A Fascinating Sunday in the Premiership
Then at 10:30am is the first big clash of the season. Chelsea were taken apart by Burnley at Stamford Bridge last weekend. Now they have to travel to Wembley to play a Spurs side that has a good chance of nicking their title off them this season. Join me for all the banter.
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The last time the West Yorkshire side played a home match in the top flight, we were all in elementary school - 1972. Cor!
Not surprising the atmosphere is crackling.
The teams coming out now:
Huddersfield Town
Lossl; Smith, Schindler, Zanka, Lowe; Mooy, Billing; Kachunga, Ince, Van La Parra; Mounie. Subs: Coleman, Malone, Lolley, Williams, Quaner, Hefele, Palmer.
Newcastle United
Elliot; Manquillo, Lascelles, Mbemba, Clark; Ritchie, Merino, Hayden, Atsu; Perez; Gayle. Subs: Darlow, Saivet, Aarons, Diame, Murphy, Joselu, Mitrovic.
Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)
Newcastle have a number of injury woes:
Yedlin (hamstring), Dummett (hamstring), Lejeune (ankle), Shelvey (being an idiot), new signings (Ashley). Joselu is there on the bench though, as is human battering ram Alexander Mitrovic.
Good morning, Bob. Here to join you for the match from the John Smith's Stadium
They're off
And we're away at John Smith's Stadium. Jon Champion and Andy Townsend on the mics for this one.
Morning, MUR - how are you, mate?
A clash there and Mbemba has a wound on the side of his head from Kachunga's high boot.
Mooy has a go at goal, somewhat scuffed. Gathered easily by Eliot.
It's the Terriers first home match in the top flight since 1972
I'm a little tired , but doing well. How about you?
Another incident there with a possible stamp - it's all a bit chippy for some reason. These two teams don't exactly love each other.
Tired as well - the prep week took a lot out of me, but I'm trying to make up the sleep this weekend, despite all of the footer action.
Huddersfield are making all the early running here.
They're two northern clubs that are newly promoted, so it would make sense that there's a bit of a rivalry
Paul Ince with a volley halfway to Manchester. Nearly cleared the Pennines.
I'm guessing that you're rooting for Newcastle instead of your local rivals.
Aussie international, Aaron Mooy, takes a free kick that is headed away
No - I'm okay with Hudders. No love for the Toon, particularly.
A poor clearance from Christian Atsu goes to Tom Ince, who shoots right at Rob Elliott.
Lodl does well to turn around a curler from Matt Ritchie. First Toon threat of the match
The Terriers counter off the corner.
Oh - Ritchie draws a brilliant save out of Lossi.
You should be pleased with early proceedings. David Wagner is from the Klopp school of coaching , so expect the Terriers to be the Liverpool of Yorkshire.
Manquillo tackles Van La Parra for a Terriers corner.
Has Fred recovered from the hiding we gave the Black Cats yesterday?
Rob Elliott misjudges the curling corner under pressure from the dangerous Mounie.
They do look good today.
I think so. He seems to be his normal self. It was a professional Leeds performance. Congrats, mate
Oh - Mounie was nearly in there. He looks an instinctive striker.
Strange that it was W Yorkshire vs a Geordie team at the SOL and W Yorkshire vs a Geordie team here. Is that an odd coincidence.
He scored the most headed goals in the top five European leagues last season. Looks to be a great signing. Scored twice at Selhurst Park last week.
With those defensive clearances, it appears that the Toon back four was purchased at a clearance sale.
Dwight Gayle playing more like Crystal as he's flagged offside.
The great Frank Worthington in the stands.
Is that Frank Worthington with that receding hairline? A great showman in his day, especially with that goal for Bolton vs Ipswich
That one is a classic.
Seems like Mike Ashley wants to sign players from the outlet mall while Raffa wants to go high end.
Good thing Dave and Kathy left for Boston today instead of yesterday.
Ayoze gets top Billing as he wins a free kick
Matt Ritchie's deliveries are , like Trump's , falling short.
Hayden with a naughty challenge on the Terriers playmaker, Aaron Mooy. Looks like just a lecture.
