Blasphemy! Seven clubs lock horns for the title after sir Alex Ferguson's retirement!

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English Title Contenders European Watch
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Quarter Final Draw

Manchester United
- Dortmund
Chelsea - FC Bayern
Real Sociedad - Barcelona
Real Madrid - FC Porto

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Quarter Final Draw

Galatasaray - Tottenham
Arsenal - Swansea

Sevilla - Freiburg
Real Betis - Standard


Semi Final Draw

Sevilla/Freiburg - Galatasaray/Tottenham
Real Betis/Standard - Arsenal/Swansea
 
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Premier League
Round 31

Saturday 22nd March 2014:

Hull - Manchester United 2-1
Graham (54, 84); van Persie (73)
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Everton - Newcastle 3-5
Lukaku (54, 77), Mirallas (64); Salvio (pen 4, 25), Uchida o.g. (28), Debuchy (55), Yanga-Mbiwa (62)
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Sunderland - Liverpool 2-1
Giaccherini (54), Ji Dong-Won (88); Aspas (67)
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Fulham - Chelsea 1-4
Kacaniklic (35); Mata (22), Lampard (65), Cahill (73), Torres (77)
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Sunday 23rd March 2014:

Tottenham - Stoke 2-0
Lamela (23), Dembele (43)
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Cardiff - Arsenal 2-0
Cornelius (39), Hudson (45+2), Theophile-Catherine sent off (57)
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Monday 24th March 2014:

Manchester City - Southampton 2-1
Nasri (36), Kompany (45+1);
Lambert (66)
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League Table:


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Premier League
Round 32

Saturday 29th March 2014:

Fulham - Manchester United 0-2
Fellaini (23), Nani (59)
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Manchester City - Chelsea 1-1
Kompany (47), Kompany sent off (58); Oscar (81)
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Sunday 30th March 2014:

Sunderland - Newcastle 3-3
Borini (pen 15), Tiote o.g. (74), Johnson (77); Remy (6), Cisse (49, 90)
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Tottenham - Liverpool 2-0
Soldado (pen 26, 48)
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Monday 31st March 2014:

Everton - Arsenal 2-1
Lukaku (46, 73); Podolski (49)
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League Table:


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March Watch


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Premier League Table

The Contenders:

Newcastle (1st; 80pts; +59) - the Magpies dropped points only in the local derby against arch-rivals Sunderland but the bitter disappointment in that game will be eased by the fact they seem to be cruising to the league title!
Player of the month: Sylvain Marveaux (AMLC) 8.20
1 Current first team injury:
Kurt Zouma (DC) - 3-4 weeks (sprained ankle)

Manchester United
(2nd; 70pts; +34) - the Red Devils suffered an unexpected loss to struggling Hull and their title bid appears nearly over now with the gap to the top up to ten points.
Player of the month: Nani (AMRL) 7.60
2 Current first team injuries:
Rafael (D/WBR) - 3-4 months (broken foot)
Phil Jones (DRC/DM/MC) - 10-14 days (sprained ankle)

Chelsea (3rd; 66pts; +29) - the Blues collapsed this month with loss to Hull and draws against Everton and Manchester City and will have to settle for a position in the top four with the title nearly out of their reach at this stage.
Player of the month: Juan Mata (AMRLC) 7.64
2 Current first team injuries:
Ramires (DM/MRC/AMR) - 2-5 days (pulled hamstring)
Juan Mata (AMRLC) - 3-6 days (twisted ankle)

Manchester City (4th; 62pts; +26) - the Citizens dropped points with draws against Chelsea and Aston Villa and will be sweating with top four status still under threat.
Player of the month: Gael Clichy (D/WBL) 7.26
4 Current first team injury:
Yaya Toure (DM/MC/AMC) - 10-14 days (twisted ankle)
Jesus Navas (M/AMR) - 5-8 weeks (broken leg)
Stevan Jovetic (AMLC/ST) - 7-12 days (twisted ankle)
Sergio Aguero (AMC/ST) - 2-3 weeks (twisted ankle)

Tottenham (5th; 59pts; +30) - Spurs suffered a costly shock loss to Norwich in their first March game but recovered well and are still in with a shout for Champions League qualification.
Player of the month: Etienne Capoue (DC/DM/MC) 7.52
4 Current first team injuries:
Kyle Walker (D/WBR) - 12-28 days (torn hamstring)
Mousa Dembele (M/AMC) - 2-3 months (torn hamstring)
Andros Townsend (AMRL) - 10-14 days (calf strain)
Nacer Chadli (AMRLC) - 7-14 days (double hernia)

Arsenal (8th; 42pts; 0) - the Gunners hit a terrible patch of form in the worst possible time with three straight losses in the league and while their chances for Europe are still alive they need to improve and fast!
Player of the month: Kieran Gibbs (D/WBL/ML/AML) 7.40
7 Current first team injuries:
Mikel Arteta (DM/MC) - 6-7 weeks (dislocated shoulder)
Mesut Ozil (AMRLC) - 5-7 weeks (broken ankle)
Santi Cazorla (AMRLC) - 7-8 months (damaged cruciate ligaments)
Carlos Vela (AMRLC/ST) - 3 weeks (broken arm)
Lucas Podolski (AML/ST) - 3-5 days (gashed leg)
Theo Walcott (AMR/ST) - 4-5 weeks (torn groin muscle)
Olivier Giroud (ST) - 3 weeks (sports hernia)

Liverpool (20th; 22pts; -20) - the Reds are in dire straits as they picked up a single point in March and sit rock bottom of the league ten points away from safety - incredibly they would need nothing short of a miracle to just survive!!!
Player of the month: Joe Allen (DM/MC) 7.26
3 Current first team injuries:
Martin Skrtel (DC) - 10-14 days (strained ankle ligaments)
Blaise Matuidi (DM/MC) - 3-4 months (broken foot)
Mohamed Diame (DM/MC) - 9 days (knee tendonitis)

Other teams to watch:

Aston Villa (6th) - the Villains remain sixth and are in commanding position to secure Europa League next season!

