Proposals to accept Glasgow rivals Celtic and Rangers into an expanded Premier League will be put forward for consideration this week. Bolton chairman Phil Gartside will pitch plans for a two-tier league of between 36 and 40 teams on Thursday.
It is understood there would be a top tier of 18 clubs, with promotion and relegation to and from the league. Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill and Spurs boss Harry Redknapp have backed the inclusion of the Scottish clubs.
The proposals are a revival of Gartside’s ideas which received a hostile reception from the Premier League’s 20 chairmen six months ago.
However, Gartside, the driving force behind the revamp, has tweaked the original plans to include promotion and relegation to and from the dual-tier league, while the two Scottish clubs would initially be invited to join the lower tier.
The Bolton chairman is also believed to be open to inviting an Irish franchise into the league in the future.
Here are the scores from all the Premier League matches in week 9:
Aston Villa 2 - 1 Chelsea Arsenal 3 - 1 Birmingham Everton 1 - 1 Wolves Man Utd 2 - 1 Bolton Portsmouth 1 - 2 Tottenham Stoke City 2 - 1 West Ham Sunderland 1 - 0 Liverpool Blackburn 3 - 2 Burnley Wigan 1 - 1 Man City Fulham 2 - 0 Hull City
Most memorable of all is Sunderland’s beach ball goal against Liverpool. The Reds may bitch and moan about that goal, but the fact remains that they still didnt manage to score against the Wearsiders for the remainder of the game. Chelsea’s slip-up at Aston Villa allowed Man Utd to regain the top spot, while Portsmouth remain rooted to the bottom. See the table here
Here are the Premier League Results from the weekend of Sept 26th through 28th 2009.
Portsmouth 0 - 1 Everton Birmingham 1 - 2 Bolton Blackburn 2 - 1 Aston Villa Liverpool 6 - 1 Hull City Stoke City 0 - 2 Man Utd Tottenham 5 - 0 Burnley Wigan 3 - 1 Chelsea Fulham 0 - 1 Arsenal Sunderland 5 - 2 Wolves Man City V West Ham 28 Sep 20:00
Congrats to Fernando Torres on a hatrick and also to Robbie Keane and a hatrick plus one. Is there a specific name for four goals?
Chelsea have finally dropped points and who would have thought they would first drop points at Wigan. And at the opposite end of the table, Portsmouth’s dismal 0% start continues. Pompeii have no have the worst top flight start to a season since 1930! The scores from Burnley’s away are in order: 2-0, 3-0, 4-0 and 5-0. Burnley are away to Blackburn in 2 weeks time; will Rovers complete the sequence and make it 6-0?
Here are the results from the English Premier League matches played September 19th and 20th 2009:
Burnley 3 - 1 Sunderland Arsenal 4 - 0 Wigan Aston Villa 2 - 0 Portsmouth Bolton 1 - 1 Stoke City Hull City 0 - 1 Birmingham West Ham 2 - 3 Liverpool Man Utd 4 - 3 Man City Wolves 2 - 1 Fulham Everton 3 - 0 Blackburn Chelsea 3 - 0 Tottenham
Chelsea stay top and maintain their 100% record with Man Utd second. Liverpool, City, Villa and Spurs take up the next 4 places on 12 points with Liverpool in front on goal difference.
At the other end of the table, Portsmouth remain bottom with a 0% “record” with Hull, Blackburn, Bolton and West Ham taking up the remaining bottom places all on 4 points.
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Here are the results from the Premier League matches on September 12th and 13th 2009:
Blackburn 3 - 1 Wolves Liverpool 4 - 0 Burnley Man City 4 - 2 Arsenal Portsmouth 2 - 3 Bolton Stoke City 1 - 2 Chelsea Sunderland 4 - 1 Hull City Wigan 1 - 0 West Ham Tottenham 1 - 3 Man Utd Birmingham 0 - 1 Aston Villa Fulham 2 - 1 Everton
Barclays Premier League results from the weekend August 22nd/24th 2009
Arsenal 4 - 1 Portsmouth Birmingham 0 - 0 Stoke City Hull City 1 - 0 Bolton Man City 1 - 0 Wolves Sunderland 2 - 1 Blackburn Wigan 0 - 5 Man Utd West Ham 1 - 2 Tottenham Burnley 1 - 0 Everton Fulham 0 - 2 Chelsea Liverpool 1 - 3 Aston Villa
Barclays Premier League results from Tuesday, 18 August 2009 and Wednesday 19 August 2009.
Sunderland 1 - 3 Chelsea Wigan 0 - 1 Wolves Birmingham 1 - 0 Portsmouth Burnley 1 - 0 Man Utd Hull City 1 - 5 Tottenham Liverpool 4 - 0 Stoke City
Barclays Premier League results from Saturday, 15 August 2009
Aston Villa 0-2 Wigan Athletic
Blackburn 0-2 Man City
Bolton 0-1 Sunderland
Chelsea 2-1 Hull
Everton 1-6 Arsenal
Portsmouth 0-1 Fulham
Stoke 2-0 Burnley
Wolverhampton 0-2 West Ham
The eagerly-awaited fixtures for the 2009/10 Barclays Premier League season have now been released.
Champions Manchester United begin their quest for a fourth successive title at home to newly-promoted Birmingham City. It is a tough start for the Blues who won promotion by finishing runners-up in the Championship behind Wolverhampton Wanderers who are at home to West Ham United on the opening day. The other new-boys Burnley, making their bow in the Premier League, begin away to the club they will aim to emulate – Stoke City.
Last season’s runners-up Liverpool, will begin this campaign as they finished the last against Tottenham Hotspur but this time away. Third-placed Chelsea host Hull City while Arsenal travel to FA Cup finalists Everton. Big-spending Manchester City start away to Blackburn Rovers while Fulham are away to Portsmouth.
New Sunderland manager Steve Bruce will kick off at Bolton Wanderers while Roberto Martinez takes charge of Wigan Athletic for the first time at Aston Villa.
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