Cristiano Ronaldo for Manchester Utd (v Manchester City), 5 May 2007

The latest instalment in the excellent A-Z of Football is here.

So, we're into the final week of the predictions league, and it looks very much like El Tel might wrest the Predictions title from, er, me. Barring an awful week, of course (no pressure, or anything....)

Blackburn 2-0 Reading
Bolton 1-1 Aston Villa
Chelsea 2-0 Everton
Liverpool 2-0 Charlton
Man Utd 1-0 West Ham
Middlesbrough 2-1 Fulham
Portsmouth 2-2 Arsenal
Sheff Utd 2-1 Wigan
Tottenham 2-0 Man City
Watford 0-1 Newcastle

and as a wildcard, name a country that finishes in the top 3 in the Eurovision Song Contest (for 3 points)

Serbia

Clarence Seedorf for AC Milan (v Manchester Utd), 2 May 2007

So, sometimes you just have to semi-grudgingly admit that you came up against a side that were Miles Better than you and get on with it. So, on that note, back to domestic business for the Premiership's top 2....

(is it me, or can you only really win the Premiership or the Champions League? If so, are Liverpool absolute bleeding genius for simply ensuring qualification by being marginally better domestically than Bolton and just playing 12 or so important games a season?)

Aston Villa 2-1 Sheff Utd
Everton 1-0 Portsmouth
Fulham 1-1 Liverpool
Man City 1-3 Man Utd
Newcastle 2-1 Blackburn
Reading 2-0 Watford
West Ham 1-0 Bolton
Wigan 2-1 Middlesbro'
Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea
Charlton 2-2 Tottenham

and seeing it's happening this week, why not lets have wildcards for (3 points each):

Chelsea 1-0 Man Utd
First goalscorer: Lampard
First booking: Scholes

Douglas Rinaldi for Watford (vs Blackburn Rovers), 18 April 2007

Here we go then: this week's predictions.

We're on the home straight now.

Bolton 1-0 Reading
Charlton 1-1 Sheff Utd
Fulham 0-1 Blackburn
Liverpool 2-0 Wigan
Man Utd 3-0 Middlesbro'
Tottenham 0-1 Arsenal
Watford 0-0 Man City
West Ham 1-0 Everton
Aston Villa 0-1 Portsmouth
Newcastle 0-2 Chelsea

Wildcards -- this week, top and bottom(-ish)

Colchester 0-2 Sunderland
Tranmere 0-1 Scunthorpe
Walsall 2-0 Bury
Plymouth 2-1 Southend
Doncaster 0-1 Brentford
Wrexham 0-1 Torquay

Bonus (5 points): Top run scorer in Saturday's dead rubber match at the Cricket World Cup between England and the West Indies. Ramnaresh Sarwan

Steven Gerrard for England (v Andorra), 28 March 2007

I am not sure why I invited Swiss to contribute here, to be honest. First he confessed to not actually being a football fan, then he preferred to post about cricket and then admitted to not liking watching the international side.

Heh heh heh. At least you get both sides of the debate, I suppose....

Predictions time again:

Bolton 2-1 Sheff Utd
Charlton 2-0 Wigan
Fulham 1-1 Portsmouth
Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal
Man Utd 2-1 Blackburn
Newcastle 3-1 Man City
Watford 1-1 Chelsea
West Ham 1-0 Middlesbrough
Tottenham 2-0 Reading
Aston Villa 2-0 Everton

and some wildcards from the Hamptons:

Wolverhampton 2-1 Southampton
Northampton 2-0 Brighton

Paul Robinson for Tottenham Hotspur (v Watford), 17 March 2007

The 101 Great Goals series continues apace, and if you missed it, there's a bit of Platini magic here.

International Predictions this week:

Czech Republic 1-1 Germany
Greece 1-2 Turkey
Israel 1-2 England
Liechtenstein 0-2 Northern Ireland
Lithuania 0-1 France
Netherlands 3-1 Romania
Portugal 2-0 Belgium
Republic of Ireland 2-1 Wales
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
Spain 2-1 Denmark

It's wild enough already this week, I reckon....

Aaron Mokoena for Blackburn Rovers (v Manchester City), 11 March 2007

Predictions time again, folks. And no extra bonus points for correctly guessing the score in the penalty shoot-out assuming the match ends in a draw....

