Friendly Internationals

Always makes me laugh, no sooner does the Premiership season kick-off, we have a plethera of midweek International 'Friendlies.'

Personally I would prefer the 2nd game of the Premiership season on a Wednesday night... especially after Chelsea's superb performance against Portsmouth last Sunday.

So for your delight here is a complete list of 'friendlies' taking place throughout the World this Wednesday evening:

England v Czech Republic (8.00pm)

Wales v Georgia (8.05pm)

Norway v Rep of Ireland (6.00pm)

Scotland v Northern Ireland (8.00pm)

Denmark v Spain (7.15pm)

Germany v Belgium (8.oopm)

Sweden v France (8.00pm)

Switzerland v Cyprus (6.45pm)

Ukraine v Poland (5.00pm)

Russia v Poland (6.15pm)

Italy v Austria (7.45pm)

Turkey v Chile (7.00pm)

Portugal v Faroe Islands (8.45pm)

Romania v Latvia (6.45pm)

Slovakia v Greece (7.15pm)

Slovenia v Croatia (7.45pm)

Bosnia v Bulgaria (7.15pm)

Belarus v Argentina (6.00pm)

Finland v Israel (5.00pm)

A lot of these games are to prepare for the 2010 World Cup which will be held in South Africa and if you think tonight is bad without Premiership action, wait for ten days or so when the Premiership shuts down for two weeks.

Oh what to do, what to do??????

All times stated are UK and ANY updates on scores and scores and final results, will appear in the comments section.

The FA Cup

So the Carling Cup played its first round last midweek and on Saturday over 100 matches were played in the extra preliminary round of the FA Cup.

Yep the FA Cup has started its long road to Wembley, clubs after the trophy that Portsmouth won last May.

Click here for the full list of results.

The preliminary round matches will be played on Saturday 30th August. Click here for a full list of fixtures.

Saturday Football - LIVE

Barclays Premier League

Arsenal v West Brom 12.45
Bolton v Stoke
Everton v Blackburn
Hull v Fulham
Middlesbrough v Tottenham
Sunderland v Liverpool, 17:30
West Ham v Wigan

The Coca-Cola Football League Championship

Barnsley v Coventry
Bristol City v Derby, 17:20
Burnley v Ipswich
Doncaster v Cardiff
Norwich v Blackpool
Preston v Crystal Palace
Reading v Plymouth
Sheff Utd v QPR
Southampton v Birmingham
Swansea v Nottm Forest
Watford v Charlton
Wolverhampton v Sheff Wed

Coca-Cola League One

Brighton v Bristol Rovers
Carlisle v Crewe
Cheltenham v Swindon
Colchester v Huddersfield
Hereford v Yeovil
Leeds v Oldham
Millwall v Southend
Milton Keynes Dons v Northampton
Peterborough v Leyton Orient
Stockport v Leicester
Tranmere v Hartlepool
Walsall v Scunthorpe

Coca-Cola Football League Two

Aldershot v Bournemouth
Brentford v Grimsby
Chester v Wycombe
Chesterfield v Bury
Exeter v Shrewsbury
Gillingham v Luton
Lincoln City v Dag & Red
Macclesfield v Bradford
Morecambe v Rotherham
Notts County v Darlington
Port Vale v Accrington Stanley
Rochdale v Barnet


LIVE updates in the comments section from 12.45pm (UK Time)

The Premiership Is Back!!!

The Premiership is back and kicks off in earnest on Saturday at 12.45pm (UK time) with Arsenal at home to WBA.

There will be LIVE coverage in the comments section of ALL of Saturday's action - so bookmark and return tomorrow for news of all the goals, scorers and sending offs.

Please note Chelsea play Portsmouth on Sunday at 1.30pm and Man Utd play Newcastle at 4.00pm.

Why Is Steve McClaren Speaking English In a Dutch Accent?

..... and 'how do you say it.... Underdog?' eh???

Wednesday Night - LIVE

There is more LIVE football action for you to follow tonight as there are TWO competitions to follow - if the drama tonight is as good as last night's then we will be in for another cracking evening.

Tonight Liverpool are in Belgium to play Standard Liege in the first leg of the Champions League Qualifier and in the same competition, Arsenal travel to Holland to play Twente Enschede, now managed by former England manager Steve McClaren.

In the Carling Cup there are four matches:

Coventry v Aldershot

Nottm Forest v Morecambe

Sheff Utd v Port Vale

Wycombe v Birmingham

Click here if you want to keep-up-to-date with the 'early' Champions League qualifying games.

Bookmark and come back at 7.45pm (UK Time) as the action starts to unfold.

I Can't Bear to Look

There were a few high-flying Championship sides that were knocked out of the Carling Cup by lower League opposition last night.

Charlton were dumped out by Yeovil 1-0, Barnsley were beaten by Crewe 2-0, Luton beat Plymouth 2-0, Blackpool lost at Macclesfield 2-0, Norwich lost at MK Dons 1-0 and Notts Co beat Doncaster Rovers 1-0.

Tonight there are more Carling Cup ties and also Liverpool and Arsenal start their campaign to qualify for the group stages of the Champions League.

All the action tonight LIVE from 7.45pm (UK Time)