A full round up of the football results from around England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland for the weekend of the 24th/25th October 2009 – bought to you by Footballbits football souvenirs, the place to look for gift ideas and presents at affordable prices  for all football fans. We have a large selection of officially licenced football souvenirs, merchandise, memorabilia and gifts.

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England

Barclays Premier League

Birmingham 2-1 Sunderland

Burnley 1-3 Wigan

Chelsea 5-0 Blackburn

Hull 0-0 Portsmouth

Tottenham 0-1 Stoke

Wolverhampton 1-1 Aston Villa

Bolton 3-2 Everton

Manchester City 2-2 Fulham

West Ham 2-2 Arsenal

Top of table

1st Chelsea 24

2nd Manchester United 22

3rd Arsenal 19

The Coca-Cola Football League Championship

Barnsley 2-3 Bristol City

Coventry 0-0 West Brom

Crystal Palace 1-1 Nottm Forest

Derby 2-4 QPR

Newcastle 2-1 Doncaster

Peterborough 3-0 Scunthorpe

Plymouth 1-1 Ipswich

Preston 2-2 Middlesbrough

Sheff Utd 3-4 Cardiff

Swansea 0-0 Blackpool

Watford 4-1 Sheff Wed

Top of table

1st Newcastle 27

2nd Cardiff 26

3rd West Brom 25

Coca-Cola Football League One

Brentford 2-0 Stockport

Brighton 0-2 Oldham

Bristol Rovers 1-2 Yeovil

Carlisle 2-1 Southend

Colchester 2-1 Walsall

Exeter 1-1 Wycombe

Gillingham 1-1 Charlton

Hartlepool 1-0 Tranmere

Huddersfield 4-0 Leyton Orient

Millwall 2-1 Leeds United

Norwich 1-0 Swindon

Southampton 3-1 MK Dons

Top of table

1st Leeds 30

2nd Charlton 29

3rd Colchester 28

Coca-Cola Football League Two

Barnet 3-0 Darlington

Bournemouth 3-1 Grimsby

Bradford 1-0 Hereford

Bury 2-1 Rotherham

Chesterfield 5-2 Burton Albion

Lincoln City 0-0 Torquay

Macclesfield 2-2 Dag & Red

Morecambe 2-4 Northampton

Notts County 2-0 Crewe

Port Vale 1-1 Cheltenham

Rochdale 1-2 Accrington Stanley

Shrewsbury 3-1 Aldershot

Top of table

1st Bournemouth 31

2nd Dagenham & Redbridge 28

3rd Rochdale 26

Blue Square North

Corby 3-2 Stafford Rangers

Eastwood Town 2-1 Droylsden

Farsley Celtic 1-0 Vauxhall Motors

Gainsborough 1-3 Stalybridge

Solihull Moors 1-0 Harrogate Town

Top of table

1st Stalybridge 27

2nd Corby 27

3rd Droylsden 25

Blue Square South

Basingstoke 2-1 Weymouth

Lewes 2-1 Bishop’s Stortford

Maidenhead Utd 0-0 Weston-S-Mare

Top of table

1st Newport 31

2nd Dover 29

3rd Thurrock 28

FA Cup 4th Qualifying round

Aylesbury 2-4 Wealdstone

Barrow 1-1 Chester

Bath City 3-2 AFC Totton

Blyth Spartans 0-0 AFC Telford

Bromley 3-0 Ebbsfleet United

Buxton 0-4 Stourbridge

Chelmsford 1-2 Stevenage

Crawley Town 1-1 AFC Wimbledon

Dover 3-5 Eastleigh

Farnborough 0-0 Salisbury

FC Halifax 0-1 Wrexham

Gateshead 3-0 Southport

Gloucester 1-1 Lowestoft Town

