By Brian Sears 27 May 2011 When their relegation was confirmed last Sunday, Blackpool became the 26th side in the Premier League’s history to be relegated in the first season after coming up from the Championship. In this regard, they are ‘One-season wonders’ (OSWs), and though it won’t be much solace to them, their 39 […]

26 May 2011 Can you identify the sporting arena? We take an aerial view of a topical ball park, football stadium, marathon course, golf course, Games venue, race track, iconic arena, athletic theatre (some literally theatres), pitch, park, stretch of water or wherever else sport takes place. And we ask you to identify it with the […]

By Sportingintelligence 26 May 2011 Fulham will be play in the Europa League next season after finishing higher in the Premier League’s Fair Play table than any other Premier League team not already qualified for Europe. The full and final FP table is below. Chelsea actually top it, followed by Tottenham and Manchester United – […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 24 May 2011 The massive financial rewards simply for being a member of the Premier League are highlighted again today with the release of official figures detailing PL earnings by club for the 2010-11 season. The lowest-earning team, Blackpool, picked up £39,080,036 from the League […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 24 May 2011 So what next for West Ham, Blackpool and Birmingham, the three teams who were removed from Survival Sunday in body bags? To hazard a guess based on recent trends and on a hunch, I’d say that in four years: one of them […]

In light of this development (the naming of Ryan Giggs in Parliament and now widely in the mainstream media), here is yesterday’s front page from the Sunday Herald in Scotland. Despite claims the newspaper is not sold in England, it was available in England yesterday (for example on order by news desks at papers, TV […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 23 May 2011 Blackpool’s tangerine dream turned into a nightmare with relegation on Sunday but they were the best value team in the Premier League in the 2010-11 season, according to an analysis by sportingintelligence of cost per point in wages. The Lancashire Oranjie spent […]

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 22 May 2011 The Premier League has a new record tally of goals for a 38-game season after 32 were scored in today’s final round of matches in the 2010-11 season. That means there were 1,063 goals scored in England’s top division this season (2.8 per game on average), beating the previous […]

By Brian Sears 19 May 2011 To paraphrase Ol’ Blue Eyes: ‘And now, the end is near, the season takes its final curtain. But who, supporters ask, supporters fear, is down for certain?’ As a dispassionate statistician, it’s clear that Manchester United generally have a good final day in the Premier League. We’ve looked at […]