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England Championship League
1. Results of games played on 4/10 (10 Apr)
Barnsley 0-0 Derby
Bristol C 1-0 Swansea
Cardiff 0-0 Reading
Crystal P 0-2 QPR
Doncaster 2-3 West Brom
Middle 1-0 Sheff Wed
Newcastle 4-1 Blackpool
Notts F 3-0 Ipswich
Peterboro 1-2 Leicester
Preston 3-2 Scunthorpe
Sheff Utd 1-0 Coventry
Watford 1-0 Plymouth

2. Standings (including 4/10 results)
                             P        Pts
1. Newcastle           42       92  --> Promoted
2. West Brom          43       86  --> Promoted
   --- Direct Promotion line ---
3. Notts F               43       75
4. Cardiff                43       70
5. Leicester             43       67
6. Swansea             43       65
   --- Promotion Play-Off line ---
7. Blackpool            43       63
8. Middlesboro         43       61
9. Bristol C              43       59

18. QPR                  42        51
19. Watford             42        48
20. Scunthorpe         42        47
21. Crystal P            43        46
   --- Relegation line ---
22. Sheff Wed          43        45
23. Plymouth           43         41
24. Peterboro           43        31  --> Relegated

3. Comment --
3.1 Newcastle and West Brom are  promoted direct.
3.2 The only promotion issue is who are the 3rd and 4th
  play-off candidate. Notts F, Cardiff are guaranteed a place
  in the play-off.Leicester need 3 more pts to confirm
  their playoff place. Swansea, Blackpool and Middlesboro
  are contending for the 4th spot.

3.3 Relegation
3.3.1 Peterboro are relegated.
3.3.2 Plymouth, Sheff Wed, Crystal P, Scunthorpe and
  Watford are fighting to avoid the other 2 relegation spots.
  QPR, Coventry and Derby need 3 or 4 more pts to climb
  to safety line.
   --- End of Update ---

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German Bundesliga I (D1)
1. Results of games played yesterday (4/10)
Leverkusen 1-1 B.Munich
Hannover 4-2 Schalke
Hertha 0-1 Stuttgart
Mainz 1-0 Dortmund
Hoffenheim 0-2 Cologne
Bremen 4-0 Freiburg

2. Standings (including 4/10 results) -- 4 more rounds to go.
                          P        Pts
1. B.Munich          30       60
2. Scalke              30      58
3. Leverkusen       30       54
   --- Qualify for Champ Lg line ---
4. Dortmund         30       52
5. Bremen            30       51
   --- Qualify for Europa Lg line ---
6. Stuttgart          30       47
7. Hamburg          29       45

14. Nurnbeerg       29       28
15. Bochum          29        28
   --- D1/D2 Play-Off line ---
16. Hannover        30        27
   --- Direct Relegation line ---
17. Freiburg          30       25
18. Hertha            30       22

3. Comment
3.1 Schalke lost again yesterday, but B.Munich cannot
  take the full advantage of Schalke loss.  They can only draw.
  The race for the title will take to the final day.
3.2 In similar sense, Dortmund lost again and cannot take
  advantage of Leverkusen draw.
3.3 Stuttgart are joining Bremen and Dortmund for fight
  for the Europa Lg spot.
3.4 D1/D2 Play-Off -- Hannover beat Schalke to take
  the play-off spot.  Nurnberg and Bochum are in a
  dangerous position now, they must win more points
  to avoid slipping into Play-Off or relegation zone.
3.4.1 Freiburg must win more points to avoid joining
  Hertha in relegation.
   --- End of Update ---

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France D1
1. Results of French D1 Games played yesterday (4/10)
PSG 3-1 Bordeaux
Lens 3-0 Boulogne
Le Mans 2-2 Montpellier
Lorient 1-1 Rennes
Sochaux 0-2 St Etienne
Monaco 2-1 Valenciennes

2. Standings (including 4/10 results)
                         P       Pts
1. Marseilles        30     59
2. Montpellier       32     58
3. Lyon                31     57
   --- Qualify for Champ Lg line ---
4. Auxerre            31     57
   --- Qualify for Europa Lg line ---
5. Bordeaux          30     56
6. Lille                 31     54

14. Lens               32     38
15. Sochaux          31      37
16. Nice                31     36
17. St Etienne        32     35
   --- Relegation line ---
18. Boulogne         32      24
19. Le Mans          31      22
20. Grenoble         32       15

3. Comment
3.1 With the top 5 teams separated by 3 pts. it will be
  a close finish. Marseille can extend their lead by beating
  Nice today (4/11).
3.2 Lyon must beat Lille to close the gap with the leaders.
3.3 Lille could join in the race for Europa Lg spot
  (or even a spot in Cahmp Lg), if they can beat Lyon today.
3.4 Relegation -- It seems the bottom 3 teams are doomed.
  They are too far off from St Etienne (17th-place).
   --- End of Update ---

