Fenerbahce beat Istanbul rivals Besiktas 2-0 in the Turkish Super cup last week which gives Damon another point in the summer predictions race as he called it 2-1. He now leads 6-1 with only a couple of weeks remaining before the new season’s predictions race begins.

This week we feature a match from the Championship and two teams that were relegated from the Premier League last year, West Brom and Newcastle United.

Damian’s prediction: West Brom 1-1 Newcastle
Damon’s prediction: West Brom 2-0 Newcastle

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FOOTBALL CLICHE

This week’s featured football expression is the verb to snub which means to ignore or to turn down and in football is used when a player refuses to move to another team. So, this week the headlines were all about AC Milan’s star midfielder Pirlo snubbing the chance to go to Chelsea while John Terry snubbed Manchester City’s offer and chose to stay at Stamford Bridge.

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This week’s QUIZ QUESTION:

Sir Bobby Robson managed four non-English sides. What were they?

a) PSV, Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon and Porto

b) Ajax, Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon and Porto

c) PSV; Atletico Madrid, Sporting Lisbon and Porto

d) PSV; Barcelona, Benfica and Porto

Answer next week.