Today's results - Saturday, 18th October,2003 English Premier Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea Fulham 0-0 Wolves Leeds 0-1 Man Utd Man City 6-2 Bolton Middlesbro 0-1 Newcastle Portsmouth 1-0 Liverpool English Division 1 C Palace 1-1 Rotherham Coventry 1-3 Cardiff Crewe 3-0 Derby Ipswich vs Stoke Millwall 2-0 Sheff Utd Nottm Forest 6-0 Wimbledon Reading 3-2 Preston Sunderland 1-0 Walsall Watford 1-0 Bradford West Brom 1-0 Norwich West Ham 2-2 Burnley Wigan 1-0 Gillingham English Division 2 Blackpool 4-0 Hartlepool Bournemouth 1-0 Brighton Brentford 4-2 Luton Chesterfield 3-0 Swindon Grimsby 2-0 Colchester Peterborough 0-0 QPR Port Vale 1-5 Plymouth Sheff Wed 0-0 Rushden Stockport 2-2 Notts Co Tranmere 2-1 Oldham Wrexham 0-0 Bristol C Wycombe 1-2 Barnsley English Division 3 Bristol R 0-2 Cambridge Bury 0-4 Oxford Carlisle 0-1 Macclesfield Cheltenham 0-2 Rochdale Doncaster 4-2 Mansfield Lincoln 3-1 Huddersfield Southend 1-2 Leyton Orient Swansea 0-0 Kidderminster Torquay 1-1 Hull City Yeovil 1-0 Darlington York 1-1 Boston Utd Football Conference Accrington 1-2 Exeter Chester 0-0 Hereford Dag and Red 0-2 Burton Farnborough 2-1 Telford Forest Green 3-1 Stevenage Leigh RMI 1-4 Barnet Northwich 0-0 Gravesend Scarborough 0-1 Margate Shrewsbury 2-0 Morecambe Tamworth 3-3 Aldershot Woking 2-2 Halifax
My God, did anyone predictthat midway through Oct, Portsmouth would be above Liverpool in the ranking? Sure Portsmouth is pretty good for a recently promoted team, but its not like they are flying at the top either. I didn't see the match, but the reports i read suggested Liverpool just didn't have a viable scoring option with Owen out. If he is out long term can Heskey and Kewell be used foward? Is there a better option?