This weeks football on tv

The second week of the Premiership Season is almost over. This weeks Premiership football on TV has seen Fulham beat Arsenal 1-0 in the Saturday evening game and another 1-0 from the Sunday lunch time offering on Setanta with a Deco free kick enough to give Chelsea victory over Wigan. That is all 3 games on Setanta so far ending 1-0, is there something about football on Setanta that makes it not quite as good as Sky?



If it is goals and action you want then the live game of the week was Charlton against Reading, the Saturday lunch time TV game on Sky Sports 1 finished 4-2 to Charlton and was a cracking game with 3 penalties, 6 goals and a red card late on for Readings Sonko, proving good football on TV is not is just about the Premiership.

The weekends live football on TV finished with Manchester City beating West Ham 3-0 on Sky Sports 1, with The Hammers Mark Noble seeing the first red card of the Premeirship Season 2008/2009. A goal from youngster Dean Sturridge and two goals from Elano gave City a comfortable 3-0 win.

But it's not just about the live games, on Sky Sports 1 Football First game of the day, Liverpool's 2-1 victory over Middlesbrough saw a dramatic Gerrard strike to seal the 3 points for Liverpool and a bodacious, Bergkamp esq turn by Boro's Tuncay, which would have been an early contender for goal of the season if his shot hadn't been straight at Pepe Reina.

Football fans are spoilt for choice when it comes to watching football on TV, with Sky Sports

It is very nice being able to watch your teams' 90 minutes but unless you are a top flight manager or scout you are not going to be interested in watching Newcastle beat Bolton 1-0 which makes MOTD on BBC1 the place to see all the days action and if you're out you can and have Sky Plus you can record MOTD and Football First at the same time.

With the weekend action at a close now below are my picks of this weeks action

showing a game of the day at 8:25pm on a Saturday night, followed by all the rest of the days Premiership games at 10:30pm allowing you to choose your game through the interactive button. If you have Sky plus this is great as you if your out on the town on a Saturday night you can record your team's game and watch it back on the Sunday morning.Goal of the Week - Ricardo Fuller - Stoke V's Aston Villa
A majestic flick by Fuller sees him leave Laursen standing and the Jamaican sprinted away and calm slot the ball past Friedal

Result of the Week - Tottenham 1 - 2 Sunderland
A great result for Sunderland, who struggled badly away from home last season, a debut goal from Djibril Cisse secured the points and a happy journey home for The Mackems

Skill of the Week - Tuncay - Liverpool V Middlesbrough
A stylish Bergkamp esque turn left Carragher standing but the Turks shot was straight at Reina

Mug of the Week - Mark Noble first red card of the Premiership
Sent off for two bookbale offences in the first half aginast Manchester City, a stupid handball and a wreckless challenge

There is still one Live game left from this weeks fixture list and that is Sky's Monday night evening and it could be a good one, with Portsmouth entertaining the Champions Manchester United. It will be a nice way to end the long August Bank Holiday weekend.