southampton finish this season outside the
  the relegation zone, the 10pts are to be deducted
  this season. This means even if Southampton
  win their other 2 games, they will still be relegated
  (by the 10pts deduction).
2. If Southampton are relegated this season (through
  the conventional way), the 10pts are to be deducted
  next season (when they are in League One).
Either way, Southampton are to be relegated.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-24 11:20

More Championship News
Ipswich has appointed Roy Keane as their
  NEW manager. They fired their manager
(Jim Magilton) last week after it is clear that
  Ipswich has missed promotion.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-24 11:46

Championship Fixtures this weekend
Only those affecting Promotion/Relegation are
  listed
4/25 (25 Apr)
Barnsley vs Wolves
Birmingham vs Preston  (1720Hr GMT)
Blackpool vs Notts Forest  (1230Hr GMT)
Cardiff vs Ipswich
Derby vs Charlton
Sheff Utd vs Swansea
Southampton vs Burnley

4/27 Norwich vs Reading (1945Hr GMT)

HK Time = GMT + 7 Hr (It is Summer Time in UK)
Championship final round fixtures are
on 5/3 (3 May Sunday).
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-24 17:44

England League One fixtures this weekend
Only those involved in Promotion/Relegation
  are listed

4/24 (24 Apr)
Leicester vs Scnuthorpe (1945 GMT)
Stockport vs Crewe (1945 GMT)

4/25 (25 Apr)  -- All games on 1500 GMT except
  otherwise stated
Swindon vs Bristol Rovers  (1200 GMT)
Cheltenham vs Carlisle
Colchester vs Peterboro
Hartlepool vs Leeds
Huddersfield vs Brighton
Millwall vs Leyton
MK Dons vs Walsall
Tranmere vs Yeovil

Comments
1. Scunthorpe have to win to keep their Play-off
  hope alive.
2. MK Dons have to win to keep their hope
  to overhaul Peterboro (MK Dons have 1
  game in hand).
3. Carlisle, Crewe and Northampton (all
  on 46pts) have win to keep their hope
  of retaining League One status.
4. Same can be said on Cheltenham.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-24 17:55

German D1 fixture this weekend

4/24 Hoffenheim vs Hertha

4/25 (25 Apr) -- All 2130Hr HK Time.
Leverkusen vs Karlsruhe
B.Munich vs Schalke
Dortmund vs Hamburg
Hannover vs Cologne
Stuttgart vs Frankfurt
Bremen vs Bochum

4/26 - All 2300Hr  HK Time.
M'gladbach vs Bielefeld
Cottbus vs Wolfsburg

For German D1 Standing, refer to Posst #31
1. B.Munich and Hamburg must win to keep
   up with Wolfsburg.
2. Schalke and Dortmund must win to keep
  their hope of playing in European
  competitions.
3. Bielefeld, M'gladbach and Cottbus are in
  a league of their own of avoiding relegation
  (or Relegation Play-Off).
4. Hannover and Bochum cannot be relaxed too.
  They must win to keep a margin from
  the Relegation pack.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-24 18:05

Holland D1 Fixture this weekend -- This is the
  Round 32 (the second last round) of games.

4/24 Sparta Rotterdam vs Graafschap

4/25
Heracles vs PSV
Heerenveen vs Twente
Roda vs Volendam
NEC vs NAC

4/26
Ajax vs AZ
Groningen vs Willem II
Den Haag vs Feyenoord
Vitesse vs Utrecht

Comment
1. Ajax vs AZ is a must-see game. Can AZ be
  crowned Champion this weekend?
2. Heerenveen vs Twente is a pre-view
  of Holland Cup Final (because they will
  meet again).
3. Now that both Heerenveen and Twente
  are almost qualify for Europe. I wonder
  the Playoff will include Heerenveen
  because they already eligible by virtue of
  being in Holland Cup Final.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-25 12:48

Results of games played last night (4/24)
France D1
Lyon 0-0 PSG

Holland D1
Sparta Rotterdam 0-0 Graafschap

German D1
Hoffenheim 0-1 Hertha

England League One
Leicester 2-2 Scunthorpe
Stockport 4-3 Crewe

Comment
1. Lyon missed their chance to go second place.
  Their dream of getting their 8th straight title
    may be over now.
2. Hertha is now 2nd place behind Wolfsburg.
Let's see see whether B.Munich and Hamburg can
win their game today.
3. England League One -- Crewe are dragged
  into the Relegation dogfight.
  Scunthorpe just manage to hang on to the
  Promotion Play-Off bandwagon.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-26 12:57

Results of games played on 4/25 (25 Apr)
England Championship League
Barnsley 1-1 Wolves
Birmingham 1-2 Preston
Blackpool 1-1 Notts F
Cardiff 0-3 Ipswich
Derby 1-0 Charlton
Sheff Utd 1-0 Swansea
Southampton 2-2 Burnley

England League One
Cheltenham 1-1 Carlisle
Colchester 0-1 Peterboro
Hartlepool 0-1 Leeds
Huddersfield 2-2 Brighton
Millwall 2-1 Leyton
MK Dons 0-1 Walsall
Northampton 2-1 Hereford
Swindon 2-1 Bristol Rovers
Tranmere 1-1 Yeovil

Holland D1
Heracles 0-2 PSV
Heerenveen 1-1 Twente
Roda 1-1 Volendam
NEC 2-3 NAC

Spanish Premier League
Valencia 2-2 Barcelona
Malaga 1-1 Deportivo
Almeria 2-1 Numancia

Italy Serie A (Div 1)
Fiorentina 4-1 Roma
Chievo 1-2 Udinese

German D1
Leverkusen 0-1 Karlsruhe
B.Munich 0-1 Schalke
Dortmund 2-0 Hamburg
Hannover 2-1 Cologna
Stuttgart 2-0 Frankfurt
Bremen 3-2 Bochum
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-26 13:17

Brief Comment
England Championship League
1. Wolves is crowned Champion by claiming one point.
Birmingham and Sheff Utd will fight for the 2nd direct
  promotion spot.
2. Reading, Cardiff and Burnley are guaranteed
  for Play-Off spots. Guess they will not field a
  strong side for the Final Day (3 May). They will
  save it for the Play-Off.
3. Charlton and Southampton are relegated.
  Norwich can go level on points with Barnsley
  if they win their match (against Reading) on Monday.
4. Notts Forest and Plymouth must win in the last
  game if they want to avoid last-minute shock results
  against them.

League One
1. Peterboro are promoted along with Leicester
(Champ).
2. Millwall, MK Dons and Leeds are guaranteed
  for the Promotion Play-Off spots.
Tranmere (73pts) and Scunthorpe (72pts) are
  fighting for the other Play-Off spot.
3. Hereford and Cheltenham are relegated.
Crewe, Carlisle, Northampton and Brighton
  are fighting to avoid relegation.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-26 13:35

Brief Comment
Holland D1
1. AZ was crowned Champion last night without kicking
  a ball. The reason is Twente draw their match with
  Heerenveen. AZ (76pts) has 10pts lead over Twente.
  Twente has only 2 games left.
2. Groningen, NAC, Utrecht, Feyenoord and NAC
  are fighting for  the Europa Lg Play-off spots.
3. Relegation -- Graafschap are fighting against
  direct relegation. Roda, Volendam and Den Haag
  are all involved in the relegation battle.
  Heracles and Sparta Rotterdam cannot relax either.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-26 13:52

Championship League Table
                                 P              Pts
1. Wolves               45             87 (Champ)
2. Birmingham       45             80
   -------------------- (Direct Promotion line)
3. Sheff Utd            45             79
4. Reading             44             74
5. Cardiff                45             74
6. Burnley               45             73
  --------------------- (Promotion Play-Off line)
7. Preston              45              71
8. Swansea           45              68

