By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 21 August 2011  Arsenal would have been runners-up in the Premier League last season and Blackpool wouldn’t have been relegated if match officials hadn’t made mistakes. (See table at bottom). These are the headline findings from extensive new research that re-examined 713 ‘significant’ incidents – […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 12 August 2011 Arsenal fans frustrated by lack of activity in the transfer market know their club have not been big spenders in recent times but might be shocked to realised their net transfer spend over the past decade places them only ninth among the […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 23 May 2011 Manchester United’s win against Blackpool on Sunday and other victories during 2010-11 have helped them extend their lead at the top the Premier League all-time table (published in full below). United have been one of seven ever-present teams in the League’s 19 […]

By Brian Sears 13 May 2001 Liverpool may be about to go 18-19 behind Manchester United in the tally of top level English football titles but their recent revival has put hope in the hearts of their fans. History says this should endure through the weekend because on Sunday they welcome to Anfield one of […]

By Brian Sears 28 April 2011 Out of the 380 Premier League games this season, 98 could be classified as derby games – 56 in the north-west, 20 in the Midlands, 20 in London and the two between Newcastle and Sunderland in the north-east. There are five derby games this weekend: Blackburn v Bolton and Wigan […]

By Brian Sears 8 April 2011 With 72 games remaining in the Premier League this season before the matches on Saturday and Sunday, an average of three goals per game would see a record level of scoring this campaign, the 19th season in the League’s history. Overall so far this season the rate works out at 2.77 […]

By Brian Sears 1 April 2011 West Bromwich Albion and Stoke both seek to break Premier League ‘ducks’ on Saturday when they respectively host Liverpool and Chelsea. As you can tell from our detailed table below, West Brom are playing their fifth Premier League season and they have gained at least one point against all […]

By Brian Sears 29 March 2011 Just 82 Premier League games remain to be played this season, and it’s great fun trying to predict the outcome. Using historical results based on previous Premier League meetings, sportingintelligence has projected the end-of-season table for 2010-11. The full explanation of how we reached our conclusions is elsewhere today. […]

By Brian Sears 29 March 2011 As soon as Fabio Capello’s ‘B’ team have faced Ghana at Wembley, attention in English football will switch back to the enthralling Premier League races for the title, for European qualification, and to avoid the drop. Just 82 Premier League games remain to be played this season, and it’s […]

By Alex Miller 20 March 2011 The former Liverpool and Sweden defender Glenn Hysen has revealed his pride at the decision by his 20 year-old son, Anton, to become the first professional Swedish footballer to come out as gay – and how he hopes it might contribute to gay Premier League players feeling comfortable enough […]