Premier League 2011-2012 Full Season Fixtures

June 17, 2011  


Saturday, 19 November 2011
Norwich v Arsenal, 12:45
Everton v Wolverhampton, 15:00
Man City v Newcastle, 15:00
Stoke v QPR, 15:00
Sunderland v Fulham, 15:00
West Brom v Bolton, 15:00
Wigan v Blackburn, 15:00
Swansea v Man Utd, 17:30

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Sunday, 20 November 2011
Chelsea v Liverpool, 16:00

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Monday, 21 November 2011
Tottenham v Aston Villa, 20:00

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Saturday, 26 November 2011
Stoke v Blackburn, 12:45
Bolton v Everton, 15:00
Chelsea v Wolverhampton, 15:00
Man Utd v Newcastle, 15:00
Norwich v QPR, 15:00
Sunderland v Wigan, 15:00
West Brom v Tottenham, 15:00
Arsenal v Fulham, 17:30

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Sunday, 27 November 2011
Swansea v Aston Villa, 13:30
Liverpool v Man City, 16:00

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Saturday, 3 December 2011
Newcastle v Chelsea, 12:45
Blackburn v Swansea, 15:00
Man City v Norwich, 15:00
QPR v West Brom, 15:00
Tottenham v Bolton, 15:00
Wigan v Arsenal, 15:00
Aston Villa v Man Utd, 17:30

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Sunday, 4 December 2011
Everton v Stoke, 15:00
Wolverhampton v Sunderland, 16:00

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Monday, 5 December 2011
Fulham v Liverpool, 20:00

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Saturday, 10 December 2011
Arsenal v Everton, 15:00
Bolton v Aston Villa, 15:00
Liverpool v QPR, 15:00
Man Utd v Wolverhampton, 15:00
Norwich v Newcastle, 15:00
Swansea v Fulham, 15:00
West Brom v Wigan, 15:00

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Sunday, 11 December 2011
Sunderland v Blackburn, 13:30
Stoke v Tottenham, 16:00

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Monday, 12 December 2011
Chelsea v Man City, 20:00

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Saturday, 17 December 2011
Blackburn v West Brom, 15:00
Everton v Norwich, 15:00
Fulham v Bolton, 15:00
Newcastle v Swansea, 15:00
Wolverhampton v Stoke, 15:00
Wigan v Chelsea, 17:30

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Sunday, 18 December 2011
QPR v Man Utd, 12:00
Aston Villa v Liverpool, 14:05
Tottenham v Sunderland, 15:00
Man City v Arsenal, 16:10

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Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Wolverhampton v Norwich, 19:45
Blackburn v Bolton, 20:00

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Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Aston Villa v Arsenal, 19:45
Man City v Stoke, 19:45
Newcastle v West Brom, 19:45
Everton v Swansea, 20:00
Fulham v Man Utd, 20:00
QPR v Sunderland, 20:00
Wigan v Liverpool, 20:00

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Thursday, 22 December 2011
Tottenham v Chelsea, 20:00

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Monday, 26 December 2011
Chelsea v Fulham, 13:00
Arsenal v Wolverhampton, 15:00
Bolton v Newcastle, 15:00
Liverpool v Blackburn, 15:00
Man Utd v Wigan, 15:00
Sunderland v Everton, 15:00
West Brom v Man City, 15:00
Stoke v Aston Villa, 20:00

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Tuesday, 27 December 2011
Swansea v QPR, 17:00
Norwich v Tottenham, 19:30

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Friday, 30 December 2011
Liverpool v Newcastle, 19:45

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Saturday, 31 December 2011
Man Utd v Blackburn, 12:45
Arsenal v QPR, 15:00
Bolton v Wolverhampton, 15:00
Chelsea v Aston Villa, 15:00
Norwich v Fulham, 15:00
Stoke v Wigan, 15:00
Swansea v Tottenham, 15:00

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Drogba proud of Wembley scoring record

May 06, 2012     No comments

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Chelsea star Didier Drogba became the first man to score in four FA Cup finals and declared: “That’s the reason why I came here.”