19. Plymouth          45              51
20. Notts F             45              50
21. Barnsley          45              49
        ------------------ (Relegation line)
22. Norwich           44              46
23. Southampton  45              45
24. Charlton           45             36

Game on Monday (4/27)
Norwich vs Reading
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-26 14:05

England League One Table
                                    P            Pts
1. Leicester               45           93 (Champ)
2. Peterboro              45           88 (Promoted)
    -------------------- (Direct Promotion line)
3. Millwall                   45            82
4. MK Dons               44            81
5. Leeds                    45            81
6. Tranmere              45            73
    ------------------ (Promotion Play-Off line)
7. Scunthorpe           44           72
8. Southend              45            68

19. Brighton              45            49
20. Northampton      44            49
21. Carlisle               45            47
    ----------------- (Relegation line)
22. Crewe                 45            46
23. Cheltenham        44            39 (Relegated)
24. Hereford             45             34 (Relegated)

Outstanding game to be played
4/28 Northampton vs MK Dons
         Scunthorpe vs Cheltenham

The Final Round (of matches) is on 5/2 (2 May).
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-26 14:24

Holland D1 Standings (as on 4/25)
                               P          Pts
1. AZ                     31         76 (Champ)
2. Twente              32         66
     ---------------- (Champions Lg line)
3. Ajax                            31          64
4. PSV                           32         61
    ---------------- (Europa Lg line)
5. Heerenveen              32         59 (See Note)
6. Groningen                 31         49
7. NAC                          32         45
8. Utrecht                       31         42
     --------------- (Play-off for Europa Lg line)
9. Feyenoord                 31         41
10. NEC                         32         40
11. Vitesse                     31          37

13. Heracles                   32         31
14. Sparta Rotterdam    32         31
15. Den Haag                 31         28
     ------------------ (Relegation Play-off line)
16. Volendam                 32         28
17. Roda                         32         27
   -------------------- (Direct Relegation line)
18. Graafschap              32        26

There are 2 more rounds to go.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-26 14:36

German D1 Standings (as of 4/25)
                                P         Pts
1. Wolfsburg          28        57
2. Hertha                29        55
     -------------------- (Champ Llg Group Stage line)
3. B.Munich           29         54
    -------------------- (Champ Lg Play-Off Stage line)
4. Stuttgart             29        54
5. Hamburg           29         54
   -------------------- (Europa Lg line)
6. Schalke             29         49
7. Dortmund          29         49
8. Hoffenheim        29        45


14. Bochum           29        28
15. Bielefeld          28        24
   ---------------- (Relegation Play-off)
16. M'gladbach     28         23
  ----------------- (Direct Relegation)
17. Cottbus           28          23
18. Karlsruhe        29          22
There are only 3pts separating the top 5 teams.
It will be a tight finish this season.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-26 14:52

Additional note on the Holland (Dutch) League
1. Dutch Cup Final is
    Twente vs Heerenveen  on 5/17 (17 May)

Twente cannot finish lower than 4th place (with
  2 rounds to go).
They are guaranteed a place in either Champ Lg or
  Europa Lg.  The Europa Lg spot for Dutch Cup
  Winner (or Losing Finalist).
So, Heerenveen are also guaranteed a place
  in Europa Lg spot.  So they do not need to take part
  in the Play-Off (for Europa Lg). The place for
  this Play-Off will go to the 9th-placed team
(whoever it may be).
  (See Post #51 for Standings)
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-26 15:14

Table for England League Two -- All played 45 games.
  (As of 4/25)
                                Pts
1. Brentford            82  (Champ)
2. Wycombe           78
3. Exeter                 76
    ---------------- (Direct Promotion line)
4. Bury                    75
5. Gillingham          72
6. Rochdale            70
7. Dag & Red         68
    --------------- (Promotion Play-off line)
8. Shrewsbury        66
9. Chesterfield        63

21. Bournemouth   43
22. Grimsby            40
    ------------------ (Relegation line)
23. Chester            37 (Almost Relegated)
24. Luton                26  (Relegated)

Comment
1. Brentford is crowned Champion.
2. Wycombe, Exeter and Bury are fighting for the
  other 2 Direct Promotion spots.
  Wycombe has a better Goal Difference (+22),
  Exeter (+14), Bury (+19).  So Wycombe are
  almost guaranteed a spot.
3. Gillingham and Rochdale are guaranteed a spot
  in the Play-Off. Dag & Red and Shrewsbury are
  contesting for the last spot.
4. Grimsby has a better Goal Difference (-18) than
  Chester (-37).  So, Chester are almost sure to
  be relegated.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-27 17:33

Results of French Div 1 games played on 4/26
Auxerre 2-1 Caen
Le Havre 0-1 Grenoble
Le Mans 0-1 Monaco
Lille 1-2 Marseille
Nancy 2-0 Nantes
Nice 3-1 St Etienne
Schoaux 1-1 Valenciennes
Toulouse 1-1 Lorient

4/29 Rennes vs Bordeaux
  (This game is delayed due to League Cup Final)

Brief Table (as of 4/26) -- All played 33 games
  (except Bordeaux and Rennes)
                             Pts
1. Marseille         67
2. Bordeaux        62
    ---------- (Champ Lg Group Stage line)
3. Lyon                 61
   ----------- (Champ Lg Play-Off Stage line)
4. PSG                  60
   ----------- (Europa Lg line)
5. Toulouse        57
6. Lille                  56

14. Le Mans       38
15. Valenciennes  36
16. Nantes         33
17. Sochaux       33
   ------------ (Relegation line)
18. St Etienne    32
19. Caen              31
20. Le Havre       21

Comment
1. Lyon is slipping away from the Title Fight.
  Now it is all between Marseille and Bordeaux.
2. Lyon must focus to keep their place
   for Champ Lg Play-Off spot.
3. Le Havre is almost doomed for the big drop.
4. The other 2 relegation spots are between
Caen, St Etienne, Sochaux, Nantes and
  Valenciennes.
5. There are 5 more rounds to go.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-27 17:47

Results of German D1 games played on 4/26.
Cottbus 2-0 Wolfsburg
M'gladbach 1-1 Bielefeld

Brief Table -- All played 29 games. 5 more rounds
  to go.
                               Pts
1. Wolfsburg        57
2. Hertha               55
    ------------- (Champ Lg Group Stage line)
3. B.Munich          54
    ------------- (Champ Lg Play-Off Stage line)
4. Hamburg          54
5. Stuttgart           54
6. Schalke              49

14. Bochum           28
15. Cottbus            26
    -------------- (Relegation Play-Off line)
16. Bielefeld           25
   --------------- (Direct Relegation line)
17. M'gladbach     24
18. Karlsruhe          22

Comment
1. The other Europa Lg spot is for the Winner
  of German Cup.
  German Cup Final is
  5/30 Bremen vs Leverkusen
2. Only 3 points separate the top 5 teams.
  Expect tight finish.
3. The relegation battle are hotting up too.
  Karlsruhe are not totally out yet.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-28 17:46

Results of Championship League game played
  on 4/27.
Norwich 0-2 Reading

Breif Table -- All played 45 games now.
                                    Pts
1. Wolves                  87  (Champ)
2. Birmingham        80
     -------------- (Direct Promotion line)
3. Sheff Utd              79
4. Reading                77
5. Cardiff                   74
6. Burnley                 73
    ------------------ (Promotion Play-Off line)
7. Preston                71

19. Plymouth          51
20. Notts F               50
21 Barnsley              49
    ------------------ (Relegation line)
22. Norwich             46
23. Southampton   45
24. Charlton             36 (Relegated)

