PlayTheGame

The following players were added to PTG today around 5:45 PM and will be on notice for 48 hours.

Stephen Darby - Liverpool
Vladimir Weiss - Bolton Wanderers
Adlene Guedioura - Wolverhampton
Matthew Kilgallon - Sunderland
Quincy Jaime Owusu-Abeyie - Portsmouth
Tom Cairney - Hull City
Geoffrey Mujangi Bia - Wolverhampton
Freddie Sears - West Ham United
Frederic Nimani N'galou - Burnley

The following players were added on Wednesday 20/1 around 4:45pm. They will remain on notice for 48 hours.

Amr Zaki - Hull City
Steve Gohouri - Wigan Athletic FC
Craig Eastmond - Arsenal
Chris Smalling - Fulham
Mame Biram Diouf - Manchester United
Dedryck Boyata - Manchester City
David Meyler - Sunderland
Jose Baxter - Everton
Maximiliano Maxi Rodriguez - Liverpool
Gary Caldwell - Wigan Athletic FC

The following players were added Friday around 9pm to Play the Game. The normal 48 hour notice period applies and they should all come off notice on Sunday night around 9pm GMT.

Landon Donovan - Everton
Miguel Michel - Birmingham City
Vladimir Stojkovic - Wigan Athletic FC
Patrick Donale Vieira - Manchester City

Damien Johnson of Birmingham (CM, RM) and Daniel Pacheco of Liverpool (FW) were added on Monday around 11pm. The normal 48 hour notice period applies and should come off notice Wednesday at 11pm.

The following players were added to PTG on 12/16 around 5pm. The 48 hour notice period applies.

Ritchie De Laet-Manchester United (eligible at CB/RB/LB/Defence Sub)
George Friend-Wolverhampton (eligible at CB/LB/LM/Defence Sub and Midfielder Sub)
Keiran Agard-Everton (eligible at Forward and Forward Sub)

One new player has been added to the PlayTheGame player list. The player was added at around 16.30 GMT on Thursday December 10th and is subject to the the usual 48 hour notice period.

Peter Kurucz – GK, West ham

Times football writer Nick Szczepanik gives us his verdict on five of the best performing players from the weekends matches. You can have a look at who has picked out here.

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Take a look at the Premier League preview videos for the five matches on Saturday, four on Sunday and the evening kick-off on Monday.

VIDEO: Premier League match previews for November 7th, 8th and 9th 2009

Saturday November 07, 2009
Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers, 3:00 pm
Blackburn Rovers v Portsmouth, 3:00 pm
Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland, 3:00 pm
Manchester City v Burnley, 3:00 pm
Wolves v Arsenal, 5:30 pm (ESPN)

Sunday November 08, 2009
Hull City v Stoke City, 1:30 pm (Sky Sports 1)
West Ham United v Everton, 3:00 pm
Wigan Athletic FC v Fulham, 3:00 pm
Chelsea v Manchester United, 4:00 pm (Sky Sports 1)

Monday November 09, 2009
Liverpool v Birmingham City, 8:00 pm (ESPN)

The latest weekly prize winner and the winner for October have now been added to the site. You can see the names and locations of all our weekly winners so far by taking a look at our full weekly winners page and the prize winners for September and October can be seen on the general winners page.

All those winners drawn will receive a letter detailing their win and how to claim their prize however there may be some delays as a result of the postal strikes.

With the exception of the most recent winners, if you genuinely think you are one of the winners listed but you haven't heard from us please reply to this post.

Whilst it's not uncommon these days to have a football stadium name linked with big brand sponsorship, it's usually associated with a new ground rather than one that is 117 years old, but yesterday Mike Ashley angered the Toon army even further by renaming Newcastle's stadium to sportsdirect.com@StJames' Park.

Whilst PTG teams might not have to worry about playing home or away or on a physical piece of grass, it did get us wondering what PTG managers would like to call their hypothetical stadium and any appropriate sponsors they would link up with.

Just for a bit of fun, let us know your team name, what you would call your stadium (including a sponsor if you want) and any reasons for the choice, but please keep it clean!