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Holland League
1. Results of games played yeaterday (4/10)
Twente 2-0 Heerenveen
NAC 1-0 Roda
NEC 0-0 AZ
Sparta R 1-1 Heracles

2. Standings (including 4/9 & 4/10 results)
                          P       Pts
1. Twente            31      80
2. Ajax                30      73
   --- Qualify for Champ Lg line ---
3. PSV                 30      72
4. Feyenoord        30      56
   --- Qualify for Europa Lg line ---
5. AZ                  31       55
6. Heracles          31       50
7. Utrecht            30       48
8. NAC                31       44
   --- Qualify for Europa Lg Play-Off ---
9. Groningen        30       42

14. VVV               30       29
15. Sparta R         31       26
   --- Relegation Play-Off line ---
16. Den Haag       30       24
17. Willem II        30      23
   --- Direct Relegation line ---
18. RKC               31      15

3. Comment
3.1 Twente can be crowned Champion as early as today
  if both Ajax and PSV lose their games.
3.2 Ajax must beat VVV today to spoil Twente champion
  celebration party.
3.3 It will be an off-colour derby between PSV and Feyenoord.
  PSV must win to keep their Champion Lg spot hope alive.
  Feyenoord must win to keep AZ at bay for automatic
   Europa Lg spot.
3.4 Willem II and Den Haag can still escape from the
  dread Relegation Play-Off if they can win their remaining
  games. They can still drag Spart Rotterdam into the
  relegation fight.
   --- End of Update ---

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Results of games played yesterday (4/11)
1. German D1
Nurnberg 0-2 Wolfsburg
Bochum 1-2 Hamburg

2. Scottish Premier League
Aberdeen 1-3 St Johnstone

3. France D1
Nancy 0-1 Auxerre
Marseille 4-1 Nice
Lyon 1-1 Lille

4. Holland D1
Ajax 7-0 VVV
Groningen 4-0 Willem II
Utrecht 0-2 Den Haag
PSV 0-0 Feyenoord

5. Italy Serie A
AC Milan 2-2 Catania
Bologna 2-3 Lazio
Juventus 1-0 Cagliari
Palermo 3-1 Chievo
Roma 2-1 Atalanta
Sampdoria 1-0 Genoa
Siena 3-2 Bari

6. Spanish D1 (La Liga)
Bilbao 4-1 Almeria
Deportivo 1-1 Santander
Espanyol 3-0 Atl Madrid
Mallorca 3-2 Valencia
Osasuna 2-0 Zaragoza
--- End of Update --

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Holland D1
1. Fixtures for mid-week
4/13 (13 Apr)
AZ vs Twente
Heracles vs RKC
Vitesse vs NAC

4/14 (14 Apr)
Den Haag vs NEC
Utrecht vs Groningen
Feyenoord vs Sparta Rotterdam
Heerenveen vs PSV
Roda vs VVV
Willem II vs Ajax

2. Standings (as of 4/11) -- All played 31 games.
                        Pts
1. Twente           80
2. Ajax               76
   --- Qualify for Champ Lg line ---
3. PSV                73
4. Feyenoord       57
   --- Qualify for Europa Lg line ---
5. AZ                  55
6. Heracles          50
7. Utrecht            48
8. Groningen        45
   --- Qualify for Play-Off line ---
9. NAC                44
10. Roda             38

12. NEC              30
13. Vitesse         30
14. VVV              29
15. Den Haag      27
   --- Relegation Play-Off line ---
16. Sparta R        26
17. Willem II       23
   --- Direct Relegation line ---
18. RKC              15

3. Comment
3.1 Twente has to beat AZ to tie up the championship.
3.2 Ajax should have an easy game with Willem II.
   Likewise for PSV.  PSV can only fight for a Champ Lg
   spot now.
3.3 AZ must try to beat Twente to get themselves into
  automatic Europa Lg spot.
  It could be a see-saw battle between Groningen and Utrecht.
  Both want to protect their Play-off spot.
3.4 Sparta R can upset Feyenoord to climb off Relegation
  Play-Off.  Den Haag can do the same with NEC which
  will drag NEC into relegation fight.
   --- End of Update ---

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Spanish D1 (La Liga)
1. Mid-week Fixtures
4/13
Sp Gijon vs Tenerife
Getafe vs Villarreal
Valladolid vs Sevilla

4/14
Atl Madrid vs Xerez
Barcelona vs Deportivo
Osasuna vs Malaga
Santander vs Espanyol
Zaragoza vs Mallorca