Drogba extended his record of scoring in every cup tie he has played at the new Wembley by netting there for the eighth time in the Blues’ 2-1 win over Liverpool. It could be the striker’s last appearance at the home of football, with his contract due to expire at the end of the season.

“That’s the reason why I came here, to win trophies and to make history with the club,” said Drogba, who joined Chelsea in 2004. “It’s a great feeling, it’s a great feeling. I’m always surprised to score here.”

He added: “As I always said, my last goal is the most beautiful one and this one is the most beautiful because the feeling is… I don’t know how to explain. I just appreciate the cup and cheering with the fans.”

He added of his record haul: “I’m very proud. I’m very proud of it, but I have to give credit to all my team-mates.

“During the last six years, I’ve been playing here all the finals, I’m really happy and I really want to thank them because they always put me in the best conditions to score goals.

“We made history, not only me. The result is great for us, for the fans, for the club. Our fourth FA Cup final, fourth win, fourth trophy, so I’m happy. That’s why we play football, to play finals.”

Drogba admitted victory was all the sweeter after Chelsea looked destined to suffer their worst season since he joined the club before Roberto Di Matteo replaced sacked manager Andre Villas-Boas two months ago.

“Yeah, we had a few difficult times,” he said, refusing to enter into the debate whether interim manager Di Matteo should be handed the reins full-time. “That’s not for me to decide. The only thing I know is that he’s doing a great job.

“He’s been talking to the players a lot, trying to bring the confidence back. We help him as well because it’s not easy for him. He was a good friend with Andre, so it was also difficult for him. So, I think all together we made this.”

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Norwich 0-3 Liverpool: Report

April 29, 2012     No comments

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Superb Suarez leads Reds rout

Luis Suarez netted a stunning hat-trick as Liverpool warmed up for the FA Cup final with a comfortable 3-0 win at Norwich.

The Uruguayan struck twice in the space of four minutes midway through the first half to put the Reds in command.

After Norwich – who are all but secure of a place in the Barclays Premier League heading into their final two games – rallied briefly, Suarez completed his treble eight minutes from time with an audacious lob from just inside the Norwich half to give Kenny Dalglish’s men the perfect tonic ahead of their Wembley date with Champions League finalists Chelsea next Saturday.

Reds captain Steven Gerrard had been restored to the starting XI after being rested for last weekend’s disappointing home defeat by West Brom which was a seventh in 10 Premier League games.

The Carrow Road pitch had been drenched for several hours in the afternoon, making for testing conditions during the opening exchanges.

Norwich winger Anthony Pilkington slipped as he looked to cut back inside after getting clear down the left, before keeper John Ruddy was also on the floor at the edge of the penalty area as the ball squirmed loose.

On eight minutes, Norwich left-back Adam Drury pulled up with a groin injury and was eventually replaced by Russell Martin.

Despite Liverpool having the better of possession, Norwich fashioned the first real opening when Pilkington got away down the left again, and his low centre was hacked clear by Jamie Carragher with Steve Morison waiting at the back post.

Craig Bellamy – who came through the Norfolk club’s youth team before being sold to Coventry for #6.5million in August 2000 – moved down the Norwich left and floated a cross into the area, but Stewart Downing lost his footing and somehow could only hack the ball back out of the box.

The visitors went in front on 24 minutes.

Gerrard battled to win the ball out on the left from David Fox, and fed Suarez, who took one touch on into the Norwich area before lashing home into the top-right corner.

It was almost 2-0 soon after when Suarez stretched the hosts again down the right and crossed for Gerrard, whose goalbound effort hit Ryan Bennett and flew behind, as the Reds appealed for what would have been a harsh handball against the defender.

Liverpool, though, did double their lead on 28 minutes.

Again Suarez was proving too much for the Norwich defence to handle, as this time he robbed Elliott Ward following a short pass out on the right and darted into the box, before this time drilling a low strike across Ruddy and into the bottom corner.

Liverpool’s quick double salvo had silenced the home crowd and the visitors were now in cruise control heading into half-time.

Norwich made a change for the start of the second period as former Everton striker James Vaughan, back from a series of niggling injuries, replaced Fox.