Last round of matches will be played on 5/3
  (Sunday).  Some of matches are listed here.
Burnley vs Bristol C
Charlton vs Norwich
Crystal Palace vs Sheff Utd
Notts Forest vs Southampton
Plymouth vs Barnsley
Preston vs QPR
Reading vs Birmingham
Sheff Wed vs Cardiff
Wolves vs Doncaster

Comment
1. Reading vs Brimingham will decide who will
  be promoted direct or if they draw and
  Sheff Utd win, then Sheff Utd will be promoted.
2. Norwich must win their matches against
  Southampton and hope their oppositions
  lost their matches to stand any chance
  of remaining in Championship.
3. Notts Forest must win to remain in
  Championship. If they draw, they must wait
  for results of other games.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-29 10:02

Results of League One matches played on 4/28.
Northampton 0-1 MK Dons
Scunthorpe 3-0 Cheltenham

Standings (as of 4/28) -- All played 45 games.
                                     Pts
1. Leicester                 93 (Champ)
2. Peterboro                88 (Promoted)
       ----------------- (Direct Promotion line)
3. MK Dons                  84
4. Millwall                      82
5. Leeds                       81
6. Scunthorpe              75
   -------------------- (Play-Off line)
7. Tranmere                 73

19. Brighton                 49
20. Northampton         49
21. Carlisle                  47
    ------------------- (Relegation line)
22. Crewe                    46
23. Cheltenham           39 (Relegated)
24. Hereford                 34 (Relegated)

Comment
1. Scunthorpe and Tranmere are fighting for the last
  Play-Off spot. They are meeting on the final day.
  This would be like a Cup Final.
2. Brighton and Northampton need a point in
  the final day to secure League One status.
3. Crewe must win in their final match and hope
  Carlisle lose for them to survive.
4. The final round of matches will be played on
  5/2 (2 May).

The final day fixtures for League One (part of the
  games are listed here)
Brighton vs Stockport
Carlisle vs Millwall
Crewe vs Leicester
Hereford vs MK Dons
Leeds vs Northampton
Peterboro vs Swindon
Scunthorpe vs Tranmere  (This is like a Cup Final)
Southend vs Cheltenham
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-29 17:47

Time to look at Portugal Premier League
Overview -- There are 16 teams playing 2-round
  robin. The league has played 26 rounds so far.
Champ Lg -- The top 2 teams qualify.
Europa Lg -- There are 4 spots. The Portugal Cup
  Winner gets a spot. The other 3 spots will
  be distributed to 3rd, 4th and 5th-placed teams.

Standing (as of 4/28) -- All teams have played
  26 games.
                                  Pts
1. Porto                   60
2. Sporting             56
      ----------- Champ Lg line
3. Benfica               52
4. Nacional            46
5. Braga                  45
   ------------- Europa Lg line
6. Leixoes               39
7. Maritimo           37

12. Naval              27
13. Rio Ave           23
14. V.Setubal       22
    ------------- Relegation line
15. Belenenses     21
16. Trofense          19

Comment
1. Benfica and Sporting are not very well
  this season. Porto are favourite to win
  the Championship again.
2. Relegation -- It is a mini-league between
  Trofense, Belenenses, V.Setubal and Rio Ave.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-29 17:56

Who will be promoted to England Football League.
Each season, there are 2 teams relegated from
  League Two to National Conference.
There are 2 teams promoted too.
The Champion of National Conference is promoted
  direct.  This season Burton Albion is the Champion.
The other promotion spot will be contested
in a Play-Off (between the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and
  5th-placed teams).

Here is the fixtures of the Play-Off
First Leg
4/30  Stevenage vs Cambridge
5/1    Torquay vs Histon

The return leg (Leg 2)
5/4 (4 May)
Cambridge vs Stevenage
Histon vs Torquay
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-4-30 11:45

Results of France D1 game played on 4/29.
Rennes 2-3 Bordeaux

Standing (as of 4/29) -- All played 33 games.
                                        Pts
1. Marseille                    67
2. Bordeaux                   65
     ------------------- (Champ Lg Group Stage line)
3. Lyon                           61
    ------------------- (Champ Lg Play-Off stage line)
4. PSG                          60
   ------------------- (Europa Lg line)
5. Toulouse                   57
6. Lille                            56
7. Rennes                      51

16. Sochaux                  33
17. Nantes                     33
    ------------------- (Relegation line)
18. St Etienne               32
19. Caen                        31
20. Le Havre                  21

Note :
1. The other 2 Europa Lg spots go to
  France Lg Cup Winner or Losing Finalist --
   The Winner is Boureadu, Vannes (D2) is the
    losing Finalist.  So Vannes get the spot.
France Cup Winner --
  France Cup Final
    5/9 (9 May)  Rennes vs Guingamp
Comment
1. Lyon need to do better to keep their Champ Lg spot.
2. Toulouse and Lille are still running for the
  Europa Lg spot but they need to win all the remaining
  matches and hope PSG will lose some points.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-1 14:13

It is time to review the Spanish Premier League.
Overview -- There are 20 teams playing 2 round-robin.
This week, it is Round 34.  5 more rounds to go.
Champ Lg -- There are 4 spots. (3 spots for direct
  entry into Group Stage. The other spot for entry
  into the Play-Off stage.)
Europa Lg -- There are 3 spots. 1 spot for the
  Spanish Cup Winner. The other 2 spots are
  assigned to the 5th and 6th-placed teams.
Relegation -- 3 teams will be relegated.

Standings (as of 4/30)
                                     Pts
1. Barcelona               82
2. Real Madrid            78
3. Sevilla                      57
     ------------------ Champ Lg Group Stage line
4. Valencia                   56
    ------------------- (Champ Lg Play-Off Stage line)
5. Villarreal                   55
6. Atl Madrid                 52
    ------------------ (Europa Lg line)
7. Malaga                     51
8. Deportivo                 50
9. Mallorca                    41

14. Betis                       37
15. Osasuna                 36
16. Espanyol                 35
17. Getafe                     34
       ---------------- (Relegation line)
18. Sp Gijon                  33
19. Rec Huelva             30
20. Numancia                28

Comment
1. It is 2-horse race (Barcelona and R.Madrid)
  for the Champion. In fact they are meeting today.
  This may well decide the Champion.
2. Sevilla, Valencia and Villarreal are battling for
  the Champ Lg spots.
3. Malaga, Atl Madrid and Deportivo are fighting
  for the Europa Lg spots.
4. Relegation battle -- Numancia, Rec Huelva
  and Sp Gijon still have a chance  to survive.
  Betis, Osasuna, Espanyol, and Getafe are trying
  to avoid to join relegation party.
5. Spanish Cup Final will take place on 5/13.
    Bilbao vs Barcelona
  Since Barcelona will take the Champ Lg spot,
  Bilbao will take the Europa Lg spot (for the
  Winner/Losing Finalist of Spanish Cup) regardless
  who win the Cup.

Fixture this weekend (2 May to 3 May)
5/2
R.Madrid vs Barcelona (will decide who is Champ)
Villarreal vs Sevilla
Numancia vs Malaga

5/3
Mallorca vs Getafe
Osasuna vs Rec Huelva (Scrap Heap Derby)
Santander vs Almerica
Sp Gijon vs Bilbao
Espanyol vs Valencia
Betis vs Atl Madrid
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-1 14:42

Let's look at Italian Serie A (Div 1)
Overview -- There are 2o teams playing 2 round-robin.
  It is Round 334 this weekend.
Champ Lg -- Top 3 teams qualify for Group Stage.
  The 4th-placed team qualify for the Play-Off Stage.
Europa Lg -- There are 3 spots. One spot go to
  Italian Cup Winner (or Losing Finalist).
  The 5th and 6th-placed team get the Europa
   Lg spots.

