Key events
Newcastle 1-0 Southampton: It’s kicking off in the tunnel. There is some argy bargy between Burn and Bednarek. Things are hotting up.
Half time: Newcastle 1-0 Southampton
The boos are ringing around the ground but they are aimed at the referee and Brereton Diaz rather than the home players. The 10 men have the lead.
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Bournemouth: They are into 11 minutes added on caused by the injury to Danilo and VAR involvement on the ruled out Cherries equaliser.
Half time: Everton 0-1 Brighton
Fabian Hürzeler has got Brighton humming in his first game in charge and Mitoma has them ahead.
Half time: Arsenal 1-0 Wolves
Havertz’s opener means it is all going to plan for the Gunners.
There’s no shortage of pubs in the area around Tannadice Park, home of Dundee United,” says Simon McMahon. “Dundee was often said to have the highest number of pubs per head of population in the whole of the UK. There’s literally dozens in the square mile around the ground. Particular favourites are The Snug and The Athletic Bar, known locally as Hungry Bob’s, or actually Hungry Boab’s in the local vernacular. £3 a pint, don’t ask for cocktails. United are at home to St. Mirren in the Scottish League Cup last 16 tomorrow. Pints are on me.”
GOAL! Newcastle 1-0 Southampton (Joelinton, 44)
The Saints mess up playing out from the back and McCarthy plays the ball to Isak who lays it off to Joelinton who does the rest.
Newcastle 0-0 Southampton: Brereton-Diaz has a great chance to open the scoring but completely misses the target. Saints are on top here against 10 men. This could be a cracking return to the top flight for Russell Martin’s men.
Arsenal 1-0 Wolves: Saka is moving gingerly after a challenge, hopefully it is nothing serious.
NO GOAL! Nottingham Forest 1-0 Bournemouth
VAR rules out the Ouattara equaliser. Who needs Mark Clattenburg as a referee consultant?
Newcastle 0-0 Southampton: The home fans are giving Brereton-Diaz are lot of stick for his part in the sending off. It is a hostile atmosphere.
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Bournemouth: Ouattara smashes the ball into the roof of the net after Forest fail to clear.
Championship: After a fine opening night win over Luton, Burnley are 2-0 up against Luton. The first was a dreadful mistake from goalkeeper Ethan Horvath and Koleosho has doubled the lead.
Arsenal 1-0 Wolves: “Martin Ødegaard looks full of vim and vigour,” says Kári Tulinius. “Having the summer off has done him a world of good. I wonder if top players from countries who rarely get to big tournaments should trade at a premium, given how they’re fresher at the beginning of the season.”
League Two: Crewe 0-4 Chesterfield. They are yet to reach the half-hour mark.
RED CARD! Newcastle 0-0 Southampton (Schar, 28)
The centre-back puts his head to Brereton-Diaz’s, who drops to the deck and the referee produces the red card from his pocket. It looks like a soft one but you cannot push your head towards another player.
Premier League: Well, that was a fun few minutes to get the 3pms firing. All we need now is a goal at St James’ Park where Southampton and dominating possession against Southampton.
GOAL! Everton 0-1 Brighton (Mitoma, 25)
A positive start to the new era for Brighton as Mitoma knocks in a Minteh cross at the back post.
GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Wolves (Havertz, 25)
The German converts a Saka cross after beating the goalkeeper to the ball.
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Bournemouth: Yates shoots and the goalkeeper can only parry the effort to Wood who does the business.
GOAL! Nottingham Forest 1-0 Bournemouth (Wood, 23)
Nuno backed Wood over Awoniyi and he’s proved the gaffer right.
League Two: Crewe fans must be having an awful time.
22′ A defensive mistake allows Will Grigg to get through one-on-one with Filip Marschall, but he produces a wonderful save to deny him.
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“Has to be The Crabtree, just down the river from the Cottage,” Mark Dawson says. “Because it’s not in Crabtree Lane but Rainville Road, where my first girlfriend lived at number 9 so I passed it so many times to listen to her records and that before I took up drinking heavily. Great mixability of fans, never seen any rumpus. On a fine Spring or Autumn afternoon, often tempted to think ‘Aw sod it, let’s skip the match’: but tickets have been bought, and so on and so forth.”
Arsenal 0-0 Wolves: It’s relatively quiet at the Emirates but the hosts are dominating. Is it only a matter of time before they break the deadlock?
Championship: Sheffield United are leading 2-0 against QPR after Kieffer Moore added a second. The Blades supporters will be enjoying life back in the second tier after a dreadful Premier League campaign.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Bournemouth: There are screens up on the pitch at the City Ground to cover Danilo. It looks like he suffered the injury when landing after jumping with Semenyo.
League Two: Chesterfield are 3-0 at Crewe after 12 minutes. Crewe lost in the playoff final but a number of key players left and they have struggled to replace them, it would seem.
Newcastle 0-0 Southampton: NO GOAL! Stephens taps in at the back post but the centre-back is offside and the flag goes up. We are still waiting a legitimate goal in the Premier League.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Bournemouth: Danilo is down in the middle of the pitch after going into a challenge with Semenyo. The general reaction seems to indicate a horrible injury for the Brazilian.
Everton 0-0 Brighton: The Toffees have another chance to score but McNeil hits the post. The energy is very much up at Goodison.
