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By Nick Harris 17 April 2013 Cardiff City’s guaranteed promotion to the Premier League means that half of the 92 clubs in English football’s four main divisions next season will have tasted Premier League football at some point since 1992. That means being in the Premier League is on the brink of being a ‘majority […]

By Nick Harris 16 April 2013 Manchester United are England’s most popular football team across social media as well as the most successful on the pitch according to a new table that rates the Premier League’s 20 clubs on followers across three of the biggest digital platforms: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Even though United have […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year                                             25 March 2013 The story of Robert Beal, also known as “The man who hoaxed The Times,” might be amusing if it did not […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 12 March 2013 The American lawyer investigating the circumstances in which the 2022 World Cup was awarded to Qatar has urged anyone with information that could prove wrongdoing in the bidding process to share that information as soon as possible. Michael Garcia is a former […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 11 March 2013 A new large-scale survey of Chinese football fans to coincide with the start of the 2013 Chinese Super League (CSL) season has found that three of the top five players that supporters would like to see imported to the competition are Steven […]

By Brian Sears 8 March 2013 With 10 games remaining in the Premier League season, statistical history says Manchester United’s coronation as champions is inevitable. Even if United slump in the run-in to match their previous worst-ever points haul from their final 10 games (which was 14 points), and closest rivals Manchester City match their […]

By Brian Sears and Nick Harris  SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 28 February 2013 SEVEN clubs have been “ever present” in the Premier League since it began in 1992-93, and as they all prepare to play their 800th league games of the Premier League era this weekend, one club stands heads and shoulders above […]

By Brian Sears 21 February 2013 The FA Cup attracted crowds last weekend that were five per higher collectively than the clubs involved have been attracting to league matches this season. The fifth round of the Cup is the first time that this phenomenon has happened this season, and is indicative that the closer the […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 7 February 2013 The leading investigator into the global match-fixing crisis in football has confirmed that a press conference on Monday hosted by Europol “was misleading” and “it is a concern that the message was not clear.” Friedhelm Althans is the chief match-fix investigator with […]

By Brian Sears 28 January 2013 Liverpool’s FA Cup elimination at the hands of Oldham on Sunday was the 119th time in the Premier League era that a Premier League side has been knocked out of the Cup by opponents from a lower division. And it is Liverpool who have suffered this fate more than […]