Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Live - Wednesday football

Stewards after a game

Celtic v Hearts - watch live TV coverage from BBC Scotland (UK only)

GOALFLASHES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times GMT)

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By Caroline Cheese

1944: Celtic have settled after their shaky start and Aiden McGeady looks lively for the home side down the right hand side. But there's been little to trouble either defence after Christian Nade's early effort.

1941: Arsenal have a 100% home record this season, while Liverpool haven't won away since their third-round win over Leeds in this competition. All completely meaningless, given the unfamiliarity of the two sides this evening, but just thought I'd say. Dirk Kuyt is the Liverpool captain at the Emirates. Captain Dirk, you might say.

1937: If you're in the UK, you might want to give this page a manual refresh if you haven't already. Celtic v Hearts is under way - and the visitors have had an early chance. Christian Nade beats the offside trap, but his shot is cleared by Gary Caldwell.

1936: TEAM NEWS Man City v Scunthorpe
Roque Santa Cruz makes his first start for Manchester City as Mark Hughes makes six changes to the side that drew with Fulham on Saturday. Kolo Toure and Martin Petrov are both injured, with Micah Richards, Wayne Bridge and Craig Bellamy on the bench and Emmanuel Adebayor rested. David Mirfin returns from illness to start for Scunthorpe.

1934: TEAMS Man City v Scunthorpe
Man City: Given, Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Sylvinho, Wright-Phillips, De Jong, Barry, Ireland, Tevez, Santa Cruz. Subs: Taylor, Richards, Bridge, Johnson, Mwaruwari, Bellamy, Weiss.
Scunthorpe: Murphy, Byrne, Jones, Mirfin, Williams, Josh Wright, McCann, O'Connor, Woolford, Forte, Hayes. Subs: Lillis, Andrew Wright, Togwell, Sparrow, Hooper, Spence, Canavan.

1933: Sam texts in to ask where Jack Wilshere is. He's got an ankle injury.

1929: Initial thoughts on Arsenal's 18-year-old debutant Craig Eastmond: hope the wind isn't too strong tonight, he may blow over.

1927: TEAM NEWS Celtic v Hearts
Celtic make four changes for the Co-operative Insurance Cup quarter-final tie against Hearts at Parkhead. Strikers Scott McDonald and Georgios Samaras are dropped, as are midfielder Barry Robson and defender Lee Naylor. Danny Fox replaces Naylor, Landry N'Guemo and Marc Crosas come into the midfield and Zheng Zhi pushes up to support lone-striker Chris Killen. Hearts make one change with midfielder Ian Black replacing Suso Santana, who failed to find a place on the bench.

1925: TEAM NEWS Arsenal v Liverpool
It's no surprise Arsenal and Liverpool make sweeping changes. Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri makes his first start of the campaign after breaking his leg in pre-season and is one of 11 changes. Keeper Lukasz Fabianski replaces Vito Mannone, while 18-year-old midfielder Craig Eastmond makes his debut for the club. Liverpool make nine changes from the side that beat Manchester United as Dirk Kuyt captains the side. Central defender Martin Skrtel is back in the side and is partnered by Sotirios Kyrgiakos. Winger Ryan Babel also starts along with strikers Andriy Voronin and David Ngog. Oh and midfielder Alberto Aquilani is on the bench.

1923: Celtic kick off against Hearts in the Co-Op Insurance Cup in about 10 minutes. You can watch it live on this website (if you live in the UK). That's all really.

1922: TEAMS Arsenal v Liverpool
Arsenal: Fabianski, Gilbert, Senderos, Silvestre, Gibbs, Eastmond, Bendtner, Nasri, Ramsey, Merida, Eduardo. Subs: Szczesny, Bartley, Coquelin, Frimpong, Randall, Sunu, Watt.
Liverpool: Cavalieri, Degen, Skrtel, Kyrgiakos, Insua, Kuyt, Spearing, Plessis, Babel, Voronin, Ngog. Subs: Reina, Aquilani, Benayoun, Darby, Dossena, Eccleston, Ayala.

1920: TEAM NEWS Chelsea v Bolton
Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti made the unusual move of naming his side for tonight's match this morning. As expected, he has opted to field what is essentially his second string, with only Branislav Ivanovic, Juliano Belletti, Joe Cole and Michael Ballack surviving from the team who beat Blackburn 5-0 last Saturday, although Michael Essien, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba are on the bench. Notably, Daniel Sturridge makes his full debut for the club in attack. Bolton make four changes from the side that beat Everton at the weekend. Ivan Klasnic starts in place of Kevin Davies up front, Ali Al Habsi replaces Jussi Jaskelainen in goal, and Mark Davies and Gretar Steinsson take the places of Tamir Cohen and Chung-Yong Lee respectively. Johan Elmander is on the bench after recovering from a hamstring problem.

1916: TEAMS Celtic v Hearts
Celtic: Zaluska, Hinkel, Caldwell, McManus, Daniel Fox, McGeady, Crosas, Zhi, N'Guemo, Maloney, Killen. Subs: Cervi, McDonald, Samaras, Wilson, McCourt.
Hearts: Balogh, Craig Thomson, Bouzid, Goncalves, Wallace, Obua, Black, Michael Stewart, Palazuelos, Driver, Nade. Subs: Kello, Jonsson, Witteveen, Kucharski, Glen.

1914: TEAMS Chelsea v Bolton
Chelsea: Hilario, Belletti, Ivanovic, Alex, Paulo Ferreira, Deco, Ballack, Malouda, Joe Cole, Kalou, Sturridge. Subs: Turnbull, Essien, Lampard, Drogba, Matic, Bruma, Borini.
Bolton: Al Habsi, Ricketts, Knight, Cahill, Samuel, Muamba, Steinsson, Mark Davies, Gardner, Taylor, Klasnic. Subs: Jaaskelainen, Robinson, Elmander, Cohen, Lee, Basham, Andrew O'Brien.

1913: In case you missed it, some breaking news from Hull: they have not sacked Phil Brown. I'm tempted to add the word "yet". But that would be facetious.

1910: You'll probably have some more to add. 81111, 606, Twitter. That's all I'm saying.

1906: Well, this much we know: Daniel Sturridge makes his first start for Chelsea since his summer move from Manchester City. Alberto Aquilani (the one everyone's talking about as a Xabi Alonso replacement even though he's actually not that similar to Xabi Alonso) will be on the bench for Liverpool. Some kids (and Mikael Silvestre) will play for Arsenal.

1900: The Carling Cup is truly the land of make believe: Portsmouth win, Blackburn score five, Fergie admits the referee was right. Wonder what on earth is in store tonight?


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