United win to tie 4th place.

The race for 3rd position, behind Derby and Middlesborough is heating up with 4 teams in the hunt. At the top of the pack are Arsenal – playing well, with a youthie in the side, sitting on 15 points. Then close behind is a chasing pack of 3 teams. Fronted by Dundee United, another youth laden team who have not enjoyed the best of luck this season, premiership newboys, Manchester United and Kellets Everton side.

No team has an easy run-in but it is believed that Dundee united manager, Andy Grant is pushing his lads to grab the 3rd place

Arsenal: Southampton, West ham, Middlesborough, Everton

Dundee United: Everton, Manchester United, Southampton, Middlesborough

Everton: Dundee United, Derby, West Ham, Arsenal

Man U: Middlesborough, Dundee united, Derby, West Ham

All 4 of the teams must be feeling confident at the moment, though none of the aforementioned teams can possibly think about the title which is far too far out of their hands now after the runaway success of Boro and Derby.

It is also assumed that all 3 teams are now ‘safe-ish’ from relegation, with Southampton and West Ham 6 and 7 points behind the pack with 4 to play.

For the second season running York City find themselves in the Inter-Wing Cup Quarter-Finals, and once again they go into a game against a top side from the Euro Wing without their goalkeeper who is forced to miss the match after being sent-off at the weekend.

"It's frustrating not to have Iker" commented the York manager, "but we are happy to have got as far as the Quarter-Finals. With Iker we would have had half a chance, but as it is we are just going to go out and enjoy ourselves."

York managed to get a battling 1-1 draw out of their match with Cardiff City at the weekend despite having their goalkeeper sent-off. "It was a good point," commented the York boss, "but we needed all 3. As it is, we won't get anything out of the games with Bradford, Charlton and Portsmouth so our promotion dreams are all over. At least Southampton are coming down so we have a decent opponent next season."

Birch delight at double swoop

Bantams boss Matt Birch was said to be cock-a-hoop following the double
capture of Croatian international defender Dario Srna and Czech
superstar midfielder Tomas Rosicky. Bradford fought off tough
competition for the players' signatures and will throw the pair straight
into the upcoming Division 1 clash against York City.

Nearly There

Derby County took another huge step forward towards glory this weekend with
a 2-0 win over Everton. Goals from top scorer Kluivert and MOM Southgate
were enough to seal the win against a depleted Everton side. The win leaves
County 6 points clear at the top with two games to play, and so still not
champions mathematically, but almost there. The Pride Park faithful
continue to wait expectantly for the champagne to be cracked open.
Unfortunately, other managers have accused Derby of being boring. But for
the Pride Park faithful, winning is never boring. Twelve matches played, 9
wins and 3 draws. An impressive record by anyone's standards, and not
without excitment, with 25 goals scored over 12 matches. Not many 1-0 wins
there. The Derby fans are also hoping that they can do the double this
year, by winning cup and league. They will take a big step in the right
direction if they can overcome minnows Notts Forest in the semi-final on
Wednesday. Here's hoping.

ARSENAL FANS NOT HAPPY!!
Arsenal fans are said be be very unhappy with Arsenal manager Steve Arscott. Results this season have been very varied to say the least and the fans simply want more. this weekend saw arsenal go down 5-1 to relegation battlers westham which was very disappointing to say the least. recent performances have also been rather disappointing after fall out of the title race.
the current league position of joint 3 isn't a complete disaster but its only a slight improvement on recent seasons and a team like arsenal are expected to push forward and win trophies which aint happened in the last three seasons since they won the iwc in season 6.
another big issue is the clubs roster. constant change is unsettling the players and fans as a fair few players in the starting line up know they won't be playing for the club next season which tends to stop them performing to their best. star players are always being linked with a move away and there is so stability within the whole club. even arscott him self is linked with other clubs on a regular basis which is said to becoming a bit frustrating for the fans.
Star play baggio has publicly announced he would like to stay at arsenal when they move into new stadium at the end of the season and wished to take arsenal to the next level and wishes that his manger can start to have faith in him and work with him to achieve great things. he was said to be very disappointed in the sale of ronnaldinho in the last iw but he can see it was a good move for the future of the club.
the squad for next season does look very healthy and a title push must be on the cards but with big teams also in the running next season it looks to be a much tougher challenge compared to this campaign.

Bolton appoint Ryan Gregory as their new boss

After taking over as manager of Bolton, Gregory has admitted that his task is harder than first thought.

'I knew when I came here it would be a challenge but after spending a few days on the training ground with the lads it is going to take a monumental effort to get this team to a decent level. The lack of transfer activity by previous managers has left this team in an awful state and I would like to tell the fans to be patient - the situation is not going to drastically improve overnight. I will be working very hard to bring in some fresh faces and hopefully, with a bit of luck, I can add a bit of quality to the squad. Watch this space.'

