Its the FA Cup Final with Saint and Greavsie

You may think after reading the headline to this post, that we have returned to the 1980's - but fear not, there is no need to dig out your old chino's and Strawberry Switchblade albums. The final should be a great match as Everton try and deservedly finish their season with some silverware, whilst Chelsea are still looking for success after their Champions League controversial dismissal. Personally i can't wait for tomorrow and the weather is going to be great as well - the icing on the cake is that Setanta are showing the final FREE for all Satellite customers, and their special FA Cup guests are Saint and Greavsie - Classic!

The Final Countdown

I love bank holiday weekends. You see, i can fully justify spending the whole of Sunday watching sport on the TV, and still have time on Monday to do my DIY. This Sunday i have it all mapped out, i will be watching the climax to the Scottish Premier League from 1pm as Celtic meet Hearts and Dundee United entertain Rangers; I will then swap between watching the IPL cricket final (from 3:30pm) and West Ham v Middlesbrough (from 4pm), which could be the greatest escape of all time. The best thing is i get all these finales as part of my monthly subscription to Setanta – which, incidentally works out cheaper than a pint of beer per week.

So...who’s going to win the FA Cup final?

It’s only two weeks until the FA Cup final, and it promises to be one of the most interesting in years. It’s Chelsea’s last chance to win some silverware this year, whilst Everton will be looking to capitalise on what has been an extremely impressive year for them. To celebrate the final my friends at Setanta have just launched a new FA Cup Fans Channel - www.setanta.com/fans. I love the idea – basically Everton and Chelsea fans can record a video of themselves talking about their teams chances of winning the final. You upload the video on the site and automatically win a copy of Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 – the fan who records the best video gets two tickets to the final. Time to get my video camera out i think...

Le Crunch...

What a week! I have only just got over this week’s Champions League shenanigans and now it’s back to the climax of the English and Scottish Premier Leagues. If the weekend’s action follows on from the midweek action then we are in for a footballing spectacle over the next couple of days. Liverpool have the chance to put the pressure back on United when they meet West Ham on Saturday (5.30pm). United play City in the Manchester Derby on Sunday, so for Liverpool it’s probably one of their final chances to really test United’s nerve this season. Things are even closer in Scotland,where there is one point in it between Rangers and Celtic. The old rivals battle it out on Saturday at 12.30pm – both games are live on Setanta and personally i can’t wait for the weekend to begin.

It’s now or never

I have loved watching Liverpool this season. When they are good, they are very good. There is just something about them that none of the other top four teams have – this magical x-factor is “team spirit”. Okay, every team has an element of team spirit, but with Liverpool you just feel that when their first team is all fully fit they just have a better team spirit than any other team in the Premier League. Maybe it’s the passion for the game that the Spanish players and manager have, mixed with the loyalty that comes from local talent such as Gerrard and Carragher – whatever it is - it’s great to see. I for one am hoping that the reds take the title race to the wire and will be watching with keen interest the match on Sunday against Newcastle- Live on Setanta Sports at 1.30pm – I am sure Alan Shearer will also be looking for some of that great team spirit amongst his Newcastle side as well.

It’s definitely IPL Time

I'm loving the new Indian Premier League season. It’s giving me that football World Cup feeling, where every day, there is a match or two to look forward to. My IPL team are the Chennai Super Kings, they are not doing too well at present but it’s still early days as the tournament doesn’t finish until May 24th. What i love most about the IPL is the fact that you have some of the world’s top cricketers, including Pietersen, Flintoff, Warne, Tendulkar and Dravid, genuinely having fun whilst at the same time retaining a high level of competitiveness; add to this all the razzamatazz that is the IPL and you get a cracking spectacle – if you’re not watching it yet visit www.setanta.com and get involved!

Summer's here...

I always know when its summer as my second favorite sport, namely Cricket, makes a re-appearance in my sporting calendar. What a bonus, not only do I get to watch top football matches but I also get some quality cricket action too. Twenty20 cricket is my new passion, let’s face it cricket needed to be modernised and the Twenty20 format has done just that. I am therefore going to be totally spoilt at the weekend as this year’s IPL Cricket tournament starts on Saturday at 11:30am followed by the Arsenal v Chelsea semi final from Wembley at 5:15pm – both Live on Setanta. Summers here and I love it.