Prediction Panel table: Spurs shake off Wigan defeat to close gap at top

Football . . .it’s a funny old game. I was expecting some big scores from our pundits this week as there were four seemingly nailed on home wins. However, while Chelsea beat Stoke City, Liverpool disposed of West Brom and Manchester United gave West Ham a hiding, Champions League new boys Tottenham ...

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Tottenham Hotspur v Wigan Athletic: Martinez faces another spanking

It must be a great time to be a Spurs fan. Harry Redknapp’s are in the Champions League proper, are playing some fantastic football and this weekend they welcome the whipping boys of Wigan to the Lane. To say Roberto Martinez has had a poor start to the season is an understatement. Thrashed on the ...

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Squarefootball’s Premier League quiz: Week Three

Some people think they know everything about football, well let’s see if they do. Here I have 10 questions which will separate the Spurs from the Young Boys. If you think you are clued up on the beautiful game then prove it. 1. Blackburn Rovers v Arsenal: Who was the last player to be transferre...

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Squarefootball’s Premier League Quiz: Week Three – The Answers

Well, how did you get on? We’d love to hear from you. 1. Blackburn Rovers v Arsenal: David Bentley is the last player to have moved between the two sides. 2. Blackpool v Fulham: You could have said: Barry Hayles, Geoff Horsfield, Steve Finnan or Kit Symons. 3. Chelsea v Stoke City: Florent ...

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Prediction Panel Table: Wolves topple the Toffees

Wolverhampton Wanderers attracted a bit of criticism for their performance at Goodison Park on Saturday but their representative in our Prediction Panel, and current champion, has toppled the Toffees following another brilliant week. Chris Cox, the only pundit last week to predict that Chelsea woul...

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Stats Point To Spurs And Liverpool Making Progress In Europe

It was a nasty shock for Tottenham to leave Switzerland with a deficit against a Young Boys team generally thought to be the weakest of the teams they could have drawn but the odds still favour qualification for the group stages of the Champions League for the North Londoners. Teams facing a 3-2 de...

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Stoke City v Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs fancied to beat the Potters

Not too many teams have left the Britannia Stadium with maximum points over the past two years but Spurs are one of them and Harry Redknapp will be looking to leave the Potteries with all three points again this weekend. Spurs will count themselves fortunate to still be in contention for a place in...

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Squarefootball’s Premier League Quiz: Week Two

It’s that time of the week again. Here is the latest batch of questions intended to leave you rooted to the spot like West Ham’s Robert Green! Last week’s questions were intentionally hard. This week we’ve lowered the mark a little but it’s still more taxing than your average GMTV phone-in. All the...

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Squarefootball's Premier League Quiz: Week Two - The Answers

Here are the answers to the second instalment of our quiz. 1. Arsenal v Blackpool: Alan Ball is the World Cup winner with links to both Arsenal and Blackpool. 2. Birmingham City v Blackburn Rovers: Barry Ferguson is the former Rover who scored against Birmingham in 2003. 3. Everton v Wolves: ...

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Prediction Panel Standings: Toffees top the table

Everton may have lost their opening game against Blackburn Rovers but Toffees fan Chris Goodwin has given the blue half of Merseyside something to cheer by topping the Premier League Prediction Panel table. Mr Goodwin correctly predicted five correct results from the first weekend of top flight ac...

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Squarefootball’s Premier League Challenge: Week one

The new Premier League season kicks off this weekend and so does a new feature on squarefootball. Each Friday I’ll be testing your knowledge of the top flight clubs by posing you 10 questions relating to that weekend’s fixtures. There are no prizes on offer, only personal glory – we’re not made of m...

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Premier League Challenge answers: Week one

Here are the answers to the questions in our Premier League Challenge week one. 1. Tottenham v Manchester City: Joey Barton and David Sommeil were the goalscorers in City’s last league win at White Hart Lane. 2. Aston Villa v West Ham United: Marlon Harewood was the last player to have scored a ...

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Who will be the Premier League’s top goalscorer?

