August 16th to 18th - Defending champions Man City, and their 115 charges, started off the new season with a two-nil victory at Chelsea and their 115 man squad. Erling Haaland opened his account for the season in the first half with Mateo Kovacic sealing the win against his former side.

There were two-nil victories for the two sides that challenged Man City last season. Second half goals from Diogo Jota and Mo Salah gave Liverpool victory at newly promoted Ipswich Town. Salah has now scored nine goals on the opening day since signing in 2017. Arsenal won by the same scoreline at home to Wolves - Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka on the scoresheet, earning bonus points for some of you along the way.

Man United kicked off the season on Friday night at home to Fulham. They stumbled to victory with a goal three minutes from time from new signing Joshua Zirkzee on his debut. Everton's final season at Goodison Park started in disastrous fashion as they crashed to a three-nil defeat at home to Brighton. Goals from Mitoma, Welbeck and Adingra gave Fabian Hurzeler victory in his first game in charge. The Toffees also lost Ashley Young to a red card to compound the fume around L4.

Newcastle United were reduced to ten men after Fabian Schar's early red card but Joelinton's goal on half time was enough to give them victory over Southampton on Saturday. Aston Villa started off their season with an excellent win on the road - they were ahead inside five minutes through Onana's opening goal before Paqueta equalised from the spot. Unai Emery's side took all three points though when Jhon Duran scored with eleven minutes to go.

Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth shared the points following a one-all draw. That game was marred by a very bad injury to Danilo. Chris Wood's opener for the home side was cancelled out late on by Antoine Semenyo's strike. Brentford started with a win too - goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa saw them beat Crystal Palace three-two on Sunday afternoon.

In an ominous start to the season, Jonathan Fox leads our competition after the first weekend with 64 points. He has a two point lead over Graham Pierpoint in second place. Niall Carroll and Thomas Nolan share third spot, they're both five points off the lead. Fifth place is shared by Con McSweeney and Craig Whelan. Full details below:

  


August 24th & 25th - Man City went top of the table on Saturday night after a 4-1 win at home to Ipswich Town. The Tractor Boys really poked the hornet's nest when they took an early lead through Sammie Szmodics. Nine minutes after scoring they were three-one down. Erling Haaland went on to complete a hat-trick, being joined on the scoresheet by Kevin de Bruyne. Brighton joined Man City on six points after a two-one win at home to Man United. Danny Welbeck opened the scoring for the fifth time against his former side. Amad Diallo looked to have earned his side a point until Joao Pedro struck in the fifth minute of injury time to give Brighton their fifth win from their last six games against Erik Ten Hag's side...

Arsenal exorcised the ghosts of one of last season's defeats when they won two-nil at Aston Villa. An Ollie Watkins sitter proved vital when Leandro Trossard and Tomas Partey scored second half goals for Mikel Arteta's side who became the third team to make it two wins from two. Everton's disastrous start to the season continued when they shipped four at Tottenham. Among the scorers was Son Heung-Min whose double strike saw him score for the tenth consecutive season.

Nottingham Forest recorded their first win of the season when Morgan Gibbs-White scored the only goal in a one-nil win at Southampton. West Ham also got off the mark - they won two-nil across London at Crystal Palace - the goals cam in the final quarter from Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen. Fulham beat Leicester two-one in Saturday's final game - Alex Iwobi scored the winner in that game after Wout Faes had cancelled out Emile Smith-Rowe's opener.

Sunday's games saw Liverpool join the other teams on two wins from two - Luis Diaz and Mo Salah scored in each half in a two-nil win at home to Brentford. Chelsea's enlarged squad won a remarkable six-two victory at Wolves - Noni Madueke scored a hat-trick in that one and was immediately awarded with a 22 year contract to cover his entire career and first few years of retirement (probably!). The game between Bournemouth and Newcastle finished one-all - Marcus Tavernier opened the scoring for the Cherries but Anthony Gordon earned a point for Eddie Howe's side.

Joe Behan is our new leader after a score of 67 points this week took him top of the leaderboard. Jonathan Fox is just two points behind in second place. Dylan O'Riordan has climbed to third with Bobby Hynes up three places to fourth. Fifth place is shared by Jason Maloney and Phil Doyle - all to play for with next weekend's games deciding our first monthly winner of the season:

  

August 31st - August ended with a familiar look to the table with Man City the only team to make it three wins from three. Erling Haaland scored his second hat trick in a week as the reigning champions won three-one at West Ham. The Hammers had briefly threatened a comeback when Ruben Dias scored an own goal to equalise but the Norwegian robot soon put paid to those thoughts. Arsenal and Brighton lost their 100% percent records but remain unbeaten after a one-all draw at the Emirates. The Gunners looked set to make it three wins from three after Kai Havertz opened the scoring. However a red card for Declan Rice (see you in the Aviva next Saturday...) and a Joao Pedro equaliser saw the points shared.