Grant today claimed that a euro manager, who he vowed not to name today, was mucking about over prospective deals. He said ‘A manager came to me with a player request and I allowed contact between the player and the other club. He then did not get back to my player and has left him in a right state. The poor lad doesn’t know whether he is coming or going and we await further word. However, the manager has a track record of ‘mucking about’ and Dundee united confirmed that the euro premiership manager has had form for very similar action with the club. The spokesperson for the club said ‘It is an unfortunate situation for the club to be in. As a club who listens to offers for most players, we have to listen but feel that league chiefs should take some action against timewasters.’

Grant is currently on holidays and was unavailable for comment.

Busy week ahead for Bantams

Bradford City look forward to the biggest week of their season. With a
number of youth players floating around Europe it is crunch time in
seeing if they have the potential to get professional contracts. Scouts
and coaches have been monitoring the players all season and will be
compiling their folders ready to be given to manager Matt Birch. It is
thought Birch will be making the announcement on Monday as to which of
the 7 players have made the grade.
Also this week sees the annual player auction take place. Bradford have
been saving up all season for this moment and are hoping to grab 1 or 2
stars. It is thought key area's to strengthen will be midfield and up
front though a backup keeper is also high on Bradford's wanted list.
With Bradford having cash aplenty it is suspected they will announce
their primary target sooner rather than later in order to scare off the
opposition.

Within our Grasp

The Pride Park faithful are currently holding their breath, finding it hard
to believe that Derby County are once again on the threshold of being
crowned Premiership Champions. Derby are six points clear at the top of the
Premiership, with 3 games still to play. They cemented their advantage this
passed Sunday, beating West Ham Utd 2-0 away from home, with goals from
Juninho and Kluivert, whilst rivals Boro were held to a draw by lowly Man
Utd. County also have established a better goal advantage than Boro, by +5,
and so, in theory, one more win out of their last three matches should be
enough to secure the crown. Bearing in mind that County are unbeaten in the
league all season, and have still to play a weakened Everton side this
weekend, as well as Man Utd and Southampton, the crowning seems only a
matter of time. This would be a tremendous achievement for the East
Midlands club, after rising up through the leagues ranks in recent times,
and it would be the second time they would have won the Prem in three
seasons. Quite an achievement for a small club. The fans are also excited
to here about the surprise signing of attacking midfielder E_Dag from
Birmingham earlier today, and see him as the ideal replacement for Juninho,
who is due to retire at the end of next season. So, the fans continue to
excitedly hold their breath. Lets hope that they don't have to hold it for
long!

Carvalho joins Bradford revolution

Bradford City beat the transfer deadline at the eleventh hour to sign
Ricardo Carvalho from Charlton Athletic for 54 million. Leaving Valley
Parade in order to help finance the deal are John Swift who has left to
Sunderland for 20 million and Yossi Benayoun who has left to Ipswich for
15 million.
The signature of Carvalho is a real coup for the Bantams and sets them
up for next season with one of the most feared defences in the game.

ARSENAL ANNOUNCE NEW HOME FOR SEASON 11
Arsenal have today announced that their new 65,000 seater stadium will be ready for the start of season 11. We will say good bye to the old Highbury stadium in next weeks league match with rivals Middlesboro. arsenal have enjoyed 10 good seasons playing at the Highbury stadium and have enjoyed many highs and a few lows.
This new stadium which is call the Fly Emirates Stadium will take the club forward and will mean more revenue for the club which we hope will mean we can invest in new players for the club in the near future. the purse strings have never exactly been tight at the London club but this will give even more freedom.
big names such as Baggio and Shelbe have come out and said they are very exited to be a part of arsenal football club at this exiting time and look forward to playing on the new pitch in front of even more fans and bringing more silverware to the already very successful team.

ARSCOTT LINKED WITH MOVE AWAY FROM ARSENAL?
Rumours have been flying around that arsenal manager Steve arscott has been linked with a move to euro div3 club malmo. the long time strugglers have put a plea for ne experienced manager to come and join them to get them out the mess they are in after one bad manger after another. Many big mangers names where brought up but the main target seems to be the controversial gunners manager who has already taken his arsenal side from div2 to prem in his 5 seasons in charge with his ruthless transfer policy.

with arsenal not yet being crowned prem champions in arscotts 3 seasons in the top flight it is thought he should complete is job in hand before thinking about leaving for pastures new but it is never easy to tell what is going through the life long arsenal fans mind. the challenge of taking a near dead team and turning them around is one every one can see he would relish and the transfer opportunities at malmo would be much more exiting for him.

arscott has refused to comment on the rumours at this time but im sure all will be made clear in the coming weeks as the season comes to a close