Hampton & Richmond 1-3 Sutton Utd

Hayes & Yeading 0-1 Staines Town

Hendon 0-5 Woking

Hinckley Utd 2-1 Histon

Ilkeston Town 2-0 Tamworth

Kettering 1-1 Redditch

Kidderminster 0-0 Fleetwood Town

Luton 3-0 Grays Athletic

Mangotsfield 1-2 Forest Green

Mansfield 3-0 Altrincham

Northwich 3-0 FC United of Manchester

Nuneaton 1-0 Kendal Town

Oxford City 2-1 Bury Town

Oxford Utd 2-0 Thurrock

Paulton 3-0 Chippenham

Tooting & Mitcham 3-3 Eastbourne Boro

Workington 0-3 Rushden & D’mnds

York 2-0 Bedworth

Scotland

Clydesdale Bank Premier League

Aberdeen 0-2 Dundee Utd

Hearts 0-0 Falkirk

Kilmarnock 2-1 St Johnstone

Rangers 1-1 Hibernian

St Mirren 3-3 Motherwell

Hamilton 1-2 Celtic

Top of table

1st Celtic 20

2nd Rangers 19

3rd Hibernian 17

The Homecoming Scottish Cup

Banks O’Dee 0-3 Montrose

Civil Service Strollers 1-2 Berwick

Cove Rangers 2-1 Annan Athletic

Deveronvale 2-2 Buckie Thistle

Edinburgh City 5-1 Burntisland Shipyard

Forfar 4-2 East Stirling

Fraserburgh 1-4 Spartans

Girvan 1-4 Wick Academy

Huntly 1-1 Auchinleck Talbot

Inverurie Locos 1-1 Stranraer

Lossiemouth 0-2 Albion

Nairn County 2-4 Elgin

Queens Park 1-3 Livingston

Selkirk 0-3 Irvine Meadow

Vale Of Leithen 1-3 Keith

Whitehill Welfare 1-1 Threave Rovers

The Irn-Bru Scottish Football League Championship First Division

Ayr 1-5 Inverness CT

Dundee 2-1 Raith

Dunfermline 3-1 Morton

Queen of South 3-0 Airdrie Utd

Ross County 2-2 Partick Thistle

Top of table

1st Dundee 22

2nd Ross County 21

3rd Queen of the South 20

The Irn-Bru Scottish Football League Championship Second Division

Cowdenbeath 0-0 Brechin

Dumbarton 1-0 Arbroath

East Fife 2-1 Stenhousemuir

Peterhead 0-0 Alloa

Stirling 1-1 Clyde

Scot-Ads Highland Football League

Fort William 1-3 Clachnacuddin

Top of table

1st Stirling 24

2nd Brechin 19

3rd Cowdenbeath 18

Wales

Principality Building Society Welsh Premier League

Bala Town 1-1 Haverfordwest

Carmarthen 1-0 Connah’s Quay

Newtown 4-1 Welshpool Town

Porthmadog 0-1 Aberystwyth

Port Talbot 2-1 Airbus UK

The New Saints 2-2 Neath

Top of table

1 Rhyl     23

2 Neath  21

3 Llanelli 20

Ireland

Carling Premiership

Ballymena 2-0 Crusaders

Coleraine 2-1 Dungannon Swifts

Glenavon 1-2 Linfield

Glentoran 2-1 Cliftonville

Institute 1-1 Portadown

Newry 0-1 Lisburn Distillery

A full round up of the football results from around England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland for the weekend of the 31st October /1st November 2009 – bought to you by Footballbits football souvenirs, the place to look for gift ideas and presents at affordable prices  for all football fans. We have a large selection of officially licenced football souvenirs, merchandise, memorabilia and gifts.

