March 8th and 9th - Liverpool took a step closer to their 20th title again this weekend. They were given a fright by Southampton but prevailed to win three-one. Will Smallbone opened the scoring just before half-time but an equaliser from Darwin Nunez and two Mo Salah penalties saw Arne Slot's side chalk up another three points. The lead at the top on Sunday was fifteen points as Arsenal dropped points for a third consecutive games, drawing one-all at Old Trafford. Bruno Fernandes opened the scoringfor United with Declan Rice equalising in the second half. Sixteen points are needed by the Reds to seal the title - that could be a combination of points earned or points dropped by Arsenal. To be honest, at this stage I'm more concerned about Donald Trump's trigger finger than Arsenal stopping us winning the title.

Nottingham Forest picked up a great three points in their pursuit of a Champions League spot. Callum Hudson-Odoi scored a late goal as Man City (remember them?) were beaten one-nil at the City Ground. With the Premier League likely to have five teams in the Champions League next season, Forest might be hosting the cream of Europe for the first time since the early 1980's. Chelsea moved back into the top four with a one-nil win over Leicester. Marc Cucurella scored the only goal at Stamford Bridge.

Since shipping seven at Nottingham Forest on February 1st, Brighton have won four league games on the bounce. A late win over Fulham on Saturday leaves them in sixth place, just four points outside the top four. Ollie Watkins scored the only goal as Aston Villa won one-nil at Brentford. That win moved them above Bournemouth who let a two goal lead slip at Tottenham on Sunday.

At the bottom, as well as those defeats for Southampton and Leicester, Ipswich lost one-nil at Crystal Palace. Wolves earned a point in a one-all draw at home to Everton to move six points clear of the bottom three.

Carl Toner leads the March competition after the first weekend of games - he has a one point lead over Monica Collins in second place. Phil Doyle is a further three points back with John Brophy and Joe O'Brien completing the top five:

  


March 15th and 16th - Arsenal took advantage of Liverpool not playing (in more ways than one...) to cut the lead at the top of the table to twelve points with nine games to go. Mikel Merino scored the only goal as Chelsea were beaten one-nil at the Emirates. With Liverpool going out of two competitions since the last update Mikel Arteta and co might just think there's a very feint pulse in the title race yet.

Nottingham Forest consolidated their top four position winning four-two at Ipswich. They have a six point advantage over Man City in fifth place. Pep Guardiola's side twice surrendered the lead against Brighton and had to settle for a point in the end.

With fifth place likely to be enough for a Champions League spot next season, everyone down as far as Bournemouth in tenth place still have a good chance of qualifying. The Cherries didn't do themselves any favours though, losing two-one at home to Brentford. Newcastle, fresh from their deserved win in the Carabao Cup final, have a game in hand - if they win that they'll climb to fourth in the table.

The big game down the bottom saw Wolves win two-one at Southampton. Wolves are now nine points clear of the relegation zone with nine games to play - hard to see any of the bottom three staying up at this stage. Man United won the other relegation six pointer, scoring three without reply at Leicester.

Elsewhere, the David Moyes Derby ended up with Everton and West Hame sharing the points after a one-all draw at Goodison Park. Another London derby saw Fulham beat Tottenham by two goals to nil at Craven Cottage. That was Spurs' fifteenth league defeat of the season.

An excellent score of 53 points saw Shane Horan top the table for March. With an international weekend followed by an FA Cup weekend it's an early conclusion to the monthly competition. Overall leader, Joe O'Brien, finished in second place just a point behind. Dylan O'Riordan also finished strongly but had to settle for third place. The top five was completed by Brian Gray and Brian Mullen who shared fourth spot:

  


Premier League 2024-2025 - March Leaderboard
No.
 Lst Chg
Name
Team Name
Pts
Lst
Chg
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1
 27 26 Shane Horan Arne's Army 93 40 53

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