Football

* By Sportingintelligence 7 November 2011 Manchester City aren’t merely the best performing team in England’s Premier League so far this season – they are, by a huge distance, the best team in any division in the country in terms of points per game. With 31 points from 11 league matches, Roberto Mancini’s side have […]

By Brian Sears 4 November 2011 The amount of points being won at home in the Premier League is at an all-time in the 20-year history of the competition. With more than a quarter of the season gone, only 151 of 272 points have been earned by the home side – or 55.5 per cent. […]

By Alex Miller and Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 30 October 2011 The amount of money paid to English professional footballers each season since 1984-85 is revealed in detail for the first time today. Sportingintelligence has obtained an official PFA document showing the average basic weekly wages, division by division, for […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 27 October 2011 Manchester United matches attract almost 52 per cent of the Premier League’s entire global TV audience according to exclusive Sportingintelligence analysis of the latest industry data and separate internal United figures prepared by independent experts. This highlights how important United are to […]

By Brian Sears 27 October 2011 Chelsea are on the verge of overtaking Arsenal as the No1 club within London over the entirety of the Premier League era. Both teams have played 177 London derbies in the Premier League to date, with Arsenal amassing 321 points, and Chelsea gaining 318. (For the full London derby table, […]

By Sportingintelligence 25 October 2011 The Football Association has launched an investigation into allegations that Chelsea’s John Terry – the captain of England – used a racially abusive term towards QPR’s Anton Ferdinand during Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to QPR at the weekend. A video clip shot during the match gives the impression that Terry said […]

By Sportingintelligence 25 October 2011 A diverse group of West Ham fans, split on whether the club should leave Upton Park, have launched a campaign to encourage the club’s owners to consult season ticket holders on any move. The campaign website is linked here, and the organisers have made a written request to the owners for […]

By Sportingintelligence 23 October 2011 Jose Mourinho’s Fifa World Coach of the Year 2010 trophy – the most significant individual silverware won by the maverick Portuguese coach to date – has sold for £26,000 this evening as a charity auction in memory of Mourinho’s mentor, Sir Bobby Robson, closed. Sportingintelligence can reveal the winning bidder […]

By Sportingintelligence 23 October 2011 Once in a lifetime, money can’t buy experiences featuring Barcelona and their manager Pep Guardiola, Real Madrid’s manager Jose Mourinho and George Burley, one-time star player and manager of Ipswich Town, are vying to raise the most money as the inaugural charity auction in honour of the late, great Sir […]

By Alex Miller 9 October 2011 England’s football team haven’t won a major trophy since the 1966 World Cup on home soil, haven’t reached a major tournament semi-final since 1996 (on home soil) and haven’t ever got beyond a semi-final on foreign turf – and that was 21 years ago at the 1990 World Cup […]