Standings (as of 4/30)
                                     Pts
1. Inter                          74
2. AC Milan                  67
3. Juventus                   65
   --------------------- (Champ Lg Group Stage line)
4. Fiorentina                58
   -------------------- (Champ Lg Play-Off Stage line)
5. Genoa                      57
6. Roma                       52
   ------------------- (Europa Lg line)
7. Cagliari                    49
8. Palermo                   49
9. Lazio                        47

16. Chievo                   34
17. Torino                    30
     ------------------- (Relegation line)
18. Bologna                 29
19. Lecce                     27
20. Reggina                 24

Comment
1. Inter will be closer to the crown if they beat Lazio
  today. It could help if AC Milan lose at Catania.
  They are 7pts margin between these old rivals.
2. Fiorentina and Genoa are fighting for the fourth
  Champ Lg spot. There are only a single point
  between them.
3. Lazio, Palermo, Cagliari and Roma are contesting
   for the Europa Lg spot.
4. Relegation battle -- Reggina, Lecce and
  Bologna cannot be discarded yet. They can still
  fight back. Chievo, Torino and Siena cannot be
  too relaxed. They are still in this relegation dogfight.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-1 15:10

Let look at the Final Day (2 May) League Two Fixture.
Only those affecting Promotion, Play-off or Relegation
  are listed.
5/2 (2 May)
Bury vs Accrington
Chester vs Darlington
Dag & Red vs Shrewsbury (This is like a Cup Final)
Grimsby vs Macclesfield
Rochdale vs Gillingham
Rotherham vs Exeter
Wycombe vs Notts County

Comment
1. Dag & R vs Shrewsbury will decide who will
  join the Play-Off party. Shrewsbury must win to
  be in the Play-Off.
2. Wycombe, Exeter and Bury are fighting for the
direct Promotion spots. Wycombe need a point
while Exeter need a win. Bury must win their game
  and also hoping the other 2 sides lose.
3. Relegation -- It is almost settled. Chester need
  a miracle. They need to win by a big margin
  to overhaul Grimsby (and hoping Grimsby lose).
  Grimsby need a point to avoid relegation.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-2 12:41

Results of Eng National Conference Play-off
  Semi-Final (Leg 1)
4/30  Stevenage 3-1 Cambridge
5/1  Torquay 2-0 Histon
Note -- Leg 2 will be played on 5/4 (4 May)

Results of German Budesliga 2 (Div 2) played on 5/1
Rostock 5-1 Kaiserslautern
Wehen 0-1 Osnabruck
Augsburg 3-0 TSV 1860

Results of Portugal Premier Lg game played on 5/1
Rio Ave 0-0 Braga
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-2 13:38

German D2 Standings (includes results of 5/1 games)
                                 P       Pts
1. Freiburg             29      58
2. Mainz                  29     51
   ----------------- (Direct Promotion line)
3. Greuther             29      51
   ----------------- (Promotion Play-off line)
4. Nurnberg            29      49
5. Kaiserslautern   30      49
6. Aachen               29      48

13. Rostock            30      34
14. Koblenz             29     34
15. Ahlen                 29     33
     ---------------------- (Relegation Play-Off line)
16. Osnabruck        30     32
    ---------------------- (Direct Relegation line)
17. Ingolstadt          29      27
18. Wehen              30       21

Next game
5/3 (3 May)
Nurnberg vs Ingolstadt
Mainz vs Koblenz
Aachen vs Oberhausen
Ahlen vs St Pauli
Freiburg vs FSV Frankfurt

5/4 (4 May)
Duisburg vs Greuther

Note --
1. FSV Frankfurt (D2) and Eintracht Frankfurt (D1)
  are two different clubs.  Don't mix them up.
2. There are 4 more rounds to go (after this round).
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-2 14:37

Let us take a look at Italy Serie B (Div 2)
Overview -- There are 22 teams playing 2 round-robin.
  This week, it is playing Round 38.
Promotion -- There are 3 promotion spots.
  Top 2 teams will be promoted direct.
  The 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th-placed teams will be in
   Play-Off for the remaining spot.

Standings (includes the results of the game on 5/1.
  Only the top 9 teams are listed. All played 37 games.)
                                     Pts
1. Bari                         72
2. Parma                     67
     --------------------- (Direct Promotion line)
3. Livorno                    59
4. Brescia                   59
5. Sassuolo                58
6. Empoli                    56
    --------------------- (Promotion Play-off line)
7. Albinoleffe              54
8. Grosseto                 54
9. Triestina                 52

Comment
1. Bari and Parma are on the verge of promotion.
  Bari need 3 more points to confirm promotion.
  Parma need 7 more pts.
2. Livorno, Brescia, Sassuolo, Empoli, Albinoleffe
  and Grosseto are in a league of their own fighting
  for the Play-off spots.
3. There are 4 more rounds to go (after round 38).
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-3 12:28

Results of Eng League One games (the Final Round)
  played on 5/2
Brighton 1-0 Stockport
Carlisle 2-0 Millwall
Crewe 0-3 Leicester
Hereford 0-1 MK Dons
Leeds 3-0 Northampton
Peterboro 2-2 Swindon
Scunthorpe 1-1 Tranmere
Southend 2-0 Cheltenham

Final Standings (Only top and bottom parts
of the table shown)
                                   Pts
1. Leicester              96 (Champ)
2. Peterboro             89 (Promoted)
    ------------------- (Direct Promotion line)
3. MK Dons              87
4. Leeds                   84
5. Millwall                  82
6. Scunthorpe           76
  -------------------- (Promotion Play-Off line)
7. Tranmere              74

19. Hartlepool           50
20. Carlisle               50
        ----------------- (Relegation line)
21. Northampton      49 (Relegated)
22. Crewe                 46 (Relegated)
23. Cheltenham        39 (Relegated)
24. Hereford              34 (Relegated)

Play-Off Semi-Final (Home-Away. Date TBA)
Scunthorpe vs MK Dons
Millwall vs Leeds
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-3 12:37

Results of Eng League Two (Final Round) games
  played on 5/2
Brentford 2-0 Luton
Bury 1-0 Accrington
Chester 1-2 Darlington
Dag & Red 1-2 Shrewsbury
Grimsby 0-0 Macclesfiel
Morecambe 0-4 Bournemouth
Rochdale 0-1 Gillingham
Rotherham 0-1 Exeter
Wycombe 1-2 Notts County

Final Standings (only top and bottom parts shown)
                                     Pts
1. Brentford                 85  (Champ)
2. Exeter                      79 (Promoted)
3. Wycombe                78  (Promoted)
    -------------------- (Direct Promotion line)
4. Bury                         78
5. Gillingham              75
6. Rochdale                70
7. Shrewsbury             69
   -------------------- (Promotion Play-Off line)
8. Dag & Red             68


22. Grimsby                41
    ----------------- (Relegation line)
23. Chester                 37 (Relegated)
24. Luton                     26 (Relegated)

Play-off Semi-Final (Home and Away)
Shrewsbury vs Bury
Rochdale vs Gillingham
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-3 12:57

The dates of Play-Off
League One
Leg 1
5/8  Scunthorpe vs MK Dons
5/9  Millwall vs Leeds

Leg 2
5/14  Leeds vs Millwall
5/15  MK Dons vs Scunthorpe

League Two
Leg 1
5/7  Rochdale vs Gillingham
       Shrewsbury vs Bury

Leg 2
5/10  Gillingham vs Rochdale
           Bury vs Shrewsbury
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-3 13:26

Results of German D1 matches played on 5/2
Bielefeld 2-2 Stuttgart
B.Munich 2-1 M'gladbach
Frankfurt 0-2 Dortmund
Karlsruhe 0-0 Cottbus

