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With only a small handfull of fixtures this weekend due to the snow, most of the bg guns will have been wishing that their games had been called off too after a pretty dissaterous weekend of soccer for the big guns. Manchester United failed to recover from their home loss to Leeds last week as they were held to a draw at Birmingham. Arsenal could only manage the same as they played a resiliant Everton team who also held them to a draw. Leeds United could not find the form either that made them legends last week against the champions and a return to League One soccer against Wycombe Wanderers resulted in yet another draw.

Leeds United hero turned rebel Jermaine Beckford has requested that he gets a transfer from Elland Road as soon as possible. Beckford, who will go down in Leeds United folk law history for scoring the goal that dumped Manchester United out of the FA Cup recently has been stalling on contract talks for some time, however the want away striker has now demanded his immediate release from his club and contract by requesting that he is allowed to leave the club. Beckford who was brought in from a non league outfit is expected to leave Leeds during the transfer window but Leeds boss Simon Grayson is holding out for decent money, "We dont to sell but money talks" said Grayson, who also added "Jermaine's performance against the champions on sunday has already increased his value, if we dont get what we require then he goes nowhere.". With Leeds already looking very comfortable for promotion to the championship, it is possible should the Beckford sale not be completed that Grayson could simply ditch his star striker into the reserves to see out the remaining few months on his contract. Should Beckford not sign or be sold he will be able to walk away freely from Elland Road in the summer.

Leeds United breezed their way into the FA Cup forth round by dominating proceedings at Old Trafford to claim a dramatic and historical win over the English Champions and arch rival club Manchester United. Manchester who sit two divisions and 42 league places above Leeds who are currently playing in the English 3rd tier produced a spectacular display of football and gave the Elland Road travelling faithfull a historical victory over the reds gaining their first win at Od Trafford since the 1970's. Leeds started brightly but did look vunerable to pressure from the champions before Jermaine Beckford scored yet again for Leeds, this time infront of 70,000 fans at a packed out Old Trafford. Beckford's historical goal was enough to give the lift and belief they needed to hang on and brave Leeds did just that, absorbing everything Manchester United could throw at them. Leeds continued to create chances throughout the match and in general looked comfortable against a team who really should have been winning this home tie. Simon Grayson, the Leeds manager who tactically masterminded the victory with his already red hot Leeds United now finds himself down in Leeds folklaw history but the bigger question has surely got to be face around Jermaine Beckford, who's speculation regarding his future at Leeds is now more intense than ever and it is highly anticipated that Leeds are prepared to sell their top striker from desperation as Beckford has so far refused to sign a new contract and could leave Elland Road on a free in the summer.

Leeds United gave their fans another entertaining display of football in league one, this time it was Stockport United who fell victims to the might of Leeds despite taking the lead in the match. Manchester United are Leeds next opponents in a clash that sees Leeds travel to Old Trafford to face their arch rivals Man United. Sunday's FA Cup clash is certainly the highlight of the season for Leeds so far and they couldn't come into the game in better shape after starting and maintaining brilliant form so far this season. Manchester United themselves in decent form but find themselves in a difficult title battle this year, and have looked very exposed at times, especially with the absence of key players. We have also seen what a side like Burnley can do to Manchester United and Leeds as underdogs must even believe they stand a fair chance of winning the tie.

Manchester United make the 80 mile trip down the M62 today as they face Hull City in the Premiership. Manchester United need to come away with all 3 points today if they are to keep pressure on league leaders Chelsea but Phill Brown's Hull City are not going to make life easy for the champions. Hull who have slipped back down into the relagation zone after a shakey start to the season will be preparing for one of their biggest games of the season at the Kingston Stadium and manager Phill Brown believes despite the clubs low league position, Hull can atleast take a point from this game. "We will be playing to beat Manchester United but if we only a manage a draw with the champions then that is something I would also be quite hapy with considering." The match kicks off at 16:00, Sky Sports 1

Arsenal's Arsense Wenger was left fuming last night after what should have been an easy three points nearly turned into embarrasment for the London ttle chasers. Arsenal travelled to the North West to play Burnley at Tuf Moor, a match which should have been a simple affair for the Gunners but that was not to be. Burnley who have already beaton champions Manchester United at Turf Moor this season, looked like they were going down to Arsenal after Fabregast knocked Arsenal ahead inside the first 10 minutes, but Burnley battled back and quickly adapted to Arsenals style of play. Burnley pushed their way into the game and managed to equalise twenty minutes later through a spot kick penatly scored by Alexander. Burnley continued to battle on with the Gunners and for the remainder of the match outplayed Arsenal all over the pitch. Wenger was left dissapointed as these type of games are the ones his side must be winning if they are to be taken seriously in the Premiership title race.

