Development Of The Game

Champions: Manchester United Runners-up: Arsenal Champions League places: Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool UEFA Cup places: Leeds United, Chelsea, Ipswich Town, Aston Villa (Intertoto Cup) Promoted (from 1999/2000): Charlton Athletic, Manchester City, Ipswich Town Relegated: Bradford City, Coventry City, Manchester City Leading Scorer: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea) 23 goals Premier League Table 2000 – 2001 Pos … Read more

Champions: Arsenal Runners-up: Liverpool Champions League places: Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle United. UEFA Cup places: Leeds United, Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers (League Cup), Fulham (Intertoto Cup), Ipswich Town (Fair Play Draw) Promoted (from 2000/01): Fulham, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers Relegated: Leicester City, Derby County, Ipswich Town Leading Scorer: Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 24 goals Premier League … Read more

By the late 1930s, it was no longer enough to be the game’s pioneers. Instead, British football had to continually prove itself on the soccer field as ‘the masters of the game’ against an ever-wider range of former pupils, given the continued growth in football’s popularity worldwide. Nevertheless, British football, like the people and the … Read more

Champions: Manchester United Runners-up: Arsenal Champions League places: Manchester United, Arsenal, Newcastle United, Chelsea UEFA Cup places: Liverpool (League Cup), Blackburn Rovers, Southampton (FA Cup finalists), Manchester City (Fair Play Draw) Promoted (from 2001/02): Manchester City, West Bromwich Albion, Birmingham City Relegated: Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United Leading Scorer: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester … Read more

On Monday 1 July 2002, barbers and hairdressers in Brazil had a busy day. Every boy in the country who was into football wanted a haircut like Ronaldo’s. The day before Japan and South Korea’s 2002 World Cup final, the striker had one of the weirdest hairdos ever (to say the least) in the tournament’s … Read more

2003/04 Premier League Champions: Arsenal Runners-up: Chelsea Champions League places: Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool. UEFA Cup places: Newcastle, Middlesbrough (League Cup), Millwall (FA Cup finalists) Promoted (from 2002/03): Portsmouth, Leicester City, Wolverhampton Wanderers Relegated: Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leeds United, Leicester City Leading Scorer: Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 30 goals Premier League Table 2003 – 2004 Pos Team … Read more

2004/05 Premier League Champions: Chelsea Runners-up: Arsenal Champions League places: Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United, Everton, Liverpool. UEFA Cup places: Bolton Wanderers, Middlesbrough (League Cup) Promoted (from 2003/04): Norwich City, West Bromwich Albion, Crystal Palace Relegated: Southampton, Norwich City, Crystal Palace Leading Scorer: Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 25 goals Premier League Table 2004 – 2005 Pos Team … Read more

2005/06 Premier League Table: Two In A Row For Chelsea FC 2005/06 Premier League Champions: Chelsea FC Runners-up: Manchester United Champions League places: Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal. UEFA Cup places: Tottenham Hotspur, Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United (FA Cup finalists) Promoted (from 2004-05): Sunderland, Wigan Athletic, West Ham United Relegated: Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion, … Read more

2006/07 Premier League Champions: Manchester United Runners-up: Chelsea Champions League places: Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal UEFA Cup places: Tottenham Hotspur, Everton, Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers (Intertoto Cup) Promoted (from 2005/06): Reading, Sheffield United, Watford Relegated: Watford, Charlton Athletic, Sheffield United Leading Scorer: Didier Drogba (Chelsea) 21 goals Premier League Table 2006 – 2007 Pos … Read more