Standings (include results of 5/2)
                                 P       Pts
1. Wolfsburg           30      60
2. B.Munich             30      57
   ---------------- (Champ Lg Group Stage line)
3. Stuttgart               30     55
   --------------- (Champ Lg Play-Off stage line)
4. Hertha                 29      55
5. Hamburg             29      54
    -------------- (Europa Lg line)
6. Dortmund            30      52
7. Schalke               30      49

14. Bochum             30      28
15. Cottbus              30      27
    ---------------- (Relegation Play-Off line)
16. Bielefeld            30      26
     ---------------- (Direct Relegation)
17. M'gladbach       30      24
18. Karlsruhe           30      23

Comment
1. Games on 5/3 (3 May)
    Cologne vs Bremen
    Hamburg vs Hertha
2. Hertha need a win to get back to Second place.
  Likewise Hamburg need a win to go Third.
If it is a draw, it will benefit B.Munich, Stuttgart
  and Wolfsburg.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-3 13:46

Results of France D1 matches played on 5/2
Caen 3-1 Le Mans
Grenoble 0-0 Nice
Lorient 3-1 Lille
Marseille 2-2 Toulouse
Monaco 0-1 Auxerre
St Etienne 0-0 Nancy
Valenciennes 2-0 Lyon

Standings (includes results of 5/2)
                                 P       Pts
1. Marseille             34     68
2. Bordeaux            33     65
   ------------------ (Champ Lg Grooup Stage line)
3. Lyon                     34     61
  ------------------ (Champ Lg Play-Off Stage line)
4. PSG                     33     60
  ----------------- (Europa Lg line)
5. Tooulouse            34     58
6. Lille                       34     56

16. Caen                   34     34
17  Sochaux             33     33
    ------------------------- (Relegation line)
18. Nantes                33     33
19. St Etienne          34      33
20. Le Havre             33     21
Comment
1. Game to be played on 5/3 (3 May)
    Bordeaux vs Sochaux
    Nantes vs Le Havre
    PSG vs Rennes
2. Bordeaux have a chance to level on points
  with Marseille by beating Sochaux.
3. Nantes can ease their relegation worry by
  beating Le Havre.
4. Lyon is losing their grip on the Champ Lg spot.
  PSG and Toulouse can steal the spot from Lyon.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-3 14:12

Results of Spanish Premier League matches
  played on 5/2 (2 May)
R.Madrid 2-6 Barcelona
Numancia 2-0 Malaga
Villarreal 0-2 Sevilla

Standings (includes 5/2 matches)
                                P       Pts
1. Barcelona         34      85
2. R.Madrid           34      78
3. Sevilla                34      60
   ------------------- (Champ Lg Group Stage line)
4. Valencia            33      56
   ------------------ (Champ Lg Play-Off Stage line)
5. Villarreal            34      55
6. Atl Madrid          34     52
   ---------------- (Europa Lg line)
7. Malaga               34     51
8. Deportivo           33     50

16. Espanyol          33     35
17. Getafe              33     34
    --------------- (Relegation line)
18. Sp Gijon           33     33
19. Numancia        34     31
20. Rec Huelva      33     30

Comment
1. Games to be played on 5/3
  Mallorca vs Getafe
  Osasuna vs Rec Huelva (Bottom-of-table clash)
  Deportivo vs Valladolid
  Santander vs Almeria
  Sp Gijon vs Bilbao
  Betis vs Atl Madrid
  Espanyol vs Valencia
2. The title race is almost over now.
The focus is on the last Champ Lg spot (4th place).
3. The other focus is on the Relegation battle.
  Numancia haul themselves off the bottom of the
  table by beating Malaga yesterday.
There are several games that involve the Relegation
  brigades today.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-3 14:31

Results of Italy Serie-A games played on 5/2 (2 May)
Inter 2-0 Lazio
Bolgna 1-2 Reggina

Standings (include 5/2 results)
                            P        Pts
1. Inter                34       77
2. AC Milan       33       67
3. Juventus        33       65
   --------------- (Champ Lg Group Stage line)
4. Fiorentina     33       58
   --------------- (Champ Lg Play-Off Stage line)
5. Genoa          33        57
6. Roma           33        52
   --------------- (Europa Lg line)
7. Cagliari        33        49
8. Palermo       33        49

16. Chievo        33       34
17. Torino         33       30
    ---------------- (Relegation line)
18. Bologna      34       29
19. Lecce          33       27
20. Reggina      34       27

Comment
1. Games to be played on 5/3
  Udinese vs Atalanta
  Palermo vs Cagliari
  Roma vs Chievo
  Juventus vs Lecce
  Catania vs Milan
  Siena vs Napoli
  Genoa vs Sampdoria
  Fiorentina vs Torino
There are several games that involves top half
(of the table) vs Bottom half teams.
2. Reggina help themselves by beating Bologna.
It lifts them level on points with Lecce.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-4 09:54

Results of Eng Championship League games
  played on 5/3
Crystal P 0-0 Sheff Utd
Notts Forest 2-1 Southampton
Preston 2-1 QPR
Reading 1-2 Birmingham
Sheff Wed 1-0 Cardiff
Wolves 1-0 Doncaster
Final Standings (Top and Bottom parts shown)
                                    Pts
1. Wolves                   90 (Champ)
2. Birmingham         83 (Promoted)
    ----------- (Direct Promotion)
3. Sheff Utd               80
4. Reading                  77
5. Burnley                   76
6. Preston                   74
    ----------- (Promotion Play-Off line)
7. Cardiff                     74

21. Plymouth             51
    ----------- (Relegation line)
22. Norwich                46 (Relegated)
23. Southampton      45 (Relegated)
24. Charlton                39 (Relegated)

Note
1. Preston pipped Cardiff on Goal Scored.
  Preston and Cardiff have the same Goal
  Difference (+12). The next rule is the
  Goal Scored, which Preston are 66 and
  Cardiff are 65.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-4 15:16

Eng Championship League Play-Off Semi-Final dates
Leg 1
5/8  Preston vs Sheff Utd   (1945 BST)
5/9  Burnley vs Reading   (1720 BST)

Leg 2
5/11  Sheff Utd vs Preston  (1945 BST)
5/12  Reading vs Burnley  (1945 BST)
Note :
BST = British Std Time
HK time = BST + 7Hr
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-4 15:59

Results of France D1 games played on 5/3
Bordeaux 3-0 Sochaux
Nantes 1-2 Le Havre
PSG 0-1 Rennes

Standings (include 5/3 results) -- All played 34 games.
                                  Pts
1. Marseille              68
2. Bordeaux             68
   ----------------  (Champ Lg Group Stage line)
3. Lyon                      61
   ---------------  (Champ Lg Play-Off Stage line)
4. PSG                      60
   -------------- (Europa Lg line)
5. Toulouse               58
6. Lille                        56

15. Le Mans             38
16. Caen                   34
17. Sochaux              33  (GD = -8)
  ------------------ (Relegation line)
18. Nantes                 33 (GD = -18)
19. St Etienne            33 (GD = -21)
20. Le Havre              24

Note :
1. GD = Goal Difference
  The 3 teams on 33 points are separated only by
  Goal Difference.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-5 14:53

Time to review Eng Premier League
Overview -- 35 Rounds of matches have been played.
It is Round 36 this weekend.
Champ Lleague -- There are 4 spots.
The top 3 teams qualify for Group Stage.
  The 4th-placed team qualify for Play-Off Stage.
Europa Lg -- There are 3 spots.
One Spot for the 5th-placed team.
Another Spot for FA Cup Winner (or Losing Finalist,
  if the Winner already qualified for European
  competitions).
The third spot go to League Cup Winner only.
If the Winner already qualified, the spot will go to
  the team next in ranking (e.g 6th or 7th placed).

