By Brian Sears 16 January 2011 The final game of this weekend’s Premier League programme will see Manchester United play Spurs at White Hart Lane in the tea-time game on Sunday. If Tottenham are to turn top-four aspirations into consistent realities they really should improve their Premier League record against United. No other Premier League club has […]

By Nick Harris 7 January 2011 As Fifa’s president Sepp Blatter said today that he expects the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be staged in winter for the safety of the players, Qatar’s 2022 bid website was unavailable, therefore couldn’t remind the world of the promises Qatar made of cooling technologies to allow a […]

By Nick Harris 5 January 2011 The Premier League will witness the first £100 ‘ordinary’ match ticket in the history of English football tonight when Arsenal host Manchester City. That prices includes the price of the seat itself for one person plus necessary extra booking fee and postage. That level of pricing, which comes into […]

By Brian Sears 5 January 2011 Wolves are bottom of the Premier League table as they prepare to host Chelsea on Wednesday evening, and can draw no solace whatsoever from the clubs’ head to head record in the top division since it was revamped. They have met five times in the Premier League, and the […]

By Nick Harris 2 January 2011 America’s Wayne Odesnik has become the first tennis player to become a top-level whistleblower in exchange for a reduced drugs ban, and sportingintelligence can reveal he could be asked to spill the beans about irregular betting as well as about doping. The authorities hope his information will lead to […]

By Nick Harris 2 January 2011 Celtic got off to a flyer in 2011 today by beating Rangers 2-0 in the Ne’erday derby, but one sign of how dramatically Scottish football finances have continued to deteriorate in the past year is found in Celtic’s deal to sign Freddie Ljungberg until the end of the season. Ljungberg, […]

By Nick Harris 2 January 2011 West Ham have accused the Premier League of ignoring their own rulebook because the League have said they won’t oppose a move by Tottenham from north to east London if Spurs’ bid for the 2012 Olympic Stadium is successful. West Ham will seek a judicial review if Spurs get […]

By Brian Sears 31 December 2010 Nowich City won more matches in the league in 2010 than any other club in English professional football, and those 27 victories put them in No1 place in our composite table of Football League clubs for the calendar year. (See below). The table does not distinguish between divisions, counting […]

By Brian Sears 31 December 2010 Chelsea are the defending holders of the Premier League-FA Cup Double but Manchester United were the Premier League team of 2010, as our analysis of league results in the calendar year shows. (See table below). Of those 17 clubs who spent the whole year in the top division, United […]

By Brian Sears 23 December 2010 Manchester City’s two favourite opponents in their 13 and a half seasons in the Premier League are Aston Villa and Newcastle, according to sportingintelligence’s exclusive analysis of where they’ve gained their points down the years. And who are City’s two Yuletide opponents? Ding dong merrily on high – it’s […]