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England

Barclays Premier LeagueArsenal 3-0 Tottenham Bolton 0-4 Chelsea Burnley 2-0 Hull Everton 1-1 Aston Villa Fulham 3-1 Liverpool Man Utd 2-0 Blackburn Portsmouth 4-0 Wigan Stoke 2-2 Wolverhampton Sunderland 2-2 West Ham Birmingham 0-0 Man CityTop of table1st Chelsea 272nd Manchester United 253rd Arsenal 22The Coca-Cola Football League ChampionshipBristol City 1-1 Sheff Wed Coventry 1-3 Reading Doncaster 3-3 Blackpool Ipswich 1-0 Derby Middlesbrough 0-1 Plymouth Peterborough 1-2 Barnsley Preston 1-1 Crystal Palace Scunthorpe 0-2 Swansea West Brom 5-0 Watford Cardiff 1-1 Nottm ForestTop of table1st Newcastle United 302nd West Bromwich Albion 283rd Cardiff 27Coca-Cola Football League OneBrighton 3-3 Hartlepool Carlisle 3-1 Charlton Exeter 3-0 Brentford Leeds United 4-0 Yeovil Leyton Orient 2-2 Southampton Millwall 2-1 Colchester MK Dons 2-1 Bristol Rovers Stockport 1-3 Norwich Tranmere 1-4 Swindon Wycombe 2-3 Walsall Oldham 0-1 Huddersfield Top of table1st Leeds United 362nd Charlton 293rd MK Dons 29Coca-Cola Football League TwoBournemouth 0-4 Rochdale Burton Albion 0-0 Bury Cheltenham 0-4 Crewe Chesterfield 1-0 Barnet Dag & Red 1-1 Port Vale Hereford 2-1 Darlington Macclesfield 2-2 Bradford Morecambe 3-1 Lincoln City Notts County 1-1 Shrewsbury Rotherham 0-0 Aldershot Torquay 1-0 Northampton Top of table1st Bournemouth 312nd Rochdale 293rd Dagenham & Redbridge 29Blue Square PremierCambridge Utd 2-0 Kidderminster Chester 3-1 AFC Wimbledon Crawley Town 3-1 York Ebbsfleet United 0-1 Wrexham Forest Green 1-1 Eastbourne Boro Grays Athletic 3-3 Barrow Kettering 1-1 Stevenage Luton 0-2 Rushden & D’mnds Mansfield 1-1 Histon Oxford Utd 1-0 Altrincham Salisbury 0-1 Gateshead Tamworth 0-2 Hayes & Yeading Top of table1st Oxford United 432nd Stevenage 353rd Kettering 34Blue Square NorthAFC Telford 1-0 WorkingtonBlyth Spartans 1-4 Ilkeston TownDroylsden 5-3 Solihull MoorsFarsley Celtic 1-2 CorbyFleetwood Town 2-2 Alfreton TownGainsborough 1-0 GloucesterHinckley Utd 0-0 StalybridgeHyde 2-2 Vauxhall MotorsRedditch 2-0 Harrogate TownSouthport 5-1 Eastwood TownStafford Rangers 2-2 NorthwichTop of table1st Southport 312nd Corby 303rd Droyslden 28Blue Square SouthBath City 0-0 BromleyChelmsford 1-1 Havant and WDorchester 1-3 DoverEastleigh 4-1 WorcesterHampton & Richmond 4-0 Maidenhead UtdNewport County 1-0 BasingstokeSt Albans 2-1 WeymouthThurrock 1-2 Staines TownWelling 1-0 LewesWeston-S-Mare 1-3 Bishop’s StortfordWoking 0-0 Braintree TownTop of table1st Newport County 342nd Dover 323rd Thurrock 28The FA Carlsberg TrophyAFC Fylde 2-1 GlapwellArlesey 2-1 Oxford CityBarton 2-2 BillericayBashley 2-1 MarlowBognor Regis Town 0-2 Maidstone UtdBoreham Wood 3-2 SloughBoston Utd 0-0 QuornBrackley 1-1 MossleyBuxton 0-1 StourbridgeCambridge City 0-1 Matlock TownCarlton Town 0-3 North Ferriby UtdCarshalton Ath 3-1 AFC TottonChippenham 4-1 Tooting & MitchamConcord Rangers 2-0 Enfield TownCroydon Athletic 1-1 BurnhamDartford 3-0 ChipsteadFarnborough 5-2 Burgess Hill TownFleet Town 0-2 RamsgateFrickley 0-3 GuiseleyGodalming Town 1-1 BanburyHarrow Borough 2-2 WealdstoneHitchin 3-1 Gosport BoroughKingstonian 4-2 HendonLancaster City 3-3 FC United of ManchesterLeigh Genesis 4-1 Skelmersdale UtdNantwich Town 4-1 Leek TownNorthwood 0-0 EveshamSalford City 5-3 ClitheroeShepshed Dynamo 0-5 FC HalifaxTonbridge Angels 6-1 MersthamTruro City 4-1 Thatcham TownWhitby 0-2 King’s LynnWhyteleafe 1-1 AFC HornchurchWillenhall Town 0-6 NuneatonWitton Albion 4-1 Brigg TownYate 1-1 Hungerford TownScotland

