EPL Results,Tables & Reviews Season 2010/2011

[johntheclaret]

Monday, 16 August 2010
Man. Utd. 3-0 Newcastle
Sunday, 15 August 2010
Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal
Saturday, 14 August 2010
Aston Villa 3-0 West Ham
Blackburn 1-0 Everton
Bolton 0-0 Fulham
Chelsea 6-0 W.B.A.
Sunderland 2-2 Birmingham
Tottenham 0-0 Man. City
Wigan 0-4 Blackpool
Wolves 2-1 Stoke

Table

Teams P GD PTS
1 Chelsea 1 6 3
2 Blackpool 1 4 3
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3 Aston Villa 1 3 3
4 Man Utd 1 3 3
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5 Wolves 1 1 3
6 Blackburn 1 1 3
7 Birmingham 1 0 1
8 Sunderland 1 0 1
9 Arsenal 1 0 1
10 Liverpool 1 0 1
11 Bolton 1 0 1
12 Fulham 1 0 1
13 Man City 1 0 1
14 Tottenham 1 0 1
15 Stoke City 1 -1 0
16 Everton 1 -1 0
17 Newcastle 1 -3 0
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18 West Ham 1 -3 0
19 Wigan 1 -4 0
20 West Brom 1 -6 0

Round Up

Blackpool were in dreamland after launching their debut Barclays Premier League season with a 4-0 victory at Wigan.
The unfancied Tangerines were dominant from the start with Gary Taylor-Fletcher on his own at the far post where he tucked home Marlon Harewood's 16th-minute cross.
A terrible mistake from Latics skipper Chris Kirkland gifted Harewood Blackpool's second before the burly striker added another two minutes before the break.
The fourth arrived when an attempted cross from Alex Baptiste deceived the blundering Kirkland to creep in at the near post, completing a remarkable result.

Champions Chelsea went not one but two better with Didier Drogba netting a hat-trick as they fired an early warning to their title rivals with a 6-0 hammering of West Brom.
Florent Malouda set the Blues on their way after only six minutes, with Drogba's free-kick extending the lead on the stroke of half-time.
It was more one-way traffic after the restart, as the Ivory Coast striker netted from close range with Frank Lampard making it 4-0 just after the hour.
Drogba's deflected effort and a last-minute strike from Malouda sealed an emphatic win for the champions, who put last week's 3-1 defeat by Manchester United in the Community Shield at Wembley firmly behind them.

Manchester City's summer spending spree may have rocketed past the £100million mark but they could still only launch the season with a goalless draw at Tottenham.
The opening match of the new top-flight season gave little indication of City's ability to challenge for the title.
They survived a first-half onslaught from Spurs with Joe Hart fully justifying his new position as City and England number one with a succession of world-class saves.
Hart denied Jermain Defoe, Tom Huddlestone and Benoit Assou-Ekotto, while Gareth Bale also hit the post.
City's multi-million-pound summer signings were anonymous in the first half but finally turned up after the break, though it was Shaun Wright-Phillips who had their best chance.

Stewart Downing, Stiliyan Petrov and James Milner ensured Aston Villa began life without Martin O'Neill with a resounding 3-0 win against West Ham.
The Hammers' defending was comical at times and Villa surged ahead in the 15th minute when Robert Green parried Ashley Young's fierce cross out to Marc Albrighton, who volleyed the rebound goalwards and forced the West Ham keeper into a diving save.
Green could only push the ball to Downing who scored from the six-yard line and he was beaten for a second time by an emphatic header from Petrov.
Manchester City target Milner scored what could possibly be his last goal for managerless Villa when he struck from the edge of the area.

Birmingham fought back from two goals down to secure a 2-2 draw against 10-man Sunderland, who saw captain Lee Cattermole dismissed.
The Black Cats opened the scoring when Fraizer Campbell was brought down by Stephen Carr and the penalty was rifled home by Darren Bent.
Cattermole was sent off with two minutes of the first half remaining for picking up two yellow cards, but Sunderland still added a second through an own goal from Carr.
Birmingham ate into the deficit thanks to a header from Scott Dann and the comeback was completed when Liam Ridgewell bundled home the equaliser during a frantic scramble for the ball.

Striker Nikola Kalinic capitalised on an error by Tim Howard, who dropped a routine cross, to secure Blackburn a 1-0 victory against Everton at Ewood Park.

And a superb goal from David Jones helped Wolves to a 2-1 triumph in their home clash with Stoke.
Karl Henry passed a free-kick to Jones, who lifted the ball and crashed home a 20-yard looping shot on the volley.
Steven Fletcher doubled the score with a header at the far post before Stoke pulled one back when Abdoulaye Faye nodded in a cross.

Mark Hughes' first match as Fulham manager finished in a goalless draw at Bolton.
Arsenal target Mark Schwarzer, who has handed in a transfer request, was left out of the Cottagers' squad with David Stockdale taking the gloves.

