FOOTBALL - Weekend action

FOOTBALL - Weekend action

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Follow Saturday's games LIVE on Virgin Media Sport, with our own pocket dynamo Darren Beach.

Keep up to date with ALL TODAY’S LIVE SCORES AND STATS - from all four divisions plus SPL and Blue Square Premier.

And remember, you can watch FREE highlights of all the Premier League and Football League games on Virgin Media. Come back on Monday for highlights from all today's games.

And with that... I shall sign off for now - thanks for your time, hope you liked it!


SPURS ARE BOTTOM OF THE LEAGUE! Yes, with Wigan and Portsmouth winning, and West Brom winning a point, this leaves Juande Ramos's men the only pointless club in the Premier League (add your own joke here). NB: This writer is a Spurs fan.

16:57 FULL-TIME Everton 0-3 Portsmouth

16:55 FULL-TIME West Ham 4-1 Blackburn.

16:55 FULL-TIME Middlesbrough 2-1 Stoke


16:54 FULL-TIME Hull 0-5 Wigan


16:54 FULL-TIME Bolton 0-0 West Brom


16:50 GOAL! Craig Bellamy makes it 3-1 to West Ham - and the points must surely be theirs. And as if to make sure, Carlton Cole hits a fourth in the final minute - 4-1.

GOA...no it isn't! 16:48 Kevin Davies thinks he's won it for Bolton at home to West Brom but his left-volley is judged to be hit from an offside position. And would you believe it - a minute later he scores again but is offside. Oh dear...

16:43 GOAL! Stoke's resistance has faltered right at the end... Boro make it 2-1 thanks to Tuncay's strike after Sorensen had kept out Didier Digard's long-range effort.

16:41 GOAL! And now it's five! Zaki's second makes it a total jod bone for Wigan and a tough lesson for Phil Brown's men.


16:39 GOAL! Wigan are running riot at Hull - it's like a rugby score! 4-0, with a corking strike from Emile Ivanhoe Heskey.


16:33 GOAL! Ten-man Stoke HAVE EQUALISED! And after Boro missed a penalty a few minutes ago. Justin Hoyte, on his debut for Boro, has put through his own net under pressure from Dave Kitson. And Jermain Defoe has made it 3-0 for Pompey at Goodison - his 100th goal in League football.

16:26 GOAL! Amir Zaki scores for Wigan - and at 0-3 it's curtains for Hull. Not a good day for Humberside sports fans, with Rugby League's Challenge Cup Final being lost to St Helens.

ANOTHER PENALTY MISS! This time at Middlesbrough, where winger Stewart Downing crashed his spot-kick against the bar rather than put the match very probably beyond Stoke.

16:21 GOAL! Wolves 5-1 up at home to Forest thanks to Michael Kightly - and revitalised Chester now 4-0 up on Barnet with three goals in six minutes.

PENALTY SAVES! NOT ONE BUT TWO! By England keepers as well! Robert Green gets down to stop Jason Roberts equalising for Blackburn at Upton Park, and David James has prevented Everton from pulling a goal back at home to Portsmouth by beating out Yakubu's decently struck pen. Games(s) on!

Half-time around the country - and time to take a breather. Pompey and Wigan look good for wins, while Paul Ince's return to Upton Park is not quite going to plan.

Joy at the Deva Stadium if Chester can hang on to their 1-0 half-time lead at home to Barnet, as they hadn't even found the net this season until today after having been humped 6-0 on day one.

15:42 GOAL! Pompey seem to have found their scoring touch now - Glen Johnson has put them 2-0 up at Everton after a sweet one-two with Jermain Defoe.

15:38 GOAL! Today is going from bad to worse for Stoke - now 1-0 down at Boro thanks to an Afonso Alves goal.

15:37 OFF! First Premier red of the day! And it's Amdy Faye of those big bruisers Stoke - leaving them down to ten men at Middlesbrough.

15:35 GOAL! And as if by way of response to Alan Plank, news in that Bristol Rovers have gone 2-1 up at lovable Leeds thanks to Daryl Duffy.

Alan Plank from Hammersmith says: "Premiership pah! What about the real leagues?" Well Alan, we do our best with what we have – for all the scores n stats you want you can find them HERE

15:23 GOAL! Loads of action at Upton Park - West Ham are now 2-1 up after a goal each in a minute, with a scrambled goal from Dean Ashton putting them 2-0 up before Jason Roberts pulled one back for the ever-popular Paul Ince's men.