Manchester United tightened the gap on Premiership leaders Chelsea after beating Wolves 3-0 at Old Trafford in the English Premiership. Goals from Vidic, Valencia and a Penalty scored by Wayne Rooney was enough to send Wolves back to the midlands to reflect on the defeat. Wolves offered very little in terms of quality and allowed United to play their attacking style to its full potential.

Leeds United knocked two goals past Accrington Stanley to end their decent run in the Johnstones Paint Northern semis. Carlisle also took full advantage of a lack lustered Bradford City who looked diabolical in their match and also exited the competition in a 3-0 defeat.

Milton Keynes Dons earn a tie with Southampton, both teams managed to progress to the Southern finals after dismissing Hereford and Norwich City respectively.

Tuesday evening see's quite a few soccer fixtures accross Great Britain including a good card of premiership fixtures, it is also the Northern and Southern regional semi finals of the Johnstones Paint Trophey where 8 teams remain in contention for the final which will be held at Wembley. Tonights Northern fixtures are between Leeds United and Accrington Stanley which will be held at Elland Road, Carlisle also play host to Bradford City in their semi final match while in the Southern sphere of the competition Southampton play Norwich at The Dell and Milton Keynes Dons travel to Hereford for which could be the biggest game of Herefords season so far. Accrington Stanley, made famous from the milk advert from the early nineteen nighties have climbed several leagues over the last decade and find themselfs in a comfortable mid table position in the Football League Division Two, however they must believe they have the worst draw of the competition so far as they are sent to Elland Road tonight to face what could be a mighty drumming from high flying Leeds United. Bradford are also up against it in their match with North West super minows Carlisle United.

Engish Premiership Strugglers Hull City face Blackburn on Saturday in a tie which could see Hull City leapfrog Blackburn Rovers into a mid table position should they have what it takes to overturn Rovers. Hull Manager Phill Brown, who is already underfire for Hull's scarey league position has responded quite well of late and managed to claw his side outside of the relegation zone. However, City will have to up their performances yet again as they meet an experienced Blackburn Rovers side that will be looking at ths fixture with an expectation to collect all three points.

Manchester United are back in action also in the Premiership after returning from their lastest European Cup match in Germany. Manchester United are waiting on the fitness reports of several key players as their current injury list increases.

Chelsea face Everton in London and will need to beat the Merseysiders if they are to keep up the pressure for the Premier League Title. London club Arsenal travel to Merseyside on Sunday as they face an out of sorts Liverpool. Arsenal will need to beat Liverpool if they want to join the race for the English Premier League Title.

Leeds United travel to Brentford and will be hoping to continue their great form in League One and increase their lead at the top of the division. Charlton Athletic, who face bottom of the pack Stockport City will have come away with all three points if they are to continue to apply any significent pressure on table toppers Leeds United.

Leeds United earned themselves a third round FA Cup tie in January with Manchester United at Old Trafford. Leeds played host to Kettering Town at Elland Road in a game where despite Leeds Uniteds early and constant domination of the match for the first hour, only a Luchiano Becchio goal seperated the two sides. On the balance of play Leeds should have been five or six goals up had it not been for the sensational performance of Kettering Town's veteran goalkeeper and player manager Lee Harpour. The Ketering Boss pulled of a string of world class saves to constantly deny the likes of Beckford, Killkenny and Robert Snodgrass from firing Leeds further ahead. Kettering finally started to get grips with the game after the hour mark and slowly made their pressence felt. Kettering were rewarded with a historical equaliser on 62 minutes and managed to find the courage to fend off Leeds for the remainder of the 90. With the match in extra time, Leeds then unleashed their mighty firepower and four goals in eleven minutes from Grella(2), Kandoll and Beckford was enough to sink brave Kettering. Leeds now have the challange of playing the current Premiership champions Manchester United in January in a clash which comes highly anticipated for both clubs alike.

