Aston Villa v Manchester City: Will McLeish aid Fergie's title hopes by beating City?

Manchester City start the day in second place but Roberto Mancinis men can reclaim top spot as long as they avoid defeat at Villa Park. That shouldnt prove to be too difficult. Alex McLeishs men havent won at home since Bonfire Night, but can the Villains create fireworks in the title race while ...

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Wolves v West Brom: Can the Baggies send Wolves into the bottom three?

West Brom missed out on a golden opportunity to relegate their fierce rivals Wolves when they clashed in May. With the Baggies five points clear of the drop zone and Wolves balancing just above the bottom three, can Roy Hodgson end their relegation fears and put Mick McCarthys future at Molineux ev...

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Is the Premier League really the best league in the world?

The Premier League is a carefully tuned beast. It is not only a fine example of football (and I do genuinely believe that), but it is also a mass-money producing behemoth that attracts billions of viewers around the four corners of the world. Especially since ‘the day when football began’ back ...

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Spurs v Newcastle United: Can Redknapp forget England and beat the Toon?

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has endured a pretty hectic week. Hes been cleared of tax evasion and been installed as the overwhelming favourite to succeed Fabio Capello as England manager. But can the former West Ham and Portsmouth boss cap the week off with three points against Alan Pardews Cha...

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Fulham v Stoke City: Can the Potters end their winless streak at the Cottage?

Both Fulham and Stoke City lost last weekend and Martin Jol and Tony Pulis will be keen to get back to winning ways. But who will leave the Cottage this afternoon with the three points tucked in their back pocket? Stoke were the happier of the two sides back in October when late strikes from John ...

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England: How long would it take for Redknapp to become a national villain?

The opprobrium levelled Fabio Capello’s way was simply embarrassing. It was an insult to any football fan worth his salt. It was insult to a man who is renowned globally for his managerial skills and it was an insult to a four-year term served and executed far from perfectly, but at least acceptabl...

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Swansea City v Norwich City: Can the Canaries rewrite history at the Liberty?

Did you know that Norwich have only beaten Swansea in Wales once since the end of the Second World War? Given Brendan Rodgers season so far in the Premier League I cant see that stat changing any time soon. Swansea City have adapted to life in the top flight with ease and their impressive home f...

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Bolton Wanderers v Wigan Athletic: Can Bolton leave Wigan rooted at the bottom?

With three wins in their last 10 league outings Bolton Wanderers are the form side in the race to avoid the drop. Owen Coyles men have beaten Blackburn, Everton and Liverpool, but can they add Wigans name to the list this weekend at the Reebok? Boltons home form this season has been a major disap...

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Everton v Chelsea: Can Everton hit Chelsea's top four hopes?

Everton put the skids on Manchester Citys title dreams last month with a 1-0 win at Goodison. Could they do the same to Chelseas aspirations to finish in the top four this Saturday? Previous meetings between these two sides have been tense and close fought affairs. Chelsea go into the game with th...

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Sunderland v Arsenal: Can the Gunners tame the Black Cats?

Arsenal enjoyed a confidence boosting 7-1 win over Blackburn at home last weekend but this Saturday will be an altogether different test for Arsene Wengers Gunners as they take on the Premier Leagues in-form side Sunderland. The Black Cats have lost just twice since Martin ONeill arrived on Wearsi...

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Manchester United v Liverpool: Can Fergie gain revenge for their FA Cup exit?

Liverpool knocked their old foes Manchester United out of the FA Cup a fortnight ago. This weekend Kenny Dalglish will be hoping to put a serious dent in Uniteds title dreams, but the Red Devils will be hoping for revenge in the weekends lunchtime kick off, but who will emerge victorious? After a...

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Blackburn Rovers v QPR: Can Hughes deliver a hammer blow to Rovers' survival hopes?

Mark Hughes returns to Ewood Park as QPR manager this weekend, desperate to record his first away win with the Hoops. Despite a decent start at Loftus Road, the former Blackburn chief knows defeat here would be a disaster as struggling Blackburn would go level on points with the Rs. But can they ...

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Shearer, Henry, Fowler, Cantona, Phillips or Le Tissier: Who are the two greatest strikers in Premier League history?

The success of the Premier League has been built on goals, and boy have we seen some ace marksman over the past 20 years. From Arsenal legend Thierry Henry to Newcastles local boy done good Alan Shearer, the top flight in England has seen the back of the net bulge on a regular basis. But who are the...

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England: Who will replace Capello as England boss?

Fabio Capello rocked the football world by walking out on England last night. The fiery Italian was always on a crash course with the FA following their decision to axe John Terry without his permission, but nobody thought the former Milan and Real Madrid boss would quit his £6 million a year job, e...

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FA Cup: Is Tottenham’s name on the trophy or can Arsenal end their trophy drought?

