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08/09 - Draft Premier League Fixtures
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2008/2009 - Draft Barclays Premier League Fixtures
The draft fixture list for the 2008/09 Barclays Premier League season has been announced. Arsenal kick-off their campaign when West Brom visit Emirates Stadium on August 16. They follow that with a short trip to Fulham and a home game with Newcastle before the end of August.
The two games against Tottenham are later than last season. Unusually, the home game is scheduled for Tuesday, October 28 while the trip to White Hart Lane takes place on February 7.
Turning to Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool, Arsenal entertain Sir Alex Ferguson's side on November 8 and visit Old Trafford in the penultimate game of the season on May 16. Arsène Wenger's men go to Chelsea on November 29 with the reverse fixture also very late on May 9. Meanwhile, the home game with Liverpool is just before Christmas on December 20 and the Anfield fixture is scheduled for April 18, though that is FA Cup Semi-Final day.
That game is start of a tough looking run-in for Wenger's men. Assuming there are no changes, the final half-dozen games of the season will read like this: Liverpool (a), Middlesbrough (h), Portsmouth (a), Chelsea (h), Manchester United (a), and Stoke (h).
Please note that this is a draft fixture list and will be subject to change. We will carry further fixture updates when the first set of television dates are announced.
AUGUST
12/13 UEFA Champions League Qualifier - 1st Leg
Sat 16 West Bromwich Albion (H)
Sat 23 Fulham (A)
26/27 UEFA Champions League Qualifier - 2nd Leg
Sat 30 Newcastle United (H) SEPTEMBER
Sat 13 Blackburn Rovers (A)
16/17 UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Matchday 1
Sat 20 Bolton Wanderers (A)
23/24 Carling Cup Third Round
Sat 27 Hull City (H)
OCTOBER
30/1 UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Matchday 2 (played on 30th Sep or 1st Oct)
Sat 4 Sunderland (A)
Sat 18 Everton (H)
21/22 UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Matchday 3
Sat 25 West Ham United (A)
Tue 28 Tottenham Hotspur (H)
NOVEMBER
Sat 1 Stoke City (A)
4/5 UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Matchday 4
Sat 8 Manchester United (H)
11/12 Carling Cup Fourth Round
Sat 15 Aston Villa (H)
Sat 22 Manchester City (A)
25/26 UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Matchday 5
Sat 29 Chelsea (A)</SPAN>
DECEMBER
2/3 Carling Cup Fifth Round
Sat 6 Wigan Athletic (H)
9/10 UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Matchday 6
Sat 13 Middlesbrough (A)
Sat 20 Liverpool (H)
Fri 26 Aston Villa (A)
Sun 28 Portsmouth (H)</SPAN>
JANUARY
Sat 3 FA Cup Third Round
6/7 Carling Cup Semi-Final - 1st leg
Sat 10 Bolton Wanderers (H)
Sat 17 Hull City (A)
20/21 Carling Cup Semi-Final - 2nd leg
Sat 24 FA Cup Fourth Round
Wed 28 Everton (A)
Sat 31 West Ham United (H) </SPAN>
FEBRUARY
Sat 7 Tottenham Hotspur (A)
Sat 14 FA Cup Fifth Round
Sat 21 Sunderland (H)
24/25 UEFA Champions League Last 16 - 1st leg
Sat 28 Fulham (H)</SPAN>
MARCH
Sun 1 Carling Cup Final
Tue 3 West Bromwich Albion (A)
Sat 7 FA Cup Quater-Finals
10/11 UEFA Champions League Last 16 - 2nd leg
Sat 14 Blackburn Rovers (H)
Sat 21 Newcastle United (A)
APRIL
Sat 4 Manchester City (H)
</STRONG>7/8 UEFA Champions League Quarter-Final - 1st leg
Sat 11 Wigan Athletic (A)
14/15 UEFA Champions League Quarter-Final - 2nd leg
Sat 18 Liverpool (A)
Sat 18 FA Cup Semi-Finals
Sat 25 Middlesbrough (H)
28/29 UEFA Champions League Semi-Final - 1st leg</SPAN>
MAY
Sat 2 Portsmouth (A)
5/6 UEFA Champions League Semi-Finals - 2nd leg
Sat 9 Chelsea (H)
Sat 16 Manchester United (A)
Sun 24 Stoke City (H)
Wed 27 UEFA Champions League Final
Sat 30 FA Cup Final
08/09 - Draft Premier League Fixtures
2008/2009 - Draft Barclays Premier League Fixtures
The draft fixture list for the 2008/09 Barclays Premier League season has been announced. Arsenal kick-off their campaign when West Brom visit Emirates Stadium on August 16. They follow that with a short trip to Fulham and a home game with Newcastle before the end of August.
The two games against Tottenham are later than last season. Unusually, the home game is scheduled for Tuesday, October 28 while the trip to White Hart Lane takes place on February 7.
