D Monday, November 23, 2009 METROSPORT 23 barclays premier league Birmingham ....1 Fulham ........... 0 Bowyer 16 Att 23,659 Burnley ...........1 Aston Villa ...... 1 Caldwell 9 Heskey 86 Att 21,178 Chelsea ...........4 Wolves ............ 0 Malouda 5 Att 41,786 Essien 12, 22 J Cole 56 Hull ..................3 West Ham ...... 3 Cole 27 (og) Franco 5, Collison 11 Zayatte 44 Bullard 45 (pen) Da Costa 69 Att 24,909 Liverpool .........2 Man City ......... 2 Skrtel 50 Adebayor 69 Y Benayoun 77 Ireland 76 Att 44,164 Man Utd ..........3 Everton ........... 0 Fletcher 35 Att 75,169 Carrick 67, Valencia 76 Sunderland .....1 Arsenal ........... 0 Bent 71 Att 44,918 Yesterday Bolton .............0 Blackburn ...... 2 Att 21,777 Dunn 32 Ricketts 73 (og) Stoke ...............1 Portsmouth .... 0 Fuller 74 Att 27,069 Tottenham ......9 Wigan ............. 1 Crouch 9, Lennon 64 Scharner 57 Defoe 51, 54, 58, Att 35,650 69, 87, Kirkland 88 (og) Kranjcar 90 P W D L F A Pts Chelsea 13 11 0 2 33 8 33 Man Utd 13 9 1 3 26 12 28 Arsenal 12 8 1 3 36 15 25 Tottenham 13 8 1 4 32 18 25 Aston Villa 13 6 4 3 21 13 22 Man City 12 5 6 1 23 16 21 Liverpool 13 6 2 5 29 20 20 Sunderland 13 6 2 5 21 19 20 Stoke 13 5 4 4 13 15 19 Burnley 13 5 2 6 16 26 17 Blackburn 12 5 1 6 16 25 16 Fulham 12 4 3 5 14 15 15 Birmingham 13 4 3 6 11 14 15 Everton 12 4 3 5 15 20 15 Wigan 13 4 2 7 14 31 14 Hull 13 3 3 7 13 28 12 West Ham 13 2 5 6 19 23 11 Bolton 12 3 2 7 15 26 11 Wolverhampton13 2 4 7 12 26 10 Portsmouth 13 2 1 10 10 19 7 coca-cola championship Barnsley ..........1 Cardiff ............ 0 Dickinson 90 Coventry .........1 Crystal Pal ..... 1 Best 47 Ambrose 28 Doncaster .......2 QPR ................ 0 Sharp 53, Shiels 65 Ipswich ...........0 Sheff Wed ....... 0 Leicester .........1 Plymouth ........ 0 King 90 Middlesboro ...1 Nottm For ....... 1 Lita 5 Earnshaw 73 Reading ..........2 Blackpool ....... 1 Sigurdsson 52 Ormerod 58 Rasiak 82 Sheff Utd .........1 Peterboro........ 0 Camara 42 Watford ...........3 Scunthorpe .... 0 Helguson 19, 22 Graham 48 West Brom ......4 Bristol City ..... 1 Thomas 3, Brunt 12 Hartley 83 Carey 47 (og), Cox 48 P W D L F A Pts West Brom 17 10 4 3 35 15 34 Newcastle 16 10 3 3 25 10 33 Leicester 17 8 6 3 20 14 30 Swansea 17 7 7 3 15 12 28 Cardiff 17 8 3 6 33 20 27 QPR 17 7 6 4 29 19 27 Blackpool 17 7 6 4 27 19 27 Watford 17 7 6 4 27 26 27 Nottm Forest 17 6 8 3 19 16 26 Bristol City 17 6 8 3 20 19 26 Middlesbrough 17 7 4 6 23 18 25 Preston 16 6 6 4 23 22 24 Crystal Palace 17 5 8 4 17 18 23 Sheff Utd 17 5 6 6 26 28 21 Barnsley 17 6 3 8 21 28 21 Doncaster 17 3 9 5 21 22 18 Sheff Wed 17 4 6 7 23 25 18 Coventry 17 4 6 7 19 26 18 Derby 17 5 2 10 19 28 17 Reading 17 4 5 8 17 26 17 Scunthorpe 17 5 2 10 20 35 17 Plymouth 17 4 3 10 16 28 15 Ipswich 17 1 10 6 17 28 13 Peterborough 17 2 5 10 19 29 11 league one Brentford ........1 Walsall ............ 1 Brighton ..........0 Leeds .............. 3 Bristol Rov ......2 Gillingham ...... 1 Carlisle ............0 Swindon ......... 1 Huddersfld ......2 Hartlepool ...... 1 Leyton O .........2 Tranmere ........ 1 Millwall ............0 Wycombe ....... 2 Oldham ...........2 Colchester ..... 2 Southmptn ......2 Norwich .......... 2 Stockport ........1 Exeter ............. 3 Yeovil ...............1 Charlton ......... 1 league Two Barnet .............0 Port Vale ......... 0 Bradford .........1 Accrington ..... 1 Burton A .........3 Hereford ......... 2 Chesterfld .......5 Darlington ...... 2 Dag & Red ......1 Rochdale ........ 2 Lincoln City ....0 Grimsby .......... 0 Macclesfld ......1 Bournemth ..... 2 Morecambe ....1 Cheltenham ... 0 Northamptn ....2 Crewe ............. 2 Notts Cnty ......0 Aldershot ....... 