Clydesdale Bank Premier LeagueCeltic 3-0 Kilmarnock Hibernian 2-0 Aberdeen Motherwell 1-0 Hearts St Johnstone 3-1 Falkirk St Mirren 0-2 Hamilton Top of table1st Celtic 232nd Hibernian 203rd Rangers 19The Irn-Bru Scottish Football League Championship First DivisionAirdrie Utd 3-1 AyrDunfermline 1-1 DundeeInverness CT 4-1 MortonPartick Thistle 1-2 RaithQueen of South 2-0 Ross CountyTop of table1st Queen of the South 232nd Dundee 233rd Raith Rovers 21The Irn-Bru Scottish Football League Championship Second DivisionAlloa 2-0 ClydeArbroath 0-3 StenhousemuirCowdenbeath 2-1 East FifeDumbarton 0-0 BrechinPeterhead 3-2 StirlingTop of table1st Stirling Albion 242nd Cowdenbeath 213rd Brechin City 20The Irn-Bru Scottish Football League Championship Third DivisionBerwick 2-0 AlbionEast Stirling 1-3 Annan AthleticMontrose 0-3 LivingstonQueens Park 0-3 ElginStranraer 1-0 ForfarTop of table1st Livingston 222nd Berwick 203rd East Stirling 20Scot-Ads Highland Football LeagueClachnacuddin 2-5 Wick AcademyKeith 1-1 Cove RangersLossiemouth 2-2 Formartine UtdNairn County 3-2 RothesStrathspey Thistle 1-1 BroraTurriff United 0-7 Inverurie LocosTop of table1st Deveronvale 282nd Cove Rangers 263rd Inverurie Locos 23The Homecoming Scottish CupAuchinleck Talbot 4-3 HuntlyBuckie Thistle 1-3 DeveronvaleThreave Rovers 1-0 Whitehill WelfareWales

Welsh CupAberaman Athletic 2-0 Ely RangersBala Town 1-0 Llanrug UtdCaerau Ely AFC 1-2 Afan LidoCaersws 4-1 Coedpoeth UnitedCaldicot 0-3 Port TalbotCambrian & Clydach 0-2 The New SaintsFlint Town 0-1 Bangor CityHaverfordwest 1-2 AberystwythLlangeinor 1-6 HolyheadLlangollen Town 1-3 Llandudno JunctionPontardawe Town 2-0 LlandudnoPorthmadog 3-1 RhydymwynPrestatyn Town 3-0 Cardiff Bay HarlequinsRhyl 4-2 Bridgend

When Steve McClaren unveiled Gareth Southgate as his first signing for Boro back in summer 2001 few fans could have foreseen what an eventful eight years he would go on to have on Teesside.

