D Monday, December 14, 2009 METROSPORT 21 toDAY SoCCER Coca-Cola Championship West Brom v QPR...................... 7.45 HoRSE RACING Ayr, Plumpton, Wolverhampton tuESDAY SoCCER (7.45 unless stated) Barclays Premier League Birmingham v Blackburn........... 8.00 Bolton v West Ham.................... 8.00 Man Utd v Wolverhampton........ 8.00 Sunderland v Aston Villa .................. Clydesdale Bank Premier League Dundee Utd v Rangers..................... FA Cup Second Round Stockport v Torquay ......................... HoRSE RACING Catterick, Folkestone, Southwell) WED 16tH DEC SoCCER uEFA Europa League Group E Basle v Fulham.......................... 6.00 CSKA Sofia v Roma .................. 6.00 Barclays Premier League Burnley v Arsenal....................... 7.45 Chelsea v Portsmouth............... 7.45 Liverpool v Wigan...................... 8.00 Tottenham v Man City ............... 8.00 CRICKEt First test Match: South Africa v England (Centurion Park) third test Match: Australia v West Indies (Perth) HoRSE RACING Bangor, Kempton, Lingfield, Newbury tHuRSDAY SoCCER uEFA Europa League Group C Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Hamburg....... 6.00 Rapid Vienna v Celtic ................ 6.00 Group I Benfica v AEK Athens................ 8.05 Everton v BATE.......................... 8.05 GoLF (until Sunday) European tour: South African open Championship (Pearl Valley Golf Estates, Western Cape, South Africa) HoRSE RACING Exeter, Ludlow, Southwell, Wolverhampton FRIDAY SoCCER Coca-Cola Football League two Grimsby v Morecambe.............. 7.45 Hereford v Lincoln City.............. 7.45 DARtS (until Jan 4th) Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship (London) HoRSE RACING Ascot, Southwell, Uttoxeter, Wolverhampton, Downpatrick RuGBY uNIoN Heineken Cup Pool 2: Newport- Gwent Dgons v Biarritz (8.00). Pool 5: Sale v Harlequins (7.45). Amlin Challenge Cup Pool 2: Connacht v Worcester (6.00). SAtuRDAY SoCCER (3.00 unless stated) Barclays Premier League Arsenal v Hull............................. 5.30 Aston Villa v Stoke............................ Blackburn v Tottenham .................... Fulham v Man Utd............................ Man City v Sunderland..................... Portsmouth v Liverpool ........... 12.45 Coca-Cola Championship Blackpool v West Brom.................... Bristol City v Reading....................... Cardiff v Leicester ............................ Crystal Palace v Barnsley................. Derby v Doncaster............................ Nottm Forest v Preston ............. 5.20 Peterborough v Watford ................... Plymouth v Coventry........................ QPR v Sheff Utd............................... Scunthorpe v Ipswich....................... Sheff Wed v Swansea....................... Coca-Cola League one Charlton v Millwall ............................ Colchester v Carlisle......................... Exeter v Southend............................ Gillingham v Stockport..................... Hartlepool v Yeovil............................ Leeds v Southampton...................... Milton Keynes Dons v Brentford....... Norwich v Huddersfield.................... Swindon v Brighton.......................... Tranmere v Bristol Rovers ................ Walsall v Leyton Orient..................... Wycombe v Oldham......................... Coca-Cola League two Accrington Stanley v Barnet............. Aldershot v Bradford ........................ Bury v Macclesfield .......................... Cheltenham v Burton Albion ............ Crewe v Torquay............................... Darlington v Northampton................ Port Vale v Chesterfield.................... Rochdale v Shrewsbury ................... Rotherham v Dag & Red................... Clydesdale Bank Premier League Aberdeen v Hibernian....................... Hamilton v Dundee Utd.................... Kilmarnock v Falkirk ......................... Rangers v Motherwell....................... St Johnstone v St Mirren.................. HoRSE RACING Ascot, Haydock Park, Lingfield, Newcastle, Navan RuGBY uNIoN Heineken Cup Pool 1: Treviso v Northampton (1.30). Pool 3: Leicester v Clermont Auvergne (6.00), Ospreys v Viadana (2.30). Pool 4: Edinburgh v Bath (1.35), Stade Francais v Ulster (3.45). Pool 5: Toulouse v Cardiff Blues (1.35). Pool 6: Leinster v Scarlets (3.45), London Irish v Brive (3.00). SuNDAY SoCCER Barclays Premier League Everton v Birmingham............... 3.00 West Ham v Chelsea ................. 4.00 Wolverhampton v Burnley ......... 1.30 Coca-Cola Championship Newcastle v Middlesbrough...... 1.00 Clydesdale Bank Premier League Hearts v Celtic......................... 12.30 HoRSE RACING Carlisle, Kempton, Thurles. RuGBY uNIoN Heineken Cup Pool 1: Perpignan v Munster (3.00). Pool 2: Gloucester v Glasgow (12.45). barclays premier league Birmingham ....1 West Ham ...... 0 Bowyer 52 Att 28,203 Bolton .............3 Man City ......... 3 Klasnic 11, 53 Tevez 28, 77 Cahill 43 Richards 45 Att 22,735 Burnley ...........1 Fulham ........... 1 Elliott 60 Zamora 50 Att 18,397 Chelsea ...........3 Everton ........... 3 Drogba 18, 59 Cech 12 (og) Anelka 23 Yakubu 45 Att 41,579 Saha 63 Hull ..................0 Blackburn ...... 0 Att 24,124 Man utd ..........0 Aston Villa ...... 1 Att 75,130 Agbonlahor 21 Stoke ...............2 Wigan ............. 2 Sanli 37 Boyce 15 Shawcross 74 Figueroa 72 Att 26,728 Sunderland .....1 Portsmouth .... 1 Bent 23 Kaboul 90 Att 37,578 tottenham ......0 Wolves ............ 1 Att 36,012 Doyle 3 Yesterday Liverpool .........1 Arsenal ........... 2 Kuyt 41 Johnson 50 (og) Att 43,853 Arshavin 58 P W D L F A Pts Chelsea 16 12 1 3 40 13 37 Man Utd 16 11 1 4 34 14 34 Arsenal 15 10 1 4 40 19 31 Aston Villa 16 8 5 3 26 14 29 Tottenham 16 8 3 5 35 22 27 Man City 15 6 8 1 29 21 26 Liverpool 16 7 3 6 32 22 24 Birmingham 16 7 3 6 16 16 24 Fulham 16 6 5 5 20 17 23 Sunderland 16 6 3 7 22 22 21 Stoke 16 5 6 5 15 19 21 Blackburn 16 5 4 7 16 28 19 Burnley 16 5 3 8 20 34 18 Wigan 16 5 3 8 19 36 18 Everton 16 4 5 7 22 30 17 Hull 17 4 5 8 17 34 17 Wolverhampton16 4 4 8 15 28 16 West Ham 16 3 5 8 24 31 14 Bolton 15 3 4 8 20 32 13 Portsmouth 16 3 2 11 14 24 11 coca-cola championship Barnsley ..........2 Newcastle ...... 2 Hallfredsson 52 Nolan 6 Hassell 87 Harewood 78 Coventry .........3 Peterboro ....... 2 Eastwood 34, 35, 72 Mackail-Smith 66, 71 Doncaster .......1 Bristol City ..... 0 Sharp 12 Ipswich ...........3 Blackpool ....... 1 Stead 1 Evatt 67 Colback 45 McAuley 71 Leicester .........3 Sheff Wed ....... 0 Howard 8 King 25, 73 Preston ...........2 Plymouth ........ 0 Chaplow 10 Wallace 26 Reading ..........1 Scunthorpe .... 1 Rasiak 16 Hooper 80 Sheff utd .........2 Crystal Pal ..... 0 Williamson 21 Quinn 90 Swansea .........0 Nottm For ....... 1 McGoldrick 35 Watford ...........0 Derby .............. 1 Porter 77 Yesterday Middlesboro ...0 Cardiff ............ 