0 Shrewsbury ....1 Bury ................ 1 Torquay ...........0 Rotherham ..... 2 clydesdale bank premier league Falkirk .............2 Hamilton ......... 0 Hearts .............1 St Johnstne .... 2 Motherwell .....1 Aberdeen ....... 1 Rangers ..........3 Kilmarnock .... 0 Boyd 7 Att 45,358 Miller 24 Whittaker 35 St Mirren .........1 Hibernian ....... 1 Yesterday Dundee Utd ....2 Celtic .............. 1 Daly 83 Robson 72 (pen) Dods 90 Att 11,098 P W D L F A Pts Rangers 11 7 4 0 20 7 25 Celtic 12 7 3 2 24 13 24 Hibernian 12 6 4 2 17 9 22 Dundee Utd 11 6 4 1 16 8 22 Motherwell 12 4 7 1 15 12 19 Aberdeen 12 3 6 3 10 11 15 St Mirren 12 3 4 5 14 17 13 St Johnstone 12 3 3 6 19 24 12 Hearts 12 2 4 6 10 15 10 Kilmarnock 12 2 3 7 8 17 9 Hamilton 12 2 3 7 10 21 9 Falkirk 12 1 5 6 10 19 8 Fai Ford cup Final Sligo ................1 S Fingal .......... 2 Doyle 57 James 84 (pen) ONeill 90 GOLF JAPAN TOUR DUNLOP PHOENIx (Phoenix CC, Miyazaki) Final Round (Jpn unless stated, par 71): 271 Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 70 66 69 66 (Edoardo Molinari won at second play-off hole), Robert Karlsson (Swe) 70 68 68 65. 277 Hirofumi Miyase 69 72 69 67, Shane Lowry 73 68 69 67. 278 Tadahiro Takayama 69 68 71 70, Eddie Lee (Nzl) 75 69 68 66. EUROPEAN TOUR THE DUBAI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (Earth Course, Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai) Final Round (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72): 265 Lee Westwood 66 69 66 64. 271 Ross McGowan 71 66 66 68. 273 Rory McIlroy 68 69 69 67. 274 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 70 69 68 67, Padraig Harrington 68 69 69 68. 275 Alexander Noren (Swe) 70 69 67 69. 276 Adam Scott (Aus) 68 73 67 68, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 71 67 69 69. 278 Peter Hanson (Swe) 72 71 66 69, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 72 68 69 69, Ian Poulter 71 74 68 65. 279 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 71 66 71 71. Other Irish: 284 Gareth Maybin 71 69 74 70. 285 Graeme McDowell 76 70 71 68. 287 Peter Lawrie 71 70 76 70. 291 Damien McGrane 74 70 76 71. RUGBY UNION INTERNATIONAL MATCHES England ............ 6 New Zealand.. 19 France............. 43 Samoa.............. 5 Ireland............. 41 Fiji..................... 6 Italy................. 10 South Africa ... 32 Scotland ........... 9 Australia........... 8 Wales.............. 33 Argentina........ 16 TODAY SOCCER Coca-Cola League Championship Preston v Newcastle...................... 7.45 TENNIS (all week) ATP World Tour Finals (London) TUESDAY SOCCER (7.45 unless stated) UEFA Champions League Group E Debrecen v Liverpool ........................... Fiorentina v Lyon .................................. Group F Barcelona v Inter Milan......................... Rubin Kazan v Dynamo Kiev......... 5.30 Group G Rangers v VfB Stuttgart........................ Unirea Urziceni v Sevilla....................... Group H AZ v Olympiacos .................................. Arsenal v Standard Liege ..................... Coca-Cola Football League One Charlton v Bristol Rovers...................... Colchester v Stockport......................... Exeter v Millwall.................................... Gillingham v Yeovil ............................... Hartlepool v Southampton ................... Leeds v Leyton Orient .......................... Milton Keynes Dons v Carlisle.............. Norwich v Brighton............................... Swindon v Huddersfield ....................... Tranmere v Southend ........................... Walsall v Oldham.................................. Wycombe v Brentford .......................... Coca-Cola Football League Two Accrington Stanley v Macclesfield ....... Aldershot v Northampton..................... Bournemouth v Dag & Red .................. Bury v Chesterfield............................... Cheltenham v Barnet............................ Crewe v Burton Albion ......................... Darlington v Morecambe...................... Grimsby v Bradford .............................. Hereford v Shrewsbury......................... Port Vale v Torquay............................... Rochdale v Notts County ..................... Rotherham v Lincoln City..................... WEDNESDAY SOCCER (7.45 unless stated) UEFA Champions League Group A Bayern Munich v Maccabi Haifa .......... Bordeaux v Juventus............................ Group B CSKA Moscow v Wolfsburg .......... 5.30 Man Utd v Besiktas .............................. Group C AC Milan v Marseille............................. Real Madrid v FC Zurich....................... Group D Apoel Nicosia v Atletico Madrid ........... FC Porto v Chelsea .............................. Barclays Premier League Fulham v Blackburn....................... 8.00 Hull v Everton ....................................... THURSDAY GOLF (until Sunday) European Tour: Omega Mission Hills World Cup (Mission Hills GC, China) FRIDAY CRICKET Third One Day International: South Africa v England (Cape Town) SATURDAY SOCCER (3.00 unless stated) Barclays Premier League Aston Villa v Tottenham................. 5.30 Blackburn v Stoke................................ Fulham v Bolton ................................... Man City v Hull ..................................... Portsmouth v Man Utd......................... West Ham v Burnley............................. Wigan v Sunderland ............................. Coca-Cola League Championship Bristol City v Sheff Utd......................... Crystal Palace v Watford...................... Derby v Reading................................... Newcastle v Swansea .......................... Nottm Forest v Doncaster .................... Peterborough v Middlesbrough............ Plymouth v Barnsley............................. QPR v Coventry.................................... Scunthorpe v Leicester ........................ Sheff Wed v West Brom........................ Coca-Cola Football League Two Macclesfield v Grimsby........................ Clydesdale Bank Premier League Aberdeen v Rangers.................... 12.45 Celtic v St Mirren.................................. Hibernian v Falkirk................................ Kilmarnock v Hearts............................. Motherwell v Dundee Utd..................... St Johnstone v Hamilton...................... RUGBY UNION Internationals: France v New Zealand (7.45), Ireland v South Africa (2.30), Italy v Samoa (2.00), Scotland v Argentina (2.30), Wales v Australia (5.15) SUNDAY SOCCER Barclays Premier League Arsenal v Chelsea.......................... 4.00 Everton v Liverpool........................ 1.30 Wolverhampton v Birmingham .... 12.00 Coca-Cola League Championship Cardiff v Ipswich............................ 3.00 weekend scoreboard this weeks fixtures Moment of magic: Gary ONeill (right) heads the goal that won Sporting Fingal the FAI Cup Picture: Sportsfile its glory for sporting after late, late twist Gary ONeill scored a dra- matic late winner as Sporting Fin- gal came behind to win the Fai Ford Cup to add to their promo- tion to the Premier Division in just their second year of existence. Trailing to eoin Doyles 57th- minute opener, Sporting turned the game on its head in the final few minutes with Colm James levelling from the spot before ONeill headed