Aaron Mooy is supposedly the Terriers star player. He is the conductor in Wagner's orchestra. Couldn't make it at Citeh , but seems to have found a home in W Yorkshire.
He seems a useful player but he was never going to nudge out the likes of De Bruyne.
Big call for a penalty for Newcastle. Nothing doing from referee Pawson.
It's a balmy 61 degrees in W Yorkshire .A tad cooler than what I'm used to this time of the year
Expect Wagner to be like Klopp, who taught him how to be a manager.
Losl doing sweeper keeping twice.
Matt Ritchie booked for a naughty challenge on Aaron Mooy.
Seems now like both teams are content to go in 0-0 at the half.
A minute of stoppage time.
Mbemba tackle Mounie for a Terriers corner on the break.
The corner from Ince out for another.
Oh - great chance there right at the death of the half for Huddersfield.
It's 0-0 at the half.
Half time - a competitive half but no goals as of yet. Off to toast up a bagel.
The second half is underway
I'm back at the start of the second half with a bagel and cuppa.
Jon Champion and Andy Townsend are comparing this one with a typical Championship match - I think they're right.
Jon Champion and Andy Townsend have stated that this is like watching a Championship match. It has that feel to it.
Welcome back, mate. Sounds like tasty brekkies.
Nasty one there from Matt Ritchie - studs up. Fortunately he didn't connect with anyone. Reckless, though.
It is the official breakfast of the LOB. What kind of bagel are you having?
GOAL! Aaron fires home the Terriers first home goal in the top flight for 45 years!
GOAL !!! AARON MOOY GIVES THE TERRIERS THE LEAD WITH A SUPERB CURLER.
Brilliant one-two with Mounie, and Mooy curled in a beauty.
1-0 Terrers!
Raffa responds by bringing on Joselu for Dwight Crystal Gayle.
Bloody hell - Championship top goalscorer last year Dwight Gayle is getting the hook in the 51st minute. He won't like that.
Replaced by some new Spanish signing.
It was a chocolate covered doughnut with coffee.
Hayden booked for a foul on Phillip Top Billing
Isaac Hayden picks up the first yellow card of the morning.
If this match has been like a Championship match then the goal sure was of Premier League caliber. The Terriers won the ball just outside their box and ten passes later Loew found Mooy, who played a one two with Mounie and beat Rob Elliott with a superb curler from about twenty yards out.
Kachunga goes on a run and wins a corner.
I think Joselu had a spell with the Potters and showed he can be a dangerous player. Why not start him up front with your beloved Mitrovic?
It's looking like a W Yorkshire double vs the two big NE sides with a double in clean sheets as well.
And Newcastle look to be in big trouble.
Raffa to be holding a going out of business sale?
The Terriers did not Loew that decision from the ref.
The Toon keep possession from Ritchie's free kick and Lodl gathers at full stretch from Manquilllo's pass.
New boy Joselu picks up a yellow card for a nasty follow-through on the keeper Lossl.
Terriers keeper, Lodl is down after Joselu ran into him from a back pass that should not be given Top Billing.
Sorry, Lossl.
The ref did not give Top Billing for that foul on Atsu and has booked the biog Danish midfield player for repeated fouling.
it seems like reunion day as former Terriers players and managers are in the VIP seats.
Lssl turns around a shot from Joselu as the Toon put together some passes for the first time this match
Clarke heads on the corner from Ritchie and Ayoze volleys over.
A Terriers substitution as Colin Quarner is on for Van La Parra.
Newcastle have twenty minutes to dig this one day.
Isaac Hayden off target with that long range effort.
Casey Palmer, on loan from Chelsea, on for Kachunga.
The Terriers win a corner.
Jon Champion has been pronouncing Steve Mounie's name "Moo-nee-ay." I've consulted Kate - my expert on all things French - and she has corrected that. Unless there is an accent over the "e," it should be "Moo-nee" with the emphasis on the second syllable. Just thought you should know.
Casey Palmer, who just came on seem surprised as the corner from Aaron Mooy broke to him and it bounced off him as he was alone in the six yard box.
Mohammed Diame is coming on for Hayden now - last roll of the dice for Benitez.
Thanks for the clarification. I was thinking along the same lines as Kate. Please thank her for the clarification.