 Leeds United are back in action yet again this evening as they face a Kettering Town side from the lower leagues who have already taken out higher opposition and forced this replay at Elland Road. Leeds failed to beat Kettering a little over a week ago at a packed out Rockingham Road and now the minows have what is essentially 'the game of their life' in this FA Cup 2nd round replay match. Simon Greyson's Leeds should be looking to hit Kettering hard and fast and stamp out any intesions of a giant killing infront of the home crowd. A third round tie with Premiership Champions Manchester United is the prize for which ever team wins this fixture, a fixture which could make either of these clubs up their game. While Leeds have not had the chance to play their arch rivals Manchester United of late because of the divisional differences and for Kettering such a fixture would simply be one of the clubs most historical fixtures to date.

Leeds United manager Simon Greyson was left fuming after his side took the lead twice in a game that saw Huddersfield Town scrap out a draw at Elland Road. Robert Snodgrass bagged the first goal for United in the first few minutes of play in the great Yorkshire derby but the goal was canceled out when a Huddersfield equalizer landed just after half time on 48 minutes. Leeds again lifted their game and crafted another great goal from substitution Max Gradel. However Huddersfield Town, who to be fair then showed they were capable of playing some quality looking football got rewarded for their efforts on 78 minutes when a strike from Rhodes left Leeds keeper Casper Ankergan picking the ball out of his net for a second time. With 38,000 fans packed inside Elland Road, the Yorkshire Derby ended all square and would have certainly left Lee Clarks Huddersfield Town with the happier set of supporters. Simon Greyson is thought to be disappointed in his Leeds United side losing the lead on two occasions in a game which could have cemented Leeds position further at the top of the League One.

Fulham played well and gave the Bulgarian super club CSKA Sofia a lesson in how to play football in England. CSKA, who have decades worth of experience playing in the UEFA Cup have found themselfs out of sorts in the group failing to win any of their games against group rivals Roma, Basel and Fulham. Fulham needed a win to maintain any kind of hope towards gaining qualification. Gera scored the only goal for Fulham in a game that could have quite easily been a Fulham goalfest as the London club came close on multiple occassions. CSKA who themselfs were fully dominated by Fulham throughout, could have settled the tie with a late strike which was scrambbled clear off the line by substitute Damien Duff. The Cottages now need results to go their way and they must win their final game when they face FC Basel away from home next Wednesday night.

Manchester City raised their game enough to gun down premiership title chasers Arsenal in the Carling Cup quater final match in Manchester. The City of Manchester stadium was the venue for the clash in a match were Arsenal started much the better of the two teams going close with an early shot but failed to find a way past the city keeper Shay Given. As the first half progressed, Arsenal became more desparate and picked up two yellow cards before the ref blew for half time. The second half saw City turn the screw on the london club and goals from Carlos Tevez, Wright Phillips and Weiss in a brilliant second half display of football to the enjoyment of the fans.

Premiership Football clubs in England have released the latest figures as required by the FA disclossing the amount that they have paid out to players agents. A total of 70.6 million quid has been splashed out on agents just this season alone. Manchester City have settled the biggest agents bills with costs rising above 12.5 Million pounds, this also reflects city's big spending in the transfer market and overwhelming spending that has seen them capture players totalling over 90 million pounds. Chelsea are the second highest paying club who have paid agents just short of 10 million. Suprisingly, reigning champions Manchester United have paid only 1.4 million pounds which has seen teams such as Hull, Bolton and Sunderland spending more money on agents than the Champions. A spokesperson for the FA said: "We are pleased that, through these new requirements, clubs are bringing greater transparency to the domestic transfer market. "For the first time, there will be a game-wide picture of the level of spending on agents. The leagues and other key stakeholders have been fully supportive, following the example set by the Football League with its publication of Agents' Fees over the last few years."