Goals win games so it’s no wonder Chelsea won the league last season with Didier Drogba in sparkling form. The Ivory Coast forward found the back of the net an astonishing 29 times in 32 league appearances just edging out Manchester United’s star man Wayne Rooney with 26. So will the England marksma...

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Predictions: Who will be 2010/11’s main winners and losers?

If everything I predicted 12 months ago came true I would be a very rich and happy man right now. Unfortunately Arsenal let me down in the league, West Ham failed me in the FA Cup and letting my heart rule my head in the SPL by putting £10 on my beloved Aberdeen to win the SPL really was a waste of ...

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Predictions: Who will be 2010/11’s main winners and losers Part 2

Well you’ve heard what our Panel members have had to say for themselves, now it’s time for the “experts” to have their say. We’ll start off with writer Hugh Larkin. He loves the underdog but he thinks Chelsea are just far too strong for anyone to cope with and thinks Arsenal and Spurs are going to...

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Ten Handy Facts About Young Boys Berne

Though there are no easy ties in the Champions League, the draw for the qualifiers has been kind to Spurs. The Swiss club are a less worrying proposition than Sampdoria or Dinamo Kiev but who are Young Boys? 1. Though they have 11 Swiss titles, Young Boys have not topped the pile in the Swiss Super...

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Bookmakers Believe the 'Big 4' Is Now The 'Major 8'

For several seasons the Premier League has been dominated by an oligarchy of four clubs- Everton broke in to this group in 2005 but even then Liverpool still gained entry to the Champions League that season. Tottenhams fourth place in 2009/10 represented the first time one of the former Big 4 faile...

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Fantasy football 2010/11 reminder

Do you think you can spend £100 million better than Manchester City’s Roberto Mancini? Do you think you could assemble a better squad than Spurs boss Harry Redknapp? Do you think you can guide your side to glory like Chelsea’s Carlo Ancelotti? If so then we want to hear from you. We at Squarefootba...

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Squarefootball fantasy football invitation 2010/11

I saw more action and excitement this summer down at the mortuary than I did at the World Cup in South Africa. There was also a better atmosphere between me and my ex-girlfriend than there was inside the grounds, thanks to the constant drone of those awful vuvuzelas. And as for entertainment, I th...

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Tottenham Hotspur: Would you welcome Bellamy to the Lane?

Manchester City’s Craig Bellamy has had more clubs than Tiger Woods but if the rumours in the Press are to be believed then the fiery Welshman could be on the verge of joining another top flight club, Tottenham Hotspur. There’s no denying that Bellamy is a class performer. He pace to burn, the skil...

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England: Dawson or Upson against Slovenia – You decide!

Fabio Capello’s honeymoon period with the British Press is well and truly over following two appalling displays from one of the pre-tournaments favourites. Against the USA there was a bit of endeavour, a bit of fight, but the overall display came up woefully short of the standards we know England ar...

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Which club will Joe Cole move to this summer?

All the major news outlets are reporting Harry Redknapp's comments on Joe Cole's future. Cole played for Redknapp at West Ham, before Redknapp's sacking in 2001 lead to a quick decline and a break up of a fabulous side that contained Lampard, Cole, Ferdinand, Carrick and Defoe (all in England's Wor...

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Get on side and sport your colours for Shelter this World Cup

In celebration of this years FIFA World Cup, housing and homelessness charity Shelter are teaming up with Nationwide Building Society, Official England Team sponsor, to launch their fantastic footy fundraiser, Strip4Shelter. Shelter is asking people across the country to replace their regular work ...

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Tottenham Hotspur: Would you welcome Carrick back to the Lane?

Harry Redknapp is going to have a busy summer ahead of him as he looks to bolster his squad in preparation for next season’s Champions League demands and one name that has been strongly linked with a move to White Hart Lane is former Spurs midfielder Michael Carrick. The former Manchester United m...

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Chelsea are clear champions - but next year?

