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England League One
1. Yesterday (4/5) Results
Yeovil 1-2 Leeds
Brentford 0-0 Exeter
Bristol R 1-0 MK Dones
Charlton 1-0 Carlisle
Colchester 1-2 Millwall
Gillingham 3-0 Southend
Hartlepool 2-0 Brighton
Norwich 2-1 Stockport
Southampton 2-1 Leyton
Swindon 3-0 Tranmere
Walsall 2-1 Wycombe

2. Standings (includes 4/5 results)
                           P         Pts    GD
1. Norwich            40        85
2. Swindon           40        76
   --- Direct Promotion line ---
3. Millwall            40        75    +29
4. Leeds              40        74    +27
5. Charlton           40        74   +21
6. Huddersfield     39        65   +19
   --- Play-Off line ---
7. Colchester        40        65   +12
8. Bristol R          40         61   +1
9. Southampton    39        57    +30   (See Note)

17. Exeter            40        44    -11
18. Gillingham      40        43    -9
19. Oldham          38        43    -13
20. Leyton           40        41    -15
    --- Relegation line ---
21. Tranmere       40         41   -29
22. Southend       40         38   -17
23. Wycombe       40         32   -27
24. Stockport       40          25

3. Comment
3.1 Norwich needs 9 more pts to confirm promotion.
3.2 Swindon, Millwall, and Leeds are battling for the
other Direct Promotion spot.
3.3 Huddersfield, Colchester, Bristol Rovers and
  Southamption are battling for the Play-Off places.
  Huddersfield and Southampton has a game in hand.
3.4 Relegation
  Stockport are doomed. Wycombe are likely to join Stockport
  in League Two next season.  
  Southend, Tranmere, Leyton, Oldham, Gillingham, and
    Exeter are fighting to avoid the other 2 relegation spots.
    Oldham are in better position because they have
    2 games in hand.
   --- End of Update ---

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England League Two
1. Overview -- There are 24 teams playing 2 round-robins.
  Each team plays 46 games in Regular Season.
  Direct Promotuion -- Top 3 teams promoted to League One.
  Promotion Play-Off -- The 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th-placed
    teams are in Home-away play-off.
  Relegation -- The bottom 2 teams (24th and 23rd-placed
    teams relegated to National Conference (the 5th-tier
    of Football League).
2. Standings
                            P         Pts      GD
1. Rochdale            39       79
2. Notts County       38      74     +49
3. Bournemouth       40      71     +10
    --- Direct Promotion line ---
4. Rotherham          40       65    +6
5. Aldershot            40       64    +13
6. Chesterfield        40       64     +2
7. Bury                   40       64     -1
   --- Play-Off line ---
8. Northampton       40       63     +12
9. Morecambe         40       61      +9
10. Port Vale          40       59      +13
11. Dag & Red        40       59      +5

20. Lincoln             40       43       -20
21. Torquay            40       41      -5
22. Cheltenham       39      41       -14
   --- Relegation line ---
23. Grimsby            40       34      -25
24. Darlington         38       22

3. Comment
3.1 Rochdale needs 5 more points to clinch promotion.
3.2 Notts County can challenge for the title if Rochdale
   slip up in the title run-in.
3.3 Bournemouth have 6 more cushion over Rotherham.
  They should have no problem to clinch the automatic
  promotion spot.
3.4 Play-Off spots --- Northampton, Morecambe, Bury,
  Chesterfield, Aldershot and Rotherham are all fighting
  for the Play-Off spots. There are only 4 pts separating
  these 6 teams.  Port Vale and Dag & Red are poised
  to strike if some of the 6 teams slip up.
3.5 Relegation -- Darlington are doomed. Grimsby upturn
  in form are coming too late. They have a very slim
  chance to escape relegation if they win all their
  remaining games and the 3 teams above them slip
  upbadly in the run-in. This is very remote.
   --- End of Update ---

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Let's look at Spanish Div 1 (La Liga)
1. Overview -- There aare 20 teams playing 2 round-robins.
  Each team plays 38 games in a season. 8 more rounds to go.
Qualify for Champ Lg -- Top 4 teams.
Qualify for Europa Lg -- The 5th, 6th-placed team +
   Spanish Cup Winner.
Relegation -- Bottom 3 teams (20th, 19th and 18th-placed)
relegated.

2. Standings -- All played 30 games
                           Pts   GD
1. R.Madrid            77    +57
2. Barcelona          77     +56
3. Valencia            56
4. Sevilla               48     +8
   --- Qualify for Champ Lg line ---
5. Mallorca            48      +12
6. Bilbao               45      +0
   -- Qualify for Europa Lg line ---
7. Villarreal           43      +4
8. Deportivo          42      -6
9. Getafe              41      +2

15. Zaragoza         32      -16
16. Malaga            31      -4
17. Santander        31      -14
   --- Relegation line ---
18. Tenerife          25      -32
19. Valladolid        24      -23
20. Xerez              23      -26
  Note -- If teams are on the same points, ranking is based
   on their results against each other.

