Premier League recap - Arsenal recording a win

We start our rounds down of the bottom of the table with Arsenal recording their first win of the season over Everton 1-0 with Ray Parlour getting the goal to get them out of the relegation spots and putting Ipswich in after they drew 1-1 at home because Brian Deane scoring a goal in the 68th minute to get Sheffield United away from the bottom.

For Manchester United, their season would go from bad to worse after they would lose 1-0 to Liverpool away from home with Ronnie Whelan getting the goal to put them on the bottom of the table after seven games of the season so far. On the other end of the table, Tottenham defeated Nottingham Forest 1-0 with Teddy Sheringham getting a goal to aid the team to fourth on the table only one point behind the leaders.

Norwich and Chelsea also recorded wins over Leeds United and Crystal Palace respectively as the transfer markets stay quiet this week.

Ipswich	1-1	Sheffield United
Aston Villa	0-0	Coventry
Norwich	2-0	Crystal Palace
Blackburn	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Liverpool	1-0	Manchester United
Leeds United	1-2	Chelsea
Manchester City	2-2	QPR
Nottingham Forest	0-1	Tottenham
Arsenal	1-0	Everton
Wimbledon	1-1	Southampton

Coca-Cola Cup - Round 1 (2nd leg)

Coca-Cola Cup action occurred all across England with most of the third-tier clubs getting through into the second round with only two teams being eliminated that were in the third-tier. That was only because they were apart of the battle of the second-tier teams.

We start our recap at Elm Park where Reading came back from two goals down from the first leg to score a 4-0 win to win the match 5-3 on aggregate. This happened because of four different goalscorers. Scarborough had a match that they would rather forget as away over at Vetch Field. In the game against Swansea, they conceded six goals with three in either half as Keith Walker scored a double in the 6-0 demolition to book their spot into the second round.

In the battle between two second-tier sides, Bournemouth and Notts County qualified through to the second round with Tony Agana scoring two goals for Notts County as they won 3-1 over Southend. Bournemouth held Rotherham to a 1-1 draw despite having two bookings in the match to still win 3-2 on aggregate. Blackpool recorded a victory over another a higher tier side with it being Stockport. But they wouldn't win the tie as they would lose 3-2 on aggregate.

Keith Walker for Swansea

Blackpool	2-0	Stockport
Bradford	2-0	Rochdale
Brighton	3-1	York
Bristol City	2-0	Exeter
Cardiff	1-1	Luton Town
Chester	2-0	Hull City
Chesterfield	0-1	Hartlepool
Crewe	1-1	Bristol Rovers
Huddersfield	0-0	Barnet
Notts County	3-1	Southend
Plymouth	0-0	Wrexham
Reading	4-0	Preston North End
Rotherham	1-1	Bournemouth
Swansea	6-0	Scarborough
Walsall	2-1	Mansfield
Wigan	2-0	Shrewsbury

Premier League action - Sheffield Wednesday goes top on goal difference

Sheffield Wednesday will be on top of the table heading into the international break after Chris Waddle scored a double which would secure a 3-1 win over the lowly ranked Wimbledon side. This also factored in a send-off to Danny Wilson which guided them even more to a victory.

Another team that did well was Nottingham Forest who secured a 2-1 win over Sheffield United away from home to be only one point behind the leading two teams. That other team being on top was QPR with Darren Peacock scoring a goal in the second half to get a 1-1 draw over Arsenal. For Arsenal, this meant that they were out of the relegation spots for the time being after six matchdays.

There was also wins for Crystal Palace, Southampton and Everton as they recorded a 1-0 over their opposition to secure the three points heading into the mid-week break.

Crystal Palace	1-0	Aston Villa
Coventry	0-0	Ipswich
Chelsea	0-0	Manchester City
Southampton	1-0	Leeds United
Everton	1-0	Blackburn
Sheffield United	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Tottenham	0-0	Liverpool
QPR	1-1	Arsenal
Manchester United	1-1	Norwich
Sheffield Wednesday	3-1	Wimbledon

Transfers continue to come through with Andy Linighan heading to Manchester United for 750 thousand pounds while Paul Rideout will be heading to Ipswich for 500 thousand pounds in hope of a good deal for the 28-year-old.