Leeds United escaped a another FA Cup embarrasment to non league Kettering Town at Rockingham Road in Sunday's FA Cup second round match. Leeds who were dumped out the cup last year to non league side Histon were up against it again as Kettering Town managed to fend off Leeds who although controlling the game simply could not find any accuarcy in the final ball. Kettering took confidence from the goalless first half and came out second half dominating. Kettering started well and stabbed away at the League One leaders untill final grabbing a goal through Ian Roper who climbed to head past Casper Ankergan as the Leeds goalkeeper collided with his own defender. Leeds then slowly turned the screw on Kettering and their persistance payed of when finally Jemaine Beckford got on the end of a pacey pass from Robert Snodgrass and with only 12 minutes remaining Leeds managed to save face slightly. Kettering certainly earned the replay at Elland Road in a few week but will be bitterly dissapointed and unfortunate not to have recorded a famous victory against Leeds today. The winner of the tie will face Manchester United in January.

Its the second round of the FA Cup this weekend and there are some great games to look forward to. Leeds United come to our television screens once again as they take on Kettering on Sunday, a game which is due to be televised by a terestrial broadcaster.  Saturday's action includes Staines Town who will have to raise their game dramatically if they are to twart a Millwall side that pose to end their cup dreams,Northwich Victoria will be hoping they can survive a thumping from Lincoln City and Burton Albion will have to play their socks off if they want to find anything from a very testing game at Gillingham.

English Premiership Champions Manchester United lost against turkish side Beshiktas at Old Trafford Wednesday evening in a game that the champions will be hoping to forget. Manchester United, who had already qualified for the next round of the UEFA Champions League played host to Turkish side Beshiktas. Alex Ferguesson sent out a relativley unkown and inexperienced side to face the turks but ended up with egg on his face as they failed to respond to a superb strike from Izmailov who hit a sweet and unopposed ball past Ben Foster on 20 minutes. Old Trafford was silenced except for the few thousand Turkish who rightly celebrated for the remainder of the match. Owen and Carrick where sent on to boast United late in the second half but Beshiktas had already shut up shop and were determined to hold on to this trophey victory, a result that will surely go down as one of their greatest in the turkish sides illustrious history.

Ryan Babel is reported to be ready to quit Liverpool unless he is guaranteed some first team action. The Dutch international is said to be currently unhappy at the Anfield club and the lack of regular first team football could be enough to make Ryan snap. Liverpool, who themselves have been under immense pressure to start winning more games and make any real challenge for the title have already been reported to be ready to crack at the seems which in turn could see an exit of both the manager and top stars at Liverpool in an attempt to turn about the fortunes at the club. Babel is demanding regular football, a claim which is sure to only antaganise Benitez further and could result in seeing the Dutch star finding the door from Anfield in January.

Robert Snodgrass fired Leeds United a further step closer towards the Championship as Leeds United mastered another convining victory this time against inform Brighton. The Whites made their way down to the south coast for Saturdays League One clash to face a Brighton side that have won their last two games by playing some smart football. Snodgrass grabbed his strike on 37 minutes shortly followed up by that man Beckford again. Australian Niel Kilkenny also got on the score sheet in the dying minutes of the match. Brighton could not stop a Leeds United train that is threatening to steam its way to victory in League One as three goal United pushed themselves 6 points clear of Charlton and United still have a game in hand.

Champs Hammer Toffees. Manchester United looked sharp against Everton in the Premiership match at Old Trafford and goals from Valencia, Carrick and Fletcher saw the champions keeping up the pressure on title chashing Chelsea who also won by four goals against Wolves to extend their stay at the top of the Premiership

Thierry Henry belives France still deserve their qualification to the World Cup Finals despite a blatent hand ball that led to a William Gallas goal for France against the Republic of Ireland. The former Arsenal and French star Henry can be seen handling the ball as clear as day in the second leg qualifier in France. Henry has even admitted that he was clearly in the wrong regarding the hand ball but the referees decision to chose not to have seen the incident allowed play to continue as Henry steered the ball in to the path of a perfectly positioned William Gallas who made no hesitation of striking the ball home. "I would have prefered it not to have been like this, but if you ask me did we steal the match, No, we deserved to win." Explains Henry. A fuming Republic of Ireland have already sent an offical letter of complaint to FIFA and asked that the match be replayed in the name of fairness. A plea which FIFA are expected to officially reject later today as speculation suggests FIFA would be clearly unwilling to consider any such talk of replaying the match.

