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You can catch Premier League Football live in the UK on both Sky Sports and Setanta Sports. Both sets of channels require a monthly payment (a Sky sports package currently costs *** whilst Setanta costs £10 per month).
Depending on what country you are in you may also be able to find live Premier League games on the internet. Two of the most popular programs for watching these games are SopCast and TVAnts.
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| Merseyside Derby |
| Sunday, 30 March 2008 |
Today one of the friendliest rivalries in English football kicks off again. I'm always amazed when I see Liverpool and Everton's fans mingling before, during and after the game. It's one local derby that really does split families and for all the name called the fans really do seem to get on. The same can't always be said about the action on the pitch, red cards and tackles flying in are all part of the Merseyside derby! Sky Sports are covering the game live (in HD as well), kick off is at 4pm UK time (don't forget that the clocks have gone forward).
The other game being shown live today is Chelsea v Middlesborough on Setanta Sports at 1:30.
Online the full list looks like:-
Chelsea - Middlesborough, True Sport 1 on SOPCast and TVAnts, BEN1 Sports on SOPCast.
Tottenham - Newcastle, Star Sports on SOPCast and TVAnts, BEN1 Sports on SOPCast. True Sport 3 on SOPCast and TVAnts.
Liverpool - Everton, True Sport 1 on SOPCast and TVAnts. |
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| What I Have Learnt From The Last Weeks Football |
| Friday, 28 March 2008 |
So what did we all learn from Mega Hypa Ultra Grand Slam Sunday (to give it it's full title)? This is what I learnt:-
1. Somebody needs to turn down the hype machine at Sky Sports, turn that dial down from an 11 to a 6 would do nicely. Sunday was excellent, but nothing has been decided yet!
2. That Sky will count you out of the title race on a whim.
3. That Arsenal's age is working against them, maybe Alan Hansen was right after all?
4. Man Utd would be unstoppable if only somebody other than Ronaldo could hit a barn door with a banjo.
5. Any "good" Newcastle fan will no doubt tell you that they'll be winning the Premier League title next year, how could King Kev possibly fail? Hmmmmmm
Seriously I lost track of the number of times during the Chelsea Arsenal game that Sky commentators would right one or the other teams out of the title race. FFS, both teams are within 6 points, a gap that a seemingly in form Arsenal have let slip in no time. Nothing is decided yet.
These are this weekends fixtures:-
29.03 15:00 Birmingham - Manchester City
29.03 15:00 Bolton - Arsenal
29.03 15:00 Derby - Fulham
29.03 15:00 Portsmouth - Wigan
29.03 15:00 Reading - Blackburn
29.03 15:00 Sunderland - West Ham
29.03 17:15 Manchester Utd - Aston Villa
30.03 13:30 Chelsea - Middlesbrough
30.03 15:00 Tottenham - Newcastle
30.03 16:00 Liverpool - Everton
No prizes for picking the game of the weekend, got to be the Merseyside Derby. I've got £17 in my BetFair account and it's all going on Everton to cause an upset. |
| posted by PaulB @ 12:51 |
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| Grand Slam Sunday |
| Sunday, 23 March 2008 |
Unless you've been living under a rock for the last week you'll know that today is Grand Slam Sunday. Forget Jesus and all this resurrection stuff, Sky's Hyped Up Hype Machine has been on over drive. Grand Slam Sunday is actually just 2 games, Manchester United v Liverpool at Old Trafford and Chelsea v Arsenal at the bridge.
I hate the way that Sky hype these games up so much, it always smacks to me of false advertising as the actual games themselves end up being dull, boring defensive stale mates 90% of the time. At least if today's are boring affairs you can always console yourself with some Easter Chocolate (and beer).
If you're stuck at work then the games are all over the internet, just about any sports channel on SOPCast or TVAnts should see you right. |
| posted by PaulB @ 12:26 |
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| Easter Saturday Live Games |
| Saturday, 22 March 2008 |
22.03 12:45 Tottenham - Portsmouth
22.03 15:00 Aston Villa - Sunderland
22.03 15:00 Blackburn - Wigan
22.03 15:00 Bolton - Manchester City
22.03 15:00 Middlesbrough - Derby
22.03 15:00 Newcastle - Fulham
22.03 15:00 Reading - Birmingham
22.03 17:15 Everton - West Ham
23.03 13:30 Manchester Utd - Liverpool
23.03 16:00 Chelsea - Arsenal
Tottenham v Portsmouth is show living on Sky Sports 1 (also in HD). Everton v West Ham is on Setanta Sports.
