Saturday, September 19, 2009

Live text - Saturday football

GOALFLASHES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times BST)

606: DEBATE
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By Chris Bevan

From Luke in Cardiff, via text on 81111: "Re 1258. We definitely signed the wrong Ferdinand. We could have had Les or Rio. And we got Anton. Pah!"

1309: Burnley's turn to be sloppy at the back. Andre Bikey fails to deal with a bouncing ball on the edge of his own area and it falls for the in-form Darren Bent inside the box. Bent gets a first-time shot away but it flies straight at Brian Jensen. A lucky escape for the home side.

1306: A quickly-taken Burnley free-kick almost catches Sunderland out. With the visitors napping (a Black Cat-nap?) Martin Paterson meets the ball at the near post but skews his volley wide.

From Fulham Fred, via text on 81111: "Re 1214. Just seen Nigel Reo-Coker in Asda in Clapham Junction. He is definitely in London!"

1303: Sunderland's good start seems a long time ago now - they seem to have lost a bit of confidence and are giving the ball away rather a lot in the middle of the park. Burnley definitely have the upper hand, and not just because they are ahead.

Goooooooaaaaaaaaal
Burnley took 10 minutes to have a shot on goal, with a Steven Fletcher effort flashing over, but seconds later, the home side are ahead. Anton Ferdinand makes a right hash of his attempts to stop Wade Elliott on the edge of the area, and sends the Clarets man tumbling. It's a dead-on penalty and Graham Alexander makes no mistake from the spot, stepping up to smash it into the middle of the net.

GOALFLASH Burnley 1-0 Sunderland (Alexander)

1258: PENALTY to Burnley

From anon, via text on 81111: "Lee Cattermole is a big miss for Sunderland today. He's a top player and was a major coup for us. I fancy us today 3-1. I think Burnley will stay up, I hope so, but they will be no match for the Black Cats on such a Super Saturday."

1255: Burnley still haven't woken up. Darren Bent makes headway for Sunderland down the right and sends over a useful cross for Fraizer Campbell. The ball is just too close to Brian Jensen, though, and he comes out to collect it.

1253: Another half-chance for Sunderland. The ball pings around the Burnley area and it needs a timely challenge by Wade Elliott to stop Frasier Campbell in front of goal.

From London Hammer, via text on 81111: "Re 1214. I'm in London for the West Ham-Liverpool game and have seen Nigel Reo-Coker pulling into their ground on my way to the pub. Loan deal anyone?!"

1250: We didn't have to wait long for our first chance though. Fraizer Campbell cuts in from the right for the Black Cats but Brian Jensen plucks his cross-shot out of the air with Darren Bent lurking dangerously behind him.

1248: A decent start by Sunderland who seem to be happy to come and attack today, judging from the first couple of minutes. No real chances yet, but Steed Malbranque has just fired over a teasing cross from the left that none of his team-mates could reach.

1246: Sunderland get us started at Turf Moor.

From Anna Mayne, via text on 81111: "I think its going to be another big home win for the claret and blue army!"

Erm, is that Burnley, Aston Villa or West Ham?


1243: The players are out on the pitch at Turf Moor. Not long to go now...the home fans are very lively, as you might expect.

Samuel King on Twitter: "Chance for Liverpool to move up to third today, with all of the top four playing tomorrow. COME ON POOL!"

1236: Turf Moor is filling up nicely from what I can see. About 10 minutes to go until kick off - Burnley's mascot Bertie Bee has just danced on to the pitch to the sound of The Monkees' 'I'm a Believer'.

From Exiled Forest fan in London, via text on 81111: "Bored, stuck on a delayed train to Nottingham to watch the mighty Reds take on Blackpool. It promises to be a good game but three points are needed for us today to make up for two home league defeats. Good luck to all who are watching their respective teams today."

1230: Burnley have not conceded a goal in any of their last seven games at Turf Moor but Sunderland go there knowing a win (quite a big win to be fair) could catapult them into the top four. Liverpool and Villa could also be in the top four tonight if they win, Stoke and Arsenal are the other teams in the top half playing today.