Another Toon change as Mo Diame is on for Isaac Hayden, who didn't see up to the pace today
Are you ready for the solar eclipse?
Palmer goes into the book now - he won't worry about that if the Terriers go on to win this one.
Yes - the Physics Department here is doing a big event for it tomorrow. Are you going to take part in some safe viewing?
Casey Palmer booked for a naughty foul on Toon skipper, Jamaal Lascelles.
Ayoze Perez gets the hook - now that really should be the last roll of the dice.
Jacob Murphy on for Ayoze for a Toon debut. He was signed from the Canaries.
I looked at the timeline and will probably be in class unless it falls during lunch
Our event is from 1-4pm - not sure exactly when it will happen.
I think your prime time is between 2 PM and 230 PM your time. Then the first Monday nighter of the season.
The Magpies don't look close to equalizing here. Extraordinary.
I would have brought on Mitrovic bad boy or good boy. He's scored at this level.
Casey Palmer wins another Terriers corner,.
The Terriers have seen the Toon not exactly off to the races.
Raffa the first Prem manager to receive a vote of confidence?
It seems that bad boy Mitrovic is on his way out of the club - if anyone wants to pick him up, that is.
Could be - I wonder if anyone picked him?
Mounie , not Mounier , booked for a stray arm.
Red Dragon would pick up the points.
Would you take a naughty boy with a proven scoring record at ER?
Newcastle look really dreadful - I'm sure that United are looking forward to playing them.
I don't think so - I've never rated him.
A quartet of minutes of stoppage time for Wagner's symphony.
Lascelles gets a late booking for his trouble. It's going to be a short but dismal drive back to Newcastle on the coach.
Lascelles booked for a stray arm on Mounie, not Mounier.
Hefle on for Tom Ince on the wave of the final wand in Wagner's symphony.
They're partying like it's 1926.
That's it then - Huddersfield are making a nonsense of my relegation prediction for them, with a second win on the trot. Excellent start to the season for David Wagner and his side. Newcastle, on the other hand, are down in the dumps and at the bottom of the table.
It's over and the Terriers hold on to defeat the Toon 1-0 for their first top flight home win since 1972.
Toon and Palace tied for last
Off to take Sparky walkies before the late match
I'm back for the big one - Spurs v. Chelsea from Wembley. Sounds like a Cup Final, eh?
Here are the teams:
Tottenham: Lloris; Dier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen; Trippier, Wanyama, Dembele, Davies; Eriksen; Alli, Kane. Subs: Vorm, Walker-Peters, Wimmer, Son, Sissoko, Janssen, Winks.
Chelsea: Courtois; Christensen, Rudiger, Azpilicueta; Moses, Bakayoko, David Luiz, Kante, Alonso; Willian; Morata. Subs: Caballero, Musonda, Batshuayi, Pedro, Kenedy, Tomori, Scott.
Referee: Anthony Taylor.
Back and Sunshine is ready for the first ever Premier League match to be staged at Wembley. Lots of Spuds banners in the stands amidst a great atmosphere.
It sure is like a Cup Final. Looking forward to this.
It may be a larger crowd than any at OT!
The 58th ground to host Prem footie.
They're off from Wembley
The first ever Premier League match at Wembley is about to begin - it becomes the 58th ground. We're away!
It's Arlo and Lee Dixon on the microphones this afternoon. What an occasion!
An early cross in from Kante is gathered easily by Lloris. Chelsea would become the first champions in 36 years to lose the first two matches if they were go down today.
Que Sera Sera . We're going to Wmbeuhlay! Que Sera Sera!
Some great singing from the Spurs fans right off. They're trying to make this their home.
I think that was Villa , who were shocked 0-1 at Villa Park by newly promoted Notts County. Not sure about the other loss.
The first chance of the match falls to Morata , who is well wide with a free header in the six yard box off a fantastic cross.
Oh - Morata should have scored. I would have liked that a great deal.
Bob will not be impressed with that challenge from Sideshow Bob that sandwiched Delle Alli.
Bakayoko heads out the free kick for a Spuds corner.
Taken short and easily caught by Courtois.
