January 4th and 5th - Liverpool's lead remains at six points despite dropping points this weekend. Man United showed up at Anfield in more ways than one and left with a point after a two-all draw. All the goals came in the second half - United were ahead through Lisandro Martinez. The leaders fought back and lead going into the final stages with goals from Gakpo and Salah. However, Amad Diallo had the final word scoring late on to ensure Ruben Almorin's side left Merseyside with a deserved point.

Both Arsenal and Chelsea failed to capitalise. Arsenal were held one-all by Brighton. Joao Pedro's controversial late penalty left Mikel Arteta fuming. Chelsea also drew one-all on the road. They shared the points with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

Newcastle are fifth after another away win - they came from behind to win two-one at Spurs who are now twelfth. Man City beat West Ham four-one to record their first home win in a while. Erling Haaland scored twice in that one. Bournemouth are seventh are beating Everton one-nil - Sean Dyche finding himself under more pressure with his side only two points outside the relegation zone.

If Southampton were a racehorse they would have been pulled up by now - they lose five-nil at home to Brentford. The Saints have just six points from twenty games this season and are on course to succeed the Derby County team of 2007-08 as the worst side in Premier League history. Leicester remain second from bottom after a two-one defeat at Aston Villa. A good week for Ipswich saw them pick up a point after a two-all draw at Fulham. They're level on points with Wolves ahead of their game on Monday night.

Our first leaderboard of 2025 sees the lead shared by Aaron Nealon and Brendan Maguire with 61 points each. Joe O'Brien is in third place, three points behind the leaders. Gary Fitzpatrick is fourth followed closely by Gary Donnelly in fifth place - full details below:

  


January 18th and 19th - A double round of fixtures saw Liverpool maintain their six point lead at the top of the table. Diogo Jota headed an equaliser to earn a point at Nottingham Forest. Just when it looked like two more points might be dropped at Brentford, Darwin Nunez scored twice in injury time to get the Reds title bid back on track. Most of the contenders picked up four points from six this week - Arsenal came out on top in the North London Derby on Wednesday night, beating Spurs two-one. However, they squandered a two goal lead at home to Aston Villa on Saturday evening with Ollie Watkins heading home an equaliser as Unai Emery left his old employers with a point.

Nottingham Forest are level on points with Arsenal. They beat Southampton three-two on Sunday and have a six point cushion inside the top four. Man City let a two-goal lead slip at Brentford on Tuesday night but a six-nil win at Ipswich on Sunday saw them move back into the top four, ahead of Newcastle on goal difference. Eddie Howe's team saw their good run come to an end in spectacular fashion, losing four-one at home to Bournemouth on Saturday. Justin Kluivert scored a hat-trick at the ground were his father Patrick once played.

Man United's revival continues to be very stop-start. A late Amad Diallo hat trick secured a three-one win at home to Southampton on Thursday night but Brighton won by the same scoreline at Old Trafford on Sunday as the footballing world remembered the great Denis Law who passed away on Friday. Brighton are ninth in the table after two away wins this week having also won at Ipswich on Thursday.

David Moyes returned to Everton with two home games. The first saw them lose one-nil against Aston Villa but Sunday saw them record a three-two win at home to Tottenham. Ange Postecoglou's side fell to fifteenth after that defeat. The three promoted teams were in the bottom three on Sunday evening - Leicester also lost both games this week - losing two-nil at home to both Crystal Palace and Fulham.

A good start to 2025 continues for Joe O'Brien who now leads both the January monthly and overall season competitions. He's two points clear of Gary Fitzpatrick in second place. Jimmy Toner is in third place with Lionel Knott and Tommy Walsh sharing fourth place - it's all to play for with one round of games to go in the month:

  


January 25th and 26th - A comfortable four-one win at home to Ipswich maintained Liverpool's six point lead at the top of the table. Mo Salah's goal in that one saw him surpass Thierry Henry on the all time Premier League scoring list. Cody Gakpo's double was his eighth goal in his last seven starts at Anfield. Arsenal had to dig deep to win at Wolves. Riccardo Calafiori scored the winner inside the final twenty minutes as both sides finished with ten men.

Nottingham Forest's unbeaten run came to a spectacular end as they crashed to a five-nil defeat at Bournemouth. Dango Ouattara scored a hat-trick for the Cherries who climbed to seventh in the table, just a point outside the top four. Man City are fourth after a three-one win at home to Chelsea. Phil Foden's goal in that one was his sixth league goal of the month - a nice little bonus point earner for the six people that have him as a bonus choice.

