December 2nd and 3rd - The two horse race at the top of the table continued during the midweek fixtures. Spurs haven't won at Stamford Bridge since 1990 and that run shows no sign of stopping after a comprehensive three-nil win for Jose Mourinho's side who scored through Hazard, Drogba and Remy.

Man City came from behind to record an impressive four-one win at Sunderland - Sergio Aguero took centre stage, scoring twice after Conor Wickham opened the scoring. Futher goals from Jovetic and Zabaleta gave the scoreline an impressive look.

Southampton are still third despite another defeat. Alexis Sanchez scored in the last minute at the Emirates to give Arsenal a very important three points. Man United's two-one win at home to Stoke sees them consolidate fourth spot. West Ham won by the same scoreline at West Brom and stay fifth.

A good week continued for Liverpool with a three-one win at Leicester - Lallana, Gerrard and Henderson scored the goals for Brendan Rodgers side in that one. City rivals Everton slipped up at home to Hull, drawing one-all at Goodison Park.

Elsewhere, Burnley drew one-all at home to Newcastle. Christian Benteke scored the only goal at Selhurst Park as Aston Villa beat Crystal Palace. Swansea picked up another three points home - they beat QPR two-nil.

Life in the old dog yet....



The Hammers keep winning....

December 6th and 7th - Papiss Cisse likes a goal against Chelsea and added two more to his collection as Newcastle shocked the leaders in the early kick off. Despite Steven Taylor's sending off and a late Chelsea onslaught following Didier Drogba's goal, the Toon held on for a famous victory. Man City took full advantage to close the gap at the top to just three points as Yaya Toure scored the only goal as they beat Everton one-nil at the Etihad. The loss of Sergio Aguero after two minutes with injury will be a worry for Manuel Pellegrini's side though.

Elsewhere, Peter Crouch scored after nineteen seconds as Stoke beat Arsenal three-two at the Britannia Stadium. They were three up and had another disallowed before the Gunners pulled two goals back. The comeback ran out of steam once Callum Chambers was sent off as Stoke held on for a famous victory.

Elsewhere there wasn't much to report in the Saturday games as Liverpool versus Sunderland, Hull versus West Brom and Tottenham versus Crystal Palace all finished scoreless. QPR did manage a couple of goals though in their two-nil win at home to Burnley which sees them move out of the bottom three.

Sunday's games saw both home sides victorious. Andy Carroll scored twice as West Ham beat Swansea three-one to move into third place. Aston Villa then came from behind to beat Leicester two-one.

Joe O'Hehir is the early leader on the December leaderboard with a score of 90 points. He's five points clear of Fiachra Moynihan in second place so far:

Another defeat for Arsene....



Game on in the title race....

December 13th and 14th - Chelsea maintained their three point lead at the top of the table with a two-nil win at home to Hull. Eden Hazard and Diego Costa scored in each half for the leaders. Former Chelsea player Frank Lampard scored the only goal as Man City's recent good run continued with a one-nil win at Leicester. Of more concern to the champions will be an injury to Vincent Kompany who joins Sergio Aguero on the sidelines.

Arsenal got back to winning ways with a four-one at home to Newcastle - Olivier Giroud and Santi Cazorla both scored twice as the curse of the manager of the month award came back to haunt Alan Pardew. Southampton's poor run of form continued as they lost one-nil at Burnley - Ashley Barnes scored the winning goal after Dusan Tadic missed from the spot for the Saints.

Elsewhere, West Brom beat Aston Villa one-nil at the Hawthorns. The points were shared at the Stadium of Light when Sunderland and West Ham drew one-all. It was the same scoreline at Selhurst Park where the footballing purists were treated to an encounter between Crystal Palace and Stoke.

Sunday's games saw the predictable Liverpool collapse at Old Trafford where the hosts won by three goals to nil. Strikes from Rooney, Mata and van Persie saw United consolidate third place and move eight points behind leaders Chelsea. Enough said on that one. Tottenham won two-one at Swansea with a very late winner from Christian Eriksen.

