Night shopping for precious points : Picture by @YTJourno Championship Watford (0) 0 Ipswich Town (1) 2 Egeli 37, Hirst 77 Watford's hopes of building on an impressive weekend win against Derby were dashed by a way superior Ipswich side who proved far too strong. Despite not turning a monopoly of possession into a mass of chances, the Tractor Boys did more than enough to get the win which keeps them in the mix for automatic promotion. The Hornets are one of many in mid-table

By Alessandro Schiavone in Prague West Ham United famously love a Slavia Prague talent when they see one. And to this day the Hammers have yet to regret dialing the Czech giants’ IBAN and transfer money. Because it’s always been cash well spent and rarely did they have to pay top dollar for it. Vladimir Coufal, Tomas Soucek and El Hadji Malick Diouf have all gone on to taste terrific success after swapping southeast Prague for the eastern part of London. Coufal was a reliable

Sunny dispositions all round pre kick-off at the TH Stadium : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Tottenham Hotspur (1) 1 Kolo Muani 34 Arsenal (1) 4 Eze 32, 61 Gyokeres 47, 94 Eberechi Eze just loves the sight of those Spurs shirts. And now, Viktor Gyokeres probably does two. Both bagged doubles in an emphatic win for the Gunners that made a mockery of their recent wobbles. Eze bagged a hat-trick against Tottenham at the Emirates in late November and has done precious little

CPFC v Wolves by Capital Football Crystal Palace 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 Tough times at Selhurst Park breed the occasional timely response. Relieved Oliver Glasner hailed his resourceful Crystal Palace players after their late 1-0 win over struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers. The Eagles chief endured a sweat for the vast majority of the triumph, until substitute Evann Guessand got them out of a jam with only a minute remaining of a tepid encounter. In truth, the Eagles mad

Today's runners and riders Premier League West Ham United 0 Bournemouth 0 West Ham fell just short in their bid to close the gap on the teams above them in the relegation battle - and missed the chance to apply important psychological pressure ahead of their rivals' matches later this weekend. The Irons created several good chances to claim the all-important points but ultimately paid the price for not having their shooting boots on. Only three of their 20 recorded efforts at

Match day at the Gtech Premier League Brentford (0) 0 Brighton (2) 2 Gomez 30, Welbeck 45+1 Brentford’s European hopes have been dented by a home defeat against Brighton & Hove Albion. Two first half goals gave the Seagulls their second win in sixteen games. The visitors were led by the 40-year-old James Milner, who played his 654th Premier League game, a record. After the game, the Brighton midfielder was embraced by former Liverpool teammate Jordan Henderson, Trying to stop

Stamford Bridge Chelsea 1 Burnley 1 Liam Rosenior is beginning to discover the margins for error apply not just to players but for head coaches. Even those who have made a reasonably good start to life at Chelsea. Failure to see off relegation-threatened Burnley has revealed lapses in concentration around his squad. An early goal by Joao Pedro should have been the precursor to a satisfactory afternoon all round in west London. Basic sustenance. Instead, for all Chelsea’s poss

Wolverhampton Wanderers (0) 2 v Arsenal (1) 2 Premier League Matchweek 27 Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at Molineux This time there was no positivity from Mikel Arteta. Unlike previous draws recently, Arsenal being held 2-2 at Wolverhampton Wanderers was not viewed as one point gained but unequivocally two points dropped. “Extremely disappointed, obviously, with the result, with the way the game ended” admitted the Arsenal manager after his side surrendered a two-goal lead

Lining up in Bosnia : Picture by Pennie Turrell Europa Conference League play-off first leg Zrinjski Mostar (0) 1 Abramovic 55 Crystal Palace (1) 1 Sarr 43 If Crystal Palace were doing their utmost to prevent a formality of a Europa Conference playoff second leg at Selhurst Park next Thursday, they have managed a pretty fair job of keeping the tie alive. Palace's performance in the first leg against Zrinjski Mostar last night was hardly worthy of the alleged favourites to w

Arsenal had to beware the yellow peril : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Wolverhampton Wanderers (0) 2 Hugo Bueno 61, Edozie 94 Arsenal (1) 2 Saka 5, Hincapie 58 It was a calamity you just knew was coming. Arsenal, 2-0 up, contrived to surrender two precious points after allowing rock-bottom Wolves to score an injury time equaliser. They flirted with danger after allowing Wolves back into it soon after doubling their lead and it felt almost inevitable that the hosts would

Bees boss after Tuesday night's match at the Hive : Picture by @YTJourno Dean Brennan says he is proud of what his players are doing this season and believes that they are showing the character needed to compete with clubs boasting much bigger budgets. The Bees lost a highly entertaining clash against one of League Two's fancied sides on Tuesday night - but the Bees showed again in the defeat to Swindon Town at the Hive that they can mix it with the best and remain in with a

Staying in the mix: Picture by @YTJourno League Two Barnet (1) 1 Shelton 9 Swindon Town (0) 2 Clarke 50, 63 Boss Dean Brennan was at pains to point out that 'nobody had died' when a reporter offered commiserations for his side's defeat to high-flying Swindon. He was eager to stress that we had all witnessed a fine game at a freezing Hive on Tuesday night that was a 'a fine advert for the division.' But alongside the mature, adult reflections, there are also regrets that the