Joe Anyinsah had a superb game Tuesday night and helped his side Carlisle United breeze through to the next round of the FA Cup after a local encounter with rivals Morcambe. Carlisle made the short trip down to the seaside town of Morcambe and provided both sets of supporters with a quality game of football. Joe's strike came early and gave Carlisle the crucial lead they needed and one that Morcambe could not recover from. Morcambe did play somewhat defeated after the goal failing to create much upfront but the seasiders rear guard managed to hold off the somewhat prolific attacking attributes of Carlisle despite conceding the game 0-1 they can still feel somewhat proud of their performance considering Morcambe are positioned in the exact spot as Carlisle in the division below them

Liverpool's Raffa Benitez could be fast approaching the end of his reign as Liverpool boss after mounting speculation increased about the sale of top players to reduce the clubs spiralling wage bill. The North west club are reported to have debts in excess of 300 Million pounds and simply have to make big financial changes. Underfire Benitez has already gone on record to declair he will be willing to walk away from Liverpool should the club order him to sell star players such as Torres and Gerrard. It is also thought that the North American owners of Liverpool FC are secretly planning to dump both Benitez, Torres and Gerrard in a total top end clearout at Anfield. Liverpool have struggled to make any real impact on the Premier League of late and Liverpool fans are becomming increasingly stressed at the current situation at Anfield.

Unpopular Betting Markets Could Expose Unknown Italian Cash Cow. Two goals in less than two minutes was enough to fire home another winning football bet as Italian Serie B AC Ancona met Vicenza. High flying Ancona looked fairly certain of victory according to our sports analysis Gary Bowler who noted that the Odds of 2.2 on the Betting Exchange were quite generous for such a nailed on fixture. Finding discrepancies and wrongly priced selections in the betting markets is one of the key elements to finding good value sports bets. Italian Serie B betting markets have often seen us grab some really successfull selections in the past, it almost seems like nobody gives a damm about these teams, the odds and prices can be all over the place and rarely reflects even the basic principles such as home advantage and league status. This makes it pretty easy for finding oppertunities like the Acona match and certainly a league that I always try and keep my eye on for this reason alone.

Nicholas Anelka gave his country a 1 goal away advantage in Dublin, Saturday night as The Irish take on France. Gary Bowler had set his sights on the french to triumphe in Dublin and they duly delivered. The Republic of Ireland battled hard against the former world champions but failed to break the deadlock. France themselves look reasonably comfortable on the ball but also failed to produce until Chelsea star Nicholas Anelka gave his country a vital goal infront of a packed Irish crowd and sending the home side with nothing short of a mountain to climb. Ireland fought on relentlesly in an attempt to break down the French rear gaurd. In the end they was certainly no luck for the Irish who now face a mamouth task ahead of the return leg in france.

Manchester United and England star Wayne Rooney is today reported to be seeking out a new contract with Manchester United after speculation increased that at least three big european clubs have the striker on thier most wanted target list. Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona have Rooney as a major transfer target and latest news from Italy also suggests Milan are keen to capture his signature in a possible link up with another Ex-Manchester and England co player David Beckham. Wayne currently has 2 years remaining on his current Old trafford deal but is now seeking a larger more lucrative and longer contract with the English Premier League Champions. Manchester United, themselves looking hurt and certainly not as threatening or prolific as last season since lossing the services of Christiano Ronaldo could face losing Rooney should they not decide to accept his demands. Although it is reported that Wayne at this points wishes to pledge his future to Manchester United, we all know that money does the talking at the end of the day and this could see Rooney jetting off to warmer climates to apply his trade, especially should Manchester United submit their title this year to hot title contenders Chelsea or Arsenal.