Richard Johnston is the new leader in the December competition with 145 points. He has a five point lead over Eamon Fox and Fiachra Moynihan in joint second place - full details below:

Burnley out of the relegation zone....



And you can f*ck off too....

December 20th and 21st - With Chelsea not playing until Monday night, Man City took full advantage to move level on points with the leaders. They needed three second half goals to beat Crystal Palace in the early kick off. David Silva scored twice with Yaya Toure adding the third late on as the champions continued their impressive run.

Man United's winning streak came to an end as they were held by Aston Villa. Christian Benteke had the hosts ahead but Gabby Agbonlahor seeing red after Falcao's equaliser, Paul Lambert's side would have been happy with the point. West Ham are only a point behind United now in fourth spot. They beat Leicester two-nil at Upton Park with Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing on the scoresheet. Liverpool will probably bid 60 million in January for their former stars after that performance.

Southampton got back to winning ways with a three-nil win at home to Everton. An own goal from Lukaku (stop laughing at the back....) was followed by goals from Pelle and Yashida as the Saints remained in fifth place.

Elsewhere, QPR came from two down to beat West Brom. Charlie Austin scored a hat trick in that one - the first hat trick from a QPR player in ten years apparently. Across London, Tottenham climbed to sixth in the table with a two-one win at home to Burnley. Swansea also picked up three points winning one-nil at Hull.

Sunday's games saw Sunderland once again get the better of Newcastle one-nil at St James Park. Adam Johnson scored the goal late on which settled the Tyne Wear Derby in Gus Poyet's side favour. Liverpool and Arsenal shared the points and four goals at Anfield. Philippe Coutinho had Liverpool ahead but goals from Mathieu Debuchy and Olivier Giroud saw the Gunners leading late on. However, Martin Skrtel equalised in the 96th minute to ensure both teams took home a point and the webmaster had a better trip home from Merseyside ; )

Richard Johnston is still the man to catch in the December competition - he now has 185 points and leads Barry Healy by ten - full details below:

Austin powers home a treble....



Skrtel saves Christmas....

Terry on the mark again....



Even a snow storm can't stop City....

December 28th and 29th - The last round of fixtures in 2014 saw none of the top six win. Chelsea were held to a one-all draw at Southampton. The Saints lead through Mane but were happy with a point once Eden Hazard equalised and Morgan Schneiderlin was sent off late on. Man City looked to be cutting the gap to just one point when they were two-up at home to Burnley at half time. However, second half goals from George Boyd and Ashley Barnes ensured Sean Dyche's side earned a very useful point and the champions failed to close the gap on the leaders.

Man United drew nil-all at Spurs and remain ten points off the pace. Arsenal jumped to fifth, ahead of opponents West Ham, after winning two-one at Upton Park. Goals from Cazorla and Welbeck saw the Gunners two-one up at half time - Kouyate pulled one back for the Hammers but Arsenal held on despite a late onslaught.

At the bottom, Leicester won one-nil at Hull in a game which saw both sides finish with ten men. They're only three adrift of both Burnley and Crystal Palace now - Palace began life without Neil Warnock with a nil-all draw at QPR. Stoke beat West Brom two-nil with Mame Diouf scoring twice. Sunday's action completed with Newcastle coming from behind to beat Everton three-two at St James Park. Kone opened the scoring for Everton but goals from Cisse, Perez and Colback had the Toon cruising until Mirallas pulled one back for the Toffees late on. The hosts held on though for their first win since beating Chelsea in November.

The last match of 2014 saw Liverpool beat Swansea four-one at Anfield - Adam Lallana scored twice in that one to leave Liverpool just five points off fourth spot. That result was enough for Eamon Fox to win the December competition with 270 points - five clear of Barry Healy in second place - full details below:

City pegged back....



Leicester win at last....

