Premier League recap - Southampton goes bang as Tottenham slip

Southampton doesn’t want to be a team to fall into a relegation battle as they had Nicky Banger and David Speedie scoring doubles as Southampton smashed Norwich at home by a score of 5-0 to get the team off the bottom of the table while also recording their first win on the board for the season. They weren’t the only one who got five past the opposing keeper with Manchester City getting a 5-1 win over Tottenham with David White scoring a hat-trick in the 5-1 victory despite Gordon Durie scoring the opening goal of the game for Tottenham.

Another tight happened over at QPR’s home ground where they were held to a 0-0 draw against Nottingham Forest as they were outplayed against a much more fancier opponent in Nottingham as they lead by a single point over Manchester City.

There was also wins for Everton, Chelsea, Wimbledon, Sheffield Wednesday while Arsenal missed a golden opportunity to help their team avoid a relegation fate as they could only muster up a 0-0 draw.

David White scoring a hat-trick as he saw Manchester City defeat Tottenham 5-1

Everton	2-1	Liverpool
Southampton	5-0	Norwich City
Manchester City	5-1	Tottenham
Arsenal	0-0	Coventry
Chelsea	3-0	Ipswich
Wimbledon	1-0	Manchester United
Sheffield Wednesday	4-0	Crystal Palace
QPR	0-0	Nottingham Forest
Blackburn	2-2	Aston Villa
Leeds	2-2	Sheffield United

There was some transfers news over the weekend with Paul Goddard moving to Aston Villa from Ipswich for 300 thousand pounds while Maurice Doyle will be heading to Leyton Orient for 100 thousand pounds.

Coca-Cola Cup recap - First Round (Leg 1)

The first English Cup of the season started today with the first leg of the Coca-Cola Cup being played between 2nd and 3rd tier sides. With this being two legs for some teams, it will be vital to get off to a winning start.

We first head over to Bournemouth home's ground as they took on the fellow second-tier side in Rotherham and Bournemouth will be holding a one-goal advantage heading into the second leg after goals from Paul Wood and Sean O'Driscoll gave Bournemouth the victory. But Rotherham will be hoping that they can get a win at home after scoring a late consolation goal coming from Shaun Goather. While in the other division two battle, it was a 0-0 draw between Southend and Notts County.

Most of the battles between second tier and third tier sides went in favour of the second tier sides but not in the game between Preston North End and Reading with Preston North End who are currently 3rd in the league taking a two-goal lead heading into the second leg as they had three different goalscorers in the win over Reading.

There was also wins for Wigan and Hull City against other third-tier sides.

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

Premier League recap - QPR top while Arsenal slip

QPR is the only team that is unbeaten after three games with the squad getting a 2-0 win over Norwich away from home to become the early leaders after Steve Claridge and Les Ferdinand both scored a goal to get the win and open a two-point advantage over three teams.

One of those teams will be their next opponent after they got held to a 1-1 draw against Everton which also a booking to Matt Jackson which sent Everton down to ten men. Tottenham and Crystal Palace also recorded wins to stay in the leading pack.

For Southampton and Ipswich, they both lost to stay on no points from three points after they both lost to Coventry and Sheffield Wednesday respectively while for Arsenal they got their first point when they conceded a late goal against Manchester United with Brian Mcclair getting a goal in the 79th minute.

The teams will take a break during the mid-week break with the Coca-Cola Cup starting for the lower tier teams in division 2 and 3.

Steve Claridge was in with a goal as QPR defeated Norwich 2-0

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

In transfer news, Scott Mean was the biggest mover during this week as he went to Cardiff from Bournemouth for 200 thousand pounds while Paul Brazier was the biggest mover from a top tier club as he went to Stockport for 150 thousand.

Premier League recap - Hat-trick has been created.

Midweek fixtures are sometimes a pain to play and for all of England that was exactly the case with the twenty teams having to play their first mid-week fixtures of the new league. The big news to come from the mid-week fixtures coming at Highbury with Vincent Samways becoming the first person to score a hat-trick in the Premier League as he led Tottenham to a 3-2 win over Arsenal in what was a disappointing day for Pål Lydersen.

But the main match of the midweek was between Leeds and Manchester United with the teams being first and second in the previous season. With the battle firmly in the balance, it was Lee Chapman who scored for Leeds United as he gave the champions, their first points on the board with a 1-0 win. The other Manchester team in City got themselves two from 2 with a 2-1 win over Ipswich as they were joined with QPR and Nottingham Forest who also got wins to join them on six points.

Vincent Samways playing against Arsenal where he scored a hat-trick.

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

Premier League recap - The start of the new league

Aston Villa is the opening round from the opening weekend with Garry Parker and Dean Saunders getting onto the score sheet as they defeated the more fancied team in Arsenal with the result being a 2-0 win for them. But the first goal of the new league was, in fact, an own goal with Kevin Moore putting the goal in his own net to give the first win of the new league to Crystal Palace.

In other Saturday games that were played all around England, Blackburn easily defeated Coventry 1-0, QPR defeated Ipswich 1-0 which also saw the first red of the new league being given with Geraint Williams being the casualty. Niall Quinn became the early leader of the goalscoring charts as he scored two goals in giving Manchester City a 3-2 win over Sheffield United.

In other matches, there were wins for Liverpool, Nottingham Forest and Everton over their respective opponents while we saw our first draws with Norwich and Sheffield Wednesday playing a 2-2 draw and Tottenham/Chelsea ending in a 1-1 draw.

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

Kevin Moore became the first player to score in the Premier League but it was an own goal.