Johnstone's Paint Trophy

Now the Premiership has finished its 3rd round of games (Sunday), Chelsea 1-1 Tottenham, Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool and Sunderland 0-3 Man City, the Premiership has closed for two weeks, no sooner had the Premiership started, for qualification games towards 2010 World Cup to be held in South Africa.

Of course Man Utd were not in Premiership action this weekend, they were in losing action in Monaco against Zenit St Petersburg for the right to be Super Cup holders which is a trophy that Sir Alex Fergurson HASN'T won.

But before the WC Qualifiers kick-off we have a week of Johnstone's Paint Trophy games. Just check out this video of how much it means to the supporters of MK Dons who won the trophy last season.

BIG EARS Group Draw

The Group stages of the Champions League were drawn this afternoon in Monaco, 32 teams in eight groups of 4.

For your information Chelsea were seeded no.1 for the draw and the groups are as follows:

GROUP A

Chelsea

AS Roma

Bordeaux

CFR Cluj 1907

GROUP B

Inter Milan

W Bremen

Panathanikos

Famagusta

GROUP C

Barcelona

Sporting Lisbon

FC Basel

Shaktar Donetsk

GROUP D

Liverpool

PSV

Marseille

Atletico Madrid

GROUP E

Man Utd

Villareal

Celtic

Aalborg

GROUP F

Lyon

Bayern Munich

Steaua Bucharest

Fiorentina

GROUP G

Arsenal

Porto

Fenerbache

Kiev

GROUP H

Real Madrid

Juventus

Zenit

BATE

Carling Cup and Champions League

There were a few shocks in last night's (Tuesday) Carling Cup ties. No fewer than THREE Premiership Clubs were knocked out by lower League oppositon.

Northampton won at Bolton 2-1

Hartlepool beat WBA at home 3-1

Swansea beat Hull City at home 2-1

and surprise, surprise Derby County ACTUALLY won a match!!!

Tonight there are more Carling Cup 2nd Round ties and 2nd leg qualifiers of the Champions League - both Arsenal and Liverpool are in action.

The 'REAL' Latics Top of The League

After their 4-0 demolition of Cheltenham Town at Boundary Park this afternoon, the 'REAL' Latics are top of League One, two points clear of Leicester City, who are looking to make a quick return to the Championship.

Oldham's Lee Hughes scored a hat-trick inside 17 minutes.

LIVE Action from 3pm

Barclays Premier League

Blackburn v Hull, 15:00
Fulham v Arsenal, 17:30
Liverpool v Middlesbrough, 15:00
Newcastle v Bolton, 15:00
Stoke v Aston Villa, 15:00
Tottenham v Sunderland, 15:00
West Brom v Everton, 15:00

The Coca-Cola Football League Championship

Birmingham v Barnsley, 15:00
Blackpool v Sheff Utd, 15:00
Cardiff v Norwich, 15:00
Charlton v Reading, 12:45
Coventry v Bristol City, 15:00
Crystal Palace v Burnley, 15:00
Derby v Southampton, 15:00
Ipswich v Wolverhampton, 15:00
Nottm Forest v Watford, 15:00
Plymouth v Swansea, 17:20
QPR v Doncaster, 15:00
Sheff Wed v Preston, 15:00

Coca-Cola Football League One

Bristol Rovers v Hereford, 15:00
Crewe v Walsall, 15:00
Hartlepool v Stockport, 15:00
Huddersfield v Milton Keynes Dons, 15:00
Leicester v Tranmere, 15:00
Leyton Orient v Carlisle, 15:00
Northampton v Millwall, 15:00
Oldham v Cheltenham, 15:00
Scunthorpe v Peterborough, 15:00
Swindon v Colchester, 15:00
Yeovil v Leeds, 13:00

Coca-Cola Football League Two

Accrington Stanley v Macclesfield, 15:00
Barnet v Brentford, 15:00
Bournemouth v Exeter, 15:00
Bradford v Rochdale, 15:00
Bury v Morecambe, 15:00
Dag & Red v Port Vale, 15:00
Darlington v Gillingham, 15:00
Grimsby v Chesterfield, 12:00
Luton v Notts County, 15:00
Rotherham v Chester, 15:00
Shrewsbury v Aldershot, 15:00
Wycombe v Lincoln City, 15:00

Blue Square Premier

Barrow v Mansfield, 15:00
Crawley Town v Torquay, 15:00
Eastbourne Borough v Cambridge Utd, 15:00
Ebbsfleet United v Stevenage, 15:00
Histon v Burton Albion, 15:00
Kettering v Rushden & D'monds, 12:00
Kidderminster v Altrincham, 15:00
Northwich v York, 15:00
Salisbury v Grays Athletic, 15:00
Weymouth v Lewes, 15:00
Woking v Forest Green, 15:00

Clydesdale Bank Premier League

Aberdeen v Rangers, 12:30
Celtic v Falkirk, 15:00
Hearts v St Mirren, 15:00
Inverness CT v Hibernian, 15:00
Kilmarnock v Hamilton, 15:00
Motherwell v Dundee Utd, 15:00

The Irn-Bru Scottish Football League Championship First Division

Dundee v Morton, 15:00
Dunfermline v Airdrie Utd, 15:00
Livingston v Clyde, 15:00
Partick v St Johnstone, 15:00

The Irn-Bru Scottish Football League Championship Second Division

Arbroath v East Fife, 15:00
Peterhead v Alloa, 15:00
Queens Park v Brechin, 15:00
Raith v Stranraer, 15:00
Stirling v Ayr, 15:00

The Irn-Bru Scottish Football League Championship Third Division

Albion v Berwick, 15:00
Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir, 15:00
East Stirling v Forfar, 15:00
Elgin v Cowdenbeath, 15:00
Montrose v Annan Athletic, 15:00

All the scores and scorers will appear in the comments section.

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All the news, scores and scorers from the Premiership, Championship, League One and League from 3pm (UK Time)

Rumour, Speculation, Gossip

It is 'rumoured' from a friend who knows a friend who is in the know!!!

Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more that Shaun Wright-Phillips is on his way from Chelsea to Portsmouth on loan for the season.

How can this be you might ask? Considering Portsmouth have already signed their allocation of two loan players - Jerome Thomas from Charlton and Armand Traore from Arsenal!!

Well to accommodate the 'potential' arrival of Shaunie, Thomas has signed a permanent contract.

If Shaunie goes to Pompey, remember you heard it here first.