Rarely can a title race that was not decided until the final day of the season have been so clear cut. Chelsea scored 103 goals, a mammoth number that has simply not been given enough credit. And to win the title with an 8-0 home win that pushed the season's total beyond 100 goals, whilst the tali...

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Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur: Redknapp has Arsenal in his sights

Tottenham Hotspur achieved their main goal on Wednesday night by beating Manchester City at Eastlands to book their place in the Champions League but now they have a new target in their sights. If Spurs beat Burnley this afternoon and Europa League finalists Fulham make history by recording their f...

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Pressure tonight is on Mancini and Spurs tonight - not City

The big four of Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal have been unofficially split up after seven years of either filling all the Champions' League slots - or at least competing strongly for the places. In 2004/5 Everton edged fourth place with 61 points to Liverpool's 58 - but that was...

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Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur: The winner takes it all!

Wednesday night’s game at Eastlands between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur is massive. It has been dubbed the £60 million game but it really is much bigger than that. The winner will not only be one step closer to their highest finish in the Premier League era, they will also seal the Holy Gr...

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Tottenham Hotspur v Bolton Wanderers: Could Coyle give race for fourth another twist?

Bolton Wanderers tend to be a bit of a bogey team for Spurs; fortunately for Tottenham it only seems to apply at the Reebok. Harry Redknapp’s men have never triumphed over Bolton at the Reebok Stadium but it’s a totally different story when it comes to White Hart Lane. Spurs are unbeaten in their pa...

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What our Prediction Panel expects the fourth place battle to look like after 37 games

Within the next few days the four teams scrapping for fourth place will have all completed 37 games. With the games-in-hand unwound where does the Squarefootball prediction panel expect Tottenham, Man City, Aston Villa and Liverpool to be going into the final weekend? Match Predictions Tottenham H...

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Aston Villa have the momentum to secure fourth place

With two or three games left Aston Villa and Liverpool have closed right in on the two teams - Tottenham and Man City - assumed (for the last couple of weeks) to be fighting out the battle for fourth between them. Aston Villa in particular have narrowly won three games in a week to move onto 64 poi...

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Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs seek third high-profile scalp

First it was their bitter rivals Arsenal, then it was Chelsea who succumbed to Tottenham’s attacking policy – but could they go one better this weekend and beat the champions in their own backyard? Tottenham Hotspur are just three games away from capping a memorable season with a place in the Champ...

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Tottenham versus Arsenal the pick as the top six takes shape

At the tail-end of the season the prediction panel is still in operation and ready to call the midweek games. The big game is the north London derby with Spurs looking to put pressure on Manchester City in the battle for fourth - whilst Arsenal can go second and dream of the title if they prevail. ...

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Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal: Defeat’s not an option but a draw’s no good either

Never before has a north London derby meant so much for both Spurs and Arsenal. The visitors haven’t given up hope of snatching the Premier League title off the leaders Chelsea while Spurs are right in the hunt with Manchester City for the fourth Champions League spot. A win tonight will give the vi...

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Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal: Who would feature in the ultimate team?

Clashes between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal are always huge affairs but never has so much been riding on the outcome for both clubs than this Wednesday’s clash. Arsene Wenger is still in the hunt for his first Premier League title in six years while Spurs have a great chance of ending the season i...

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Tottenham Hotspur v Portsmouth: Can Pompey can weekend on a high?

West Ham’s victory over Sunderland yesterday consigned Portsmouth to football in the Championship next season, but could they go down as FA Cup finalists? Avram Grant’s side have endured the season from hell on and off the pitch, but the former Chelsea boss will do all he can to ensure the long-suff...

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Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur: Could Bent put a dent in Tottenham’s Champions League hopes?

Spurs are on course to do something for the first time in 20 years . . . win six league games on the bounce. And do you know what happened the last time they achieved that feat? They went on to finish in the top four. Victory this afternoon would certainly put them one step closer to their goal of s...

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Tottenham Hotspur vs Portsmouth: Friends reunited?

