League cup time in England and France (both Round 5), Scotland (Round 4), plus league programmes in Italy, Germany, and Spain. Here are the upsets.
52 Manchester Buccaneers B - Coventry (II) 0:2 47 Hamilton Academicals (II) - Kilmarnock 2:0 45 Birmingham Browns - Leicester (II) 0:1 43 Luton (III) - Charlton (II) 2:1 42 Bordeaux - Metz 1:2 38 West Bromwich (II) - Cardiff (II) 2:4 38 Hertha Berlin - Hansa Rostock 1:3 36 Sevilla - Espanyol 2:3 36 Palermo - AC Milan 2:1 36 Hibernian - Motherwell 2:4 32 Genoa - Udinese 3:2 32 Catania - Empoli 1:0 UPSET Strasbourg - Amiens (II) 0:1
We only interpolate values for lower league sides in England and Scotland; we suggest that Strasbourg's loss would rank in the mid-30s.
The big news, of course, the defeat for the Buccaneers' B-side against Coventry, certainly the biggest cup upset for the Midlands side since they played Sutton.
League Division I
ANL 1208 88.9 MUN 1164 91.6 CHE 1160 93.4 LIV 1153 90.6 BLK 1074 92.7 POR 1042 93.6 EVE 1026 93.6 TOT 1002 91 AVL 993 95.4 MCY 987 92.2 WHM 985 94.4 NWC 978 92.7 REA 927 92.5 MID 895 90.6 FUL 893 91.4 BOL 882 91.9 SUN 879 94.6 BIR 867 93.5 WIG 843 92.4 DER 795 94.5
Yes, the defeats to Coventry and Manchester Buccaneers have left the Arsenal Libels on top of the League, with Liverpool close in fourth. Derby look doomed already, Wigan haven't much in them, but the rest are very close.
1. Bundesliga
BAY 1175 92.2 SNV 1099 90.1 BYL 1081 92.1 WER 1069 89.7 HAM 1065 92.2 STT 1040 91.8 KRR 1002 121.3 HAN 986 94.1 BOC 953 94.4 HER 938 95.1 BDO 932 95.8 BIE 929 95.6 EIN 920 94.5 NUR 920 90.1 WLF 914 94.6 COT 832 95.9 HRS 828 127.6 DUI 803 124.6 MAI (II) 954 115.3 AAA (II) 880 119.1 BMO (II) 808 116.5
Bayern is looking indomitable this year, after a bit of a rubbish season last time saw them finish fourth. Schalke and Hertha were the early leaders, but defending champions Stuttgart have been as much down as up. Karlsruhr has got off to a good start, but the other promoted sides and Cotbus look doomed already.
Football for cable viewers and people with dried fruit on their telly:
Fr 1930 SET1/DE Schalke 04 -v- Hertha Berlin Sa 0430 SET1/AU Geelong -v- Port Adelaide Sa 1230 SET1/SC Motherwell -v- Rangers Sa 1715 SET1/EN Birmingham -v- Manchester Buccaneers Su 1300 BBC2/WC Final live Also Eurosport. 3rd place match on BBCi from 0930. Su 1400 SET1/SC St Mirren -v- Hearts Su 1400 C5/IT Game tbc Su 2000 SET2/PT Game tbc Mo 1915 SET2/PT Benfica -v- Sporting Lisbon (recorded) Mo 2000 SET1/EN Tottenham -v- Birmingham Browns Tu 1330 SET2/NL Ajax -v- VVV Venlo (recorded) Tu 1600 SET2/DE Cottbus -v- Eintracht Frankfurt (recorded) Tu 1940 SET2/FR Caen -v- Toulouse (recorded) Tu 1945 SET1/PT Recorded match to be confirmed Tu 1945 ITV/EL Manchester B -v- Roma Tu 1945 ITV4/EL Steaua Bucharest -v- Arsenal Libels Tu 1945 STV/EL Rangers -v- Lyon Th 1945 SET1/E5 Woking -v- Farsley Celtic Th 1945 SET1/UE Metalist Khariv -v- Everton
