FORMER eircom Player of the Year, George O’Callaghan has protested his innocence after being sent off in Ipswich Town’s 1-0 defeat to Watford on Saturday.

Watford 1 Ipswich 0

Watford 2 Blackburn 1

Aston Villa 2 Watford 0

Watford striker Ashley Young was left out of the line-up to face Aston Villa ahead of his expected move to the midlands club.

Watford boss Adrian Boothroyd tonight revealed that six Barclays Premiership clubs are trying to sign star forward Ashley Young.

Liverpool were made to work hard for their fourth successive Premier League victory.

Watford 0 Reading 0

TV STAR Richard Lee ensured Manchester City suffered a video nasty in front of the Sky cameras at Eastlands as relegation-threatened Watford grabbed a vital Barclays Premiership point.

Portsmouth midfielder Gary O’Neil, who was carried off on a stretcher against Fulham last Saturday, missed his first Premiership match of the season after failing a fitness test on his damaged thigh.

NEWCASTLE manager Glenn Roeder had Steve Harper to thank after the goalkeeper’s penalty shoot-out save booked his side a place in the Carling Cup quarter-finals at Watford’s expense.

Watford finally broke their winless run in the Barclays Premiership thanks to this deserved victory over a poor Middlesbrough side.

ADRIAN BOOTHROYD is a Champions League contender when it comes to positive thinking, but there are occasions when even his unique brand of corporate pep-talks will not do, and a trip to Arsenal is one of them.

Arsenal 3 Watford 0

Fulham boss Chris Coleman believes Brian McBride is close to his best form following the striker’s goal in last night’s bizarre 3-3 draw at Watford.

Watford 3 Fulham 3

Watford 3 Fulham 3

Bolton 1 Watford 0

Watford 1 Manchester United 2

VETERAN Chris Powell was “flabbergasted” and manager Adrian Boothroyd insisted the penalty that killed their brave fightback against Everton was a “massive mistake,” as Watford suffered a cruel end to their first day back in the top flight.

Jimmy Bullard has been dropped from the Wigan squad for tomorrow’s Premiership clash with Portsmouth at the JJB Stadium.

Wigan 3 Aston Villa 2

Wigan 3 Aston Villa 2

David Connolly could come into contention for a place in the Wigan squad to face Manchester City after scoring on his comeback from a hamstring injury in midweek.

Manchester City 1 Wigan 0

Wigan 2 Bolton 0

Wigan 2 Bolton 0

Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho recalled fit-again Hernan Crespo to the attack but rested goalkeeper Petr Cech against Barclays Premiership newcomers Wigan at Stamford Bridge.

Portsmouth 0 Wigan 2

Wigan 1 Newcastle 0

Henri Camara produced a match-winning performance to give Wigan their fourth victory in five Barclays Premiership matches and deny local rivals Bolton the chance to move into second place.

Everton 0 Wigan 1

Frank Lampard maintained Chelsea’s six-point lead at the top of the Barclays Premiership – and it was a good day for the champions as Manchester United lost to Blackburn and Arsenal drew at West Ham.

WIGAN striker David Connolly has urged Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr to end two years of personal hurt and recall him to the international fold.

Jimmy Bullard scored an injury-time winner as Wigan came from behind to seal a second successive victory and hand West Brom their third straight defeat.

WIGAN manager Paul Jewell is adamant his squad can hold their own in the Premiership despite being frustrated by the transfer window.

CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho offered a consoling word to Wigan boss Paul Jewell before slating his own side for a performance he deemed not worthy of Premiership champions.

Paul Jewell handed debuts to six players as Wigan began their first season in the Barclays Premiership with a fairytale home clash against champions Chelsea.

Henri Camara and Jason Roberts look set to lead Wigan’s attack in Sunday’s fairytale Premiership opener with Chelsea on Sunday.

WIGAN have agreed a fee with Portsmouth to bring centre-back Arjan de Zeeuw to the JJB Stadium. De Zeeuw, 35, played for the Latics for three years before arriving at Fratton Park in 2002.

Premiership new boys Wigan have agreed to pay a club record £3m (€4.3m) fee to Wolves for striker Henri Camara.

Wigan have completed the signing of midfielder Damien Francis from Norwich.

Wigan have agreed a fee with Norwich for midfielder Damien Francis.

Portsmouth have made Zambian striker Collins Mbesuma their seventh signing of the summer after a Home Office panel today granted him a work permit after a successful appeal.