Play-offs Off… writes Andrew Walker
Following a meeting between the Football Association and the twenty Premier League chairmen, the Champions League fourth place play-off idea has been thrown to the scrap heap…
Following a meeting between the Football Association and the twenty Premier League chairmen, the Champions League fourth place play-off idea has been thrown to the scrap heap…
Arsenal win, Chelsea lose, Man United draw. Are Arsenal back in the title race? Already? So soon after abject defeats to their main rivals? Really?
Traditionally football has been tribal, with rival factions roaring on their boys and wishing ill upon their rivals. The love of winning and fear of losing overrode all else. That has its own thrill and attraction. But to purely appreciate football, wouldn’t it be better to watch as an abstract neutral, observing with detachment and disinterest?
Arsene Wenger is clearly an intelligent man and brilliant manager. However, in the light of his team’s 3-0 home humbling to Chelsea, he runs the risk of damaging his considerable credibility. Read on to find out why…
Roughly a quarter of the way into the new season and the Big Four have experiences vastly contrasting fortunes. We have a look at them…
It seemed about time to update our outdated stats section – read on for the stand-out statistical quirks in the Premier League, on a club by club basis. Note – thanks Football 365…
Chelsea look to continue their formidable start to the 2009/10 Premier League season as they travel to Wigan Athletic, while bottom-of-the-table Portsmouth host Everton on a weekend of nine top-flight fixtures.
What would we do without the Guardian? To save reviewing all the transfers of all the clubs, and where they’ve been left short – or bloated – we’ll just repeat everything that David Pleat allegedly wrote in the Guardian Sport Blog. We’ve even stolen the picture. It’s good though…
Here is the second part of our Premier League Preview (leaving you all of 24 hours to read it) along with our predicted final table… Part one is below. Read it now before the season starts and all our forecasts are immediately proved wrong.
With only days to go until the start of the Premier League, we take a whirlwind look through the division (no-one likes long, lengthy previews) – count yourself lucky if your side gets more than a couple of lines… We also have our final table prediction, which will no doubt come back to haunt us. Read on for Part One…