1 Burke 61 P W D L F A Pts Newcastle 21 14 4 3 35 12 46 West Brom 20 11 5 4 41 19 38 Cardiff 21 11 3 7 38 22 36 Nottm Forest 21 9 9 3 29 18 36 Leicester 21 9 7 5 26 23 34 Swansea 21 8 8 5 18 18 32 Blackpool 21 8 7 6 33 25 31 Sheff Utd 21 8 7 6 32 30 31 Bristol City 21 7 9 5 25 24 30 Watford 21 8 6 7 30 33 30 Middlesbrough 21 8 5 8 30 25 29 Preston 21 7 8 6 26 25 29 Crystal Palace 21 7 8 6 24 25 29 QPR 20 7 7 6 33 29 28 Doncaster 21 6 9 6 27 26 27 Barnsley 20 7 5 8 26 32 26 Derby 21 7 4 10 24 31 25 Scunthorpe 21 6 5 10 24 38 23 Coventry 21 5 7 9 24 33 22 Ipswich 21 3 12 6 22 30 21 Reading 21 5 6 10 23 33 21 Sheff Wed 21 4 6 11 23 35 18 Plymouth 20 4 3 13 16 32 15 Peterborough 21 2 8 11 25 36 14 league one Brentford ........0 Leeds .............. 0 Bristol Rov .....3 Swindon ......... 0 Carlisle ............1 Wycombe ....... 0 Huddersfld ......2 Gillingham ...... 1 Leyton o .........1 MK Dons ........ 2 Millwall ............2 Walsall ............ 1 oldham ...........2 Exeter ............. 0 Southmpton ...3 tranmere ........ 0 Southend ........3 Hartlepool ...... 2 Stockport ........1 Charlton ......... 2 Yeovil ...............3 Norwich .......... 3 P W D L F A Pts Leeds 20 14 5 1 37 10 47 Charlton 21 13 6 2 39 20 45 Norwich 21 11 6 4 45 27 39 Colchester 21 11 6 4 35 19 39 Huddersfield 21 10 5 6 45 25 35 Bristol Rovers 21 11 1 9 32 32 34 MK Dons 21 10 3 8 29 30 33 Millwall 21 8 8 5 29 22 32 Swindon 19 8 7 4 24 25 31 Walsall 21 8 6 7 30 27 30 Carlisle 21 7 6 8 28 30 27 Hartlepool 21 7 5 9 28 28 26 Southend 21 7 5 9 25 28 26 Southampton 21 9 8 4 38 25 25 Yeovil 21 5 9 7 27 31 24 Oldham 21 6 6 9 17 25 24 Brentford 21 5 8 8 19 25 23 Gillingham 21 6 4 11 25 31 22 Exeter 21 5 7 9 23 31 22 Leyton Orient 21 6 4 11 25 37 22 Brighton 21 5 5 11 24 39 20 Wycombe 21 4 5 12 20 34 17 Tranmere 21 5 2 14 19 43 17 Stockport 20 3 5 12 17 36 14 league Two Barnet .............1 Crewe ............. 2 Bradford .........2 Rotherham ..... 4 Burton A .........6 Aldershot ....... 1 Chesterfld .......1 Cheltenham ... 0 Dag & Red ......3 Bury ................ 1 Lincoln C ........1 Rochdale ........ 3 Macclesfld ......3 Hereford ......... 1 Morecambe ....5 Bournemth ..... 0 Northamptn ....1 Port Vale ......... 1 Notts Cnty ......1 Accrington ..... 2 Shrewsbury ....0 Grimsby .......... 0 torquay ...........5 Darlington ...... 0 P W D L F A Pts Rochdale 21 14 2 5 43 20 44 Bournemouth 21 12 4 5 25 21 40 Rotherham 21 11 6 4 33 21 39 Dag & Red 21 10 7 4 36 26 37 Chesterfield 21 11 2 8 35 30 35 Notts County 21 9 7 5 43 20 34 Morecambe 21 8 9 4 39 30 33 Aldershot 21 9 6 6 34 28 33 Bury 21 9 5 7 27 30 32 Shrewsbury 21 8 7 6 30 24 31 Accrington S 20 9 3 8 31 28 30 Burton Albion 21 8 5 8 33 30 29 Crewe 21 9 2 10 35 33 29 Bradford 21 7 8 6 31 33 29 Barnet 21 7 6 8 24 25 27 Port Vale 21 5 11 5 23 23 26 Hereford 21 6 7 8 26 31 25 Macclesfield 20 5 8 7 22 30 23 Torquay 21 5 7 9 30 31 22 Northampton 21 5 7 9 30 35 22 Cheltenham 21 4 8 9 25 37 20 Lincoln City 21 5 4 12 13 28 19 Grimsby 21 3 7 11 15 34 16 Darlington 21 2 2 17 10 45 8 clydesdale bank premier league Aberdeen ........1 Hamilton ......... 2 Hearts .............0 Dundee utd .... 0 Kilmarnock .....1 Hibernian ....... 1 Motherwell .....2 Celtic .............. 3 Jutkiewicz 26 Samaras 14 Reynolds 45 McGeady 52 Att 7,807 Fortune 79 Rangers ..........3 St Johnstne .... 0 Boyd 1, 27 (pen) Att 44,662 Novo 51 St Mirren .........1 Falkirk ............ 