Burnley relegation fears deepen with costly penalty miss

 April 27, 2015   John Welsh

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With Chelsea now seemingly set to clinch the Premier League title for the 2014-15 campaign, attention now focusses on the other end of the table where relegation issues are now becoming keenly contested with as many as eight teams involved in attempting to preserve their top flight status. Four successive victories by Leicester and seven […]

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Chelsea set for Premier League title as campaign approaches finale

 March 25, 2015   John Welsh

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With just eight games remaining in the current Premier League campaign and with a lull in proceedings due to the international football break, it may be an ideal opportunity to reflect upon the potential title winners at the end of the season and the prospects of those teams vying to secure qualification for the 2015-16 […]

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An embarrassing two weeks for the English Premier League in UEFA European competitions

 March 20, 2015   John Welsh

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For the first time this century, there will be no English representatives in either the Europa or Champions League quarter-finals after Everton were defeated 5-2 by Dynamo Kiev on Thursday evening to be eliminated on a 6-4 aggregate from the Europa League. This week has also witnessed the early departures of Manchester City and Arsenal […]

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A poor week for the Premier League in European competition

 February 27, 2015   John Welsh

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The English Premier League is arguably regarded as the best football in Europe, if not the World, and a recently signed TV package worth over £5 billion for the live screening of matches may justify that assertion. However, such revenues do not guarantee success on the pitch as the performances of English teams in European […]

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Muted celebrations by Balotelli in scoring a first Premier League goal for Liverpool

 February 13, 2015   John Welsh

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eWhen a footballer scores a potentially winning goal just seven minutes from the end of normal time during a 3-2 thriller in a high-profile game, it is normally the signal for a rather joyous celebration by both player and team. It would appear that Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli defies the norm and his muted reaction […]

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Contrasting weekend fortunes for Chelsea and Manchester City ahead of crucial Premier League fixture

 January 19, 2015   John Welsh

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho will glance at the Premier League table today and then consider the prospect of facing the nearest challengers to his team when Manchester City visit Stamford Bridge in two weeks for a crucial fixture between the top two teams in the league. City are currently five points adrift of leaders Chelsea […]

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Kane and Perez tipped to be future stars of Premier League

 January 3, 2015   John Welsh

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The announcement that Steven Gerrard is to leave Liverpool at the end of the current campaign will not only be a significant loss for the Red’s midfield engine room but the Premier League will also miss a talent which has graced English football for most of this century. He has been an influential player at […]

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Christmas fixture congestion divides opinion in English football

 December 30, 2014   John Welsh

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Of the 20 Premier League teams playing football during the Christmas festive period, only Liverpool an Swansea were spared the necessity to be performing on both the 26th and 28th December as their encounter was delayed until the 29th for television coverage. Sunderland manager Gus Poyet claimed that the decision to play two games in […]

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A tale of two 3-0 scorelines at Old Trafford involving Manchester United and Liverpool

 December 15, 2014   John Welsh

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During early March 2014, Liverpool visited Old Trafford and by virtue of two Steven Gerrard penalties and a goal from Luis Suarez, Manchester United were condemned to a 3-0 home defeat. For then manager David Moyes, it was considered a bruising loss in a troubled season and just a month later during which time his […]

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The stadium curse persists in haunting both Mourinho and Wenger

 December 8, 2014   John Welsh

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Although Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger have won far more Premier League games than they have lost with Chelsea and Arsenal respectively, both managers are haunted by one particular stadium as the latest set of fixtures have proved. Mourinho witnessed his team losing at St James’ Park in Newcastle whereas Arsenal failed to win at […]

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