A look ahead to all the weekend's action.
Saturday
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: Birmingham City v West Ham; Fulham v Middlesbrough; Newcastle Utd v Aston Villa; Portsmouth v Bolton; Reading v Everton; Tottenham v Derby Co; Wigan Ath v Sunderland.
FAI CUP: Third round - Finn Harps v Derry City; Longford Town v Fanad Utd.
ENGLISH LEAGUE: Championship - Blackpool v Bristol City; Colchester v Barnsley; Coventry v Hull; Crystal Palace v Leicester; Norwich v Southampton; Plymouth v Ipswich; QPR v Cardiff; Scunthorpe v Burnley; Stoke v Charlton; Watford v Sheffield Utd; West Brom v Preston. League One - Bournemouth v Huddersfield; Brighton v Northampton; Bristol Rovers v Crewe; Carlisle v Oldham; Gillingham v Tranmere; Hartlepool v Doncaster; Leeds Utd v Southend; Leyton Orient v Walsall; Millwall v Cheltenham; Swansea v Nottm Forest; Swindon v Luton; Yeovil v Port Vale. League Two - Accrington Stanley v Darlington; Barnet v Hereford; Bury v Grimsby; Chesterfield v Stockport; Dag & Red v Wycombe; Macclesfield v Milton Keynes Dons; Mansfield v Lincoln City; Notts County v Brentford; Rochdale v Chester; Shrewsbury v Bradford; Wrexham v Morecambe.
SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE- Dundee Utd v Hibernian; Hearts v Gretna; Motherwell v Kilmarnock; Rangers v Falkirk; St Mirren v Inverness CT.
SCOTTISH LEAGUE- First Division - Hamilton v Queen of South; Livingston v Dunfermline; Partick v Clyde; St Johnstone v Dundee; Stirling v Morton. Second Division - Berwick v Airdrie Utd; Brechin v Ayr; Peterhead v Cowdenbeath; Queens Park v Ross County; Raith v Alloa. Third Division - Albion v Stenhousemuir; Arbroath v Dumbarton; East Stirling v Forfar; Elgin v East Fife; Stranraer v Montrose.
IRISH CUP- Group stage: Coleraine v Portadown; Crusaders v Cliftonville; Donegal Celtic v Limavady; Dungannon Swifts v Linfield; Glenavon v Ballymena; Institute v Newry; Larne v Armagh City; Lisburn Distillery v Glentoran.
FIFA UNDER 17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Group A - Costa Rica v Togo; South Korea v Peru. Group B - Brazil v New Zealand; Korea DPR v England.
Sunday
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: Blackburn Rovers v Arsenal; Liverpool v Chelsea; Manchester City v Manchester Utd.
FAI CUP: Third round - Malahide Utd v Bohemians.
SPANISH SUPER CUP- Second leg: Real Madrid (0) v Sevilla (1).
ITALIAN SUPER CUP- Inter Milan v AS Roma.
ENGLISH LEAGUE: Championship - Sheffield Wed v Wolverhampton. League Two - Rotherham v Peterborough.
SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE- Aberdeen v Celtic.
SCOTTISH LEAGUE: First Division - Livingston v Dunfermline.
FIFA UNDER-17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Group C - Argentina v Syria; Honduras v Spain. Group D - Japan v Haiti; Nigeria v France.