Standings (as of 5 May) -- All played 35 games
  except Man Utd and Wigan.
                                    Pts
1. Man Utd                 80
2. Liverpool                77
3. Chelsea                  74
   -------------------- (Champ Lg Group Stage line)
4. Arsenal                   68
   ------------------- (Champ Lg Play-off Stage line)
5. Aston Villa              58
6. Everton                   56 (Qualified. FA Cup Finalist)
7.West Ham               48
  ------------------- (Europa Lg line)
8. Man City                 47
9. Fulham                   47
10. Spurs                   47

16. Sunderland         35
17 Hull                        34
   --------------------- (Relegation line)
18. Newcastle            31
19. Middlesboro        31
20. West Brom           28
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-5 15:40

Holland D1 Review -- The last round of matches will
  be played this weekend (10 May).
Willem II vs PSV
Ajax vs Twente
NEC vs Sparta Rotterdam
Heracles vs Utrecht
Graafscap vs Volendam <--- Relegation derby
AZ vs Heerenveen
Groningen vs NAC
Feyenoord vs Roda
Den Haag vs Vitesse

Standings (as of 5/4) -- All played 33 games.
                                  Pt
1. AZ                        77  (Champ)
    ----------------------- (Champ Lg Group Stage line)
2. Twente                 69
   --------------------- (Champ Lg Play-off Stage)
3. Ajax                      65
4. PSV                     62
  --------------------- (Europa Lg line)
5. Heerenveen        60
6. Groningen           53
7. Feyenoord          45
8. NAC                    45
   ------------------- (Europa Lg Play-off line)
9. Utrecht                43
10. Vitesse             43

13. Sparta Rotterdam   34
14. Heracles           31
15 Den Haag          29
    ---------------- (Relegation Play-off line)
16. Graafschap       29
17. Volendam         28
   ----------------- (Direct Relegation line)
18. Roda                 27

Comment
1. AZ and Twente have booked their places in
  the Champ League already.
2. Europa Lg spots -- Ajax cannot catch Twente now.
Heerenveen have booked their place in the
Europa Lg because Heerenveen is the Finalist
  Holland Cup.
  Utrecht and Vitesse are trying to sneak into
  the Europa Lg Play-off.
3. Relegation --
  Graafschap and Volendam play in the Relegation
  derby. They both need a win to get off the Relegation
  Play-off.
  Roda can jump off the bottom of the table by
  beating Feyenoord. It will benefit Roda if the
  Relegation derby end in a draw.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-5 15:58

Time to review on Greece.
The regular season has finished in Greece.
The Champion is Olympiakos who will get  the
   Champ Lg Group Stage spot.

There will be a Play-Off involving 4 teams playing
  2-round robin. The 4 teams will start the
  Play-Off tournament with some added points
  (for their achievement in the regular season).

Standings (before the tournament starts)
                                   Pts
1. PAOK                   3
2. Panathinaikos      2
3. AEK                      1
4. Larisa                    0

The first round of matches
5/10  PAOK vs Panathinaikos
          AEK vs Larisa

Note
1. The Winner of this Play-Off will get the Champ Lg
     spot.
2. The 2nd and 3rd placed team (of the Play-Off)
  will get the Europa League spots.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-5 16:51

Comment Eng Premiere League
1. Aston Villa have booked their place in Europa Lg.
  Villa have 58 pts now which West Ham (on 48pts)
  cannot catch them (even if West Ham win all
  their remaining 3 matches).
2. Everton have booked their place because they are
  the Finalist in FA Cup (Chelsea will take their
  place in Champ Lg).
3. Fixture for this weekend
5/9 (9 May)
Blackburn vs Portsmouth
Bolton vs Sunderland
Everton vs Spurs
Fulham vs Aston Villa
Hull vs Stoke
West Brom vs Wigan
West Ham vs Liverpool (1730 BST)

5/10
Man Utd vs Man City (1330 BST) <-- Manchester derby
Arsenal vs Chelsea  (1600 BST) <-- London derby

5/11
Newcastle vs Middlesboro  <-- Relegation derby
Either Newcaster or Middlesboro have to beat
each other to relieve the relegation pressure.
If it is a draw, both sides will suffer.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-6 11:24

Time to review Scottish Premier League
The league is split into Championship and Relegation
  Groups.

Standings -- All played 1 games after the split.
  All points and score carried forward (from Regular
  season).
Championship Group
                                Pts
1. Celtic                  77
2. Rangers             76
   ---------------- (Champ Lg line)
3. Hearts                 54
4. Dundee Utd        52
   ---------------- (Europa Lg line)
5. Aberdeen           48
6. Hibernian            42

Relegation Group
1. Motherwell          41
2. Hamilton             37
3. Inverness            35
4. Kilmarnock         34
5. St Mirren             34
   ------------------- (Relegation line)
6. Falkirk                 31

Note
1. St Johnstone (Div 1 Champ) will be promoted
  next season.
2. The ranking of teams in the Relegation Group
  will not be higher than the Champion Group teams.
  e.g. if Motherwell (Rel) earn more points than
  Hibernian (Champ Gp) at the end of the season.
  Motherwell will still be ranked lower than Hibernian.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-6 11:38

German D1 Fixtures this weekend.  (Round 31)
5/8  Leverkusen vs Bielefeld
5/9 (Sat)
Dortmund vs Karlsruhe
Cottbus vs B.Munich
Hannover vs Frankfurt
Hertha vs Bochum
Hoffenheim vs Cologne
Stuttgart vs Wolfsburg

4/10 (Sun)
M'gladbach vs Schalke
Bremen vs Hamburg

Comment
1. It is mostly teams in the lower half of the table
  versus the teams from upper half.
2. B.Munich has to win to keep up the pace
  with Wolfsburg.  Cottbus can still shock B.Munich.
3. Hamburg has a difficult task against unpredictable
  Bremen.
4. Hertha and Hamburg must win to keep up with
  the leaders.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-6 17:26

Scottish Premier League fixtures this week and
weekend.
5/7 (7 May)
Champ Group
Dundee Utd vs Aberdeen
Hearts vs Hibernian

5/9 (Sat)
Champ Group
Rangers vs Celtic  <-- Old Firm derby

Relegation Group
Kilmarnock vs Falkirk
St Mirren vs Motherwell

5/10 (Sun)
Relegation Group
Inverness vs Hamilton

Commnet
1. Old Firm derby -- Rangers must beat Celtic
  to hold any hope of landing the Championship.
2. Dundee Utd must beat Aberdeen to hold
  on to the Europa Lg berth.
3. Falkirk must beat Kilmarnock to give
  themselves better survival chances.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-6 17:55

Italy Serie A (D1)
Overview -- It is Round 35 this weekend.