Half the Tottenham management team and players were at Pompey during the glorious cup winning season of 2008. Of course the cost of that team has now unravelled the club and it will be relegated in the next week or two. Pompey is now being hamstrung further by the costs of playing certain players ...

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Stoke City vs Tottenham Hotspur: Can Spurs match top four ambitions?

Stoke have already lost at home this season to the top three, so will the team currently leading the race to be fourth complete the set? The loss of Jermain Defoe could be crucial against a team that works hard to restrict the opposition and will reduce the mobility of the Spurs attack in the conti...

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Beckham bows, Bale wows

OK, so the nation’s red-top readers might not be unified in touching an x-ray of his broken Achilles tendon this summer, but David Beckham’s injury and subsequent absence from this year’s World Cup rightfully dominated Mondays papers. Sure, his prospective absence isn’t anywhere near as pressing...

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Tottenham Hotspur v Blackburn Rovers: Rovers to return north empty handed

Spurs kick off the weekend in fourth place and there’s every chance they could extend their lead by the time Monday morning comes around. Redknapp’s side have won nine of their 14 home games in the league and conceded only nine during that period – only leaders Manchester United and Alex McLeish’s...

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Liverpool's top four window hasn't closed yet

After another shapeless defeat Liverpool look less and less like a top four team. Three weeks ago I reckoned that Liverpool would edge out Tottenham to finish fourth. But a grim defeat to Wigan is making even that recent prediction look dodgy. Liverpool's remaining fixtures look reasonably simple...

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Chelsea: Joe Cole – Should he stay or should he go?

On his day Joe Cole is one of the most talented footballers in the English game. He can do things that most of his contemporaries can only dream of, is comfortable on both feet, can carve open the meanest of defences and gets fans up off their seats. However, since coming back from a cruciate ligame...

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FA Cup: Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur: Will Redknapp get the better of Hodgson?

Spurs haven’t managed to defeat Fulham in the league at Craven Cottage since the Cottagers’ debut season in the Premier League back in 2002. However, their last visit across the capital in the FA Cup in 2006 resulted in a 4-0 thrashing for the home side and Harry Redknapp would love a similar scorel...

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England: Who should Fabio choose as his No 1 for South Africa?

In less than 100 days the greatest show on earth kicks off in South Africa but England manager Fabio Capello still has major issues to resolve before he finalises on his squad who will be given the task of bringing the World Cup home. Who will fill the left-back role if Ashley Cole fails to recover ...

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Tottenham Hotspur vs Everton: Could have been a fourth place shoot-out

An interesting game at White Hart Lane between two top six regulars who are starting to hit form at the business end of the season. Spurs still have genuine hopes for a fourth place finish this season and the Manchester City result will not have done that ambition any good - however much the game...

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Is Wayne Bridge right to turn his back on England?

Representing your country in the World Cup is supposed to be every footballer’s dream. Every one bar Wayne Bridge that is. The Manchester City left-back has kicked his international career into row Z due to the fall-out of John Terry’s alleged affair with his ex-girlfriend and mother of his children...

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Liverpool have the edge in the battle for fourth

The run-in for fourth appears to be a four-way scrap between Tottenham, Man City, Liverpool and Aston Villa. Although a fast finishing Everton may yet finish amongst these four, the Toffees will probably need to win 10 of their last 12 games to trump all four - which whilst possible is very unlikel...

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Wigan Athletic v Tottenham Hotspur: Wigan seek revenge for horror show

Wigan Athletic boss Roberto Martinez has been having nightmares about Tottenham Hotspur since they were thrashed 9-1 at White Hart Lane in November, but so has Spurs boss Harry Redknapp. Tottenham have managed to win just four league games since putting the Lactics to the sword and have seen their C...

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Tottenham Hotspur: FA Cup glory or Champions League – What’s more important to you?

Many top flight managers have been criticised this season in the FA Cup for resting established first team stars in order to give some of their fringe players a chance to get some game time and show what they can do. Harry Redknapp insists that he will never fall into that category. The former Por...

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