A result that did not match the rousing sentiment : Picture by Patrick van Ijzendoorn Championship Charlton Athletic (0) 1  Fevrier 64 Portsmouth (2) 3  Devlin 22, 55, Bishop 34 After three clean sheets on the spin, with two victories, the Addicks suffered a well-deserved defeat against Portsmouth on Tuesday evening. ‘Goals we normally don’t concede,’ muttered a deflated Addicks-manager Nathan Jones after this relegation battle on a cold evening in Southeast-London. Charlton

Macclesfield (0) 0 v Brentford (0) 1 Heathcote (og) 70 By Kaz Mochlinski at Moss Rose FA Cup Fourth Round Brentford escaped an extremely embarrassing FA Cup upset by Macclesfield at Moss Rose but it needed a heart-breaking late own-goal to prevent the non-league team from adding to their previous giant-killing heroics. Having unforgettably knocked-out Crystal Palace in the third round last month to create one of the biggest shocks ever in the FA Cup, the sixth-tier side came

Picture: Wikimedia Commons March 7/8: FA Cup 5th Round Fulham v Southampton Mansfield Town v Arsenal Wrexham v Chelsea West Ham v Brentford Other ties: Port Vale/Bristol City v Sunderland Newcastle v Man City Leeds v Norwich City Wolves v Liverpool Brentford's slender Monday night win at non-league giant killers Macclesfield has earned them a fifth round tie at West Ham - a clash which will leave the winners one game away from a semi-final at Wembley. The teams met in the th

Brentford (0) 1 v Arsenal (0) 1 Premier League Matchweek 26 Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at the Brentford Community Stadium Mikel Arteta admitted that “you have to pray” when you play against Brentford, and he revealed that he informed his players of the need to defend with their lives before securing a 1-1 away draw which keeps Arsenal clear at the top of the Premier League. Two throw-ins produced the two second half goals from two fine headers, with Arsenal scoring on t

By Alessandro Schiavone at epet Arena, Prague Andy Irving should have walked into his new stadium as if he owned the place. With Premier League experience under his belt, the man West Ham thought could be no useful in their relegation dogfight should have taken to the Chance Liga like a duck to water. Instead Irving looked like a Czech top-flight player finding his feet in England's top-tier. And not the other way round. Slow, sloppy, predictable and inefficient in both trans

Holloway the lads : Picture by @YTJourno FA Cup Fourth Round Arsenal (4) 4 Madueke 11, Martinelli 18, Hunt og 23, Jesus 27 Wigan Athletic (0) 0 It all felt so low-key - and after all the recent nervous anxiety of chasing Premier League points, that suited the Gunners just fine. Four goals in the opening half an hour put the tie well and truly to bed, meaning no needless excess energy was expended. It felt like a relaxing break from the relentless heavy-duty stuff where vital

Hammers got the better of Burton - just It needed the continuing great form of Crysencio Summerville to dig West Ham out of a hole at the Pirelli Stadium as they just about overcame their League One hosts in Saturday's FA Cup Fourth Round tie. But it needed extra-time for the east Londoners to prevail. It took until the 95th minute to make the breakthrough, with a superb strike making it six goals in seven games for the Irons' man in form. Underlining just how difficult a lu

Matrade musings. The QPR boss post match : Picture by Julian Taylor Julien Stephan accused his players of mentally 'throwing in the towel' after conceding the third goal in Saturday's deflating 3-1 home defeat to Blackburn Rovers. And he suggested that the play-offs may not be a realistic target - even though his side are still only four points adrift of sixth place. Rangers started impressively enough, causing Rovers problems, but were hit with three sucker-punches - the thi

W12 offering for today Championship QPR (1) 1 Saito 35 Blackburn Rovers (2) 3 Jorgensen 21, 39, Morishita 50 The Hoops missed the chance to edge closer to the coveted top six places as they fell to a disappointing home defeat to a Blackburn side who started the day in the bottom three. Having defeated long-time Championship league leaders Coventry City in their previous outing at Loftus Road, hopes were high that Julien Stephan's men could ride the wave and keep the momentum

The programme for tonight Premier League Brentford (0) 1 Lewis-Potter 71 Arsenal (0) 1 Madueke 61 Brentford's ever-increasing belief in the possibility of reaching Europe got another massive boost as they recovered after trailing to put a severe dent in the Arsenal title bid. The Gunners saw their lead at the top of the Premier League whittled down to three points after Man City's dramatic late win at Liverpool and badly wanted to reassert their six-point lead with three poin

Chelsea (1) 2 v Leeds United (0) 2 João Pedro 24 Palmer (pen) 58 Nmecha (pen) 67 Okafor 73 By Kaz Mochlinski at Stamford Bridge Premier League Matchweek 26 Cole Palmer incredibly missed an open goal to win the game in stoppage time as Chelsea threw away a two-goal lead and squandered two points against Leeds United to end their Premier League winning run under Liam Rosenior. Having been victorious in seven of the new head coach’s opening nine matches, among them all four in t

Grand Larseny: The new signing was the face on the matchday programme - Picture by @capitalfootball Premier League Crystal Palace (2) 2 Strand Larsen 17, 33 Burnley (3) 3 Hannibal 40, Anthony 44, Lerma og 45+2 This was a game that should have been all about a dream home debut for Jorgen Strand Larsen but turned into a chaotic evening as the Eagles shipped three goals in seven minutes before the break to fritter away the two goal lead he had given them. Seeking a first home wi