Everton plumbed new depths in their final season at Goodison. Despite leading Bournemouth two-nil with three minutes to go they managed to conjure up their third defeat in three. Goals from Semenyo, Cook and Sinisterra saw the Cherries steal an unlikely three points and leave the Toffees bottom of the table without a point so far. Southampton also retained their 100% defeat record with a three-one defeat at Brentford. Two goals from Bryan Mbeumo did the damage there...

Aston Villa won for the second time away from home this season, winning two-one at Leicester. Onana and Duran scored the goals for Unai Emery's side. The points were shared at the City Ground where Nottingham Forest and Wolves drew one-all. Both goals came in the first twelve minutes with Chris Wood scoring for the home side but Jean-Ricner Bellegarde equalising for the visitors. It also finished one-all at Portman Road where Ipswich Town picked up their first points of the season after a draw with Fulham.

Assuming no manager gets their P45 in the next three hours (I'm looking at you Sean Dyche!!) it looks like Joe Behan is our first monthly winner for 2024-2025. He held off a late challenge from David King to win the August prize by just two points. Jason Maloney finished in third place with Gavin Morgan and Craig Whelan completing the top five - full details below:

  

Premier League 2024-2025 - August Leaderboard
No.
 Lst Chg
Name
Team Name
Pts
Lst
Chg
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1
 1 0 Joe Behan I Must Be Mad 145 114 31