The Tottenham Portsmouth game is also on True Sport 1 and True Sport 5 on SOPCast and TVAnts.
Newcastle - Fulham, live on True Sport 5 on TVAnts and SOPCast.
Bolton - Man City, BEN1 Sports on SOPCast.
Aston Villa - Sunderland, Star Sports on TVAnts and SOPCast.
Blackburn - Wigan, True Sport 3 on TVAnts and SOPCast.
Everton - West Ham, Start Sports, True Sport 3 and True Sport 5 on both TVAnts and SOPCast. |
| posted by PaulB @ 12:20 |
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| Man Utd v Bolton And Tottenham v Chelsea |
| Wednesday, 19 March 2008 |
A couple of cracking mid-week games tonight, Bolton go to the Old Trafford to take on Manchester United whilst Chelsea travel to Spurs hoping to carry on their winning form since losing in the Carling Cup Final.
Whilst on paper it should be an easy win for Man Utd they struggled badly to win away to Derby last weekend. Added to the fact that Bolton have already beat them this season and that they might have an eye on the Grand Slam Sunday game against Liverpool next Sunday and things might not be that easy. If they do win it will take them 3 points clear of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League.
In the other game Chelsea take on Tottenham for the first time since losing to them in this seasons Carling Cup Final. History is certainly with Chelsea a win tonight will see the draw level on points with Arsenal. Chelsea seem to be the form team at the moment, form which his seen them sneak well and truly into the race for the Premier League title. Once again though things might not be quite so plain sailing, not only have they already lost once to Spurs but they also might have some thoughts on their Grand Slam Sunday game against Arsenal which is rapidly approaching.
Both games kick-off at 8pm UK time. Sky Sports will have live coverage of the Man Utd v Bolton game, also in high definition.
Otherwise StarSports on TVAnts and SOPCast will be showing the Man U - Bolton game live.
The Spurs - Chelsea game will be on BEN1 Sports on SOPCast and Eurosoccer on TVAnts. |
| posted by PaulB @ 15:35 |
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| Todays Live Premier League Games |
| Sunday, 16 March 2008 |
16.03 13:30 Fulham - Everton
16.03 15:00 Wigan - Bolton
16.03 16:00 Manchester City - Tottenham
Both the Fulham v Everton and Man City v Tottenham games are showing live on Sky Sports 1.
If you're stuck by a computer then the following options are available.
Fulham v Everton , live on channels True Sport 1 and True Sport 5 on SOPCast.
Wigan v Bolton, live on True Sport 3 on SOPCast.
Manchester City v Tottenham, live on BEN1 Sports on SOPCast. |
| posted by PaulB @ 12:36 |
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| Todays 3 O'Clock Kick Off's Live |
| Saturday, 15 March 2008 |
No lunch time game today, all the action (well accept one game) is happening at the traditional time of 3 o'clock, Saturday afternoon. Arsenal - Middlesborough is the only exception and by the time they play at quarter past 5 (live on Setanta Sports) they might have lost their place at the top of the Premier League.
15.03 15:00 Derby - Manchester Utd
15.03 15:00 Liverpool - Reading
15.03 15:00 Portsmouth - Aston Villa
15.03 15:00 Sunderland - Chelsea
15.03 15:00 West Ham - Blackburn
15.03 17:15 Arsenal - Middlesbrough
With most of the games being played at 3 o'clock most people are going to have to wait for Football First on Sky Sports or Match Of The Day to catch up on the action. If you're not into that then the following is available online.
Derby v Manchester United, True Sport1 and BEN! Sports on SOPCast or Live3 on TVAnts.
Liverpool v Reading, Star Sports on TVAnts and SOPCast or True Sport 3 on SOPCast.
Portsmouth v Aston Villa, channel Live on TVAnts.
