Time to see a very very long post here! I'm going to dump all sorts of results inside here... But firstly, something not related to soccer!

OMOK CUP
SEMIFINAL:
ATC 3 SUKI 0
-NIL- 1 ZAPPLED 3

FINAL:
ATC 1 ZAPPLED 4

So now ATC (YF) and Zappled (me!) both have one win each, ATC winning the first season's cup. Who will win the 3rd one in term 3? :O

Now on to soccer!

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE 07/08 MATCHDAY 38
The weekend that decided who won the BPL title and who got relegated, who got the UEFA Cup spot, etc! A thrilling weekend of fixtures, where all 10 matches were played at the same time. So who exactly won?

THE RELEGATION BATTLE
Birmingham City 4 Blackburn Rovers 1
Birmingham were in 19th and needed victory to have any chance of escaping the drop. They won convincingly, but it was not enough for them to stay in the BPL for another season.

Derby County 0 Reading 4
Reading were in 18th and also needed victory to escape the drop. They crushed woeful Derby but it was not enough as well.

Portsmouth 0 Fulham 1
Fulham pulled off the great escape with a 1-0 away success against Portsmouth. Fulham failed to win an away match in the BPL for over a year, then pulled off 3 consecutive away victories in the tail-end of the campaign to finish in 17th. What an escape.

UEFA CUP SPOTS
Everton 3 Newcastle United 1
Everton were in 5th at the start of the match and needed a point to secure another season of European football. They saw off the Magpies to grab the only UEFA Cup spot provided by the league (since both the FA and League Cups were won by teams outside the "Big Four").

West Ham United 2 Aston Villa 2
Villa needed a win to have any chance of European football next season. They failed to pull it off, but finishing 6th means that its still a good season for them.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE
Chelsea 1 Bolton Wanderers 1
Chelsea needed to win and hope that Manchester United dropped points to ensure that the title went to Stamford Bridge. They conceded an equaliser in stoppage time and the title went to Old Trafford instead.

Wigan Athletic 0 Manchester United 2
Ryan Giggs came off the bench for his 758th United appearance, equalling Sir Bobby Charlton's record for most Man Utd appearances. Fittingly, the Welshman stroked home the Red Devils' 2nd goal to win the championship for his side. 17th title, 1 behind Liverpool! Go go!

OTHERS
No comments on these matches as they carry no significance.

Sunderland 0 Arsenal 1
Tottenham Hotspur 0 Liverpool 1
Middlesbrough 8 Manchester City 1 <-PRO.

Predictions 5/10, 1/10

FINAL BPL STANDINGS
1.Manchester United
2.Chelsea
3.Arsenal
4.Liverpool
5.Everton
6.Aston Villa
7.Blackburn Rovers
8.Portsmouth
9.Manchester City
10.West Ham United
11.Tottenham Hotspur
12.Newcastle United
13.Middlesbrough
14.Wigan Athletic
15.Sunderland
16.Bolton Wanderers
17.Fulham
18.Reading
19.Birmingham City
20.Derby County

BPL wrapped up! Next..

FA CUP FINAL
Portsmouth 1 Cardiff City 0 (FT)
Pompey clinched the second FA Cup in their club's history thanks to a first-half goal from Kanu. They will play UEFA Cup football next season, while Cardiff have to pick up the pieces and push for promotion during next season's English Championship (2nd division).

LEAGUE CUP FINAL
Tottenham Hotspur 2 Chelsea 1 (After extra time)
Of course, this match was played months ago. But this is a season review yeah??

SPANISH LA LIGA
Champions:Real Madrid
Real Madrid clinched a record 32th league title in Spain with many games to spare, as their title rivals faltered to hand Real perhaps one of their easiest crowns ever. Barcelona finished 3rd, an utterly disappointing and humiliating season for the Catalan giants.

ITALIAN SERIE A
Champions:Inter Milan
Inter looked like they were strolling to the Serie A title in January, leading by nearly 10 points. Fast forward to May and they were barely hanging on to their lead. However, a final-day victory at Parma saw them clinch the title ahead of AS Roma. AC Milan could only finish 5th in a disastrous season for the Rossoneri. This means that they will only play UEFA Cup football next season.

GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
Champions:Bayern Munich
A strengthened Bayern side strolled to the Bundesliga title, finishing over 10 points ahead of Werder Bremen. They also won the DFB-Pokal and reached the UEFA Cup semifinal, where they were humiliated 5-1 on aggregate by eventual winners Zenit St Petersburg.

DUTCH EREDIVISIE
Champions:PSV Eindhoven
PSV Eindhoven clinched the title on the final day of the season ahead of Ajax Amsterdam. Both teams will play in the UEFA Champions League next season.

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Champions:Celtic
Celtic won the title on the final matchday as Rangers faltered in their chase for a historic Quadruple. However, the Ibrox side still have two more pieces of silverware to play for and must pick themselves up quickly.

UEFA CUP
Final-
Zenit St Petersburg 2 Glasgow Rangers 0
Zenit won their first ever European title with a 2-0 win over Scottish giants Rangers. Two second-half goals handed the Russian side the Cup. The Russians will play in the UEFA Champions League next season, capping a superb season in which they won the Russian championship as well.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Final-
Manchester United FC 1 Chelsea FC 1
After extra time, Man United win 6-5 on penalties.
Manchester United won their 3rd European Cup with a dramatic penalty shootout win over Chelsea, in the first ever all-English final. Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 42nd goal of the season as he headed the Red Devils into the lead. However, Chelsea hit back with an equaliser, Lampard pouncing on a double-deflected shot from Essien to score. Chelsea then dominated large parts of the match but failed to score, and after Drogba was sent off for slapping Vidic, 120 minutes were up and penalties beckoned. Here is how the penalty shootout went..

PENALTIES
Manchester United o o x o o o o
Chelsea o o o o x o x
Legend: o=scored, x=missed

Shockingly Ronaldo saw his weak penalty saved by Cech to hand the advantage to Chelsea. Terry only needed to score his side's 5th penalty to win them their first European Cup, but he slipped on the run-up and his penalty hit the outside of the post, to their fans' shock. Shortly afterwards, United goalie van der Sar proved to be the hero as he pushed away Anelka's penalty to spark scenes of joy amidst the United contingent. The European double is achieved!

The end of a uber long post! If I remember something else, I'll add them in~

Joel at 5/24/2008 10:25:00 PM :: link

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