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Roberto Martinez to leave Wigan in the summer?

Martinez’s last few months at Wigan have been incredible. The Spaniard has performed miracles at the DW Stadium since January. The Latics have won six of their last games – including victories over Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Arsenal and Newcastle. Following Monday nights game against Blackburn, Martinez’s side secured another season in the Premier League….

Premier League Week 37 Preview

A look at this weekend’s Premier League matches as Manchester fights for the league title and London teams play for their Champions League futures. Arsenal v Norwich The chase for third place remains in Arsenal’s hands, but with Tottenham and Newcastle in close pursuit there is no room for error. Arsene Wenger’s team, without a win…

Wigan’s destruction of Newcastle shows that the Latics belong in the Premier League

Wigan put on a show on Saturday to all-but-secure their Premier League status for another year, and delighted the DW Stadium and onlookers in the process. A 4-0 win over Champions League qualification hopefuls Newcastle mixed a determined and dogged defensive approach with sublime attacking play, and Roberto Martinez’s men were good value for their…

Moneyball in the Premier League – looking at Liverpool, Newcastle and Wigan

Since the Fenway Sports Group (FSG) bought Liverpool FC last season, there has been a lot of talk about ‘Moneyball’. This was a successful book chronicling the Oakland Athletics baseball team, and in particular it’s General Manager Billy Beane (for a General Manager think of a powerful director of football, David Dein at Arsenal, someone…

Liverpool, Chelsea, United, City and Arsenal all have points to prove this weekend

With live football on the telly for the next 6 days, it’s a good time to be a football fan. There’s plenty of mouth-watering action in tge Premier League for you to look at. Titles may be won, title challenges may be salvaged, teams could be doomed to relegation or rise from the ashes –…

Most efficient Premier League clubs in the last three seasons (2009 to 2012)

Building on our previous post about the most efficient football clubs across Europe’s top four leagues this season, here we do an historical analysis of the Premier league and the best performing clubs in the last three years (2009/2010 to 2011/2012). The chart below shows some fascinating visual data about Premier League teams in the…

Tottenham, City and Liverpool must fight form and history this weekend

The Premier League title and the Champions League places are far from a done deal. Both Manchester City and Tottenham have blown healthy leads in first and third place respectively to fall down to second and fourth, and while City’s depth and sheer quality (not to mention a recall for Carlos Tevez) may yet save…

All January 2012 English Premier League Transfers

You’ll find the latest Premier League Transfers (January 2012) listed here. Archives for older transfer seasons are at the end of this page. For the latest transfer rumours and confirmed transfers for other leagues, see our football transfer lists page. If you find a transfer not listed here let us know and we’ll add it….

Manchester United to end 2011 top of the table

The New Year weekend will most likely see Manchester United end 2011 at the top of the table (albeit having played a game more than City), although City will be away to Sunderland on Sunday and it should be business as usual at the top of the table for them come Monday morning. Here’s a…

Boxing Day Preview: Manchester United, Chelsea And Winning Bets

Premier League clubs are all set for Boxing Day showdown as 14 teams take to the field on Monday, with the remaining 6 playing on Tuesday. Here’s a look at the choicest fixtures from the next two days and the best betting odds for them. Stoke City v Aston Villa Stoke play host to Aston…