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By Brian Sears 30 December 2011 Everton have won 999 points from their 751 Premier League games to date in the PL era, so need just one more point for 1,000. It should arrive soon. Their next game is at West Brom on Sunday, then they play at home to Bolton on Wednesday 4 January. […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 23 December 2011 The occasion of the Premier League’s 20,000th goal, scored on Wednesday evening by Marc Albrighton and marked with a tongue-in-cheek live blog on this website, was celebrated and castigated in fairly even measure. The critics picked up on the obvious point that […]

By Sportingintelligence 21 December 2011 . This article was regularly updated until the Premier League’s 20,000th goal was scored … BUT IT’S OVER NOW PEOPLE. GO HOME .. 8.56pm. GOAL! And that’s it. Marc Albrighton of Aston Villa (v Arsenal) scored the 20,000th goal in Premier League history. Thank you and goodnight. ** Goes to […]

By Sportingintelligence 21 December 2011 Chelsea’s John Terry – also the captain of England – will face a charge of using racially abusive language towards QPR’s Anton Ferdinand, the Crown Prosecution Service said today. The Football Association launched its own investigation in October into allegations that Terry used a racially abusive term towards QPR’s Anton Ferdinand […]

By Brian Sears 21 December 2011 The Premier League’s 20,000th goal will be scored in one of Wednesday evening’s seven fixtures – barring a freaky night of low scoring that would be entirely counter to this extraordinary season so far. LIVE countdown to 20,000 HERE The revamped top-flight began in the 1992-93 season, and by […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 20 December 2011 A meeting between Blackburn’s board and fans’ representatives, scheduled for this week with the intention of letting supporters know what is happening at the club, has been indefinitely postponed, Sportingintelligence can reveal. The meeting, promised in exchange for a ‘truce’ on protests […]

  By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 18 December 2011 The former vice-president of Barcelona has revealed how the club’s previous shirt deal with UNICEF was a ‘strategic decision’ underpinned by a desire for long-term profit rather than any altruism implied by the Spanish giants’ ‘More than a club’ motto. Ferran […]

By Brian Sears and Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 16 December 2011 Manchester City are in their 15th season of Premier League football, having missed five seasons elsewhere, and they are, of course, a very different club from when they were founder members of the Prem in August 1992. This weekend they […]

By Sportingintelligence 15 December 2011 Blackburn Rovers fans opposed to the ownership of the club by Venky’s and to the ongoing management of the club by Steve Kean have called a temporary ‘truce’ in public protests against the regime for the next two home games. Rovers play relegation rivals West Brom this weekend and Bolton […]

By Sportingintelligence 14 December 2011 Barclays, the sponsors of the Premier League, will give a £20,000 prize to the scorer of the 20,000th Premier League goal for that player to donate to a charity of his choice, the bank will confirm on Thursday. It is highly likely that the 20,000th Premier League goal will be […]