4/15
Almeria vs R.Madrid
Valencia vs Bilbao

2. Standings  -- All played 31 games.  Seven rounds to go.
                                     Pts
1. Barcelona               80
2. R.Madrid                 77
3. Valencia                  56
4. Mallorca                  51
   --- Qualify for Champ Lg line ---
5. Sevilla                      51
6. Bilbao                      48
   --- Qualify for Europa Lg line ---
7. Villarreal                  46

15. Santander             32
16. Zaragoza               32
17. Malaga                   31
   --- Relegation line ---
18. Tenerife                  26
19. Valladolid               25
20. Xerez                       23

3. Comment
3.1 Barcelona have a relative easy game against Deportivo.
3.2 R.Madrid must beat Almeria in hoping Barcelona slip up
   somewhere along the way.
3.3 Valencia have a difficult game against improving Bilbao.
  This game is very even. Bilbao have a chance on the
  Champ Lg spot too.
3.4 Sevilla must not slip up against Valladolid.
3.5 Relegation battles
3.5.1 Tenerife have a chance to upset Sp Gijon.
3.5.2 Valladolid have to fight against all odds to beat Sevilla.
3.5.3 Could Xerez beat Atl Madrid?  Atl Madrid are more
  interested in the Spanish Cup. They can qualify for Europa Lg
  through Spanish Cup.
   --- End of Update ---

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England League One
1. Results of game played on 4/12
Swindon 1-1 Exeter

2. Standings  (including 4/12 results)
                                      P           Pts
1. Norwich                  41         86
2. Millwall                    41         78
   --- Direct Promotion line ---
3. Leeds                        41         77
4. Swindon                   42        77
5. Charlton                   41        74
6. Huddersfield            41        68
   --- Promotion Play-Off line ---
7. Colchester                41        68

18. Hartlepool              41        45
19. Gillingham              41        43
20. Leyton                     41        42
   --- Relegation line ---
21. Tranmere                40       41
22. Southend                41       38
23. Wycombe               41        35
24. Stockport                41        25   --> Relegated

3. Fixtures for 4/13
Bristol R vs Southampton
Carlisle vs Leeds
Charlton vs Colchester
Gillingham vs Brighton
Hartlepool vs Stockport
Huddersfield vs Walsall
Leyton vs Norwich
Southend vs Brentford
MK Dons vs Oldham
Tranmere vs Wycombe
Yeovil vs Millwall

4. Comment
4.1 Norwich can continue their march to promotion by beating Leyton.
4.2 Millwall must beat Yeovil to get automatic promotion.
4.3 Leeds can still chase for automatic promotion spot too.
4.4 Colchester must beat Charlton to get into Play-off spot.
4.5 Tranmere can continue their fight against relegation by
  beating Wycombe in the relegation derby. They must win
  to have any hope.
   --- End of Update --

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Results of games played last night (4/13)
1. England Premier Lg
Chelsea 1-0 Bolton

2. Spanish D1
Getafe 3-0 Villarreal
Sp Gijon 0-2 Tenerife
Valladolid 2-1 Sevilla

3. Holland D1
AZ 1-0 Twente
Heracles 4-1 RKC
Vitesse 1-1 NAC

4. England League Championship
Reading 1-2 Newcastle

5. England League One
Bristol R 1-5 Southampton
Carlisle 1-3 Leeds
Charlton 1-0 Colchester
Gillingham 1-1 Brighton
Hartlepool 3-0 Stockport
Huddersfield 4-3 Walsall
Leyton 2-1 Norwich
Southend 2-2 Brentford
MK Dons 0-0 Oldham
Tranmere 0-3 Wycombe
Yeovil 1-1 Millwall

6. Portugal Premier League
Benfica 2-0 Sporting

7. Italian Cup SF Leg 2
Fiorentina 0-1 Inter  (Agg 0-2)

8. French Cup SF
Monaco 1-0 Lens   aet

9. Portuguese Cup SF Leg 2
Naval 1-2 Chaves  aet  (agg 1-3)

Note -- aet = After Extra Time
           agg = Aggregate Score (of 2 games)
   --- End of Update ---

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England League One
1. For Leg One results, see Post #39.

2. Standings -- (including 4/13 results)
                                        P         Pts
1. Norwich                    42       86
2. Leeds                         42       80
   --- Direct Promotion line ---
3. Millwall                      42       79
4. Charlton                    42       77
5. Swindon                    42       77
6. Huddersfield             42       71
   --- Promotion Play-Off line ---
7. Colchester                 42        68

19. Leyton                      42        45
20. Gillingham              42        44
    --- Relegation line ---
21. Tranmere                42        41
22. Southend                42        39
23. Wycombe                42        38
24. Stockport                 42        25  --> Relegated

3. Comment
3.1 Norwich are in a bad slump. Now they have 6-pt cushion.
  Let's see whether they can get back to winning ways and
  get promotion.
3.2 Leeds and Millwall are fighting for the Runner-up spot.
    --- End of Update ---