Fulham 1 Manchester United 3

QPR 1 Newcastle 2

Alex Ferguson was narrowly denied a poignant victory at Chester racecourse on the day the legendary manager announced his retirement.

Sunderland striker Stephane Sessegnon will discover today whether or not his season is over.

Sunderland have appealed Stephane Sessegnon’s red card against Aston Villa and his case will be heard by an independent regulatory commission tomorrow, the Football Association has announced.

Fulham 3 QPR 2

Fulham 3 QPR 2

Fulham 1 Stoke 0

QPR 0 Tottenham 0

Brighton 2 Newcastle 0

Norwich 2 Wigan 1

Graham Lee continues to force the pace in what has already been a dream start to his new career as winners number 51 and 52 arrived at Hamilton yesterday.

Benoit Assou-Ekotto will face no action over the challenge which forced Franco Di Santo out of Wigan’s Premier League defeat at Tottenham.

West Brom 4 Cardiff 2

ARSENE WENGER would never have openly admitted it, but his anger after Monday’s defeat at Fulham made it plain that he believed his Arsenal side were still in the title race.

THE season of goodwill to all men?

QPR manager Neil Warnock and Swansea counterpart Brendan Rodgers were left ruing critical refereeing decisions they felt had cost their respective sides two additional points in last night’s 1-1 draw at the Liberty Stadium.

SWANSEA manager Brendan Rodgers and QPR boss Neil Warnock slammed the performance of referee Lee Probert after watching their sides play out an entertaining 1-1 draw at the Liberty Stadium.

West Brom 1 Tottenham 3

Stoke manager Tony Pulis has been fined £10,000 (€11,000) and warned as to his future conduct after comments he made in the wake of his side’s Carling Cup defeat to Liverpool a month ago.

Steven Taylor admitted referee Lee Probert was right to award a penalty against him but believes Newcastle’s determination showed as they twice fought back to stay unbeaten with a 2-2 Barclays Premier League draw against Tottenham.

Tottenham 4 Liverpool 0

IF we played like this until April, I’d still tell you to remain calm, so ignore me and my seven rooms of gloom. You go right ahead and wallow.

Liverpool 3 Bolton 1

Newcastle 0 Manchester United 0

Everton 2 Tottenham 1

IT may not have had a similar terminal effect on Arsenal’s title bid, but the manner of the way they dropped key points here could have a lasting consequences for Arsene Wenger’s side.

West Brom 0 Manchester City 2

DEFENDER Robert Huth snatched an injury-time winner as Stoke came from behind to beat Aston Villa at the Britannia Stadium and get their season off and running.

Stoke 2 Aston Villa 1

Wolves 2 Stoke 1

ONE down, four to go. Aston Villa left it late, but they did what manager Martin O’Neill wanted – to win.

CARLO ANCELOTTI is learning fast.

HULL is not a city you pass through.

Fulham 1 Manchester City 2

Birmingham 2 Everton 2

MICK McCARTHY hardly needs reminding of the prodigious scoring talents of Kevin Phillips, but Wolves supporters will be burning effigies of the veteran Birmingham City striker for the remainder of the season after he conjured another curse against the men from Molineux, who always seem to inspire him to his very best.

EVERTON boss David Moyes feels that Tim Cahill’s second headed goal of the week shows the midfielder is fully back in the groove.

Wigan 0 Everton 1

West Ham 2 Portsmouth 0

Wigan 2 Birmingham 3

Manchester City 1 Hull 1

EVERTON boss David Moyes has confirmed the club have agreed a fee with Atletico Madrid for defender Johnny Heitinga.

Jockeys and trainers issued glowing appraisals of Ffos Las after the Welsh track staged its inaugural Flat meeting yesterday.

Weather more associated with the depths of winter tried to blight the inaugural Flat meeting at Ffos Las - but the fixture still received a universal thumbs-up from jockeys and trainers.

Chelsea 2 Wigan 1

Luiz Felipe Scolari claims Premier League referees are not treating Chelsea fairly this season.

Tropical Strait put up a game performance to hold The Betchworth Kid in the £2m (€2.4m) totescoop6 November Handicap at Doncaste

Local hero Matt Derbyshire rounded off a move oozing with South American flair to finally give Paul Ince his first Barclays Premier League home win as Blackburn boss.

William Buick and David Probert helped Kingsclere trainer Andrew Balding bag a 203-1 double on day two of the Newmarket July Festival.