The Stothman prophecies

(like the mothman prophecies, geddit? oh well never mind..)

Every I year I predict stuff that will happen in the football season (and usually get it wrong), so here is this term's selection:

Premiership: Man Utd to win; Wigan, Derby and Fulham to get relegated; Spurs to be dark horses and maybe pip Arsenal to the top four.

SPL: Celtic to win, Rangers to come second, Aberdeen to come third and Gretna to be relegated. Hearts finish in the bottom half having gone through 38 managers, one for each game of the SPL season. I end up as head coach, but get sacked because I haven't been to Lithuania.

Irish League (you knows it): Linfied to win, noone to understand what's going on with regards to relegeation..

FA Cup: Liverpool

Scottish Cup: Rangers

Champions League: I suspect it will go to England, but I don't wish to guess as to which club. Chelsea? Inter will get far, and Sevilla to be dangerous dark horses


UEFA Cup: Who knows? You don't know who's in it til December

Euro 2008: Will probably be rubbish, but I have an inkling that Germany could well return to their former glories. So they probably won't. England will just about qualify, but will lose to either Germany or Portugal on penalties. The media howls with injustice and the scapegoat this time is, oh I don't know, Michael Ballack. Northern Ireland probably don't qualify while Scotland fail to qualify as a result of a last minnute goal scored by Italy at Hampden.

So, watch the season unfold and see all of this not come true! I'd love to hear your predictions...