It was a lively return by the home side, who forced a couple of corners.

Elliott Bennett forced Jose Reina into a full-stretch save with a fierce 20-yard strike, while Bradley Johnson glanced his header wide from the resulting corner.

Liverpool almost put the game beyond Norwich on 51 minutes when was played in down the right and his cross caused panic in the Norwich six-yard box before Jonjo Shelvey headed against the crossbar.

The former Charlton midfielder then somehow failed to make contact with a low ball across the face of goal from Jose Enrique.

Ruddy made another good stop to deny Downing as the England man cut in from the right and flashed in a low shot.

As the hour mark passed, it was all Liverpool.

Suarez was played through on goal in the 65th minute.

However, the Uruguay forward tried a cheeky chip from 12 yards, which floated over the keeper and cleared the crossbar – much to the amusement of the Norwich faithful behind the goal.

With 15 minutes left, Norwich sent on captain Grant Holt, who had scored in the 1-1 draw at Anfield earlier this season, as he replaced Morison.

Bradley Johnson let fly from 25 yards, but was well off target, which just about summed up the afternoon’s display by the home side.

Suarez completed his hat-trick on 82 minutes as this time his perfectly-weighted lob over Ruddy from just inside the Norwich half dropped into the net.

Norwich 0-3 Liverpool: Match Report – view commentary, squad, and statictics of the game as it happened.

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Wigan 4-0 Newcastle: Report

April 29, 2012     No comments

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Four-star Wigan clip Magpies’ wings

Victor Moses’ early double set Wigan on their way to yet another big-time conquest as Roberto Martinez’s men gave their survival hopes a mighty boost by brushing aside Champions League hopefuls Newcastle 4-0.

Moses’ quick-fire brace in the 13th and 15th minutes left Alan Pardew’s Magpies reeling and further first-half strikes from Shaun Maloney and Franco Di Santo ensured the buoyant Latics had effectively sealed the points before the break.

Papiss Cisse twice hit the woodwork as the visitors rallied in the second half, but their hopes of holding down at least a top-four place in the Barclays Premier League had long since suffered a serious blow.

Having already beaten Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal on their extraordinary late-season run, Wigan were expected to start with confidence but not even the most optimistic of Latics could have foreseen their whirlwind opening.

The recalled Maloney spread panic with a free-kick in the second minute and Moses had already brought a save out of Tim Krul before the striker opened the scoring by rising above a static Danny Simpson to nod home an Emmerson Boyce cross.

And less than two minutes later the Latics extended their lead when Fabricio Coloccini made a mess of an attempted clearance from a Jean Beausejour cross, and Moses pounced again to drill a low shot past Krul.

In response, Hatem Ben Arfa drilled a dangerous-looking free-kick just over the Wigan bar and Cisse poked a poor effort at Ali Al Habsi from the edge of the box in what was the home keeper’s first sight of the ball in the opening 23 minutes.

But Newcastle’s uncharacteristic defensive clumsiness almost cost them again in the 34th minute when Simpson and Davide Santon hesitated over a harmless-looking cross from Moses, and Beausejour almost took advantage from close range.

Incredibly, Wigan extended their lead in the 36th minute when Di Santo fed Maloney on the left and the recalled midfielder fended off Simpson as he cut into the box to slide a low shot across Krul and into the bottom corner.

Ba bobbled Newcastle’s best chance wide four minutes from the break then in first-half injury-time Wigan made it 4-0 when Di Santo directed a magnificent lob over Krul and into the top corner from 25 yards.

Wigan continued to press early in the second half, and when Figueroa sent in a low cross from the left in the 52nd minute only Coloccini’s excellent interception denied Moses the chance to complete his hat-trick.

Moses screwed a rising shot just wide of Krul’s left-hand and with the home side continuing to hunt for more goals, only a brilliant fingertip save from Krul denied the striker in a mighty penalty box melee on the hour.

Belatedly the visitors began to press, with Al Habsi producing a brilliant save to deny Cisse from 10 yards in the 63rd minute, and moments the later the same player firing a shot from the left side of the box which hit the bar.