15:17 GOAL! Lower league fans, look now - Port Vale's Marc Richards has bagged his fourth of the season to help his side to an early lead against Bournemouth - which has made my boss Rob a lot cheerier.

15:13 GOAL! West Ham take the lead at home to Blackburn thanks to Callum Davenport, and Luis Valencia has doubled Wigan's lead at Hull.

15:10 GOAL! Portsmouth are off the mark for the season - Jermain Defoe has given them the lead at Everton.

It’s also FA Cup day today – yes, the long-awaited Pre-qualifying round. We’re following one match in particular in our ROAD TO WEMBLEY feature – find out who we’re following here.

15:05 GOAL! Wigan have scored the Premier League's first goal of the day... well actually it's an own goal by Hull's Sam Ricketts, but Latics fans won't care - they're in the lead.

Phil Shuntley from Marlow asks: "Is Saha playing for Everton? To be honest Phil, his fitness record is such I’d be surprised if he made it up the steps of the team bus. But no, he isn’t in the squad for today....

Don't forget that the Carling Cup third round draw was made earlier this afternoon - the time when the big boys enter the competition. Holders Tottenham go to Newcastle, while Man Utd host Middlesbrough and minnows Liverpool will face the mighty Crewe.

Blackpool have just beaten Southampton at St Mary's in today's early fixture - a Ben Burgess penalty on the stroke of half-time enough to overcome Jan Poortvliet's young side.

Stoke lose the Beast
Preston have signed Stoke striker Jon Parkin for a fee of around £500,000. He could play in today's game against Charlton. Stoke are also unchanged for their game against Middlesbrough.

Hull new boy
Hull have signed defender Paul McShane on a season-long loan from Sunderland, the Barclays Premier League newcomers have announced on their website. Talking about Hull.. 39 year-old Dean Windass could make his first Premier League start today!

Ince back at Upton Park
Paul Ince will returning to West Ham as manager of Blackburn Rovers. What sort of response will he get? What sort of response should he get? Have your say below.

Welcome
Here are today's 3pm Premier League games:
Bolton v West Brom
Everton v Portsmouth
Hull v Wigan
Middlesbrough v Stoke
West Ham v Blackburn

We'll bring you the latest team news as it happens...

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  1.  
    Terry from Swaffham says:
    Aug 21, 07:51

    Make thier horrendious salaries performance related and before anyone says what a stupid idea it is ,think of it as a basic plus comission.Plus if they fail to perform,deduct some of the basic.It sorts out the performers from the non performers in industry,so why should it not work in this highly overpaid sport.
    I love the sport and I am very much an England fan .Like most of the English I want them to play and win.
    We as a football nation have slipped from being major league to bordering on mediocore.Something drastic has to be done.
    I only wish I had the answer,or at least a magic wand,maybe if we made Paul Danils the Manager we might get some good results.

  2.  
    mp from wolves says:
    Aug 21, 07:46

    They should be paid what they deserve,which would be £5.22 an hour because thats about what they deserve.These overpaid prima donnas,don't give a damn for the fans only for their pay packets,If they were paid by results it may make them put some effort into their game

  3.  
    Mark from Marlow, Bucks says:
    Aug 21, 07:46

    Usual drivel......over paid, over rated, underachieving primma donnas. With all the proper athletes working their socks off in Beijing......and winning, do we really care about the football?

  4.  
    john dunn from doncaster says:
    Aug 21, 07:34

    same old system, we've gone back ten years. Why dont they bring in the young lads, so what if we dont win these friendlies-they are only played to give the suits at wembley even more money. Brazil or Argentina dont care if they lose over three years they only care what happens in the world cup finals. And as for the reaction of the manager? Its like listening to the politicians-it will get better. I DO NOT THINK SO!

  5.  
    Sue from Dorset says:
    Aug 21, 07:27

    As I said the other day Terry is not the man for the job he dose not motivate the team and never will. He was useless under McLaren and still is unless it is getting into the top 10 most hated players and hes good at that. We need a motivator not a team that has to do what they think is right because they have no leadership - lets just hope that Mr Capello realises it before it is too late else the only thing we will have to look forward to is yet another tournament without the England team in and we will then be looking to the qualifiers for Euro 2012. Terry out and fast please.

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