Sky Bet Championship
Home Away
PWD L F AWD L F AGDPts
W1 Bournemouth......... 257 3 2 26 13 7 4 215 72149
Y2 Blackburn................. 259 3 2 30 17 4 4 313111546
Z3 Fulham......................^2373 2 24 8^632 27 11 32^45
W4 West Brom............... 257 5 0 18 6 4 4 5 13 13 12 42
Y5 QPR............................. 24 6 3 3 16 11 6 2 4 21 19 741
W6 Huddersfield........... 26 7 2 3 18 14 4 5 5 14 15 340
Z7 Middlesbrough....... 257 2 4 18 12 4 4 4 1112539
W8 Stoke.......................... 236 3 3 16 11 4 2 5 1112435
W 9 Nottingham Forest 254 3 6 14 17 5 4 3 18 11 434
W10Coventry...................^2372 3 20 11^254916234
W11 Millwall...................... 24 5 4 2 14 11 3 5 5 13 16 033
Y12 Blackpool.................^26626 12 15^345 15 17 -5^33
Z13 Sheffield United..... 224 2 4 1511 5 3 4 14 17 132
Y14 Bristol City............... 254 5 5 15 17 4 1 6 15 22 -9 30
Z15 Luton Town............. 224 4 3 17 13 3 4 4 14 14 429
Z16 Preston...................... 225 4 2 15 12 2 3 6 9 16 -4 28
Z17 Swansea....................^22443 14 12^326 12 19 -5^27
Z18 Birmingham............ 24 4 3 5 13 16 3 3 6 10 16 -9 27
W19 Hull.............................^24335 11 14^3289 15 -9^23
W 20 Cardiff........................ 24 2 1 8 918 4 4 5 17 25 -17 23
W 21 @Reading 224 3 4 16 16 4 0 7 11 18 -7 21
W22Peterborough......... 234 4 3 14 11 1 011 6 33 -24 19
W23Barnsley.................... 24 2 4 6 815 04 8 8 21 -20 14
W^24 *Derby.......................^24552 14 11^255711 -1^10
- deducted 21pts for breaching financial rules and going into administration
@ deducted 6pts for breaching financial rules
Sky Bet League One
Home Away
PWD L F AWD L F AGDPts
W1 Rotherham............... 249 2 2 32 13 6 3 2 13 4 28 50
W2 Sunderland..............24 10 1 1 29 6 5 3 4 18 20 21 49
W3 Wigan.........................^21623 15 10^811 25 10 20^45
Y4 Wycombe................. 24 8 1 2 19 14 5 5 3 18 13 10 45
Y5 Oxford United......... 24 8 4 2 27 13 4 3 3 13 12 15 43
Z6 Plymouth.................. 24 7 3 2 18 11 5 4 3 20 14 13 43
W7 MK Dons................... 236 3 3 17 13 5 3 3 25 16 13 39
W8 Sheffield Wed......... 24 5 4 1 158 4 6 4 15 19 337
W9 Portsmouth............. 226 3 2 16 10 4 3 4 12 12 636
W10Accrington...............^24714 19 18^33611 21 -9^34
W11 Ipswich...................... 24 5 6 2 23 18 3 2 6 16 16 532
Y12 Burton Albion.........^23723 22 13^227616 -1^31
Z13 Charlton.................... 24 5 3 5 19 15 3 2 6 11 14 129
Y14 Shrewsbury............. 25 7 3 3 17 12 1 2 9 9 17 -3 29
Z15 Cheltenham............. 24 5 3 4 15 20 2 5 5 15 23 -13 29
Z16 Bolton........................ 234 4 2 16 15 3 1 9 14 20 -5 26
Z17 Cambridge United.^23354 15 18^335 17 20 -6^26
Z18 AFC Wimbledon...... 21 2 5 2 15 15 4 2 6 15 20 -5 25
Y19 Morecambe.............^24445 19 22^218 15 27 -15^23
Z 20 Fleetwood Town.... 234 2 6 20 20 1 5 5 16 23 -7 22
Z21 Lincoln City.............. 22 2 3 6 10 16 3 4 4 14 15 -7 22
W22Gillingham................ 232 3 5 714 1 6 6 11 20 -16 18
Y23Crewe........................ 24 3 3 5 12 18 1 3 9 10 25 -21 18
