By Brian Sears 22 August 2013 The Premier League is not even two fixtures old and already the top three in the table – Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United – are probably most people’s idea of the final three in some order, while the three promoted clubs, among the favourites to go down, are […]

By Brian Sears 15 March 2013 It’s run-in time in the Premier League with every team having nine or 10 games remaining. Those at the bottom end of the table are nervous, fretful, adding up the possible points that can get them to safety. Those around the top four are hoping to edge into it […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 4 December 2011 Blackburn’s hierarchy were making plans to sack manager Steve Kean after Saturday’s match at Swansea, Sportingintelligence can reveal, but the 4-2 victory, and particularly the actions and words of Yakubu towards Kean during and after the win have earned the Scot a […]

By Brian Sears 24 November 2011 As Swansea City’s manager Brendan Rodgers starts talks about a new contract, analysis by Sportingintelligence shows that Swansea and their fellow promoted teams in the Premier League – QPR and Norwich – each have at least a 76 per cent chance of survival this season, based on their decent […]

By Brian Sears  23 September 2011 Last weekend all three promoted clubs won their games, with Swansea scoring their first Premier League goals as they beat West Brom 3-0, QPR winning 3-0 at Wolves, and Norwich notching up a 2-1 win at Bolton. But though Swansea’s manager, Brendan Rodgers (left) will surely be reaching for […]

By Brian Sears 8 September 2011 Swansea have played three games in their Premier League adventure and have yet to score a single goal – which means they are already on the 10th longest goalless spell at the start of any Premier League season, and within two full games of the longest goalless opening. So […]

By Brian Sears 12 August 2011 If Queens Park Rangers, Norwich and Swansea can manage victories in their opening games of the new Premier League season, then they have a 75 per cent chance of staying up. That at least is what statistical history concludes. QPR begin their campaign at home to Bolton, Norwich travel […]

By Sportingintelligence 17 June 2011 Premier League champions Manchester United will begin the 2011-12 league season against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on 13 August. The fixtures were released at 9am on Friday. Chelsea, runners-up in 2010-11, start at Stoke, while Arsenal begin next season on the road too, at Newcastle. Manchester City will […]

By Brian Sears 31 January 2011 It’s been one of the more ‘romantic’ FA Cups of recent seasons, what with giants being slain hither and thither and Crawley getting the dream draw at Manchester United in the fifth round. But the magic it once had is wearing off in general and we can show it […]

By Alex Miller  25 July 2017 Premier League clubs have smashed their own record for combined shirt sponsorship deals, with the 20 clubs generating £281.8 million for the 2017-18 season, a rise of more than £55m on last year. The increase underlines the commercial strength of the League with shirt sponsorships close to trebling in seven years. The combined total in 2010-11, when Sportingintelligence […]