Sunderland v Chelsea, Live7 on TVAnts.
West Ham v Blackburn, True Sport 5 on SOPCast and TVAnts.
The late game between Arsenal and Middlesborough is being covered by most of the online sports channels but top of the list in terms of quality is Star Sports on either SOPCast or TVAnts. |
| posted by PaulB @ 11:50 |
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| Champions League Quarter Final Draw |
| Friday, 14 March 2008 |
I've just watched the Champions League quarter final draw, it was great for 2 of the English teams (Manchester United and Chelsea) but not so good for Arsenal and Liverpool who were drawn against each other. Just to make things even more interesting they also play each other in the Premier League between the first and second legs. So here's what the draw looks like:-
Arsenal - Liverpool
AS Roma - Man Utd
Schalke 04 - FC Barcelona
Fenerbahce - Chelsea
The semi final draw sees the following:-
Arsenal/Liverpool v Fenerbahce/Chelsea
Schalke/Barcelona v AS Roma/Man Utd
So we could potentially see a Liverpool - Manchester United Champions League final! |
| posted by PaulB @ 12:43 |
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| Midweek Premier League Action |
| Wednesday, 12 March 2008 |
Congratulations to Liverpool on making it 4 Premier League teams into the Champions league draw. You can watch the champions league quarter final draw live at 11:30 on Friday.
There are 3 Premier League games being played tonight.
12.03 19:45 Aston Villa - Middlesbrough
12.03 19:45 Portsmouth - Birmingham
12.03 20:00 Chelsea - Derby
With it being midweek and it clashing with UEFA Cup games viewing options are a bit limited but the following should help:-
Portsmouth - Birmingham, True Sport 3 on TVAnts.
Ason Villa - Middlesborough, BEN1 Sports on SOPCast.
Chelsea - Derby, Supersport 3 on SOPCast.
Both Everton and Tottenham are in UEFA Cup action tonight so good luck to them. |
| posted by PaulB @ 16:47 |
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| Inter Milan - Liverpool, Good Luck Liverpool |
| Tuesday, 11 March 2008 |
| Just a quick note to say good look to Liverpool in tonights last Champions League second round second leg game. Taking a 2-0 lead to Inter Milan should be enought to see them through, with any luck there will be 4 Premier League teams in the quarter final draw for the Champions League on Friday. |
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| Chelsea Out, Manchester United Out |
| Sunday, 9 March 2008 |
Still can't quite belive what I witnessed yesterday! A little while back I said wouldn't it be great if somebody other than the big 4 would win a cup competition this year? Tottenham duly went on to win the Carling Cup but it says that somebody has been listening to me TOO much, and they said the romance of the FA Cup was dead! I think I'll go with Barnsley to win the FA Cup this year, how could I not after they knocked out both Liverpool and Chelsea?
Sundays FA Cup And Premier League Action
FA Cup
09.03 14:00 Middlesbrough - Cardiff
09.03 17:00 Bristol Rovers - West Brom
I'm not even going to bother trying to predict any results for those two games. Both todays FA Cup quarter finals are on the BBC. Failing that they are being covered by just about every sports channel available online. Any of the usual (ESPN, Guangdong) will be able to sort you out.
Premier League
09.03 15:00 Sunderland - Everton
09.03 15:00 Tottenham - West Ham
09.03 16:00 Wigan - Arsenal
I think Sky have the Wigan - Arsenal game live.
Online Tottenham - West Ham is showing on True Sports 5 on TVAnts, Sunderland Everyon is on True Sports 3 and Wigan, Arsenal is on Star Sports on both TVAnts and Sopcast as well as Supersport 3 on SOPCast. |
| posted by PaulB @ 12:17 |
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| Live FA Cup Quarter Finals |
| Saturday, 8 March 2008 |
A lot to get through and not much time so I'll just get straight to the point:-
FA Cup Quarter Finals
08.03 12:45 Manchester Utd - Portsmouth
08.03 17:30 Barnsley - Chelsea
09.03 14:00 Middlesbrough - Cardiff
09.03 18:00 Bristol Rovers - West Brom
To watch Saturdays quarter finals live Manchester United - Portsmouth is showing on Sky Sports 1, Barnsley - Chelsea is live on the BBC.