Ben Arfa drilled a low shot just wide before Martinez made clear his intention to keep pushing for more goals, replacing the tiring Di Santo with another out-and-out striker in Conor Sammon in the 69th minute.

Cisse hit the woodwork for the second time in the 72nd minute when he slammed Al Habsi’s left post with a header from a Ben Arfa cross, but with time running down the massed ranks of visiting fans behind Al Habsi’s goal became resigned to a heavy defeat.

Sammon almost rewarded Martinez’s bravery with a fifth for Wigan three minutes from time, with the striker beating the advancing Krul but seeing his dribble towards goal ended by a last-ditch interception from Coloccini.

Wigan 4-0 Newcastle: Match Report – view commentary, squad, and statictics of the game as it happened.

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Swansea 4-4 Wolverhampton: Report

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Wolves fightback stuns Swans

Relegated Wolves produced an astonishing recovery from 3-0 and 4-1 down to claim the most unlikely of 4-4 draws at Swansea in the Barclays Premier League.

Things looked grim for Terry Connor’s side as Andrea Orlandi struck in the first minute before Joe Allen and Nathan Dyer extended Swansea’s lead before the 15-minute mark.

But the visitors rallied as Steven Fletcher and Matt Jarvis pulled goals back either side of Danny Graham scoring Swansea’s fourth, before second-half strikes from David Edwards and the outstanding Jarvis capped a breathless contest and secured a point.

The draw secured Swansea’s Premier League status, but manager Brendan Rodgers will not have been impressed with the way his side squandered the advantage they built during an opening where Wolves’ season looked set to hit a new low.

And the watching Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson would hardly have seen anything to suggest Swansea will pose his side a threat at Old Trafford next weekend such was their defensive capitulation.

But anything other than a comfortable home win seemed unlikely when Wolves keeper Dorus de Vries, back at his former club, had to pick the ball out of his net twice in the opening four minutes.

Steven Caulker and Leon Britton built the play from the back for the hosts and Scott Sinclair’s cross located Orlandi in acres of space for the Spaniard to find the net as his header looped over the keeper after just 25 seconds.

The hosts then doubled the lead with less than four minutes on the clock as Wolves were torn apart.

Graham and Gylfi Sigurdsson linked well to free Allen and the midfielder’s shot took a deflection off Richard Stearman to leave De Vries with no chance.

Wolves had been carved open with worrying ease for the opening two goals and things rapidly got worse for Connor’s side as a third arrived in the 15th minute.

Orlandi tricked his way between Kevin Foley and Michael Kightly and his deflected ball across the box was headed in at the far post by Dyer.

Graham could have made it 4-0 moments later, but he hesitated and De Vries foiled his effort to slot home from an acute angle.

Wolves managed to get a goal back when Kevin Doyle found space down the left and delivered a pinpoint cross for Fletcher to direct a free header over Michel Vorm.

But that only proved brief respite as Swansea replied with their fourth on the half hour.

Dyer was afforded far too much freedom on the right to surge into the box, and when his shot rebounded back to him, he lofted a lovely ball for Graham to coolly slot his 13th goal of the season.

The comical standard of defending continued as another Doyle cross came through to Jarvis, who cut inside Caulker to place a finish beyond Vorm three minutes later, Ashley Williams making a hash of his attempted goal-line clearance.

The lively winger could have had another soon after, but an excellent tackle from the covering Garry Monk denied him as he was about to pull the trigger.

Having been overrun towards the end of the opening half, Rodgers elected to bring on Neil Taylor for Orlandi to revert to a four-man defence.

But the relentless action continued as Sigurdsson first smashed a half volley against the foot of the post, before unleashing a left-footed strike that De Vries tipped behind for a corner.

But it was Wolves who found the net next as they sensed an extraordinary turnaround was on the cards.

Kightly’s neat pass picked out the run of Edwards and the midfielder held off Monk’s attentions to steer the ball past Vorm.

Fletcher then failed to get telling contact on a deep cross from Foley with the visitors fully in control and pressing for an equaliser.

And it duly arrived in the 69th minute as Fletcher’s first-time ball across the six-yard box was slid home by Jarvis for the winger’s second of the game.