Starlays Sports tipster Gary Bowler was right on the money yesterday with the football bet as League One struggler's Southampton turned over title chasing Charlton Athletic. The Saints entertained the home crowd in the Johnstones Paint Southern Quarter final with some of the best football they have displayed all season. Currently struggling in a dangerous position in League One, the Saints looked a different class here against a promotion chasing Charlton who look just a little out of steam at the moment. Wayne Thomas sent Southampton to a deserved lead after 34 minutes after a good spell of attacking football. Charlton failed to respond and at times looked very poor on the ball in a game that was dominated by the Saints. Richard Lambert looked to have had it won for Southampton in the second half after finding the back of the net after two rebounded shots in the box. Charlton's only consolation was a goal in stoppage time by Leon McKenzie but this was not enough to save Charlton's cup hopes. 12/11/09

Elland Road was the venue for last nights Johnstone Paint Northern quarter finals where local fishing dock team Grimsby made the short distance to Leeds to take on a high flying Leeds United team. An own goal by Grimsby put United in front after a Leeds shot was bumbled into the Grimsby goal by Oliver Lancashire on 40 minutes. Leeds and Australian midfield hit man Neil Kilkenny sent Leeds two goals to the good on the 45 minute mark with a remarkable strike that left Grimsby facing the impossible. Shortly in to the second half and Leeds were pressuring yet again and broke through on 55 minutes with Leeds top scorer Jemaine Beckford popping up to add another goal to his seasonal tally. A consolation goal from former Leeds United player Peter Sweeny was the only highlight of the night for Grimbsy Town fans but was not enough to overpower the momentum of a Leeds United side who seem capable of winning the trophy this year. 11/11/09

Sheffield United came from behind no less than twice to peg back a unfortunate Barnsley who should have claimed all three points. A packed out crowd at Oakwell saw a brilliant display of football from both teams and Barnsley took the lead early in the second half with a wander strike from De Silva. The blades battled back and equalised shortley after as the ref pointed to the spot. Darias Henderson stepped up to level the scores. Barnsley's Bogdanovic soon scrambled the home side back in to the game with a scrappy effort but this was still not going to be enough from United fighting back yet again. Sheffield United won a second penalty and Henderson yet again stepped up to level the scores. Some bad challenges and a keen eyed referee denied Barnsley from triumphing in this thrilling Yorkshire Derby. 10/11/09

England and Chelsea captain John Terry was the thorne in Manchester United's latest attempt at reclaiming the top spot in the English Premiership. Manchester United came to London hoping to collect all three points and regain the stop spot in the league, unfortunatley it wasn't to be. Chelsea improved on their already successfull home form by keeping yet another clean sheet this time against the champions. In the first half both teams battled hard in a somewhat uncontrolled and poor game of football which contained very few real chances. On 15 minutes Valencia broke free into the box and was brought down by Terry in what looked like a certain penalty, however the ref was having none of it.After the break, Manchester United stepped up the pressure on the home side but could not seem to find anything up front, then on 76 minutes against the run of play, Frank Lampard sent s dead ball accross the Manchester United back line and who else but skipper John Terry was there to climb high and head Chelsea a good to the good at Stamford Bridge. Manchester United responded well but still could not find anything up front with Rooney looking well handled by the Chelsea defence. Chelsea now find themselves edging closer to the Premiership Title with Fergi's boys playing catch-up. 9/11/09

Leeds United young captain Johnny Howson sent his side towards the next round of the FA Cup by firing Leeds in to the lead before the end of the first half. United travelled the short distance over the pennines to face Oldham Athletic yesterday in a game that saw the League One leaders comfortably defeat league one rival team Oldham. Howson netted the first for Leeds 36 minutes after Robert Snodgrass broke through down the right flank and provide his captain with a stunning cross. Howson's left foot drive was enough to send the ball up and beyond the reach of the Oldham goal keeper to the tp right of the net. Athletic had a fair amount of possesion in the second half failed to show any real threat to the Leeds defence. Jemaine Beckford was substituted five minutes before the end of the match and replaced by USA star Grella who managed to push the game beyond Oldham Athletic by netting Leeds Uniteds second goal on the 90 minute mark. 8/11/09