3. Comment
3.1 This is only 2-horse race for the Spanish title.
  It is either Real Madrid or Barcelona.  No other teams
  can come closer.
3.2 The race on the 4th place is very keen. Sevilla, Mallorca,
  and Bilbao are fighting for the last Champ Lg spot.
3.3 Vilarreal , Deportivo, Getafe and Atl Madrid can
  claim the Europa Lg spot if they can win their remaining
  matches.
3.4 Relegation battles
  The bottom 3 teams cannot be total written out yet because
  Xerez experienced upturn in form.  Xerez won 3 matches
  lately.
  Santaner, Malaga, Zaragoza, even Espanyol and Osasuna
   cannot be so relaxed so soon. They should work harder
   to avoid dragging into the mud-sling relegation battles.
   --- End of Update ---

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German Bundesliga II (Div 2)
1. Overview -- There are 18 teams playing 2 round-robins.
  Each team plays 34 games in a season.
Direct Promotion -- Top 2 teams promoted to D1.
D1/D2 Play-Off -- D2-3 (3rd-placed team of D2) will be in
  home-away play-off with D1-16 (16th-placed of D1).
Direct Relegation -- Bottom 2 teams (18th and 17th-placed
  teams) relegated to D3
D2/D3 Play-Off -- D3-3 (3rd-placed team of D3) will be in
  home-away play-off with D2-16 (16th-placed of D2).

2. Standings -- All played 29 games already.  5 more rounds to go.
                              Pts
1. Kaiserslautern       61
2. St Pauli                55
   --- Direct Promotion line ---
3. Augsburg              54
   ---D1/D2 Play-Off line ---
4. Fortuna Dusseldorg 49
5. Bielefeld               49
6. Duisburg               48

14. Karlsruhe             35
15. Rostock               32
   --- D2/D3 Play-Off line ---
16. FSV Frankfurt        29
   --- Relegation line ---
17. Koblenz               27
18. Ahlen                  21

3. Comment
3.1 Kaiserslautern needs 9 more pts to claim promotion.
3.2 St Pauli, Augsburg are fighting for the Runner-up spot.
3.3 Bielefeld, Fortuna Dusseldorf and Duisburg may join
  in for the fight for the Play-Off spot.
3.4 Relegation -- Ahlen seems destined for relegation.
  Koblenz, FSV, Rostock, and Karlsruhe are battling
  to avoid relegation and the dreaded Play-Off.
   --- End of Update ---

Thunderball

Let's look at Greece league
1. Overview -- There are 16 teams playing 2 round-robins.
  Each teams plays 30 games in Regular Season.
  At the end of Regular Season, there is a Clay-Off
  (in mini-league format) between the 2nd, 3rd, 4th
  and 5th-placed teams for the Champ Lg spot and
  Europa Lg spot.
Qualify for Champ Lg -- Champion of the League at Regular
  season + Champion of Play-Off
Qualfy for Europa Lg -- The 2nd, 3rd-placed teams of
  Play-Off + Greek Cup Winner
Relegation -- Bottom 3 teams (16th, 15th, and 14th-placed
   teams) relegated.

2. Standings -- As of 4/5. All played 28 games. Two rounds to go.
                            Pts
1. Panathinaikos     64
   --- Qualify for Champ lg ---
2. Olympiakos         58
3. PAOK                 56
4. AEK                   49
5. Aris                   46
   --- Play-Off line ---
6. Kavala               38
7. Iraklis                37

12. Ast Tripolis       33
13. Levadiakos        30
   --- Relegation line ---
14. Xanthi              29
15. Giannina           28
16. Panthrakikos      12   --> Relegated

3. Comment
3.1 Panathinaikos needs just 1 more pt in the remaining
  2 games to confirm they are the Champions.
3.2 There is not much competition for the last play-off
  place. The 6th-placed Kavala is 8pts adrift of Aris (5th).
  The teams in Play-Off are Olympiakos, PAOK, AEK
  and Aris. The only change will be the points the team
  carries into Play-Off because the higher ranked teams
  (will be awarded with more points which they carried
  into the Play-Off). The awarded points are the difference
  btw the teams with the lowest team as basis.
  That means the lowest team has 0 point awarded which
  they carries into play-off.
3.3 Relegation
Panthrakikos are relegated. The only issue is who will
  accompay them. Giannina, Xanthi, Levdiakos are fighting
  to avoid relegation.  Ast Tripolis and Ergotelis also needs
  3 more pints to relieve them from relegation pains.
    --- End of Update ---