[johntheclaret]

Sat 21st Aug

Arsenal 6-0 Blackpool
Birmingham 2-1 Blackburn
Everton 1-1 Wolves
Stoke 1-2 Tottenham
W.B.A. 1-0 Sunderland
West Ham 1-3 Bolton
Wigan 0-6 Chelsea

Teams P GD PTS
1 Chelsea 2 12 6
2 Arsenal 2 6 4
3 Bolton 2 2 4
4 Birmingham 2 1 4
5 Wolves 2 1 4
6 Tottenham 2 1 4
7 Aston Villa 1 3 3
8 Man Utd 1 3 3
9 Blackburn 2 0 3
10 Blackpool 2 -2 3
11 West Brom 2 -5 3
12 Liverpool 1 0 1
13 Fulham 1 0 1
14 Man City 1 0 1
15 Sunderland 2 -1 1
16 Everton 2 -1 1
17 Stoke City 2 -2 0
18 Newcastle 1 -3 0
19 West Ham 2 -5 0
20 Wigan 2 -10 0

Round Up

The Chelsea goalscoring machine rumbled into double figures for the season just two games into the new Barclays Premier League season as they hammered Wigan 6-0 on a day when Arsenal also hit Blackpool for six.
Having beaten West Brom by the same scoreline last weekend, Chelsea took their goals for tally to 12, with Nicolas Anelka and Salomon Kalou bagging braces, sandwiching one apiece from Florent Malouda and Yossi Benayoun.

It leaves Chelsea sitting pretty at the top of the table and the Latics propping it up, with the possibility manager Roberto Martinez may now be fearing for his job as this result followed a 4-0 hammering by Blackpool last week.
And it was the Seasiders who were on the receiving end of Arsenal's six-goal haul as they were brought back down to earn with a bump at the Emirates.
If life in the top-flight had started in fairytale fashion for Ian Holloway's men, the honeymoon was rudely interrupted as they were well beaten.
The Gunners needed just 12 minutes for Theo Walcott to set them on their way, and after Ian Evatt had been dismissed four a foul on striker Marouane Chamakh, Andrey Arshavin coolly dispatched the resulting penalty to leave the Seasiders with a mountain to climb.
Their plight deepened six minutes before the break when Walcott helped himself to a second, and the misery increased within four minutes of the restart when Abou Diaby converted Bacary Sagna's cross.
Walcott completed his hat-trick with 32 minutes of the game remaining, and Chamakh finally opened his account with seven minutes to go after passing up a series of earlier opportunities.

Gareth Bale claimed the first double of his senior career as Tottenham won 2-1 at Stoke.
The Wales international knew little about his 19th-minute opener when Ryan Shawcross' attempted clearance cannoned in off him, but there was no questioning his winner, a stunning volley from Aaron Lennon's cross on the half-hour after Ricardo Fuller had levelled.
However, the game ended in controversy with Stoke convinced a late effort had crossed the line, although not in the opinion of referee Chris Foy.

Birmingham midfielder Craig Gardner was another to strike twice as his side came from behind to beat Blackburn 2-1.
Rovers midfielder Morten Gamst Pedersen saw his 50th-minute penalty saved by Birmingham keeper Ben Foster, but then delivered the corner from which Steven N'Zonzi headed Rovers in front at St Andrews four minutes later.
However, the lead was fleeting and Gardner levelled from James McFadden's delicately volleyed cross within three minutes before smashing home a long-range winner 19 minutes from time.

Bolton striker Johan Elmander claimed a second-half brace as his side won 3-1 at West Ham.
West Ham had only themselves to blame when, having seen Carlton Cole miss a first-half penalty, Matthew Upson headed into his own net under pressure from Kevin Davies three minutes into the second half.
Things went from bad to worse for the Hammers and they found themselves 2-0 down when Elmander powered home a 68th-minute header, and the Swede doubled his tally after Mark Noble had briefly given the home side hope by beating keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen with a second spot-kick.

Promoted West Brom bounced back from their 6-0 mauling at Chelsea last weekend with a 1-0 victory over Sunderland thanks to debutant Peter Odemwingie's first goal from the club, although they had to wait until the 81st-minute despite dominating for long periods.

Everton had to settle for a 1-1 draw at home to Wolves.
Tim Cahill fired Everton in front two minutes before the break when he smashed home the rebound from Mikel Arteta's blocked free-kick with the visitors' appealing in vain for a foul, but Sylvan Ebanks-Blake cancelled out the lead with a 74th-minute equaliser to snatch a point.

[johntheclaret]

Sun 22nd Aug
Newcastle 6 - 0 Aston Villa
Fulham 2 - 2 Man Utd

Mon 23rd Aug
Man City 3 - 0 Liverpool

Teams P GD PTS
1 Chelsea 2 12 6
2 Arsenal 2 6 4
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3 Man Utd 2 3 4
4 Man City 2 3 4
5 Bolton 2 2 4
6 Birmingham 2 1 4
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7 Wolves 2 1 4
8 Tottenham 2 1 4
9 Newcastle 2 3 3
10 Blackburn 2 0 3
11 Blackpool 2 -2 3
12 Aston Villa 2 -3 3
13 West Brom 2 -5 3
14 Fulham 2 0 2
15 Sunderland 2 -1 1
16 Everton 2 -1 1
17 Liverpool 2 -3 1
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18 Stoke City 2 -2 0
19 West Ham 2 -5 0
20 Wigan 2 -10 0

[devilsadvocate]

Teams P GD PTS
1 Chelsea 2 12 6
2 Arsenal 2 6 4
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3 Man Utd 2 3 4
4 Man City 2 3 4

The top 4 have sorted themselves out already

[RoosterMarty]

Hopefully the bottom 4 has been sorted too.

[devilsadvocate]

Hopefully the bottom 4 has been sorted too.

LMAO! That would be magical!