Benfica inflicted even more misery on merseysiders Everton last night as for the second time in just under two weeks, the toffees were made to look daft by the Portugeuse giants. Benfica, who already inflicted embarasment by hammering Everton 5-0 in portugal came in to the match as second favorites according to the betting. However as happens so much in football, the betting market prooving fairly insignificent as from the word go there was only one team playing with the hunger to take the game and that certainly was not the blues. It took just over an hour of play before the deadlock was broken, and that man Saviola popped up again to show the merseyside faithfull how not to defend as he broke free past 3 Everton defenders before netting a low driven shot. 13 minutes later Benfica fired themselves further into the game with a goal from Cardozo on 76 minutes. Everton seemed unable to respond and made a few clumpsy challenges in a vain attempt to regain control of the game. Out of sorts Everton will certainly want to put the whole Benfica experience firmly behind them surely. 6/11/09

Zavon Hines grabbed a sensational goal deep into stoppage time to seal all three points for Gianfranco Zola's West Ham United. The hammers have failed to pick up full points since the opening day of the season against newly prometed Wolves but a late goal in injury time from Hines was enough to deny 10 man Aston Villa from going forth place in the premiership last night. West Ham got nfront moments before the interval through a penalty after Villa's Beye made a bad challenge in the box. Noble stepped up and grabbed the lead for the hammers before a strike from Young levelled things shortly after the interval. Villa found themselves reduced to ten men towards full time as Beye was red carded for another rash challenge. Late pressure from the hammers was enough to swing the game as moments before the final whistle Zavon Hines got on to the end of a West Ham attack that saw them clinch their first win in months. 5/11/09

A penalty awarded to Kettering Town on 90 minutes was enough to deny Wrexham of the three points in a match they probably deserved to win. Kettering Town played host to the north wales outfit Wrexham who have been playing much below par so far this season. The homeside started well with a goal just 5 minutes in to the match but Wrexham responded well with a stunning equaliser from Ashley Westwood who hit a clean strike on 22 minutes.  Just before the break a crucial error by the Kettering keeper saw him blunder the ball into the back of his own net. Wrexham held on to the winning scoreline and looked like leaving with all three points before the ref pointed to the spot on 90 minutes. Jean Paul Marna stepped up to secure a point for Kettering and Wrexham can count themselves as very unfortunate. 4/11/09

AC Milan have today confirmed that ex Manchester United and England super star David Beckham has put pen to paper on a deal to secure his services for the rest of the season at the San Siro. Beckham impressed whilst on load for the Italian giants last season and LA Galaxy have accepted the 6 months loan deal which sees Beckham rejoin Milan in January. Speculation is now mounting regarding Davids future at his current MLS club LA Galaxy.

Newcastle Unted took full advantage in Monday evenings championship clash with Sheffield United. The Brammel Lane men did not do enough to stop the magpies bringing home all three points in what was a fairly scrappy encounter in South Yorkshire. With nothing but poor play and scrapy challenges in the first half, Newcastle went ahead early in the second half when Chris Morgan managed to get a toe to Ryan Taylor's long range shot. Kevin Blackwells Sheffield United responded with late pressure but could not stop Newcaste returning back to the top of the Championship. 3/11/09

Hull City manager Phil Brown had this morning been issued an ultimatum from Hull chairman Adam Pearson. Go out and Win, or Go. The under pressure Hull boss as seen his team win only 2 of the clubs 11 games in the Premiership this season and with already 7 defeats, Hull City are rooted to the relegation zone. Brown is simply hanging by a thread at the minute, The Hull City Chairman and their fans expect better, Hull City are engaging in thier 2nd consecutive season in the Premiership and simply need more points if they are to stay amongst the worlds elite clubs. 2/11/09

Simon Greyson's Leeds United turned out another stunning display in todays League One  clash. Bradley Johnson opened the scoring for leeds minutes before the end of what seemed a quiet first half followed up a ravishing game of football in the second. The Elland Road men went on to score a second as Gradel netted on 69 followed by that man again Jemaine Beckford who simply cannot resist finding the back of the net and did so on 79. Super substitute Tresor Kandol also made an impact and concluded this game for Leeds United with just 6 minutes to go. 1/11/09