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Update on Scottish Premier League
1. Standings -- As of 4/6 (6 Apr)
                          P      Pts
1. Rangers           31     73
2. Celtic              32      63
3. Dundee Utd      32     58
4. Hibernian         32     50
5. Mothrwell         32     48
6. Hearts             32      41
   --- Split line ---
7. St Johnstone    32      38
8. Aberdeen         31      34
9. Hamilton          32      33
10. Kilmarnock      32      29
11. St Mirren         32      28
12. Falkirk            32      25

2. Upcoming Fixtures
4/7  (7 Apr) Rangers vs Aberdeen
4/10 (10 Apr)
Falkirk vs St Mirren
Hamilton vs Hibernian
Hearts vs Kilmarnock

4/11 (11 Apr)  Aberdeen vs St Johnstone
4/13 (13 Apr)  Celtic vs Motherwell
4/14 (14 Apr)  Dundee Utd vs Rangers  (End of Regular Season)

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Portugal League
1. Overview -- There are 16 teams playing 2 round-robins.
    Each team plays 30 games in a season.
Qualify for Champ Lg -- Top 3 teams.
Qualify for Europa Lg -- The 4th and 5th-placed teams +
    Portugal Cup Winner.
Relegation -- Bottom 2 teams (16th and 15th-placed) relegated.

2. Standings -- All played 25 games.  Five rounds to go.
                                      Pts
1. Benfica                    64
2. Sp Braga                  58
3. Porto                        53
   --- Qualify for Champ Lg ---
4. Sporting Lisbon     41
5. Guimaraes              36
   --- Qualify for Europa Lg ---
6. U.Leiria                     34
7. P.Ferreira                 33
8. Nacional                   32

12. Academica             25
13. Olhanense             24
14. V.Setubal               24
   --- Relegation line ---
15. Leixoes                    18
16. Belenenses             15

3. Comment
3.1 Benfica needs 10 more pts to claim the championship.
3.2 Sp Braga and Guimaraes are the surprise packages this season.
   It looks like Braga can hold off Porto for 2nd place.
3.3 Sporting Lisbon are very disappointing this season.
  They cannot finish any higher than 4th place this season.
  There is a big gap (of points) between Porto and Sporting.
3.4 Guimaraes, U.Leiria, P.Ferreira, and Nacional have a claim
   on the Europa Lg spot.
3.5 Relegation -- Relegation is much or less decided. It seems
  Leixoes and Belenenses are destined for relegation to Div 2.
  Are there any miracles for these 2 teams? They also need
  Olhanenses and V.Setubal slip up for any of the 2 teams to
  overtake them.
   --- End of Update ---

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Yesterday (4/7) Results
Scottish Premier Lg
Rangers 3-1 Aberdeen

Rangers stay top of the table with 13pts margin over Cletic.

France D1
Marseille 3-0 Sochaux

Marseille go top of the table (with 59pts) with Lyon,
  Montpellier, and Auxerre (at 57pts) trailing and
  Bordeaux stay fifth (at 56pts).

More on later posts.
  --- End of Update ---

Thunderball

Preview of Spanish D1 Fixtures this weekend (4/10-4/11)
1. This Weekend Fixtures
4/10 (10 Apr)
Malaga vs Sevilla
R.Madrid vs Barcelona  --> El Clasico
Tenerife vs Valladolid
Villarreal vs Sp Gijon
Xerez vs Getafe

4/11 (11 Apr)
Bilbao vs Almeria
Deportivo vs Santander
Espanyol vs Atl Madrid
Mallorca vs Valencia
Osasuna vs Zaragoza

2. Comment
2.1 All eyes focus on the National derby between
  R.Madrid and Barcelona. Te 'El Classico' this year takes
  extra importance because it may all but decide who
  take the championship crown.

2.2 The race for 4th spot (last remaining Champ Lg spot)
2.2.1 Sevilla should beat Malaga, and Bilbao should beat Almeria.
2.2.2 The match between Mallorca (5th) and Valencia (3rd)
  should be another fierce contest.  Valencia must win
  to consolidate their positon but Mallorca must also win
  to keep up the pressure on Sevilla. A draw will benefit
  their rivals.

2.3 Relegation front --
2.3.1 The relegation derby between Tenerife and Valladolid.
  Both side must win to give themseleves a lifeline.
  A draw does not help them.
2.3.2 Malaga need a win or a draw (against Sevilla) to ease
  their relegation fear.  Same goes with Santander, who
  visits Deportivo.
2.3.3 Another 6-pointer is the contest between Osasuna
  and Zaragoza. A win will ease their relegation fear.
   --- End of Update ---