Points

Eamon Fox

Saoirkat

270

Barry Healy

Dangleberries United

265

Anastas Popov

FC Botev

260

Richard Johnston

Let There Be No Panic

260

Brian Prendergast

Gunnersaurus

250

Con McSweeney

Glassey_Alleys

250

Gerry Draper

Everton 10

250

Pat Jordan

Zac Attack

250

Craig Calvert

Red Van Man

245

10

David Cooney

Ranaghan City

245

11

Fiachra Moynihan

What's Another Year

245

12

Joe O'Hehir

Louis De First

245

13

Phil Doyle

FC Muertos Vivientes Goteo de Snr Z

245

14

Philip Jordan

Vale 46

245

15

Ralph Goodwin

Sky Blue Army

245

16

Sharon Behan

Holly's Heroes

245

17

Siobhan Murphy

Kopout

245

18

Kevin Donohoe

LTFC

240

19

Padraic Carney

Sheep Shaggers

240

20

Simon Purdue

Game of Throw-Ins

240

21

Tom McHugh

Crystal Pulis

240

22

Colin McAnaspie

AC A Little Silhouette of Milan

235

23

David Bone

Brunton Blues

235

24

Gareth Pierpoint

Balotellitubbies

235

25

Aidan Knight

Unaganaguna

230

26

Dave Green

Hope It's This Year

230

27

Jonathan Fox

Lallanas In Pajamas

230

28

Liam Butler

Happy Hammers

230

29

Paul Prendergast

The Untouchables

230

30

Javier Suarez Barreiro

Tiki Taka

225

31

Oisin O'Reilly

Battle Cruiser

225

32

Wayne Donovan

Thy Kingdom Come

225

33

David Keavney

YaJokinArnYa

220

34

Gavin Morgan

Route One

220

35

Kevin Philpott

Kevin van Philpott

220

36

Aaron Byrne

Crash n Byrne

215

37

Anthony Hughes

Tekkerslovakia

215

38

Brian Mullen

Plumbers Mate

215

39

Conor Horan

Ricky Lamb Legs

215

40

Gary McGurk

Barksdale's Crew

215

41

Gerry Moore

Gunning For Title

215

42

Mike Hall

Azpilicueta We Call Him Dave

215

43

Niall Carroll

Baker's Corner

215

44

Cillian Conway

Big Dick Dunne XI

210

45

Dave McGinley

Reservoir Dubs

210

46

Paul Moore

"We Go To Norwich"

210

47

Sean O'Mairtin

Creweless

210

48

Aiden Desch

Yid Army

205

49

Andy Dunne

AC Pozallo

205

50

Brian Sotolongo

Punchin' Horses For Fun

205

51

Chris Hall

Kangaroo Court

205

52

Ciaran O'Hart

Riverchapel Plate

205

53

Joe Turner

While My Qatar Gently Weeps

205

54

Brendan Maguire

Back on Top

200

55

Konstantin Kulev

Benkovski Byala

200

56

Peter Behan

FC Nerazzuri

200

57

Shane Horan

ShaneyHoransFC

200

58

Terry Behan

Utd4Ever

200

59

Keith Horan

Death By Football

195

60

Aidan White

Lambert's Puppet Theatre

190

61

Kris Stainton

Van Gaal's Galore

190

62

Maria Jordan

Ria's Rovers

190

63

Aidan Scanlon

Kilflynn Santos

185

64

Joe Behan

Melchester Rovers

180

65

Alan Boyle

What For Ref?

175

66

Liam Geraghty

All Aboard Jose's Big Blue Bus

170

67

David Byrne

In Parry I Trust

135

68

Rhona Devlin

LFC Rhoz

125

69

Ray Ellis

Hodge Ball FC

120

70

Paul Stainton

Don't Slip Stevie

90

71

Tiago Moreira

Moriera United

70

72

Jenny Ellis

Ellis Eleven

55

73

Ian Healy

Foffyz Fuzz

20

74

Sean Moloney

66/1 Outsider

15