Standings (as of 4 May) -- All played 34 games.
                                         Pts
1. Inter                            77
2. AC Milan                    70
3. Juventus                     66
   ------------ (Champ Lg Group Stage line)
4. Fiorentina                   61
  ------------- (Champ Lg Play-off Stage line)
5. Genoa                          60
6. Roma                            53
  ------------- (Europa Lg line)
7. Palermo                       52
8. Cagliari                         49

16 Chievo                          35
17. Torino                          30
    -------------- (Relegation line)
18. Bologna                       29
19. Lecce                            28
20. Reggina                       27

Fixtures this weekend (5/9-5/10)
5/9 (Sat)
Sampdoria vs Reggina
Lazio vs Udinese

5/10 (Sun)
Torino vs Bologna  <-- Bottom-of-table derby)
Catania vs Fiorentina
Atalanta vs Genoa
Chievo vs Inter
Lecce vs Napoli
Siena vs Palmero
Cagliara vs Roma
AC Milan vs Juventus

Comment
1. Inter need to win their match to extend their
  lead.
2. AC Milan must win. If they draw or lose, this
  will give Inter the crown earlier.
3. Relegation -- focus is on the basement derby.
  Either Bologna or Torino must win to give
  themselves more breathing space.
  Lecce and Reggina have better chances
  of getting some points off their rivals.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-7 11:41

Time to look at the Spanish Premier League
Standings (as of 4 May) -- All played 34 games.
                                 Pts
1. Barcelona           85
2. R.Madrid             78
3. Sevilla                  60
    ------------- (Champ Lg Group Stage line)
4. Valencia              56
    ------------- (Champ Lg Play-Off Stage line)
5. Atl Madrid          55
6. Villarreal             55
    ------------- (Europa Lg line)
7. Deportivo           53
8. Malaga                51

15. Betis                  37
16. Osasuna           36
17. Getafe               34
   -------------- (Relegation line)
18. Sp Gijon           34
19. Rec Huelva      33
20. Numancia       31

Fixtures this weekend
5/9 (Sat)
Valencia vs R.Madrid
Sevilla vs Mallorca
Bilbao vs Betis
5/10 (Sun)
Barcelona vs Villarreal
Getafe vs Osasuna
Rec Huelva vs Deportivo
Valladolid vs Numancia
Malaga vs Santander
Almeria vs Sp Gijon
Atl Madrid vs Numancia

Comment
1. Barcelona must beat Villarreal to take a major
  step towards their title.
2. Valencia cannot to lose  points if they want
  to take up a berth in Champ Lg. They must beat
  R.Madrid. Likewise, the other two contenders
  Atl Madrid and Villarreal cannot relax either.
3. Relegation -- Getafe and Osasuna should be
  in a tussle. They must try to win their game to
  relieve some of the relegation fear.
  The other relegation candidates (Rec Huelva,
  Numancia, Sp Gijon) should take their chances
  to take some points off their mid-table rivals.
  The relegation battles are hotting up.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-7 17:58

There is no French D1 league action this weekend due to
French Cup (or called France FA Cup) Final on 5/9.
Div 1 will take a leave and will be back to action
on 5/12 (12 May) and 5/13 (13 May).

The French Cup Final on 5/9 is Rennes (D1) vs Guingamp (D2).
The French Cup Winner will take a berth in Europa Lg next
season.

Here is the fixtures for 5/12 & 5/13.
5/12 (Tue)  Lyon vs Nantes
5/13 (Wed)
Auxerre vs Grenoble
Le Havre vs St Etienne
Le Mans vs PSG
Nancy vs Lorient
Rennes vs Caen
Sochaux vs Monaco
Toulouse vs Lille
Valenciennes vs Bordeaux
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-8 17:49

Time to review German D2
Standings -- All teams have played 30 games.
There are 4 rounds to go.
                                        Pts
1. Freiburg                    61
2. Mainz                        54
   --------------- (Direct Promotion line)
3. Nurnberg                 52
  --------------- (Promotion Play-off line)
4. Greuther                   51
5. Aachen                      49
6. Kaiserslautern          49

14. Rostock                   34
15. Koblenz                  34
   ----------------- (Relegation Play-off line)
16. Osnabruck             32
  ----------------- (Direct Relegation line)
17. Ingolstadt              27
18. Wehen                    21

Fixtures this weekend
5/8 (Fri)
Osnabruck vs Aachen
FSV Frankfurt vs Duisburg
Kaiserslautern vs Augsburg
TSV 1860 vs Rostock
Oberhausen vs Wehen

5/10 (Sun)
Koblenz vs Freiburg
St Pauli vs Mainz
Ingolstadt vs Ahlen
Greuther vs Nurnberg

Comment
1. The focus should be Greuther vs Nurnberg.
The 3rd place is up for grab.
2. Freiburg have an easy task against Koblenz.
  Mainz should beat St Pauli.
3. Relegation --
Wehen and Ingolstadt should take their chances
  to take some points off their mid-table rivals.
Osnabruck should meet a more determined
  Aachen. Aachen is looking for the 3rd place.
作者: vorr    時間: 2009-5-9 10:55

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作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-9 13:58

Results of games played on 5/7 & 5/8
Eng Championship Lg Play-Off Leg 1
Preston 1-1 Sheff Utd

Eng League One Play-Off Leg 1
Scunthorpe 1-1 MK Dons

Eng League Two Leg 1
Rochdale 0-0 Gillingham
Shrewsbury 0-1 Bury

Portugal Premier League
Guimaraes 0-1 Rio Aves

Germany D1
Leverkusen 2-2 Bielefeld

Germany D2
Osnabruck 2-1 Aachen
FSV Frankfurt 0-0 Duisburg
Kaiserslautern 1-0 Augsburg
TSV 1860 3-3 Rostock
Oberhausen 0-1 Wehen

Italy Serie-B
Livorno 0-1 Triestina

Reminder Eng Football League Play-off dates
Championship Lg
Leg1
5/9  Burnley vs Reading
Leg 2
5/11  Sheff Utd vs Preston
5/12 Reading vs Burnley

League One Play-Off
Leg 1
5/9  Millwall vs Leeds

Leg 2
5/14  Leeds vs Millwall
5/15  MK Dons vs Scunthorpe

League Two Play-Off
Leg 2
5/10
Gillingham vs Rochdale
Bury vs Shrewsbury

National Conference Play-Off Final
5/17  Cambridge vs Torquay
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-9 14:48

German D2 Standings (includes 5/8 results)
                                 P        Pts
1. Freiburg             30        61
2. Mainz                  30        54
    -------------------- (Direct Promotion line)
3. Nurnberg            30         52
    -------------------- (Promotion Play-Off line)
4. Kaiserslalutern  31         52
5. Greuther             30         51
6. Aachen               31        49
7. Duisburg             31        48

14. Rostock            31        35
15. Osnabruck        31        35
    --------------------- (Relegation line)
16. Koblenz             30        34
    --------------------- (Relegation Play-Off line)
17. Ingolstadt          30         27
18. Wehen              31         24   <---Relegated
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-9 15:26

Though France D1 League take a day off today
  because of French Cup Final, France D2 still
  go on. Results of games played on 5/8.
Ajaccio 1-1 Bastia
Angers 1-1 Metz
Clermont 3-0 Sedan
Nimes 1-0 Chatearoux
Strasbourg 2-1 Amiens
Tours 3-1 Bologne
Troyes 2-1 Dijon
Vannes 0-3 Brest

Games played next week
5/11  Lens vs Reims
5/12  Guingamp vs Montpellier

Standings (includes results on 5/8)
                                 P         Pts
1. Lens                    34        65
2. Strasbourg         35        62
3. Metz                    35        59
     ---------------------- (Promotion line)
4. Tours                   35        59
5. Bologne               35       57
6. Montpellier          34        56

14. Amiens              35       41
15. Ajaccio              35       41
16. Brest                  35       39
17. Reims                34       37
   ------------------- (Relegation line)
18. Troyes                35       37
19. Chateauroux      35       37
20. Nimes                 35       37

Coment
1. Champion -- not defined yet.
  Lens are the favourite.  They have a game in hand.
2. Promotion -- The chasing pack (Tours, Bologne,
  and Montpellier) are in for a fight till death
  (season end).
3. Relegation -- It is very exciting right now..
  There are 4 teams at 37pts. The teams at 41pts
  are not totally safeeither. Let's say it is a thrilling
  finish to the end of the season.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-10 12:30

Results of Eng Premier Lg games played on 5/9
Blackburn 2-0 Portsmouth
Bolton 0-0 Sunderland
Everton 0-0 Spurs
Fulham 3-1 Aston V
Hull 1-2 Stoke
West Brom 3-1 Wigan
West Ham 0-3 Liverpool