Courtois gets away with a long range effort from Harry Kane that went through him , but harmlessly away
I was just about to say that Spurs haven't got going yet here at Wembley when Kane spins and shoots. Courtois handled it well.
Morata wins a corner off of Toby.
A pattern is developing, Tottenham seeing most of the ball, Chelsea sitting back.
They met here in the Fa Cup semi .
If the Spuds go ahead it will be Chelsea to come back with their current tactics.
Lloris got away with a clearance that came off of Morata and back into his arms.
Oh - Morata charged down that clearance from Lloris. could've have gone anywhere.
Delle Alli blasts a close range effort over off a long ball.
Chelsea don;t seem to have got out of first gear. Not a good sign for the defending champs.
A rather tactical match so far.
The first London Derby of the new season.
Are Tottenham piping the sound of a drum over the loudspeaker in order to create an atmosphere?
Dembele with a long range curling effort not too far off.
Oh - Dembele fired over from long range under pressure from Sideshow - just over.
Looks like Courtois tipped it over.
They shouldn't need the help of sound system. It seems to be an outstanding atmosphere.
Ben Davies with an excellent challenge that set up a shot for Dele Alli - it's brought back for a foul; I didn't see much wrong with it.
Wanyama with a typically rough challenge. This time on Victor Moses.
Sideshow earns a great free kick opportunity here - he'll likely take it as well.
Della Alli clips the Sideshow. Great position for a Chelsea free kick.
GOAL! It's Alonso in the end, who swings it right into the corner past a despairing Lloris.
0-1 Chelsea!
GOAL!!!! MARCOS ALONSO SCORES WITH A FANTASTIC FREE KICK AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY
I have to say that Chelsea are good for that one; they've pressed and had several chances.
A similar pattern to the cup semi last season and the Wembley jinx continues.
Now the reverse as the Sideshow clips Delle Alli
Now Victor Moses concedes a free kick
Bakayoko heads out the free kick from Ben Davies for a Spuds corner.
Toby heads wide off the corner from Ben Davies.
This match is due goals after the last three televised matches have all ended 1-0 to the home team.
A tad naughty by Christiansen on Harry Kane.
Harry Kane wants a penalty , but Anthony Taylor waves play on. Seconds earlier he was through , but stumbled as Courtois made a close range kick save
Oh - Kane involved twice there. First put through and almost muscled his way into a shooting position and then seemingly pushed over. Anthony taylor waves on.
Rudiger, the new signing from Germany, picks up a yellow card.
Rudiger booked for kicking the ball away after being called for a foul.
Sideshow Bob down after a dier of a challenge that results in a Spuds booking.
Now Dier’s booked for a tackle so absurd he managed to take out Moses and David Luiz at the same time. Luiz has come off worse. He needs treatment.
Nice one, mate.
Cheers, mate.
Now Dier has hobbled Bakayoko - he's on a thin edge.
The Spuds host Burnley next Sunday in the last match before the international break. Burnley starting with their first two away matches in the capital.
Sideshow Bob booked for and off the ball foul on Eriksen.
Now Sideshow picks up a yellow card for blocking off Erickson. Another real chance for Spurs.
Oh - flashes straight across the box. No one on the end of it.
A nice curling free kick from Eriksen and nobody can make contact as the ball goes out of play
Oh - great move from Spurs and Kane rockets one off the post. Close call.
OH!!!! Off the post from Harry Kane with Courtois completely beaten . Great run and pass from Delle Alli
Oh - another great move leads to Davies pulling a great save out of Courtois. They're knocking on the door.
Courtois does well to turn around a long range effort from Ben Davies that deflected off of Azpi
A trio of minutes of stoppage time.
Spurs are ripping the Chelsea back four apart now. They'll only be saved by the half-time whistle.
Marcos Alonso clears a pass from Trippier for a corner.
Oh - great cross over now and Dier nearly got in. Sideshow just put him off.
Dier blasts a close range from a pass from Vertonghen off of the Sideshow, but it's given as a goal kick
Half time arrives - we're separated by the sumptuous free kick by Marcos Alonso.
Chelsea is one up at the half despite Spuds dominance . Is it the Wembley hoodoo?
Spurs get us going again in the second half. They had all the momentum at the end of that first half - can they capitalize on it?
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