Online options include:-
Man Utd - Portsmouth, Star Sports on SOPCast and TVAnts. Shanghai Sports on SOPCast and TVAnts.
Barnsley - Chelsea, same as above, there are also about another 20 channels showing these games so it really shouldn't be that hard to find the FA Cup quarter final games live on the internet.
Premier League Action
08.03 15:00 Blackburn - Fulham
08.03 15:00 Liverpool - Newcastle
08.03 15:00 Reading - Manchester City
Liverpool - Newcastle United, Star Sports on SOPCast and TVAnts. Supersport 3 on SOPCast and SUPER SPORTS on TVAnts.
Reading - Man City, Supersport 5 on SOPCast. |
| posted by PaulB @ 09:32 |
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| Liverpool - West Ham |
| Wednesday, 5 March 2008 |
Due to Italian clubs being too poor to build their own stadiums there is some Premier League action tonight, Liverpool play West Ham at Anfield with the chance of jumping ahead of Everton into fourth place in the league. The game is being shown live in the UK on Sky Sports 2. Elsewhere you can catch the game live on the internet by tuning in to channel Supersport 5 on SOPCast.
It's also Champions League second round second legs tonight. Chelsea play Olympiakos, Porto play Shalke and Real Madrid play Roma.
All of these games are receiving huge amounts of TV coverage both online and offline, just tune in to the usual suspects. |
| posted by PaulB @ 13:02 |
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| Could This Be The Closest Premier League Title Race In Years? |
| Tuesday, 4 March 2008 |
Great weekend for football, the race for the Premier League title is now really on what with Arsenal dropping another 2 points. Man Utd (Owen Hargreaves proving that he has a much better goals to attempts ratio than Ronaldo when it comes to free-kicks) are only 1 point behind but I don't think anybody should forget about Chelsea. It was also a good weekend for the scouse teams both winning 3-1 (apologies if anybody tried to tune into Sky Sports to catch the Liverpool game, what with it being Liverpool playing I should have known that Setanta would have been showing it).
Tonight sees the second legs of the 2nd round of the Champions League:-
19:45 AC Milan - Arsenal
19:45 Barcelona - Celtic
19:45 Manchester U. - Lyon
19:45 Sevilla - Fenerbahce
As always the TV coverage for the Champions League games is huge in just about every country. If you are stuck though then the following is available online:-
AC Milan - Arsenal, Shanghai Sports, Guangdong Sports, Shandong Sports on TVAns and channels ESPN and NED3 on SOPCast.
Sevilla - Fenerbahce, Superspot 5, alfa and LiveSoccerSports all on SOPCast.
Manchester United - Lyon, Star Sports on TVAnts and Star Sports, Super Sports 3 on SOPCast |
| posted by PaulB @ 12:39 |
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| Premier League Live |
| Sunday, 2 March 2008 |
Todays live Premier League games:-
Sky Sports are showing Bolton - Liverpool and Everton - Portsmouth. It's just a shame all you scousers won't get to see the games, surely you'll all be far too busy with your mums on mothering Sunday?
If you do want to try and sneak a game then you can also watch both games live on the internet.
Bolton - Liverpool, Supersport3 on SOPCast and live2 and live 3 on TVAnts.
Everton - Portsmouth, Supersport3 on SOPCast and live3 on TVAnts. |
| posted by PaulB @ 09:51 |
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| Todays Live Premier League Football |
| Saturday, 1 March 2008 |
Setanta Sports are showing Manchester City v Wigan live.
Live on the internet you can catch the following Premier League games on SOPCast and TVAnts:-
Fulham - Manchester United, being shown live on Star Sports on both SOPCast and TVAnts
Arsenal - Aston Villa, being shown live on SuperSport3 on SOPCast
West Ham - Chelsea and Newcastle United - Blackburn Rovers and Middlesborough - Reading and Derby County - Reading and Birmingham City - Spurs, channel called Live on TVAnts (you might have to try the various live channels that are available on TVAnts).
Manchester City - Wigan, channel Star Sports on SOPCast and TVAnts as well as ESPN on TVAnts. |
| posted by PaulB @ 12:39 |
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