2
 14 12 David King South Stand Collective 143 97 46
3
 5 2 Jason Maloney Time Out Hoops 142 106 36
4
 7 3 Gavin Morgan Row Z 140 104 36
5
 25 20 Craig Whelan Arne Slot's Men 139 93 46
6
 4 -2 Bobby Hynes Prove It All Night 138 107 31
7
 22 15 Darren O'Gorman Pass N Move 137 94 43
8
 20 12 Lionel Knott Abbeytown Reds 136 95 41
9
 41 32 Tommy Hamill Omeath Allstars 135 89 46
10
 8 -2 Graham Pierpoint Jammie Dodgers 134 104 30
11
 26 15 Billy McGinley TopTenBrighton 133 92 41
12
 27 15 Brendan Maguire Cantthinkofone 133 92 41
13
 9 -4 Joe O'Brien Explowy Joey 133 102 31
14
 2 -12 Jonathan Fox Too Slot To Handle 133 112 21
15
 49 34 Brian Gray Rocky Rovers 131 85 46
16
 35 19 Gerry Moore Riccardo - Arteta's Italian Masterpiece 131 90 41
17
 36 19 James Keville Doesn't Mata 131 90 41
18
 21 3 Patrick Mifsud ColePalmerIsInsane 131 95 36
19
 3 -16 Dylan O'Riordan Friday Night Slots 130 109 21
20
 24 4 Sean O'Mairtin Creweless 130 94 36
21
 13 -8 Keith Nerney Bellerin Than Out! 129 98 31
22
 29 7 Dave McGinley 115 Problems Plus The Grealish One 128 92 36
23
 31 8 Frank McSweeney Poolabu 128 92 36
24
 80 56 Gary Fitzpatrick Arne Army!! 128 72 56
25
 45 20 Micheal Joyce Sionnach Attack 11 128 87 41
26
 34 8 Monica Collins Collins Crusaders FC 128 92 36
27
 10 -17 Niall Carroll Jossy's Giants 128 102 26
28
 47 19 Robert Foley RodneyafterDave 128 87 41
29
 6 -23 Phil Doyle FC Muertos Hastiados 127 106 21
30
 18 -12 Con McSweeney Coolla Boollas 126 95 31
31
 38 7 David Lavelle Ger's Abu 125 89 36
32
 12 -20 Brian Mullen Plumb It Up There Lad 124 98 26
33
 43 10 Darragh Kenny We Go Again 123 87 36
34
 37 3 Ralph Goodwin Hollyfort Hackers 123 90 33
35
 16 -19 Sean Cleary Quadzilla 123 97 26
36
 69 33 Rhea Suarez Behan Rhea Rules!! 122 79 43
37
 11 -26 Helen Fadian Keel West Kats 120 99 21
38
 23 -15 Liam Keohan Havertz Your Way 120 94 26
39
 67 28 Paul Moore TAA - The Scouser On Our Team 120 79 41
40
 71 31 Jimmy Maguire Jimmy's Jewels 118 77 41
41
 15 -26 Joseph Kavanagh CherryOrchardThieves 118 97 21
42
 73 31 Kev Dalton Obi 1 Kenobi 0 118 77 41
43
 33 -10 Michael O'Reilly Micknato 118 92 26
44
 60 16 Robert Hynes George Best 118 82 36
45
 61 16 Sean Cafferkey Hugh O'Neills 118 82 36
46
 17 -29 Thomas Nolan Teenage Mutant Ninja Skrtels 118 97 21
47
 50 3 Carl Toner COYI 116 85 31
48
 19 -29 Keith Ryan Gonna Be A Winner 116 95 21
49
 64 15 Lisa Donnelly 60 Grand 116 80 36
50
 65 15 Robert Gaffney Fiorentina Turner 116 80 36
51
 40 -11 Roisin Joyce Heroes For Just One Day! 115 89 26
52
 58 6 Daniel Dorrian Donegallad97 114 83 31
53
 42 -11 Eamon Fox Deus Ex Machina 114 88 26
54
 28 -26 Brian Haughton Poolabu 113 92 21
55
 32 -23 Joe Turner Slot's Machines 113 92 21
56
 46 -10 Paul Foley Foley's Sublime 11 113 87 26
57
 52 -5 Martin Kimmins Bada Bing Appreciation Society 111 85 26
58
 55 -3 Gareth Pierpoint Saka Potatoes 110 84 26
59
 39 -20 Javier Suarez Kings of Europe 110 89 21
60
 70 10 Aaron Nealon Backstreet Moyes 109 78 31
61
 59 -2 Eoghan Farrelly No More Chances 108 82 26
62
 30 -32 Finbarr Corkery Firies FC 108 92 16
63
 48 -15 Simon Scanlon Van The Man 108 87 21
64
 84 20 Caroline Carroll Seagulls 107 69 38
65
 63 -2 Aidan Scanlon St Pats 106 80 26
66
 62 -4 Andy Dunne Borussia Mo Salah 106 81 25
67
 51 -16 David Cooney Clearlake Creche 106 85 21
68
 54 -14 Anastas Popov Super Saints 105 84 21
69
 95 26 Derek McDonald Erik Ten Bob 105 57 48
70
 72 2 John Brophy Carrig Anybody But City (Or United) 105 77 28
71
 56 -15 Paul Prendergast The Untouchables 105 84 21
72
 57 -15 Ciaran O'Hart Riverchapel Plate 104 83 21
73
 85 12 Dylan Delaney Bruno Dos Tres 104 68 36
74
 82 8 John Cafferkey Beach Boys 103 72 31
75
 83 8 Kevin Nolan Arne Slots It 103 72 31
76
 74 -2 Gavin Goodwin Gorey United 101 75 26
77
 89 12 Kevin Lawless Delays FC 101 65 36
78
 76 -2 Craig Calvert Borussia Teeth 100 74 26
79 78 -1 Eamonn Gallagher Gally's Hoops 99 73 26
80 92 12 Tommy Walsh Toon Army 99 63 36
81 44 -37 James Cotter Queens Park Raisins 98 87 11
82 53 -29 Shane Horan Arne's Army 96 85 11
83 66 -17 Jack Draper Monaghan 95 79 16
84 68 -16 Peter Lavelle Lavfavs 95 79 16
85 79 -6 Richard Johnston Close Encounters 95 73 22
86 90 4 Gary McGurk Rolestown Slots 94 63 31
87 81 -6 Gerry Draper Everton10 93 72 21
88 93 5 Gary Donnelly Brass Back In The Neck 92 62 30
89 88 -1 Jimmy Toner Hammerheads 91 65 26
90 77 -13 Aidan White The Emery Board 89 73 16
91 94 3 Johno Percy Konate Be Serious 89 58 31
92 75 -17 Christina Morgan I'll Try 2-1 This Year 85 74 11
93 96 3 Niall Gregory Yid Army 84 53 31
94 86 -8 Philip Jordan Frankies Army 84 68 16
95 91 -4 Michaela O'Malley Swords XI 74 63 11
96 87 -9 Kieran Killeen Old Gold Glamour 72 67 5