While the FA Cup holders Manchester City and Premier League champions Manchester United have been knocked out of the world’s most-loved cup competition, Harry Redknapp’s Tottenham Hotspur have breezed through to the fifth round of the FA Cup. They saw off Cheltenham 3-0 at the Lane before just edgin...

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Predict the Premier League: Norwich on top as Villa, Everton and Liverpool climb the table

Norwich City bounced back from their defeat at Sunderland with a 2-0 home win over struggling Bolton on Saturday and it was a double celebration in Sue Reads home as the Canaries fan was the top pundit in the Predict the Premier League table. Sue picked up 19 points from matchdays 22 and 23, sendin...

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Predict the Premier League: Norwich are up to second but Stoke are still the team to beat

Stoke City boss Tony Pulis felt his side had been conned out of a result at the snowy Britannia on Saturday following Robert Huths controversial red card, but there were no such problems for Potters fan Phil Eccleston when it came to the Predict the Premier League. Our long-time leader extended his...

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Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Newcastle or Sunderland: Who will win the battle for fourth?

The Champions League is the competition that clubs want to take part in for many reasons. The drama, the prestige, the money one receives for being involved in it. It’s such a sought-after competition and this term the race for the Champions League is even more complex than previous ones, with cer...

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Predict the Premier League: Squarefootball's Hugh Larkin finds top form

There are times when I despair about calling our merry band of writers and friends of the site experts, but not this week. Squarefootball writer Hugh Larkin was top of the pops with a score of 22, but a further six pundits gained 15 points or more from the Premier Leagues last two matchdays. Hughs ...

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Predict the Premier League: Portsmouth bring the title race to life

Portsmouth may be in the middle of another financial crisis but that hasnt stopped our Pompey Expert from Australia, Peter Rendle, closing the gap on Blackpools Phil Trow at the top. Mr Rendles points haul over the past two weeks has seen him move up to second place, one point ahead of Birminghams ...

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Squarefootball's Team of the Week and Weekend Wonders - Week 24

Manchester City kept their title hopes on track with a cool win over Fulham, while Arsenal cruised to three points against a battered and bruised Blackburn, but it was Manchester United’s heroic comeback at Chelsea which was the stand out game of the weekend. Yes it was another action-packed weeken...

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Outside the Box – Football on TV: Serious lessons to learn from Fashanu’s footballing family

I’m fairly certain we can all agree that football has its fair share of problems. If it is not the shady transfer dealings of murky agent types skulking around the bins at Tottenham’s training ground, it is the ignorant grunts of ill-informed morons as they boo a man purely for being the brother of ...

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Sunderland: Could the Black Cats make a late bid for a Champions League place?

Sunderland’s 1-0 win over Stoke City in the snow on Saturday afternoon was the club’s seventh in their last 10 outings and Martin O’Neill’s sixth since he took charge of the Black Cats eight games ago. They have picked up more points than any side in the Premier League over the past eight games and...

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The England captaincy saga: Did the FA make the right decision? Who will take the armband?

The breaking news last Friday was that John Terry will not be England captain at Euro 2012. After allegedly racially abusing Anton Ferdinand, with the case earmarked for July, the FA made the contentious decision to strip the armband from the defender. Evidently, there are several important poin...

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The View Outside The Premier League: Hughton's Birmingham Maintain Promotion Push

A much truncated programme because of the weather. And some of the games that were completed only just made it - Birmingham and Southampton fans were especially unlucky to be slated for the late kick-off at snowy St Andrews and the two sides put on a creditable show. Only Sporting Braga have won at...

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Leeds United: Who will be the next manager at Elland Road?

Birmingham City’s destruction of Leeds United at home was the final straw for Ken Bates concerning the future of Simon Grayson at Elland Road. Despite that 4-1 defeat being the club’s first defeat of 2012, and sitting just outside the play-off places, the former Chelsea chief had had enough and han...

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Liverpool v Spurs: Can Spurs dent Liverpool's Champions League hopes?

Spurs tore Liverpool apart in September at White Hart Lane and Harry Redknapps men will fancy their chances of completing back-to-back doubles over the Merseyside giants tonight. Liverpools form at Anfield this season has been disappointing. Although they havent lost in front of the Kop, they ha...

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Chelsea v Manchester United: Will Torres avenge his open goal hell against United?

Chelsea and Manchester United played out one of the most entertaining games of the season at Old Trafford in September. The match will probably be most remembered for Fernando Torres amazing miss from six yards out, but lets not forget that we had four goals and a total of 30 attempts at goal. If...

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Newcastle United v Aston Villa: Can Villa avoid another Newcastle nightmare?

Aston Villa have not had a lot of success at Newcastle in recent seasons. Its been three years since they last scored a goal at St James Park and almost seven years since their last win there. Last time out they left the north east on the back of a 6-0 thrashing. With the Mags chasing down a Cham...

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