Andy Linighan will be switching teams that have red as he will be going to Man U.

Premier League recap - Draws everywhere

Draws were the topping of the day with six games ending in a draw which covered most of the teams that were either fighting for the title or in a relegation battle.

At Old Trafford, Manchester United disappointing start to the season to the season as they could only get one point from the early pacesetters in QPR. While for Arsenal, they had to get a late goal from Paul Merson to finish level with Liverpool two all at Anfield.

One team that was happy with their result was Ipswich who after falling behind to Everton early, they would see two goals coming from Chris Kiwomya boot to give Ipswich their first victory of the season. Another team who is happy would be Norwich a double from Mark Robins guiding Norwich to a 3-1 win over Wimbledon at home. There was also wins for Aston Villa, who is one of eight clubs with eight points as they defeated Chelsea and Blackburn who defeated Nottingham Forest.

Paul Merson helped Arsenal get a 2-2 draw against Liverpool at Anfield.

Coventry	2-2	Manchester City
Ipswich	2-1	Everton
Aston Villa	2-0	Chelsea
Crystal Palace	2-2	Leeds
Sheffield United	1-1	Southampton
Manchester United	0-0	QPR
Liverpool	2-2	Arsenal
Norwich	3-1	Wimbledon
Tottenham	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Nottingham Forest	2-3	Blackburn

The August Recap

As we hit five matchdays down for the 1992-93 season, the first awards have been presented of the brand new Premier League with Paul Mcgrath being the senior player of the month as he got an eight rating for Aston Villa which was the same rating as Dwight Yorke who is also from Aston Villa as he got young player of the month. The Manager of the Month goes to Trevor Francis who has given Sheffield Wednesday hope very early on in the season.

Paul McGrath getting the player of the month award for August.

Of course we don’t like to be absent away from the lower leagues as that is where some interesting do take place. So along with the award recap, we will talk about the lower divisions here. Starting with Division 1 and Grimsby is currently the early leader after August. This is because of the fact that they have also scored the most with the total being at nine. Leading the pack to chase them down is Portsmouth, Sunderland, and Middlesbrough with each of them being a point behind the team that is higher than them.

On the other end of the table, Cambridge, Millwall, and Charlton are currently in relegation.

Grimsby	4	1	0	9	3	6	13
Portsmouth	4	0	1	6	1	5	12
Sunderland	3	2	0	8	1	7	11
Middlesbrough	3	1	1	5	3	2	10
Tranmere	3	0	2	5	4	1	9
Wolves	2	2	1	5	3	2	8

Over in Division Two, Stockport holds the early lead at the moment as they hold a three-point buffer over four teams as Swansea, Burnley, Birmingham, and Bradford all are currently on ten points with Brighton only a point back from those teams. On the flip side of the table, it’s really close early with six teams only separated by one point after five games with Fulham being the only team on four points to be in the relegation as they are currently with Notts County and West Bromwich.

Stockport	4	1	0	10	2	8	13
Swansea	3	1	1	9	6	3	10
Burnley	3	1	1	6	2	4	10
Birmingham	3	1	1	5	2	3	10
Bradford	3	1	1	3	1	2	10
Brighton	2	3	0	3	1	2	9

In the third tier, we have two teams currently on top of the table with only goal difference being the separation with Wigan being on top by a single goal after five games over Walsall who is in the other promotion spot. Currently, in the playoffs, we have Shrewsbury, Plymouth, and Blackpool on nine points with Preston North End being ahead of Rochdale on goal difference. On the bottom of the table, Chester is currently the team that could be relegated to the Conference.

Wigan	3	1	1	10	6	4	10
Walsall	3	1	1	6	3	3	10
Shrewsbury	3	0	2	7	6	1	9
Plymouth	2	3	0	7	5	2	9
Blackpool	3	0	2	4	4	0	9
Preston North End	2	2	1	6	3	3	8