Charlton 3 Cardiff 0

Bluebirds get destroyed by Charlton, who move up to second in the table.

Ipswich 6 Bristol City 0

This would have gone down as surprise result of the weekend but for the one below, but who saw this coming? Ipswich was stunned by Norwich in the East Anglian derby a fortnight ago, and Bristol City has been flying high, playing some wonderful football. Well the Tractor Boys brought them right back down to earth in this one, as Jon Walters ran riot with a hat trick.

Highlights Here:

Hull City 3 Preston North End 0

Tremendous win for the Tigers as they make it two on the bounce and move three points out of the playoff places. Preston must be absolutley gutted as they really shouldn’t be losing three nil to a Hull side that isn’t miles ahead of them in terms of quality.

Plymouth 3 Norwich 0

Solid win for the Pilgrims as they move up to 7th spot in the table. No big surprise really, and I would love for Plymouth to move up to the Premiership, simply for the fact that we would get to hear Ian Holloway more often. Although they would probably like Sylvan Ebanks-Blake to stop breaking bottles over the doormans head at pubs.

Result of the Week:

Sheffield Wednesday 5 Southampton 0

Ouch.

Leicester City lost a thrilling 4-3 contest to Chelsea on Halloween night in west London. A tremendously entertaining contest which saw a glut of goals and an inspiring performance by City keeper Martin Fulop. The Halloween frights were fast and furious for the Chelsea supporters, as only two late strikes from Sheva and Fat Frank Lampard stole the victory.

I thought the goal of the game was DJ Campbell’s looping header over a stranded Cudicini to pull the sides level at 2-2. I can’t help but chuckle everytime I read or see Campbell play. I remember watching him line up for non-league Yeading a few years ago in the FA Cup versus Newcastle. His profession at the time? Lorry driver. Brilliant. The distance he was at that point from the shining lights of Stamford Bridge, and John Terry’s 150k per week wages was astronomical, but there he was on a Wednesday night, peeling away in celebration as Cudicini pulled the ball out of the back of the net. Well done lad.

Ok ok, your favorite Scientologist won’t actually be anywhere near Bramall Lane on Wednesday night (nor ever), but this Tom Cruise very well could be, as Wenger usually unleashes his cosmopolitan kiddy corps on all Carling Cup foes. They do well too, one instance that stands out was in 2004/2005 when Fabregas and co. skewered a Man City side that boasted the likes of Distin, Danny Mills and other vets. Ok ‘boasted’ may be a bit of a stretch, but you get the point.

Roeder Takes Over at Norwich

Ex-Newcastle boss Glen Roeder has taken the reins for the Canaries, as they head into their weekend match with bitter rival Ipswich at the foot of the table. I always thought Mr. Roeder didn’t get quite a fair shout as Magpies boss, I mean he did after all have Titus Bramble in his team. Yikes. No wonder they did nothing to end their trophy drought.

Future England Star Makes Debut for Palace

15 year old John Bostock made his debut for the Eagles versus Watford on the weekend, in their two-nil loss to the league leaders. By all accounts and purposes the youngster had a strong debut. It will certainly boost Palace supporters spirits, as lets face it, they are utter rubbish. I was at the Hull City vs Palace game at Selhurst a few weeks ago and I believe I counted ONE time that someone in Red and Blue took a run at a Hull defender. Amazing that they score at all. Oh wait. They don’t.

Here’s a vid of Yank Dan Karbassiyoon scoring in the aforementioned Carling Cup match, which was also his Arsenal debut.

As a footnote — Norwich were the only English team to beat Bayern Munich at their former home, the Olympic Stadium.