By Brian Sears 1 October 2010 Nine London clubs have played in the Premier League. Three of them have been ever-present: Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham. Two of them are vying for the right to be all-time Premier League kings of London and they meet this weekend when Chelsea host Arsenal. Before that match kicks off, […]
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Newcastle’s return to Premier League sets crowd levels on course for record
By Brian Sears 28 September 2010 Premier League attendance levels have risen year-on-year, and if the trend at this fledging stage of the season remains constant through the campaign, crowds will hit record levels in 2010-11, according to analysis and projections by sportingintelligence. Our statistical reasoning is summarised in the table below, more of which […]
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Fulham’s good start: why it’s on a par with Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester Utd
By Brian Sears 24 September 2010 Four teams remain unbeaten in the Premier League after five rounds of matches and three of them are the “usual suspects” in that Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United have done it the most often of all the Premier League clubs. But Fulham have now achieved the feat for the […]
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Mersey misery for Liverpool and Everton reflected in lacklustre league hauls
By Brian Sears 23 September 2010 Carling can rarely if ever have been responsible for a regional hangover of such proportions as the one clouding Merseyside today. First Everton became the penalty shoot-out victims of League One Brentford in the Carling Cup on Tuesday. Now Liverpool are licking their wounds after going down to Northampton, […]
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Newcastle, Blackpool and West Brom: the best Premier League newcomers since 1992
By Brian Sears 20 September 2010 The three teams promoted to the Premier League this season – Newcastle, Blackpool and West Bromwich Albion – have made the most successful start to a top-flight season of any group of newcomers, collectively, since the League’s first season in 1992-93, analysis by sportingintelligence shows. (See table below). That […]
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Liverpool head for Old Trafford seeking return to form on ‘big four’ seesaw
By Brian Sears 18 September 2010 The “big four” in the Premier League contest 12 League games against each in total each season. The first of 2010-11 was the 1-1 draw between Liverpool and Arsenal on the opening day and the second is tomorrow, when Liverpool play at Old Trafford looking for an upswing in […]
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West Ham and Fulham seek atonement on the road
By Brian Sears 16 September 2010 West Ham and Fulham have an unwanted statistic in common, one that both hope to ditch this weekend. It concerns away days, bad ones, lots of bad ones. On the very first day of last season, Fulham went to Fratton Park and a Zamora goal allowed them to return with all […]
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ANALYSIS: What the yawning gap between Manchester United and Everton says about the Premier League’s seven ‘ever presents’
By Brian Sears 10 September 2010 The first Premier League match of the weekend, tomorrow lunchtime, features two of the teams ‘ever present’ in the League since it began in 1992, with Everton hosting Manchester United. Only seven sides have been ‘ever present’, that pair plus Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Tottenham. Thus 42 […]
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Wolves at the Cottage door: why McCarthy’s men scent points at Fulham this weekend
By Brian Sears 10 September 2010 The Wolves will be on prowl in London this weekend, hunting by the river. They’re playing Fulham. And Wolves have won more Premier League points against Fulham than against any other Premier League side. Yes, yes. I know Wolves are only experiencing their third Premier League season; one season […]
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ANALYSIS: Sunderland and Arsenal fly flag for youth; Fulham and Chelsea opt for oldies
By Brian Sears 9 September 2010 After all the talk last season that Chelsea had an old team in need of freshening up, they won the title, scoring record numbers of goals in the process. So just as “you’ll win nothing with kids” turned out to be off the mark, a mature side shouldn’t be […]
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