Standings (include 5/9 results)
                                 P       Pts
1. Liverpool            36       80
2. Man Utd             34        80
3. Chelsea             35        74
    -------------------- (Champ Lg Group Stage line)
4. Arsenal              35         68
   --------------------- (Champ Lg Play-Off Stage)
5. Aston V             36         58
6. Everton              36        57
7. Fulham               36        50
  -------------------- (Europa Lg line)
8. Spurs                  36        48
9. West Ham          36        48
10. Man City           35        47

15. Portsmouth      36         38
16. Sunderland      36         36
17 Hull                     36        34
   -------------------- (Relegation line)
18. Newcastle        35         31
19. Middlesboro    35         31
20. West Brom       36         31

Comment
1. Stoke (42pts) are safe now. Blackburn (40
  and Bolton (40) needs 1 more point to ensure safety.
   Sunderland get a useful point which can help them.
   Hull are hanging on a thread right now.
   Portsmouth are also in a dangerous position.
2. The most important game (Newcastle vs
   Middlesboro) is on Monday.
  If they draw, both sides are losers. This results
  can only help their fellow strugglers (Hull and
  West Brom).  They must win to give themselves
  hope of survival.
3. Liverpool are heading the table on goal difference.
  They will wait for results of today games
  Man Utd vs Man City.  By the way, Man Utd have
  an extra game on 5/13 (away to Wigan).
  This is a delayed game (postponed earlier
  this season).
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-10 13:40

Results of German D1 games played on 5/9
Dortmund 4-0
Cottbus 1-3 B.Munich
Hannover 1-1 Frankfurt
Hertha 2-0 Bochum
Hoffenheim 2-0 Cologne
Stuttgart 4-1 Wolfsburg

Standings (include 5/9 results)
                                    P        Pts
1. Wolfsburg              31       60
2. B.Munich                31       60
    --------------------- (Champ Lg Group Stage line)
3. Hertha                    31       59
   --------------------- (Champ Lg Play-Off stage line)
4. Stuttgart                 31       58
5. Dortmund               31       55
   -------------------- (Europa Lg line)
6. Hamburg                30       55
7. Schalke                  30       49

14. Bochum                31       28
15. Bielefeld               31       27
   -------------------- (Relegation Play-off line)
16. Cottbus                 31        27
  -------------------- (Direct Relegation line)
17. M'gladbach           30       24
18. Karlsruhe               31       23

Comment
1. Stuttgart's win over Wolfsburg blew the title race
  wide open.The top 4 (or 5) teams still have a
  claim to the title.
2. Relegation battles -- The bottom 5 teams are
  in a league of their own. Karlsruhe should be
  the first one to lose out.
3. Games
5/10 (Sun) -- Round 31
M'gladbach vs Schalke
Bremen vs Hamburg

5/12 (Tue) -- Round 32
B.Munich vs Leverkusen
Cologne vs Hertha
Karlsruhe vs Hannover
Wolfsburg vs Dortmund

5/13 (Wed) -- Round 32
Bielefeld vs Hoffenheim
Cottbus vs M'gladbach  (Bottom-of-table derby)
Frankfurt vs Bremen
Hamburg vs Bochum
Schalke vs Stuttgart
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-10 14:50

Results of games played on 5/9
Eng Championship Play-Off Leg1
Burnley 1-0 Reading

Eng League One Play-off Leg1
Millwall 1-0 Leeds

Spanish Premier Lg
Valencia 3-0 R.Madrid
Sevilla 3-1 Mallorca
Bilbao 1-0 Betis

Italy Serie A
Sampdoria 5-0 Reggina
Lazio 1-3 Udinese
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-10 15:10

Comment should be added to Spanish League
on 5/9 game results.
1. Barcelona will be crowned Champion if they win
  their game today (against Villarreal).
2. It seems Valencia could be in Champ Lg
edging out Atl Madrid.
3. Relegation -- The bottom 4 teams are fighting
  each other to get out. Those teams on 38 points
  (or 39 pots) cannot relax yet.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-11 09:54

Results of gmes played on 5/10.
Eng League Two Play-Off Leg2
Gillingham 2-1 Rochdale  (agg 2-1)
Bury 0-1 Shrewsbury * (agg 1-1)  pk 3-4

Eng Premier Lg
Man U 2-0 Man C
Arsenal 1-4 Chelsea

German D1
M'gladbach 1-0 Schalke
Bremen 2-0 Hamburg

Spanish Premier Lg
Barcelona 3-3 Villarreal
Getafe 3-0 Osasuna
Rec Huelva 1-2 Deportivo
Valladolid 0-0 Numancia
Malaga 1-0 Santander
Almeria 3-1 Sp Gijon
Atl Madrid 3-2 Espanyol

Italy Serie A
Torino 1-1 Bologna
Catnia 0-2 Fiorentina
Atalanta 1-1 Genoa
Chievo 2-2 Inter
AC Milan 1-1 Juventus
Lecce 1-1 Napoli
Siena 1-0 Palermo
Cagliari 2-2 Roma

Holland D1
Willem 0-3 PCV
Ajax 1-0 Twente
NEC 1-1 Sparta Rotterdam
Heracles 1-1 Utrecht
Graafsschap 2-2 Volendam
AZ 3-1 Heerenveen
Groningen 1-0 NAC
Feyenoord 2-3 Roda
Den Haag 3-1 Vitesse
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-11 17:30

Holland regulare season completed
  yesterday (5/10).
Here is the final standings.
                                     Pts
1. AZ                            80
2. Twente                    69
   ----------------- (Champ Lg line)
3. Ajax                          68
4. PSV                           65
  ------------------ (Europa Lg line)
5. Heerenveen            60
6. Groningen               56
7. Feyenoord                45
8. NAC                           45
  ------------------ (Europa Lg Play-off line)
9. Utrecht                      44


15. Heracles                  32
  ----------------- (Relegation Play-off line)
16. Roda                         30
17. Graafschap              30
  ----------------- (Direct Relegation)
18. Volendam                29

Holland Cup game (Twente vs Heerenveen)
is on 5/9. Waiting for the fixture list on
the Europa Lg Play-Off.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-11 17:56

General Comment
1. Eng Premier Lg --
Man Utd need 4 more pts from their remaining
3 matches to be crowned Champion.
Aston Villa and Everton are both qualified for
  Europa Lg next season.
The 7th place (last spot for Europa Lg) is up for
  grab. Fulham (50pts), West Ham (48), Spurs (48),
  and Man City are fighting for it.
Relegation --
It is very interesting now. With 3 bottom teams
on 31pts. Waiting to see the results of tonight
Relegation derby (Newcastle vs Middlesboro).
Sunderland and Portsmouth are not safe either.
They both need 3-4 pts to ensure safety.

Italy Serie A -- 3 rounds to go.
Champion Lg -- Inter need a win to claim the title.
They should do it in next round.
  The fight is for the 4th spot. Genoa still have
  a shout in this fight.
Europa Lg (5th & 6th) ---
The fight is for the 6th place. Roma, Palermo,
  Udinese, and Cagliari are in for this battle.
Relegation -- It should be btw Reggina (27),
  Lecce (29),  Bologna (30), and Torino (31).
Chievo (36) are not totally safe yet. They still
  need another 3-4 pts.
作者: Thunderball    時間: 2009-5-12 17:22

Newcastle jump out of the bottom 3 after their
win over Middlesboro.
The bottom of the table will look like this

                                  P        Pts    GD
16. Sunderland     36      36      -17
17. Newcastle        36      34      -17
   ------------------ (Relegation line)
18. Hull                    36      34      -23
19. Middlesboro    36      31      -28
20. West Brom       36      31      -29

Note
GD = Goal Difference
All 4  bottom teams are vulnerable.
There are two rounds to go.





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