By Brian Sears 15 April 2011 As recently as the last week of February, there were still three Premier League clubs against whom West Bromwich Albion had never gained a single point during any of their spells in the revamped top division: Stoke, Liverpool and Chelsea. (West Brom’s full Premier League record, by opponent, is […]

By Brian Sears 1 April 2011 Manchester City have four more home games in their season – visits from Sunderland (on Sunday) and then Tottenham, West Ham and Stoke.  Last season City claimed 40 home points, their best ever home haul in 13 Premier League seasons.  To match that they require nine points from those last four games. […]

By Brian Sears 26 March 2011 An average of only 13 players each season have managed to appear for their clubs in every Premier League game. In the first season, in 1992-93, when there were 42 games in a season, 20 players* were ever present. In 1997-98, as few as six players were ‘ever presents’. Last season […]

By Brian Sears 4 March 2011 There are 103 games remaining in this 19th season of the Premier League and an average of three goals per game would see a record level of goals in England’s revamped top flight. Overall so far this season the rate works out at 2.74 goals per game, which if maintained season-long […]

By Brian Sears 3 February 2011 For a variety of reasons – Ole, ole – Chelsea fans will welcome Liverpool to Stamford Bridge this weekend. Not least of them will be that in the Premier League, they’ve seen their team win a dozen times at home against Liverpool in 18 attempts. Chelsea’s record is the same […]

By Brian Sears 28 January 2011 Ahh, the FA Cup and the scent of blood. Already this season Sunderland, Blackpool, Newcastle and West Brom from the Premier League have been taken down a peg or four by opponents from lower divisions. Those four scalps bring the total number of Premier League clubs humbled in the […]

By Brian Sears 21 January 2011 Can Wolverhampton Wanderers inflict on Liverpool only their 22nd ‘double’ defeat of the Premier League era? They’ve already managed the harder part of the double, winning 1-0 at Anfield just over three weeks ago in what turned out to be one of Roy Hodgson’s final games in charge. Just […]

By Brian Sears 6 January 2011 Regular readers will know I am a Watford fan. No, no, it’s okay, I don’t need your sympathy today. Not at all. I mean, have you seen the Championship table? Have you seen it? SIXTH! And not only that, sixth on the back of a handful of wins on […]

By Brian Sears 23 December 2010 If the weather and the ‘elf ‘n’ safety folk allow, then the old tradition of derby games will be alive and well in London this Boxing Day weekend, with two capital derbies bookending the weekend’s Premier League fixtures. First up is Fulham against West Ham at midday on Sunday, […]

By Brian Sears 16 December 2010 West Ham have their troubles to spare, gazing up from the bottom of the Premier League to see which lucky club is going to poop on them next, fearing that they’ll be in the dreaded basement place by Christmas and generally fretting about how soon Avram Grant’s taxi will […]