Turning to Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool, Arsenal entertain Sir Alex Ferguson's side on November 8 and visit Old Trafford in the penultimate game of the season on May 16. Arsène Wenger's men go to Chelsea on November 29 with the reverse fixture also very late on May 9. Meanwhile, the home game with Liverpool is just before Christmas on December 20 and the Anfield fixture is scheduled for April 18, though that is FA Cup Semi-Final day.
That game is start of a tough looking run-in for Wenger's men. Assuming there are no changes, the final half-dozen games of the season will read like this: Liverpool (a), Middlesbrough (h), Portsmouth (a), Chelsea (h), Manchester United (a), and Stoke (h).
Please note that this is a draft fixture list and will be subject to change. We will carry further fixture updates when the first set of television dates are announced.
AUGUST
12/13 UEFA Champions League Qualifier - 1st Leg
Sat 16 West Bromwich Albion (H)
Sat 23 Fulham (A)
26/27 UEFA Champions League Qualifier - 2nd Leg
Sat 30 Newcastle United (H) SEPTEMBER
Sat 13 Blackburn Rovers (A)
16/17 UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Matchday 1
Sat 20 Bolton Wanderers (A)
23/24 Carling Cup Third Round
Sat 27 Hull City (H)
OCTOBER
30/1 UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Matchday 2 (played on 30th Sep or 1st Oct)
Sat 4 Sunderland (A)
Sat 18 Everton (H)
21/22 UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Matchday 3
Sat 25 West Ham United (A)
Tue 28 Tottenham Hotspur (H)
NOVEMBER
Sat 1 Stoke City (A)
4/5 UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Matchday 4
Sat 8 Manchester United (H)
11/12 Carling Cup Fourth Round
Sat 15 Aston Villa (H)
Sat 22 Manchester City (A)
25/26 UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Matchday 5
Sat 29 Chelsea (A)</SPAN>
DECEMBER
2/3 Carling Cup Fifth Round
Sat 6 Wigan Athletic (H)
9/10 UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Matchday 6
Sat 13 Middlesbrough (A)
Sat 20 Liverpool (H)
Fri 26 Aston Villa (A)
Sun 28 Portsmouth (H)</SPAN>
JANUARY
Sat 3 FA Cup Third Round
6/7 Carling Cup Semi-Final - 1st leg
Sat 10 Bolton Wanderers (H)
Sat 17 Hull City (A)
20/21 Carling Cup Semi-Final - 2nd leg
Sat 24 FA Cup Fourth Round
Wed 28 Everton (A)
Sat 31 West Ham United (H) </SPAN>
FEBRUARY
Sat 7 Tottenham Hotspur (A)
Sat 14 FA Cup Fifth Round
Sat 21 Sunderland (H)
24/25 UEFA Champions League Last 16 - 1st leg
Sat 28 Fulham (H)</SPAN>
MARCH
Sun 1 Carling Cup Final
Tue 3 West Bromwich Albion (A)
Sat 7 FA Cup Quater-Finals
10/11 UEFA Champions League Last 16 - 2nd leg
Sat 14 Blackburn Rovers (H)
Sat 21 Newcastle United (A)
APRIL
Sat 4 Manchester City (H)
</STRONG>7/8 UEFA Champions League Quarter-Final - 1st leg
Sat 11 Wigan Athletic (A)
14/15 UEFA Champions League Quarter-Final - 2nd leg
Sat 18 Liverpool (A)
Sat 18 FA Cup Semi-Finals
Sat 25 Middlesbrough (H)
28/29 UEFA Champions League Semi-Final - 1st leg</SPAN>
MAY
Sat 2 Portsmouth (A)
5/6 UEFA Champions League Semi-Finals - 2nd leg
Sat 9 Chelsea (H)
Sat 16 Manchester United (A)
Sun 24 Stoke City (H)
Wed 27 UEFA Champions League Final
Sat 30 FA Cup Final
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GERMANY FOR 3RD AND 4TH PLACING!
I'LL GET THE AYAM PENYET READY FOR YOU LITTLE BRO ...
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jullian_bei
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Italy...... hurray !!!!!
(.... getting hotter .... )
(.... getting hotter .... )
headwan
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FGL: Hahahah, gents toilet huh, or was it gals toilet......anw, njoy this healthy flaming at each other,when BPL commence, i have to join forces with u, the irony...and i told myself for the first time whenever german play,"Lehmann, please do something stupid" and it was the opposite when he play for Arsenal...hahahah
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look at it this way bro, I'm on joint force with RORK now and come BPL its US VS HIM again ... hahahahaaa..... :mrgreen:
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Confident Scolari counting on Ronaldo and co.
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AFP - Thursday, June 19 BASEL, Switzerland (AFP) - - Luiz Felipe Scolari's confidence that Portugal will beat Germany in Thursday's Euro 2008 quarter-final was underlined on the eve of the match when the Brazilian coach revealed his starting line-up.
who also appealed to UEFA to let banned German coach Joachim Loew take his place on the bench, confirmed he intended to revert to the line-up that beat Turkey and the Czech Republic in his squad's first two matches in the tournament.