The highly-rated England international’s decision to join Boro caused a stir at his former club Aston Villa given that he had always maintained that he wanted to move to a big club where he had a chance of winning honours – and then joined a club that had won nothing in it’s entire history!Southgate proved to be an astute signing by McClaren as he went on to form a solid defensive partnership with his old Villa team-mate Ugo Ehiogu at the Riverside and took the club’s Player of the Year award in his first season.McClaren was so impressed with Southgate’s ability he wasted no time in handing him the captain’s armband in the summer of 2002 when Paul Ince departed for Wolves.Southgate went on to be a mainstay of the Boro side and on February 29 2004 he became the first captain of the club to lift a major trophy after Boro defeated Bolton Wanderers 2-1 in the Carling Cup final at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.That monumental day in the club’s history also had the reward of European football being guaranteed for the 2004-05 campaign as Boro fans could look forward to watching teams from around the continent arriving at the Riverside Stadium and enjoy trips to see the club play competitively abroad.Southgate led a star-studded side in that first European campaign as experienced stars such as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Mark Viduka were draftred in to bolster the forward line. However, after a notable 3-0 group win over Lazio, the UEFA Cup run ended on a hot night in Lisbon as Sporting defeated Boro 4-2 on aggregate in the knockout stages.The 2005-06 campaign was to be Southgate’s final one as a player and it ended on an unbelievable note as Boro – via two amazing comebacks against Basle and Steaua Bucharest – reached the final of the UEFA Cup in only their second season in the competition.Unfortunately Boro were well beaten 4-0 by Sevilla in the final in Eindhoven, which turned out to be McClaren’s final game in charge as he had been lined up to replace Sven-Goran Eriksson as England coach.Boro chairman Steve Gibson revealed to the fans he wanted a top-drawer manager to replace McClaren and then stunned everyone when he announced that Southgate would be handed the reins, despite the fact he had no experience or relevant UEFA pro Licence.Having won over the Premier League in the battle to employ Southgate as manager, he guided Boro to a respectable 12th-placed finish in his first season.The cracks started appearing in the second season – 2007-08 – as Yakubu and Jonathan Woodgate were allowed to follow Mark Viduka out of the exit door, while another mid-table finish was overshadowed by a disastrous 2-0 home defeat to Cardiff in the FA Cup quarter-finals. Many fans felt that should have spelled the end for Southgate’s tenure given that it represented Boro’s best chance to win the trophy and the players just did not turn up!Boro did end the season on a high note with an 8-1 win against Manchester City, but that merely handed the fans false hope for what was to come.Cost-cutting measures and a desire of key players to leave saw veteran goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, combative midfield duo George Boateng and Lee Cattermole, experienced right-back Luke Young and creative midfielder Fabio Rochemback lost from an already small squad.Southgate brought in French Under-21 midfielder Didier Digard and Dutch striker Marvin Emnes for a combined fee of around £6million, while Justin Hoyte was brought in as a cheap replacement for Young and Ross Turnbull and Brad Jones were given the chance to fight for Schwarer’s place. All proved to be a gamble too far for the club.A decent start saw Boro go up to eighth in the Premier League after a 2-1 win at Aston Villa last November.However the season fell apart from that game onwards as Boro managed just two more wins in the Premier League, and broke club records for 12 successive away defeats, lowest number of goals in a season and they were subsequently relegated after a 2-1 defeat at West Ham on May 24.Many fans were already resigned to the drop – with the 3-0 defeat at West Brom in mid-January my personal landmark result when I knew we would not survive if Southgate remained at the helm.Boro’s demise came as a result of a loss of valuable experienced squad members and an over-reliance on youth to keep the wage bill down – something which Southgate could not be blamed for.However he was to blame for squandering funds on unproven foreign players not cut out for English football, and a perceived lack of tactical, man-management and motivational skills.Unbelievably, despite the vast majority of supporters clamouring for change, Steve Gibson opted to give Southgate the task of guiding Boro back to the Premier League at the first attempt this season.Things looked to be going well as Boro were unbeaten in the opening four games and had not conceded a goal. However the inevitable loss of Tuncay and Robert Huth had an impact as Boro’s home form suffered.Boro’s away form was the best in the division, but a 5-0 defeat to West Brom and 1-0 defeats to Leicester and Watford at the Riverside saw the fans vote with their feet dramatically.Only 17,500 fans turned up for the 2-0 win against Derby County on October 20 – the lowest league attendance since the Riverside opened in 1995. And, despite Boro being just one point off the top of the table, Gibson thought the time had come for a change to get the fans back united behind the club.The disappointing home form, the club’s inability to beat their anticipated promotion rivals, the fans’ apathy towards the club and the less-than-convincing performances even in victory had finally taken there toll on the man at the top.Finally it was time for change; it was time for Gareth Southgate to go!Written by Craig Smithson, a Middlesbrough FC season-ticket holder and a sports writer who blogs about football betting.