Z^24 Doncaster.................^23434 10 13^0111 6 30 -27^16Sky Bet League Two
Home Away
PWD L F AWD L F AGDPts
W1 Forest Green 217 1 218 9 7 4 0 27 11 25 47
W2 Northampton.......... 227 1 216 7 5 3 4 15 15 940
Y3 Sutton United..........^23803 19 10^435 16 18^739
Z4 Tranmere.................. 228 0 3 136 3 5 3 7 8 638
Y5 Swindon.................... 223 5 3 15 13 7 2 2 19 13 837
Z6 Port Vale.................... 215 3 216 8 5 2 4 19 15 12 35
Z7 Newport County.... 235 3 2 20 11 4 5 4 18 21 635
Z8 Exeter City............... 225 4 2 1711 3 5 3 16 15 733
W9 Mansfield Town..... 227 3 3 20 15 2 2 5 713 -1 32
W10Leyton Orient..........^2263 2 24 7^173 13 14 16^31
W11 Harrogate Town.... 223 4 4 18 18 5 2 4 17 13 430
Y12 Bradford City..........^22371 17 13^344 12 13^329
Z13 Walsall....................... 224 5 3 19 17 3 3 4 9 10 129
Y14 Crawley Town......... 214 3 4 15 17 4 1 5 11 14 -5 28
W15 Hartlepool................ 237 3 2 16 11 1 1 9 8 23 -10 28
Z16 Salford City............... 215 5 214 7 2 1 6 10 14 327
Z17 Rochdale...................^22353 14 12^344 16 18^027
Z18 Bristol Rovers.......... 215 1 5 17 18 2 4 4 10 15 -6 26
W19 Barrow.......................^23354 14 14^2369 14 -5^23
W 20 Colchester................. 213 3 4 10 12 2 4 5 7 16 -11 22
W21 Carlisle....................... 222 5 3 6 9 3 2 7 10 20 -13 22
Y22Stevenage................ 233 5 3 10 13 1 3 8 6 23 -20 20
Z23Scunthorpe.............. 232 4 5 8 16 1 6 5 11 22 -19 19
W^24 Oldham.....................^24228 16 25^2466 14 -17^18Birmingham 1 QPR 2
Aneke 75 Adomah 14
Willock 71
Blackburn 0 Huddersfld 0
16,313
Blackpool 1 Hull City 0
Madine
31 (pen)
11,300Bristol City 3 Millwall 2
Weimann
7, 73, 85
Bradshaw 23
Afobe
29 (pen)West Brom 1 Cardiff 1
Robinson 48 Collins 34
Sent off: A Mowatt (West
Brom) 76; S Johnstone (West
Brom), A Flint (Cardiff) both
90+5
Burton 4 Crewe 1
Brayford 25
Hemmings 34
Chapman 6
Jebbison
90+2Lowery 19
3,119Charlton 0 Wycombe 1
18,895 Vokes 35
MK Dons 0 Gillingham 0
7, 8 9 1
Morecambe 4 Doncaster 3
Stockton
52, 74
Obika 83
Diagouraga
85Gardner 26
Olowu 29
Barlow 7
4,001Oxford Utd 1 Cheltenham 1
Sykes 82
8,351Wright 48Rotherham 2 Bolton 1
Smith 40, 74 Doyle 42
Shrewsbury 1 Sheff Wed 0
Pennington
45+28,270Barrow 1 Bradford C 2
Gordon 52
3,463Cook 49
Angol 8
Crawley 3 Colchester U 1
Nadesan
15, 55
Lynch 37Sears 79
2,022Forest Grn 2 Stevenage 0
March 57
Matt 642,454Hartlepool 0 Oldham 0
5,026
Scunthorpe 0 Carlisle 1
3,020 McDonald 40
Sutton Utd 2 Exeter City 1
Bugiel 8
Milsom
89 (pen)Dieng 9
3,278Swindon 5 Northamptn 2
McKirdy
28, 51, 55, 66
Simpson 60Hoskins 37
Guthrie 50
9,071
Walsall 3 Newport Co 3
Wilkinson
53, 90+5
Dolan 65 (og)
4,946Telford 4, 66
Wilkinson
56 (og)TOP SCORERS
22 Mitrovic (Fulham)
20 Brereton Días (Blackburn)
18 Solanke (Bournemouth)
12 Weimann (Bristol City, right)
11 Piroe (Swansea)
10 Adebayo (Luton Town)
TOP ASSISTS
TOP SAVES
9 Giles (Cardiff)
9 Swift (Reading)
8 Thomas (Huddersfield)
7 Rothwell (Blackburn)
7 Wilson (Fulham)
6 Buckley (Blackburn)
89 Collins (Barnsley)
71 Nicholls (Huddersfield)
