Football

By Sportingintelligence 12 September 2011 The Champions League 2011-12 group stage commences this week involving players from 68 different countries, with world champions Spain contributing more players – 81 of them – than any other nation. France contributes the next most among the 32 teams in the group stage, with 77 players, followed by Brazil […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 9 September 2011 The resumption of the Premier League this weekend after the international break coincides with the release of new predictions for the title races in Europe’s five major leagues. Chelsea are tipped to win England’s top division in 2011-12 after a three-horse race […]

By Brian Sears and Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 9 September 2011 Everton’s meeting with Aston Villa on Saturday comes at a time of financial crisis for the Goodison Park club. They’ve sought but cannot find any new investment. (See now notorious transcript of fans’ meeting with Bill Kenwright). They needed […]

By Sportingintelligence 24 August 2011 Any Leeds United fans still upset at their club’s owner, Ken Bates, for calling protestors ‘morons’ last week, won’t be cheered by new research that shows their club has the highest ticket prices in the Championship. As the table below shows, the cheapest regular adult season ticket at Elland Road […]

By Alex Miller and Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 22 August 2011 The combined shirt sponsorship income of the Premier League’s 20 clubs for the 2011-12 season has jumped almost 20 per cent from £100.45m to £117.5m, sportingintelligence can reveal. (See table at bottom for full details). The £117.5m does not […]

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 Brian Sears 18 August 2011 Something freakish is happening to English football in the new season – more points are being won away than at home, across all divisions. Typically you’d expect around 60 per cent of points to be won at home. This season so far, it’s 42 per cent. Full details are […]

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 Brian Sears and Nick Harris 9 August 2011 Arsenal are famously the only club in England who have enjoyed an unbroken stretch in England’s top football division since the Second World War. Indeed the Gunners have been in the top flight non-stop since 1919. The new season will be Arsenal’s 66th consecutive top-division season […]

By Brian Sears 4 August 2011 With a new campaign in the Football League set to start on Friday as Hull host Blackpool, the  season of guessing football league table outcomes is upon us. And according to a sportingintelligence ‘pedigree’ analysis of clubs in the Championship, history says West Ham are favourites to go up, […]