The fixture list for next season’s Prem campaign were just released. For copyright reasons, Pies is not allowed to post them in full here (that’s ridiculous, btw), but we can highlight a few key dates for your diary: 1. Manchester United begin their defence of the title at home to Birmingham City on 15 August. [...]

United – Ronaldo = what league position? Make your call: Where will Man Utd finish in the league next season?(poll)

An anoymous Scottish man - let’s call him Mad Jack McMad - bet £135,000 on England to beat Andorra in last night’s World Cup qualifier at Wembley, at prohibitive odds of 1/200. He did win his bet, but walked away with just £675 in winnings. Smart, or dumb? (I go with dumb.) “No way do I want [...]

Close, Nando, but no cigar. No silverware either Mystic Torres looks into the future and sees Liverpool winning the Premier League. Not yet, amigo.

Pies dusts off the old crystal ball… SATURDAY Blackburn v Portsmouth: Both teams are in a decent position to avoid relegation (Rovers are six points off the drop zone, while Pompey have a seven-point cushion), so a draw here will do nicely for Big Sam and Pingu’s old man. 0-0 Bolton v Sunderland: A huge, [...]

Athletic power v pure skill. Who ya got? Chelsea parked the bus at the Camp Nou and just about got away with it. Cue moans about negative football from the Barcelona camp. Fair enough, but there was no way Guus Hiddink was going to engage Barca in an open game of football. And 0-0 looks [...]

Whose crystal ball worked the best? Congratulations to Pies reader Dagnarus, who is the first winner of Pies Picks for this new season. He predicted that Man Utd would draw 1-1 with Newcastle, and also that Bolton would thump Stoke 3-1, on the way to amassing 10 points (two correct scores, four correct results). Dagnarus [...]

Predict the Premier League results. Can you do better than Pies? It’s back and this time we have prizes! Each Friday this season, Pies will run Prem Picks – all you have to do is leave a comment with your predictions (and an email contact address), to stand a chance of winning the weekly prize. [...]

That’s all we want to know… Me, I’m going for Liverpool. Call me crazy if you want, I can’t hear you. Who will win the Premier League this season? ( surveys)

Fergie thinks so… do you agree with him? Alex Ferguson thinks Chelsea have too many thirtysomethings to challenge his squad of young bucks this season. The Man Utd boss said of Big Phil Scolari’s team: “How can they accelerate beyond what they’ve done? I don’t see outstanding progress in a team that is in their 30s.” [...]

Tonight’s first quarter final is being billed as C-Ron vs Ballack. But is it as simple as that? Germany They looked mediocre in the group stages, apart from one solid win over Poland, and I don’t read too much into that, as Poland are terrible. Ballack and co. began Euro 2008 as tournament favourites – [...]

Bookmaker offers free gas guzzler to first Spanish goalscorer Paddy Power, a bookies that specialises in special and unusual bets, is offering a free Hummer to the first Spanish player to score against Sweden in tomorrow evening’s Group D clash. There is a catch, of course. To claim the Hummer, the Spanish scorer must also [...]

Make money whilst enjoying the Euros, with Pies’s top tips… (prices correct at time of posting) 1. Lukas Podolski to be top goalscorer: 25/1 (Blue Square) Germany will surely go far in Austria & Switzerland (it’ll be like a home event for them) and they have always been great bullies of lesser teams. L-Pod scored [...]

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For a free £10 bet click here Cardiff are middle of the road, mid table, won 16, drawn 16, lost 14, even their FA Cup anthem Flying High entered the charts at 15. Curiously their last five games have all been won by three goals, twice for them and twice they lost and a draw [...]