70 Bentley (Bristol City)
68 Kaminski (Blackburn)
64 Southwood (Reading)
63 Samba (Nott’m Forest)
TOP SCORERS
15 Stewart (Sunderland, right)
15 Stockton (Morecambe)
14 Smith (Rotherham United)
11 Bonne (Ipswich)
11 Ironside (Cambridge)
11 Twine (MK Dons)
TOP ASSISTSTOP SAVES7 Lane (Fleetwood)
7 Neil (Sunderland)
7 Twine (MK Dons)
6 Andrew (Fleetwood)
6 McConville (Accrington)
6 Power (Wigan)90 Cumming (Gillingham)
79 Stockdale (Wycombe)
77 Marosi (Shrewsbury)
68 Griffiths (Lincoln)
67 MacGillivray (Charlton)
65 Tzanev (AFC Wimbledon)TOP SCORERS
16 Telford (Newport Co, right)
14 Matt (Forest Green)
13 Stevens (Forest Green)
11 Smith (Leyton Orient)
10 Drinan (Leyton Orient)
10 Jay (Exeter)
TOP ASSISTSTOP SAVES9 Cooper (Newport Co)
9 Pinnock (Northampton)
9 Wilson (Forest Green)
7 Matt (Forest Green)
6 Archibald (Leyton Orient)
6 Brown (Exeter)69 Morris (Crawley)
66 Farman (Barrow)
64 Bouzanis (Sutton United)
60 Wollacott (Swindon)
58 Roberts (Northampton)
55 Belshaw (Bristol Rovers)Skburn)
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Fixtures
Kick-off 3.0 unless stated
Today
Premier League Manchester
United v Wolverhampton
Wanderers (5.30).
Sky Bet Championship Reading
v Derby; Stoke v Preston.
League One Cambridge United
v Portsmouth.
Vanarama National League
Grimsby v Halifax. South
Hungerford Town v Hampton &
Richmond.
Kick-off 7.45 unless stated
Tomorrow
Sky Bet League Two Forest
Green v Exeter.
Papa John’s EFL Trophy
Arsenal U-21 v Chelsea U-21;
Charlton v Milton Keynes Dons
(7.0); Crewe v Rotherham (7.0);
Harrogate Town v Carlisle (7.0);
Hartlepool v Bolton (7.0);
Oldham v Wigan (7.0); Sutton
United v Colchester.
Wednesday
Carabao Cup: Semi-final, first
leg Chelsea v Tottenham.
Thursday
Carabao Cup: Semi-final, first
leg Arsenal v Liverpool.
Friday
FA Cup: Third round Swindon v
Manchester City (8.0).
Papa John’s EFL Trophy Exeter
v Portsmouth (7.30).
Cinch Scottish League Two
Edinburgh City v Elgin.
Women’s Super League Chelsea
v Tottenham (7.0).
Kick-off 3.0 unless stated
Saturday
FA Cup: Third round Barnsley v
Barrow; Birmingham vPlymouth (5.30); Boreham
Wood v AFC Wimbledon;
Bristol City v Fulham (12.30);
Burnley v Huddersfield (12.30);
Chelsea v Chesterfield (5.30);
Coventry v Derby (12.30);
Hartlepool v Blackpool (12.30);
Hull v Everton (5.30);
Kidderminster v Reading;
Leicester v Watford; Mansfield v
Middlesbrough (12.30); Millwall v
Crystal Palace (12.45); Newcastle
v Cambridge United;
Peterborough v Bristol Rovers;
Port Vale v Brentford; Queens
Park Rangers v Rotherham;
Swansea v Southampton (5.30);
West Bromwich v Brighton;
Wigan v Blackburn; Yeovil v
Bournemouth (5.30).
Sky Bet League One Accrington
Stanley v Milton Keynes Dons;
Cheltenham v Burton Albion;
Doncaster v Fleetwood Town;
Gillingham v Ipswich; Lincoln
City v Oxford United; Wycombe
v Sunderland (12.30). League
Tw o Colchester v Rochdale;
Newport County v Salford City;
Northampton v Crawley Town;
Oldham v Sutton United;
Stevenage v Walsall; Tranmere v
Scunthorpe; Carlisle v Bradford
City.