Blackburn 2-0 West Ham
Chelsea 3-0 Sheff Utd
Man Utd 2-1 Bolton
Middlesbrough 1-1 Man City
Reading 1-0 Portsmouth
Tottenham 2-0 Watford
Wigan 1-0 Fulham
Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool
Charlton 2-1 Newcastle
Everton 1-1 Arsenal

and wild in the fields:

Carlisle 1-0 Huddersfield
Mansfield 3-1 Boston
Bury 1-3 Macclesfield

Roy Makaay for Bayern Munich (v Real Madrid), 7 March 2007

The latest edition of the brilliant A-Z of Football feature is here.

Go, have a look. I think this is the best selection of pieces yet....

It's a complete random selection of matches this week as there's no Premiership.

Middlesbrough 1-1 Man Utd
Hull 1-2 Preston
Stoke 1-2 Southampton
Scunthorpe 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Tranmere 2-1 Swansea
Barnet 0-1 Stockport
Notts County 1-2 Mansfield
Aberdeen 2-1 Hearts
Chelsea 2-0 Spurs
Plymouth 2-1 Watford

and some completely random wildcards:

who will be Australia's top run-scorer in their Cricket World Cup match against Scotland on Wednesday?

Shane Watson

who'll win the Canada v Kenya game?

Kenya

Didier Drogba for Chelsea (v Arsenal), 25 February 2007

Morning all.

For this first instalment of our new shiny 101 great Goals series featuring an absolute belter from God-botherer Glenn Hoddle (....."they say Hoddle's found Jesus. That must have been one hell of a pass....") go here.

Arsenal 3-1 Reading
Fulham 2-1 Aston Villa
Liverpool 1-1 Man Utd
Man City 1-0 Wigan
Newcastle 2-1 Middlesbrough
Portsmouth 0-2 Chelsea
Sheff Utd 1-0 Everton
Watford 1-2 Charlton
Bolton 2-1 Blackburn
West Ham 1-1 Tottenham

and shall we skip overseas for our wildcards this week?

Anderlecht 2-0 Charleroi
Sevilla 3-2 Barcelona
Alemania Aachen 1-2 Mainz

John Arne Riise for Liverpool (v Barcelona), 21 February 2007

Hello all. Welcome to one of the Guardian's pick of football blogs....

Predictions time again:

Charlton 2-1 West Ham
Fulham 1-2 Man Utd
Liverpool 2-0 Sheff Utd
Middlesbrough 1-0 Reading
Watford 0-2 Everton
Blackburn 2-1 Portsmouth
Tottenham 2-0 Bolton
Wigan 1-1 Newcastle

and some Carling Cup Final wildcards:

Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal
First scorer: Frank Lampard
First booking: Justin Hoyte

Darius Henderson for Watford (v West Ham United), 10 February 2007

Hello again. There's a great article here looking back at six months of the excellent Guardian sport blogs. Plus, if you scroll to the bottom, there is an invitation to submit a 500 or so word piece to them. The best will be published and the winner gets a paid commission. Seeing as we have a stack of talented football writers (click on any of the links to the A-Z of Football on the right sidebar for evidence) I'd encourage you to have a bash. Go on.

Anyway.

Predictions time again. FA Cup is back this weekend!

Arsenal 2-0 Blackburn
Chelsea 3-0 Norwich
Man Utd 2-1 Reading
Middlesbrough 1-1 West Brom
Plymouth 1-1 Derby
Watford 2-1 Ipswich
Fulham 2-1 Spurs
Preston 2-0 Man City

and some wildcards from teams in the news this week:

Cardiff 1-0 Leeds (no prizes for guessing the Leeds line-up. Heh heh heh)
Stoke 2-0 Luton (no female ref, I imagine)

(and any more contributions for the "G"'s in the A-Z of Football please. Ta)

Nemanja Vidic for Manchester United (v Tottenham Hostpur), 4 February 2007

The brilliant latest instalment in the A-Z of Football is here.

Hello all. I have been assimilated into the New Blogger race so this might work slightly differently to before...

Anyway. Stabbing around wildly at football results remains.

Chelsea 2-0 Middlesbrough
Everton 2-1 Blackburn
Man Utd 3-0 Charlton
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
Portsmouth 2-1 Man City
Reading 2-1 Aston Villa
Sheff Utd 1-1 Tottenham
West Ham 2-0 Watford
Arsenal 3-0 Wigan
Bolton 2-0 Fulham

and some home Yorkshire wildcards:

Barnsley 1-1 Colchester
Leeds 2-1 Crystal Palace
Rotherham 1-1 Blackpool