Live updates from the Premier League and beyondYou can email John or tweet him hereLive scoreboard: all the latest scores and results 2.49pm BST Noel Heath tweets: “Re: 21 mins in. I believe that’s Paul Barron owner of Barons, Hull’s fourth best nightclub. See Reeves and Mortimer’s documentary on him called The Club.” 2.46pm BST Here’s the report from Newcastle 1-2 Tottenham. Related: Dele Alli gets Tottenham off to a winning start against Newcastle 2.45pm BST Bobby Reid, previously of Bristol City, makes his first start for Cardiff. Beyond Kepa and Jorginho for Chelsea, perhaps the other big debut of the day is that of Jean-Michael Seri for Fulham, whose arrival from Nice at the Cottage is a serious coup. For Huddersfield, goalkeeper Ben Hamer, from Leicester, and Dutch defender Terence Kongolo, from Monaco, are the debutants. Watford’s debutant is a familiar face in Ben Foster, while Brighton’s sole new starter is Bernardo after all that business. Cautious Chris Hughton. 2.31pm BST As said before, it’s as you were pretty much for Bournemouth against Cardiff. Here it is, our starting XI for our @premierleague opener against @CardiffCityFC. Brooks in for debut King, Wilson up top Surman captain: https://t.co/DOYLcT7l9Z#BOUCAR // #afcb pic.twitter.com/iujoy2mhDi 2.29pm BST And at St James’ Park, Tottenham clung on to win 2-1, with Newcastle rattling the bar late on. Related: Newcastle United 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League – live reaction! 2.28pm BST Hearts have beaten Celtic 1-0! Bitter blow for Brendan. 2.27pm BST Plus, five players to watch. Related: Five new Premier League players to look out for this season 2.27pm BST And ten things ahead of this weekend. Related: Premier League: 10 things to look out for on the opening weekend 2.26pm BST A reminder of last night’s curtain-raiser. Related: Luke Shaw scores to cap Manchester United dream start against Leicester 2.21pm BST Paul Barron emails in. “Woken early here in Montreal to follow the Newcastle game and just wanted to wish all MBM followers a great season. And good luck to Wolves, great to see them back.”Is that the Paul Barron who played for Arsenal, Palace, West Brom and QPR? Wiki tells me that Paul Barron is coach of the surely fictional Las Vegas Mobsters. Whatever, welcome, Paul, and all the very best. 2.17pm BST The Championship has a couple of tasty matches ahead of that pearler between Derby and Leeds at 5.30. Jack Grealish starts for Aston Villa against Wigan, after that fine start at Hull on Monday. Brentford won 5-1 against Rotherham last week, and travel to Stoke. Middlesbrough v Birmingham was a Premier League staple a decade ago or so. 2.12pm BST Nick Miller on the new boys; Wolves play Everton in today’s 5.30pm kickoff. Related: Wolves, Fulham and Cardiff: the best-prepared trio of promoted clubs ever? 2.11pm BST North of the border, and Celtic are 1-0 down to Hearts, which blows open the title race. Over to you, Wee Stevie? 2.10pm BST Just under ten minutes to play in the early kickoff. Related: Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League – live! 2.08pm BST The big news is that Kepa does start for Chelsea, so Rob Green doesn’t get a go. Or Willy Caballero. Ross Barkley gets a chance, a big chance. Eden Hazard is on the bench, which freezes out Callum Hudson-Odoi, a little disappointingly. 2.06pm BST Fulham v Crystal Palace Fulham: Fabricio, Christie, Chambers, Le Marchand, Bryan, Cairney, McDonald, Seri, Schurrle, Mitrovic, Ryan Sessegnon. Subs: Kebano, Johansen, Vietto, Fosu-Mensah, Sergio Rico, Cisse, Kamara. Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Wan Bissaka, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt, Townsend, Milivojevic, McArthur, Schlupp, Benteke, Zaha. Subs: Ward, Kouyate, Sorloth, Souare, Guaita, Kelly, Riedewald. Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral) 2.05pm BST Watford v Brighton Watford: Foster, Janmaat, Kabasele, Cathcart, Holebas, Doucoure, Capoue, Hughes, Pereyra, Deeney, Gray. Subs: Gomes, Prodl, Mariappa, Success, Masina, Sema, Femenia. Brighton: Ryan, Saltor, Dunk, Duffy, Bernardo, Knockaert, Stephens, Propper, March, Gross, Murray. 2.04pm BST Huddersfield v Chelsea Huddersfield: Hamer, Jorgensen, Schindler, Kongolo, Hadergjonaj, Mooy, Hogg, Billing, Lowe, Pritchard, Mounie. Subs: Lossl, Smith, Diakhaby, Sobhi, van La Parra, Depoitre, Stankovic. Chelsea: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Rudiger, Alonso, Barkley, Kante, Jorginho, Willian, Morata, Pedro. 2.02pm BST Teams! Teams! Teams!AFC Bournemouth v Cardiff AFC Bournemouth: Begovic, Smith, Steve Cook, Ake, Daniels, Brooks, Gosling, Surman, Fraser, Wilson, King. Subs: Boruc, Francis, Mousset, Ibe, Lewis Cook, Defoe, Mings. Cardiff: Etheridge, Ecuele Manga, Morrison, Bamba, Peltier, Paterson, Ralls, Bennett, Mendez-Laing, Hoilett, Reid. Subs: Smithies, Victor Camarasa, Josh Murphy, Cunningham, Richards, Ward, Madine. Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire) 1.30pm BST It is back and with a fairy warm sense of vengeance. After Manchester United’s defeat of Leicester gave José Mourinho disappointingly little to complain about and St James’ Park started with a Keegan-esque fountain of goals in the early kick-off that is still being played between Newcastle and Tottenham, time for the kick-offs at 3pm. That tradition was abandoned for lucre years ago means there are just four Premier League matches at that time, but that does not mean they should be ignored. The first day will always throw up some intangibles, and not least Huddersfield v Chelsea, where the Mauricio Sarri regime begins in earnest after that shaky performance in the Community Shield last week and the jettisoning of Thibaut Courtois the keeper for, er Kepa. Chelsea’s season is brought to you by lastminute.com after Sarri turned up with just four weeks to go, with Antonio Conte still on the training ground. Huddersfield meanwhile attempt to repeat the alchemy of last season’s survival. Terence Kongolo and Eric Durm are their big new arrivals. Just an added thought: will Kepa’s late arrival mean Rob Green is handed the Chelsea gloves? Always good to catch the new boys early, and Bournemouth v Cardiff will see Harry Arter not able to play for Neil Warnock, having been loaned there by his parent club. Both Bournemouth and Cardiff made only fairly cosmetic changes to their squad so this looks a case of as you were, to use a phrase Liam Gallagher has ruined. Fulham v Crystal Palace is another bow for a promoted side, and unlike parsimonious Cardiff, Fulham have splashed some serious cash, over £100m of it. Palace, on something of a shoestring, have done far less business but held on to Wilfried Zaha, while Roy Hodgson has signed a new deal. Mr Roy remains hugely popular at Craven Cottage, and rightfully so. Last, and let’s face it, very possibly least, is Watford v Brighton. Javi Gracia achieved what some thought impossible, in not being sacked as manager by the Pozzo family at the end of the season, but may be under no little pressure; his club sold players rather than invested over the summer. Brighton had a fine season last season, and to follow the instincts of club owner Tony Bloom, the gaming tycoon, have rolled the dice with new signings, almost a new team in fact. A note of caution here, or at least a warning from history. Chris Hughton did a fine job with Norwich a few years back after getting them to promotion, and to wide acclaim. He struggled in the following 2013-14 season - remember Ricky van Wolfswinkel? - as he tried to assimilate new blood that looked to have made Norwich certainties for mid-table. Hughton was sacked with a month of the season left, and to no avail. Perhaps one to watch there. And, of course, after an excellent opening weekend last weekend there is always the EFL where, quite frankly, anything can happen and usually does. Continue readingreadfullarticle