From Sid in Sheffield, via text on 81111: "Still not recovered from the tension of last nights Steel City derby! What a cracker, just relieved the red half of the city are top dogs again!"

1226: TEAM NEWS Burnley v Sunderland
Burnley are unchanged from the team that lost 4-0 to Liverpool last time out, with loan signing David Nugent again amongst the substitutes and captain Steven Caldwell still not recovered from a groin problem.
Fraizer Campbell starts up front for Sunderland alongside in-form Darren Bent but midfielder Lee Cattermole, an ever-present in the league for the Black Cats so far this season, is out with a heel injury. George McCartney comes in.

1224: You've probably seen and heard that Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester City manager Mark Hughes have had a bit of a war of words ahead of tomorrow's clash at Old Trafford. But what have the players been saying? You can find out here.

From palacefc8 on 606: "I had a dream I was at Arsenal v Wigan and it finished 3-3, I didn't even know these two teams were playing each other today and don't support either of them. hmmm, weird... so I'm predicting 3-3 today."

1219: TEAMS Burnley v Sunderland
Burnley: Jensen, Mears, Carlisle, Bikey, Jordan, Elliott, Alexander, McCann, Blake, Steven Fletcher, Paterson. Subs: Penny, McDonald, Gudjonsson, Nugent, Thompson, Guerrero, Eagles.
Sunderland: Gordon, Bardsley, Ferdinand, Turner, McCartney, Malbranque, Cana, Reid, Richardson, Campbell, Bent. Subs: Carson, Nosworthy, Mensah, Henderson, Jones, Da Silva, Healy.

From Big Tony, via text on 81111: "Can you please give a mention to the Buckinghamshire derby between MK Dons and Wycombe. Thanks."

1214: Speaking of Villa, I wonder what their midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker is doing today? A nice walk on an autumn afternoon perhaps, or even a spot of shopping? He might even be reading this... He certainly won't be at Villa Park for his side's game with rock-bottom Portsmouth after being sent home from training yesterday following a bust-up with manager Martin O'Neill. If you spot Nige anywhere, do let me know.

From ConorLeedsFan on 606: "If Villa win today then its five wins out of six, which surely shows that they have not got that much weaker since Gareth Barry's departure. And with Stewart Downing and Richard Dunne to come in and the return of Wilfred Bouma, they will only get better..."

1212: I need you to get involved today too, of course. You can use 606, text via 81111 or even Twitter.

1209: As far as the top flight goes, Burnley host Sunderland in today's early kick-off at Fortress Turf Moor (which is what their ground is called I think?), followed by four 1500 BST matches (including Arsenal v Wigan). Our late game is West Ham v Liverpool, who could field three former Hammers - Yossi Benayoun, Glen Johnson and Javier Mascherano - and so should have no problems finding their way to Upton Park.

1206: There are other derby matches going on this weekend too, not just United v City... In London, Chelsea host Tottenham on Sunday. Sheffield had their dust-up last night and it was a bit of a cracker too. United beat Wednesday 3-2, to move into fourth place in the Championship. That's your lot, though, because Crystal Palace v Derby doesn't count.

1203: With the top four all playing each other tomorrow, this is a big day for Arsenal and Liverpool, who have both lost two league games already this season and can't afford many more slip-ups if they are going to remain title contenders. Confident? Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is - he feels the way his side came back from 2-0 down to beat Standard Liege in midweek has "strengthened the belief" in their camp. Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is also looking more cheerful than he has for a while, saying: "Our players are starting to find their form, Dirk Kuyt is scoring, Yossi Benayoun is scoring, and we have started well in Europe."

1201 BST: Hello. After reading this morning's newspapers (which are mostly about tomorrow's Manchester derby) it comes as a bit of a surprise to be told there are 44 other Premier League and Football League matches also taking place this weekend. I'm sure you lot already knew that though?

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