Vanarama National League
Aldershot v Maidenhead United;
Barnet v Altrincham; Bromley v
Solihull Moors; Dover v Notts
County; Halifax v Eastleigh;
King’s Lynn Town v Woking;
Torquay v Dagenham &
Redbridge; Weymouth v
Southend. North AFC Fylde v
York; AFC Telford v Southport;
Alfreton Town v Kettering;
Brackley v Hereford; Bradford
Park Avenue v Chester; Curzon
Ashton v Blyth Spartans;
Farsley Celtic v Darlington;
Gateshead v Chorley;Gloucester v Boston United;
Spennymoor Town v Guiseley.
South Billericay v Maidstone
United; Chelmsford v Bath
City; Chippenham v Slough;
Dartford v Dulwich; Dorking
Wanderers v Braintree Town;
Hampton & Richmond v
Concord Rangers; Hemel
Hempstead v Ebbsfleet United;
Oxford City v Eastbourne
Borough; Tonbridge Angels v
Hungerford Town; Welling v St
Albans.
Cinch Scottish Championship
Ayr v Arbroath; Hamilton v
Partick; Inverness Caledonian
Thistle v Raith; Morton v
Dunfermline; Queen of the
South v Kilmarnock. League
One Airdrieonians v East Fife;
Clyde v Cove Rangers; Falkirk v
Dumbarton; Montrose v Alloa;
Queen’s Park v Peterhead.
League Two Albion v
Stenhousemuir; Cowdenbeath v
Annan Athletic; Forfar v
Stranraer; Stirling Albion v Kelty
Hearts.
Women’s Super League Aston
Villa v Everton (12.30).
Kick-off 2.0 unless stated
Sunday
FA Cup: Third round Cardiff v
Preston; Charlton v Norwich;
Liverpool v Shrewsbury; Luton v
Harrogate Town (12.30);
Nottingham Forest v Arsenal
(5.15); Stoke v Leyton Orient;
Tottenham v Morecambe; West
Ham v Leeds (2.15);
Wolverhampton Wanderers v
Sheffield United.
Women’s Super League
Birmingham v Arsenal;
Brighton v Manchester City
(midday); Reading v Leicester;
West Ham v Manchester
United (6.45).Cinch Scottish Championship
Arbroath 0 Inverness CT 0
494
Queen of the South 0 Hamilton Acad 3
197 Mullin 20, 77
Hamilton 70
Sent off: W Gibson (Queen of the South) 21
Raith Rovers 0 Dunfermline Ath 0
500
P W D L F A GD Pts
Arbroath....................20 10 8 2 33 14 19 38
Inverness CT.............19 10 5 4 26 14 12 35
Raith Rovers............ 20 9 7 4 27 19 8 34
Kilmarnock................19 10 3 6 24 14 10 33
Partick Thistle.......... 18 9 4 5 30 16 14 31
Hamilton Acad........ 20 6 5 9 22 34-12 23
Ayr United.................. 19 4 6 9 18 32-14 18
Queen of the South 19 4 5 10 19 29 -10 17
Dunfermline Ath 19 2 9 818 31 -13 15
Morton........................ 19 2 8 9 1731 -14 14
League One
Dumbarton^0 Airdrieonians^1
Easton 69
East Fife 0 Montrose 2
497 Lyons 60, 63
Sent off: K Connell (East Fife) 78
Peterhead 0 Cove Rangers 1
494 McAllister 87
Sent off: J Brown (Peterhead) 90+5
P W D L F A GD Pts
Cove Rangers.......... 2013 4 3 42 19 23 43
Montrose...................20 10 8 2 35 16 19 38
Airdrieonians............ 19 11 2 6 30 22 8 35
Queen’s Park............. 18 6 9 3 32 19 13 27
Clyde............................ 18 6 5 7 23 33 -10 23
Peterhead................. 20 6 4 10 28 32 -4 22
Falkirk......................... 18 6 4 8 21 28 -7 22
Alloa Athletic............ 19 5 5 9 26 33 -7 20
Dumbarton................ 19 5 3 11 25 38-13 18
East Fife...................... 19 3 4 12 21 43 -22 13
League Two
Elgin City 1 Forfar Athletic 0
McHardy 90+3 499
Stenhousemuir^1 Stirling Albion^2
Orr 25
500Tapping 76 (og)
Flanagan 80
Sent off: E O’Reilly (Stenhousemuir) 86
Stranraer 1 Annan Athletic 1
Watson 17
337Goss 88Sent off: C Barnes (Annan Athletic) 40
P W D L F A GD Pts
Kelty Hearts............... 1713 3 1 38 15 23 42
Forfar Athletic..........19 10 5 4 35 19 16 35
Annan Athletic.........19 10 3 6 33 23 10 33
Edinburgh City......... 18 7 4 7 22 27 -5 25
Stirling Albion........... 19 7 3 9 25 25 0 24
Stenhousemuir........ 19 6 5 8 28 32 -4 23
Stranraer.................... 19 6 5 8 23 29 -6 23
Albion Rovers........... 18 6 3 9 23 31 -8 21
Elgin City.................... 18 5 5 8 17 25 -8 20
Cowdenbeath........... 18 2 412 11 29-18 10
Spanish league
Alavés 1 Real Sociedad 1; Atlético Madrid 2 Rayo
Vallecano 0; Elche 0 Granada 0; Getafe 1 Real
Madrid 0; Mallorca 0 Barcelona 1; Real Betis 0 Celta
Vigo 2.