1 P W D L F A Pts Celtic 15 10 3 2 33 16 33 Rangers 14 9 4 1 26 9 31 Hibernian 15 8 5 2 22 10 29 Dundee Utd 14 7 6 1 21 12 27 Motherwell 15 4 8 3 19 19 20 Aberdeen 15 4 6 5 12 16 18 Hamilton 15 4 4 7 15 24 16 Hearts 15 3 5 7 13 18 14 St Mirren 15 3 5 7 18 24 14 St Johnstone 15 3 4 8 20 29 13 Kilmarnock 15 3 4 8 11 20 13 Falkirk 15 1 6 8 12 25 9 soccer scoreboardthis weeks sport cheika not satisfied by leinsters lost focus BY JoHN DoNNELLY Berne winner: out-half Shaun Berne scored Leinsters third try Picture: Sportsfile Holders leinster and english challengers london Irish are hur- tling towards a mighty Heineken Cup confrontation which promises to make or break their quarter-final ambitions. The Pool six heavyweights flexed their muscles in readiness for next months showdown in reading by delivering stunning away-day per- formances on saturday. leinster smashed the previously unbeaten scarlets 32-7 in Wales, while Irish posted a club record Heineken away win by blitzing 1997 european champi- ons Brive 36-3. The sides are tied on ten points ahead of next weekends return fixtures, when Brive head to the Madejski stadium and the scarlets pitch up in dublin. Both home teams will target bo- nus point wins, although leinster boss Michael Cheika was not im- pressed by his sides second-half showing at Parc-y-scarlets after they raced into a 22-0 interval lead. I was pleased with the first half and the result, but we gave them too much of a look-in in the second half, he said. When you play like we did in the first half, you have just got to keep going. It worked out in the end. We want to make sure we eradi- cate that second-half performance and that mindset before dublin next week. And man of the match sean oBrien echoed his coachs senti- ments. The open side flanker said: We had opportunities in the first half and we let them slip and maybe our concentration wasnt as good as it should have been. We had to work very hard for the fourth try and were happy with the performance in the first half, especially, but we needed to kick on and we didnt do that. Were looking forward to next week. Nowadays you know you have to have your line speed right and that approach never changes from week to week. They ran hard at us, but we de- fended well for long periods of the game and came out on the right side thankfully. rugby HEINEKEN CuP We must eradicate that second half before next week UlsTers 23-13 win over stade Francais at ravenhill was somewhat overshadowed by an eye-gouging incident involving stephen Ferris. The Ireland international felt he was the victim of an illegal attack by an unidentified stade player late in the second half. Ferris revealed afterwards he had had words with the player concerned. He said to me I did not do anything and I said well soon see, said the Ulster man. Ulster coach Brian Mclaughlin preferred to focus on the result which brought the province level with their French opponents on nine points ahead of the return fixture in Brussels next weekend. It wasnt the perfect performance by any means but by goodness it was a great one, Mclaughlin said. If you are going to play stade here then you have got to hassle them and we did that very, very well. Whenever they had the ball we forced the error. We didnt collapse in the last ten minutes and let them get a bonus point which I think could be crucial for us in the end. Victorious Ferris in eye gouge claim FreNCH side Biarritz remain the only side with a 100 per cent record in the Heineken Cup after demolishing the dragons yesterday. The Pool Two leaders ran in six tries in a 49-13 win to open up a nine- point lead in their group and already have one foot in the knockout stages. elsewhere, Clermont Auvergne joined the ospreys at the top of Pool Three after a 40-30 win over leinster, while sale edged their all- english Pool Five clash at Harlequins 29-19. In Pool Four, Bath beat edinburgh 16-9. biarritz keep perfect start index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html