By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 6 November 2012 The Premier League is home to the oldest and the youngest football managers within Europe’s ‘Big 5’ football divisions, and England’s top division also has the most diverse range of nationalities in its managerial ranks, according to new analysis by Sportingintelligence. At […]

By Brian Sears and Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 31 October 2012 Premier League attendances are more than four per cent up on the same time last year, and on course to be the highest total in England’s top division for 40 years, according to Sportingintelligence analysis. The growth is all […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 30 October 2012 Liverpool’s managing director Ian Ayre has apologised in writing on behalf of the club for the inappropriate behaviour of communications director Jen Chang towards Liverpool fan Sean Cummins, the creator of spoof journalist ‘Duncan Jenkins’, during a meeting between the pair on […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 29 October 2012 BT have confirmed they have signed ‘multi-year’ deals to show live matches from the top football divisions in Italy, France, Brazil and the USA on their new sports channel, BT Sport, which launches in 2013. The telecoms firm made a shock entry […]

By Brian Sears 26 October 2012 Arsenal have endured a turbulent week as their absentee American owner’s visit to London coincided with the club’s AGM and back-to-back defeats, first against Norwich in the Premier League and then against Schalke in Europe. And now they face two Premier League matches versus the two current top-flight clubs […]

By Brian Sears 19 October 2012 Newcastle’s manager Alan Pardew still awaits a first Premier League win since signing his extraordinary eight-year contract but takes his side to Sunderland on Sunday in the knowledge Newcastle have a first-class record in north-east derbies in the PL era. They have played 46 derbies in that time, 26 against […]

* By Alex Miller and Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 8 October 2012 Manchester United and Real Madrid have sold an average of 1.4m official replica shirts globally each year in the past five years – more than any other clubs in the world. The commercial giants of English and Spanish […]

By Brian Sears 4 October 2012 The Premier League season has started with goals flowing at record pace, with 168 in 58 games for an average of 2.89 per game. Manchester United (with 14 goals in six games) have led the way followed by Fulham (13), Everton (12) and Manchester City (12), with Chelsea, Tottenham, […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 28 September 2012 Steve Kean’s managerial reign at Blackburn is over after the 44-year-old surprisingly resigned on Friday evening. Nobody at the club was expecting the Scot to quit so suddenly and MD Derek Shaw, when told of the news, said he was unaware it […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 28 September 2012 Steve Kean earned a ‘stay of execution’ at Blackburn Rovers after his wife Margaret called the club’s co-owner Anuradha Desai to say she believed sacking him would be unfair, sources in India and England have told Sportingintelligence. Insiders say the decision was […]