Those wins wrapped up first place in group A, allowing Scolari to make eight changes for the final group game against Switzerland, which his side dominated but lost 2-0.
None of the players who came in for that match made sufficient impact to break into the first XI.
Asked if he had considered changes for the German match, Scolari said: "I could, but I'm not going to change anything. In principle it will be the same team."
Scolari's decision means Nuno Gomes will lead the attack with Cristiano Ronaldo and Simao operating either side of him, with back-up wingers Nani and Ricardo Quaresma on the bench.
Armando Petit and Joao Moutinho will anchor the midfield with Deco in the playmaker role while Jose Bosingwa, Ricardo Carvalho, Pepe and Paulo Ferreira make up the back four in front of goalkeeper Ricardo.
In a relaxed, bullish display at his pre-match press conference, Scolari, who is due to take over as manager of Chelsea on July 1, said he had faith in his players.
"I don't expect it to be my last game with Portugal," he said. "Everything we have done is one with one objective (to get to the final)."
Scolari added: "I have the utmost respect for Germany but I trust my team and I think we are going to go through."
Portugal's status as one of the favourites to go on and win the tournament is largely based on Ronaldo's current status as the most destructive attacking force in world football.
Scolari revealed that he had never worked with a player with such a ferocious will to win.
"What is Ronaldo's secret? It is what you know. He is simple, he's humble, he works and he is a good, dedicated member of the group.
"He has a strong will to win that I've not seen in anyone else and the others soak that in. Then obviously there is a lot of technical quality that you are well aware of."
The Portugal coach also brushed aside the psychological sniping that has been emanating from the German camp.
That has included former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann claiming he knows the secret of keeping Ronaldo under lock and key, the ability of Portugal's own goalkeeper, Ricardo, being identified as a possible weak link and Scolari's men being billed as the favourites.
"These kind of statements are normal," Scolari said. "It happens before every big game. We say they are favourites, they tell us we have a great player. It is all about trying to put the opponent under a bit of additional pressure, a push and shove game. That is normal in any tournament."
Scolari admitted he was concerned that Germany's big players could give his side problems at set-pieces, but he claimed there were no special plans to deal with Michael Ballack's ability to make late runs into the box.
"Ballack is an excellent player and he deserves attention but not special attention - just like the others."
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AFP - Thursday, June 19 BASEL, Switzerland (AFP) - - Luiz Felipe Scolari's confidence that Portugal will beat Germany in Thursday's Euro 2008 quarter-final was underlined on the eve of the match when the Brazilian coach revealed his starting line-up.
who also appealed to UEFA to let banned German coach Joachim Loew take his place on the bench, confirmed he intended to revert to the line-up that beat Turkey and the Czech Republic in his squad's first two matches in the tournament.
Those wins wrapped up first place in group A, allowing Scolari to make eight changes for the final group game against Switzerland, which his side dominated but lost 2-0.
None of the players who came in for that match made sufficient impact to break into the first XI.
Asked if he had considered changes for the German match, Scolari said: "I could, but I'm not going to change anything. In principle it will be the same team."
Scolari's decision means Nuno Gomes will lead the attack with Cristiano Ronaldo and Simao operating either side of him, with back-up wingers Nani and Ricardo Quaresma on the bench.
Armando Petit and Joao Moutinho will anchor the midfield with Deco in the playmaker role while Jose Bosingwa, Ricardo Carvalho, Pepe and Paulo Ferreira make up the back four in front of goalkeeper Ricardo.
In a relaxed, bullish display at his pre-match press conference, Scolari, who is due to take over as manager of Chelsea on July 1, said he had faith in his players.
"I don't expect it to be my last game with Portugal," he said. "Everything we have done is one with one objective (to get to the final)."
Scolari added: "I have the utmost respect for Germany but I trust my team and I think we are going to go through."
Portugal's status as one of the favourites to go on and win the tournament is largely based on Ronaldo's current status as the most destructive attacking force in world football.
Scolari revealed that he had never worked with a player with such a ferocious will to win.
"What is Ronaldo's secret? It is what you know. He is simple, he's humble, he works and he is a good, dedicated member of the group.
"He has a strong will to win that I've not seen in anyone else and the others soak that in. Then obviously there is a lot of technical quality that you are well aware of."
The Portugal coach also brushed aside the psychological sniping that has been emanating from the German camp.
That has included former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann claiming he knows the secret of keeping Ronaldo under lock and key, the ability of Portugal's own goalkeeper, Ricardo, being identified as a possible weak link and Scolari's men being billed as the favourites.
"These kind of statements are normal," Scolari said. "It happens before every big game. We say they are favourites, they tell us we have a great player. It is all about trying to put the opponent under a bit of additional pressure, a push and shove game. That is normal in any tournament."
Scolari admitted he was concerned that Germany's big players could give his side problems at set-pieces, but he claimed there were no special plans to deal with Michael Ballack's ability to make late runs into the box.
"Ballack is an excellent player and he deserves attention but not special attention - just like the others."
