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THE WEEKEND THAT WAS 28-3-06
Kean Thomas
THE WEEKEND THAT WAS IS SPONSORED BY PADDY POWER
The I Love My Mum Edition.
Mum's are like spleens, we're not quite sure what they do - but we know they do it ever so well. Hopefully you all remembered it was Mothering Sunday this weekend and spoiled your mum rotten.
And if you are reading this Ma Sox, I'm sorry. I just plain forgot.
Arse.
Onto football...
FA Premier League
Middlesbrough 4 Bolton 3
What a game! One - Nil down after three minutes to a soft goal, 2-1 up at half-time thanks to some inspired play from JFH and Viduka. JFH made it 3-1 with a cool lob shortly after half-time, then Bolton came back. After it got to 3-3 I think we all expected either a draw or another late goal to sink Boro. But no! Stuart 'Goal Machine' Parnaby sneaked in with a late, late winner. If that wasn't enough entertainment Mad-Dog and Kevin Davies decided to liven things up with a dust up. Message to Mr Davies... 'don't fuck with Mad-Dog'.
Jimmy's second goal was Boro 500th Premier League goal. This result put a serious dent in Bolton's Champions League aspirations, while it brought us closer to being top dog in the North East.
Charlton 3 Newcastle 1
The Addicks did us a large favour by beating the Skunks, and with any luck they might wear themselves out before our FA Cup replay. Darren Bent got his twentieth of the season, while Jay Bothroyd's goal was sandwiched between possibly the funniest goal of the season from Lee Bowyer. Craig Moore hammered a ball clear - clear into Lee Bowyer's instep. What made it funny? Graeme Souness' reaction in the Sky studio. "Oh, that's just unlucky". I'm sure I saw him smirk.
Charlton move up into eleventh, while the Skunks are only one place and two points above us, and we have a game in hand.
Manchester United 3 Birmingham 0
The troubles pile up for Steve Bruce as United ran semi-rampant on Sunday afternoon, scoring within two minutes. Both Sir Alex and Steve Bruce must have thought it was going to be a repeat of Liverpool's seven goal spree. Ryan Giggs' goal is now being credited as a Maik Taylor own goal but he got another, whilst Wayne Rooney missed a hatful.
Birmingham are third from bottom but only three points behind their West Midlands rivals West Brom, with a game in hand. United are back up to second but still a massive twelve points behind Chelsea. For United to win the title it would take an epic blow-up from Chelsea, but imagine if it happened... it could.
Tottenham 2 West Brom 1
A two goal salvo from Robbie Keane and a dreadful mistake from Tomasz Kuszczak gave the Spuds all three points. Tottenham are looking good for at least a Uefa Cup berth but are still in the driving seat for that all important Champions League spot. Watch Arsenal go and win it now just to deny their rivals! West Brom remain in deep do-do.
Aston Villa 0 Fulham 0
Rumour has it there was a game on at Villa Park on Saturday, but until I see any evidence I refuse to believe it.
Both teams are now below us.
Chelsea 2 Manchester City 0
Watch out for the Olympics in 2008 and place a bet on Ivory Coast winning a gold medal in the high board diving final. It's a dead-cert if Didier Drogba is entered. Drogba scored twice in this one. Luckily for Jose Mourinho none of his players cheat. Stuart Pearce must have dropped the reckoning for the England job after three defeats in a row.
Liverpool 3 Everton 1
A Merseyside derby that had everything- goals, red cards and a glut of yellow cards. Stevie Gerrard was the first to get his marching orders after two yellows, one for dissent and the other for a bad challenge, after just eighteen minutes. Phil 'Somehow-I've-got-fifty-England-caps' Neville scored an own-goal just before half-time, and Luis Garcia (why does he suck his thumb when he scores?) scored just after the break to put Liverpool two up before Cahill got one back. Mr Sheree Murphy scored a screamer to give all three points to the red half of Merseyside.
Liverpool are still in third place while Everton's season is fizzling out into a mid table finish.
Sunderland 0 Blackburn 1
Are the Mackems going to be record breakers? With only three home games left, against Fulham, Newcastle and Arsenal, they could be the first team in Premiership history not to win a home game in a season. And you have to say - it's looking likely! Blackburn win their third in a row to keep the pressure on Tottenham for that last Champions League spot. Do I need to tell you how Sunderland are doing? ;o)
Wigan 1 West Ham 2
The surprise teams against each other..both were expected to struggle this season, but they have confounded the critics to find themselves in eighth and ninth places, vying for a Uefa Cup spot. McCulloch scored for the Lactics just before half-time, Harewood and Reo-Coker scored for the Hammers.
Elsewhere, Gretna were crowned Scottish League Two Champions and Reading were promoted to the English top flight for the first time in their history, and in the process beat a Boro record - the earliest a team has been promoted, previously held by Jack Charlton's legendary team from 1973/74.
That's all till next week.
THE WEEKEND THAT WAS IS SPONSORED BY PADDY POWER
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