All the momentum was with Wolves and Kightly should have given Connor a first win in his 11th game in charge, but blazed high and wide.

At the other end De Vries did enough to deny substitute Luke Moore, while referee Jon Moss waved away handball appeals against Stearman in a breathless, frantic finale.

Swansea 4-4 Wolverhampton: Match Report – view commentary, squad, and statictics of the game as it happened.

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Stalemate for Arsenal and Chelsea

April 22, 2012     No comments

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Chelsea missed the opportunity to break into the top four of the Premier League on Saturday after grinding out a 0-0 draw with third-placed Arsenal at the Emirates.

With Chelsea facing a daunting Champions League trip to Barcelona next week, manager Roberto Di Matteo rang the changes by naming only three members of the side that had beaten the Spaniards 1-0 in Wednesday’s first leg.

The makeshift Chelsea line-up was able to keep Arsenal at bay for long periods as the Gunners were frustrated in their efforts to tighten their grip on an automatic Champions League qualifying berth.

The result left Arsenal six points clear of fourth placed Tottenham, who have two games in hand over their north London rivals and play QPR later Saturday.

Chelsea could have leapfrogged over Spurs and Newcastle into fourth but the result left the Blues in sixth place, one point outside the top four.

Di Matteo’s men had rode their luck in a first-half where Arsenal were unlucky not to take the lead after twice hitting the woodwork.

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QPR 1-0 Tottenham: Match Report

April 22, 2012     No comments

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Eventful evening for match-winner Taarabt

Adel Taarabt, the man Harry Redknapp once described as a “fruitcake”, lived up to his bad-boy reputation by scoring the winner and then getting sent off as QPR inflicted yet more misery on sorry Tottenham with a 1-0 victory at Loftus Road.

Taarabt, who left Spurs to join QPR two years ago, came back to haunt his former boss by curling home a wonderful first-half free-kick to boost QPR’s survival hopes and put a severe dent in Tottenham’s Champions League hopes.

The Moroccan lived up to his firebrand billing in the second half when he received a second booking for kicking the ball away.

Taarabt’s actions will be forgotten by QPR boss Mark Hughes, though, as the forward’s goal means his team are three points clear of the drop zone.

QPR thoroughly deserved their fourth successive home victory as they had more spirit, creativity and energy than a desperately lacklustre Spurs, who are now fifth in the Barclays Premier League table – some three points behind Newcastle with only four games of the campaign left.

Redknapp’s team have now won just once in their last nine league games and their campaign looks set to end in failure.

Apart from the 12 minutes in which QPR had 10 men, a home win looked on the cards throughout and Rangers should have perhaps won by more.

The hosts stamped their authority on the game from kick-off.

Jamie Mackie in particular started brightly, taking the ball off Luka Modric and slipping past Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Gareth Bale before firing wide.

Tottenham, racked with nerves, played like anything but a top-four side in the opening 10 minutes.

Kyle Walker and Friedel were involved in a mix-up that almost gifted Rangers an easy opener.

They were also lacking going forward. After being out-muscled in midfield they had to resort to a long-ball game – something that was never going to work with the diminutive Jermain Defoe leading the line.

Samba Diakite made a mockery of the Spurs defence early on by coasting past Modric to slip in to the box but he dragged his shot wide.

Spurs momentarily came back in to the game with Paddy Kenny saving brilliantly from Bale and Rafael van der Vaart in quick succession, but their resurgence was short-lived as Rangers took the lead.

Mark Clattenburg blew for what appeared to be a handball against Sandro 25 yards out and Taarabt curled the ball over the wall and in to the bottom corner past a despondent Friedel, who perhaps should have done better.

Bale scooped a lovely ball over the QPR back four to find Defoe but Nedum Onuoha put in a crucial block as Spurs looked for an instant reply.

Van der Vaart rifled a half-volley at goal and Kenny’s parry fell in to Defoe’s path but he could only nod over.

QPR ended the first half on top.

Taarabt had time to subject Assou-Ekotto to a series of teasing step-overs on the touchline before the break and Joey Barton’s deflected shot sailed over.

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