the winner in added time at Tallaght Stadium. Sporting shaded the first half with Conan Byrne coming closest to taking the lead when firing a free kick off a post on 32 minutes. But Sligo were better on the re- sumption and deservedly took the lead shortly before the hour. Benin international romuald Boco worked a one-two with Matt Blinkhorn to set up raff Cretaro. and though his shot was blocked right back to him, he quickly laid it off to Doyle to shoot home, despite the best ef- forts of lorcan Fitzgerald on the line to keep the ball out. Sporting wasted a chance of an equaliser on 79 minutes when the eamon Zayed missed a sitter from Byrnes cross. But liam Buckleys side finished strongly and duly got their reward. Zayed was central to the equal- iser on 84 minutes when he was tripped by Sligo keeper Ciaran Kelly following an awkward back header by alan Keane. Cork referee alan Kelly point- ed to the spot and right-back Colm James blasted the penalty to the roof of the net. The real drama then arrived two minutes into added time when robert Baylys sublime cross was headed home at the back post by ONeill. FAI Cup final favourites Sligo were gutted for their majority of fans in the 8,105 crowd after their late defeat. Its disappointing, said Rovers striker Raff Cretaro (pictured). We prepared well for it. But thats football. These things happen a late goal, a late penalty, whatever. We could have ended the season on a high, but that wasnt the case. soccer FAI CUP FINAL BY EDDIE CLEARY sligo rovers 1 sport fingal 2 Sligo Rovers: Kelly; Boco, Peers, Keane, Kendrick; Cash (Morrison, 55), Ventre, Ryan, Doyle; Blinkhorn, Cretaro (Meenan, 69). Sporting Fingal: Quigley; James, Maher, Paisley, Fitzgerald; Bayly, McFaul, Williams; C. Byrne, ONeill, Zayed. Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork). MATCH FACTS premier league JOe COle has revealed he has set his sights on becoming a pivotal part of Carlo ancelottis diamond system at Chelsea. The england midfielder (pictured) scored his first goal for 13 months in Saturdays 4-0 drubbing of Wolves at Stamford Bridge. Florent Maloudas fifth-minute 20-yarder and a double from Michael essien inside 22 minutes saw the Blues set a new club record of 12 consecutive wins at Stamford Bridge and stay five points clear at the top. and Cole, 28, is relishing the chance to play behind the front two strikers at Chelsea. He said: i love it in the middle but the main focus is to perform, wherever you are playing. Good players can play in several positions and i found that i had the ability to play right, left or centre. Because of that i have tended to get moved around a little bit. But now ive got back in the centre, which is more natural to me, im hoping to cement that place. CELTIC boss Tony Mowbray insisted there was a huge gulf in quality and class between the two teams despite the Parkhead sides first defeat against Dundee United in a decade. A dramatic last-gasp winner from United skipper Darren Dods gave the Tannadice side the win and left Mowbray looking at a depressing run of only two wins in ten games. Mowbray (pictured) admitted tinkering with his defensive tactics to counter-act the height and strength of United had failed but insisted his side should have still left Tayside with three points. I dont think we got what we deserved from the game but if you dont defend your set-plays properly, then goals are what the game is about. But generally, for about 85 minutes, I think it was one-way traffic. I didnt think they could hurt us other than set plays and ultimately they did, which of course, is sore. 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