Bottom placed Southampton took the lead at home to Newcastle but a double from Alexander Isak and a Sandro Tonali strike leaves Eddie Howe's side nicely positioned in fifth place, just behind Man City on goal difference.

David Moyes earned his second win since returning to Everton - his side won one-nil at Brighton. Iliman Ndiaye scored the winner from the penalty spot at the Amex as the Toffees moved seven points clear of the bottom three.

Sunday proved to a good day for the away teams. It's six defeats and a draw for Tottenham in their last seven league games - despite leading Leicester one-nil at half-time, Ange Postecoglou's side slipped to a two-one defeat. The win lifted Ruud Van Nistelrooy's side out of the bottom three. Bryan Mbeumo scored his fourteenth league goal of the season as Brentford won two-one at Crystal Palace - the Bees are now eleventh in the table. Man United picked up a good three points on the road. Lisandro Martinez scored the only goal as Ruben Amorin's side won one-nil at Fulham. West Ham were the only away team not to win on Sunday but they were still good value for a one-all draw at Aston Villa.

The ten points collected from correctly predicting the result at Villa Park helped Jimmy Toner win the monthly prize for January. The West Ham fan had three points to spare over Joe O'Brien in second place. Gary Fitzpatrick finished third, full details below:

  


Premier League 2024-2025 - January Leaderboard
No.
 Lst Chg
Name
Team Name
Pts
Lst
Chg
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1
 3 2 Jimmy Toner Hammerheads 185 136 49