P W D L F A GD Pts
Real Madrid.............. 2014 4 2 4117 24 46
Seville.......................... 18 11 5 2 29 13 16 38
Real Betis....................19 10 3 6 32 23 9 33
Atlético Madrid........ 19 9 5 5 31 22 9 32
Barcelona................... 19 8 7 4 30 22 8 31
Rayo Vallecano........ 19 9 3 7 26 20 6 30
Real Sociedad........... 19 8 6 5 2121 0 30
Valencia...................... 19 7 7 5 31 28 3 28
Espanyol.....................19 7 5 72222 026
Villarreal..................... 18 6 7 5 26 20 6 25
Athletic Bilbao.......... 19 5 9 5 1716 1 24
Celta Vigo................... 19 6 5 8 22 22 0 23
Granada...................... 19 5 8 6 23 26 -3 23
Osasuna......................18 5 7 6 1722 -522
Mallorca...................... 19 4 8 7 17 28 -11 20
Getafe.......................... 19 4 6 9 13 20 -7 18
Elche............................ 19 3 7 9 18 27 -9 16
Alavés.......................... 19 4 4 11 16 30-14 16
Cádiz............................ 18 2 8 8 15 31 -16 14
Levante....................... 18 0 8 1019 36 -17 8the times | Monday January 3 2022 1GG 15
FUNNY
OLD
GAME
Comedian
George Lewis
reflects on the
week’s actionUsually at this point we’d
look back on the previous
year and fondly reminisce. But
I’m sure none of us want to
think about the horror show
that was 2021, so let’s get
speculating about 2022.
This year, the gradual
automatisation of refereeing
will make human refs look so
inconsistent and inadequate
that they are no longer fit for
purpose. It will reach its peak
when Manchester City are
awarded a penalty instead of a
throw-in and Mohamed Salah
is sent off for a header.
After Thomas Tuchel drops
Romelu Lukaku for
complaining to the Italian
media, he will complain about
it to the Italian media. He will
be sold to Newcastle.
Newcastle will break all
January spending records and
assemble a team you could
only get with a cheat on
Football Manager. Their wage
bill will be bigger than the
GDP of Chile and they won’t
win another game all season.
Under Ralf Rangnick, Scott
McTominay will become the
player Roy Keane could’ve
been, but Harry Maguire will
become the player that Titus
Bramble was. Nevertheless,
when other teams see Man
Utd improve under the
manager who taught all of the
other German managers, they
will try to track down the
German who taught the
German who taught the
Germans. Several clubs will
use this formula until Watford
end up with a 104-year-old
manager called Klaus from
Heilbronn. They will qualify
for Europe and the hunt will
begin to find the person who
taught Klaus all he knows.
Leeds will be forced to come
to terms with the fact that if
they keep Marcelo Bielsa at
the helm they will get
relegated. They won’t and will
crash out with an 8-2 loss
against Brentford.
David Moyes will perform a
miracle in east London and
guide West Ham to their first
ever league title. He’ll opt out
of the open-top bus tour and
instead walk 180 miles to
Manchester, stop outside Old
Trafford and give two fingers.
Full backs will continue to
evolve. Most will play higher
up the pitch than centre
forwards and what was once
the least popular position on
the pitch will become the most
desirable. Kids’ Sunday League
games up and down the
country become a shambles.
Derby County’s search for
an owner will become
desperate. Mike Ashley offers
to save them. Other owners
will try to make amends for
their mistakes last year. Stan
Kroenke will donate millions
to charity, the Glazers will
volunteer at a local food bank
and John W Henry will build a
sanctuary for blind, orphaned
donkeys. In their spare time,
they will plot the creation of
the “European Mega League”.