2
 1 -1 Joe O'Brien Explowy Joey 182 144 38
3
 2 -1 Gary Fitzpatrick Arne Army!! 176 142 34
4
 16 12 Keith Nerney Bellerin Than Out! 167 116 51
5
 6 1 Martin Kimmins Bada Bing Appreciation Society 167 130 37
6
 5 -1 Tommy Walsh Toon Army 167 131 36
7
 10 3 Gerry Moore Riccardo - Arteta's Italian Masterpiece 162 120 42
8
 15 7 James Keville Doesn't Mata 162 116 46
9
 7 -2 Jimmy Maguire Jimmy's Jewels 162 129 33
10
 14 4 Kevin Nolan Arne Slots It 161 117 44
11
 33 22 Aaron Nealon Backstreet Moyes 157 106 51
12
 9 -3 Gerry Draper Everton10 156 122 34
13
 27 14 Jonathan Fox Too Slot To Handle 156 112 44
14
 4 -10 Lionel Knott Abbeytown Reds 155 131 24
15
 25 10 Graham Pierpoint Jammie Dodgers 153 112 41
16
 8 -8 Eamon Fox Deus Ex Machina 152 126 26
17
 40 23 Michaela O'Malley Swords XI 152 101 51
18
 42 24 Darren O'Gorman Pass N Move 149 100 49
19
 17 -2 Frank McSweeney Poolabu 149 115 34
20
 20 0 Gary Donnelly Brass Back In The Neck 148 114 34
21
 23 2 Micheal Joyce Sionnach Attack 11 147 113 34
22
 18 -4 Joseph Kavanagh CherryOrchardThieves 144 115 29
23
 11 -12 Michael O'Reilly Micknato 144 120 24
24
 21 -3 Gavin Morgan Row Z 142 113 29
25
 31 6 Roisin Joyce Heroes For Just One Day! 142 108 34
26
 30 4 Sean Cleary Quadzilla 142 109 33
27
 36 9 Bobby Hynes Prove It All Night 141 102 39
28
 24 -4 Brendan Maguire Cantthinkofone 141 112 29
29
 19 -10 Con McSweeney Coolla Boollas 141 114 27
30
 13 -17 Dylan O'Riordan Friday Night Slots 141 117 24
31
 37 6 Kev Dalton Obi 1 Kenobi 0 141 102 39
32
 12 -20 Robert Gaffney Fiorentina Turner 141 119 22
33
 38 5 Philip Jordan Frankies Army 139 102 37
34
 34 0 Carl Toner COYI 137 106 31
35
 73 38 Dylan Delaney Bruno Dos Tres 137 86 51
36
 39 3 Johno Percy Konate Be Serious 137 101 36
37
 22 -15 Liam Keohan Havertz Your Way 137 113 24
38
 52 14 Finbarr Corkery Firies FC 136 97 39
39
 26 -13 Jack Draper Monaghan 136 112 24
40
 35 -5 Kevin Lawless Delays FC 136 104 32
41
 29 -12 Aidan White The Emery Board 131 109 22
42
 45 3 Keith Ryan Gonna Be A Winner 131 99 32
43
 61 18 Paul Moore TAA - The Scouser On Our Team 131 92 39
44
 32 -12 Paul Prendergast The Untouchables 131 107 24
45
 41 -4 Caroline Carroll Seagulls 129 100 29
46
 28 -18 Phil Doyle FC Muertos Hastiados 129 110 19
47
 46 -1 Lisa Donnelly 60 Grand 128 99 29
48
 47 -1 Billy McGinley TopTenBrighton 127 98 29
49
 54 5 Craig Whelan Arne Slot's Men 127 96 31
50
 48 -2 Helen Fadian Keel West Kats 127 98 29
51
 64 13 Patrick Mifsud ColePalmerIsInsane 127 91 36
52
 74 22 Shane Horan Arne's Army 127 86 41
53
 49 -4 Anastas Popov Super Saints 126 97 29
54
 57 3 Craig Calvert Borussia Teeth 126 92 34
55
 68 13 Gareth Pierpoint Saka Potatoes 126 87 39
56
 53 -3 Joe Turner Slot's Machines 126 97 29
57
 62 5 Peter Lavelle Lavfavs 126 92 34
58
 63 5 Robert Hynes George Best 126 92 34
59
 56 -3 Kieran Killeen Old Gold Glamour 125 93 32
60
 59 -1 Eamonn Gallagher Gally's Hoops 124 92 32
61
 43 -18 Paul Foley Foley's Sublime 11 124 100 24
62
 44 -18 Daniel Dorrian Donegallad97 123 99 24
63
 77 14 Brian Haughton Poolabu 121 77 44
64
 50 -14 Darragh Kenny We Go Again 121 97 24
65
 60 -5 Javier Suarez Kings of Europe 121 92 29
66
 71 5 Robert Foley RodneyafterDave 121 87 34
67
 72 5 Tommy Hamill Omeath Allstars 121 87 34
68
 55 -13 Brian Mullen Plumb It Up There Lad 119 95 24
69
 51 -18 David Cooney Clearlake Creche 119 97 22
70
 83 13 Derek McDonald Erik Ten Bob 119 72 47
71
 81 10 Aidan Scanlon St Pats 117 75 42
72
 65 -7 Andy Dunne Borussia Mo Salah 117 90 27
73
 82 9 Monica Collins Collins Crusaders FC 117 73 44
74
 76 2 Simon Scanlon Van The Man 117 79 38
75
 78 3 Eoghan Farrelly No More Chances 116 77 39
76
 70 -6 John Cafferkey Beach Boys 116 87 29
77
 67 -10 Niall Gregory Yid Army 115 89 26
78
 69 -9 John Brophy Carrig Anybody But City (Or United) 114 87 27
79 66 -13 Niall Carroll Jossy's Giants 114 90 24
80 80 0 Gary McGurk Rolestown Slots 112 76 36
81 58 -23 Dave McGinley 115 Problems Plus The Grealish One 111 92 19
82 79 -3 Sean Cafferkey Hugh O'Neills 111 77 34
83 85 2 Jason Maloney Time Out Hoops 109 70 39
84 75 -9 Joe Behan I Must Be Mad 109 82 27
85 84 -1 Sean O'Mairtin Creweless 106 72 34
86 86 0 Ralph Goodwin Hollyfort Hackers 99 67 32
87 89 2 Rhea Suarez Behan Rhea Rules!! 94 60 34
88 90 2 Ciaran O'Hart Riverchapel Plate 90 59 31
89 87 -2 Christina Morgan I'll Try 2-1 This Year 87 63 24
90 91 1 Richard Johnston Close Encounters 81 59 22
91 92 1 Thomas Nolan Teenage Mutant Ninja Skrtels 81 57 24
92 88 -4 David Lavelle Ger's Abu 76 62 14
93 93 0 Brian Gray Rocky Rovers 41 39 2
94 95 1 David King South Stand Collective 16 12 4
95 94 -1 Gavin Goodwin Gorey United 16 14 2
96 96 0 James Cotter Queens Park Raisins 16 12 4