Southampton (7th) - the Saints maintain their bid for Europe but still need to fight off Arsenal and hope the cup quotas go to the league.

Hull produce some remarkable results to pull away from the bottom three and appear close to safety with seven points away from the drop!

Norwich, West Brom and Liverpool occupy the bottom three with little hope left as time is running out for them!

March Player of the Month:
Romelu Lukaku (Everton)
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March Young Player of the Month:
George Thorne (West Brom)
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March Manager of the Month:
Dimiter Hristov (Newcastle)
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Leading Goalscorers:
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Hristov signs new 1 year contract and secures triple youth signings in the summer!

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Rob Lee
Published at 9:11PM, April 1 2014

Newcastle United have announced that hugely successful Capital One cup winning manager Dimiter Hristov has agreed to sign a new one year contract with the club. Incredibly the length of the deal suggests the board will need to re-enter negotiations in short six months to keep the eccentric Bulgarian at the helm. Sources inside the club tell me Hristov has used his success as leverage to force owner Mike Ashley to increase the wage budget by 110k pounds. The idea behind this is obviously boosting the transfer budget as transforming the free wages to money to spend equals around 5.0 million pounds - a sizable chunk. It can be added to the already free wage budget and transform to a total of 11.3 million pounds the manager can spend on new players if he drains the entire free wages (but any wages the club pays the potential new recruits will need to be deducted from this sum). It is easy to deduct Hristov has found a great tool to bargain with notoriously penny-pinching owner Mike Ashley by forcing him to boost the finances available on a regular basis when renewing the manager's contract. This is a high-stakes game to play as getting rid of Hristov would be easy with nearly no compensation due so the Bulgarian will be a hostage to his own success!

This news is coupled with announcing three long-term signings as Hristov is living up to his recent promise to sign the most exciting youth talent from around the globe. The trio will join the Magpies as soon as the summer transfer window opens:

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Pero Sunara

The first signing is young Croat midfielder Pero Sunara (16) who will be joining from Hajduk for a tribunal 400k pounds fee.

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Christos Ntaflas

The second signing is Greek midfielder Christos Ntaflas (18) who will be joining from Olympiakos for a tribunal 800k pounds fee.

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Sercan Akarsu

The third signing is Swiss promising winger Sercan Akarsu (15) who will be joining from Basel for a tribunal 34.5k pounds fee.

Hristov has announced he is hunting for another young winger from the Bundesliga but nothing has been agreed yet and refused to reveal the name of the target.
 
Hull suddenly become a giant killer!

Yes, incredible scores for them! And I am amazed by Liverpool, I never thought they could really go down and it seems definite right now!

What do you think of the youth signings? I am pinning big hopes on them!
 
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Quarter Final First Leg

Tuesday 1st April 2014:

Real Madrid - FC Porto 3-1

Chelsea - FC Bayern 1-0

Van Buyten o.g. (78), Ivanovic sent off (90+3);
Schulte sent off (48)
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Wednesday 2nd April 2014:

Real Sociedad - Barcelona 0-3

Manchester United - Dortmund 1-0
Nani (2)
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Quarter Final First Leg

Thursday 3rd April 2014:

Real Betis - Standard 3-0

Sevilla - Freiburg 0-1

Galatasaray - Tottenham 0-0
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Arsenal - Swansea 0-2
Dyer (7), Bony (20)
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Premier League
Round 33

Saturday 5th April 2014:

Manchester United - Everton 1-2
van Persie (22), Evans sent off (40); Mirallas (11), Jagielka (pen 40)
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Chelsea - Sunderland 3-2
David Luiz (24), Eto'o (43), Oscar (70);
Borini (68), Fletcher (71)
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Newcastle - Fulham 3-1
Marveaux (17); Remy (34, 88); Bent (50)
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Sunday 6th April 2014:

Arsenal - Hull 1-0
Bendtner (73)
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Southampton - Tottenham 2-1
Lambert (6), Lallana (56); Lamela (5)
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Monday 7th April 2014:

Liverpool - Manchester City 1-2
Emanuelson (74); Dzeko (32), Nasri (55)
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League Table:


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Quarter Final Second Leg

Tuesday 8th April 2014:

Barcelona - Real Sociedad 2-2 (5-2)

Dortmund - Manchester United 2-3 (2-4)
Werner (6, 17); Kagawa (42), Nani (46), Fellaini (76)
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Wednesday 9th April 2014:

FC Porto - Real Madrid 1-0 (2-3)

FC Bayern - Chelsea 0-0 (0-1)
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Quarter Final Second Leg

Wednesday 9th April 2014:

Swansea - Arsenal 3-1 (5-1)
Bony (4. 51), Dyer (74); Mertesacker (45)
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Thursday 10th April 2014:

Freiburg - Sevilla 4-1 (5-1)

Standard - Real Betis 1-1 (1-4)

Tottenham - Galatasaray 2-1 (2-1)
Griezmann (29, 53); Amrabat (90)
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Premier League
Round 34

Sunday 13th April 2014:

Chelsea - Tottenham 3-0
Eto'o (40, 54), Willian (48), David Luiz sent off (60)
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Liverpool - Aston Villa 3-2
Sakho (15), Hernanes (37), Gerrard (57), Sakho sent off (88); Sylla (10), Herd sent off (56), Gerrard o.g. (90)
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Monday 14th April 2014:

Manchester United - Sunderland 4-0
Kagawa (22), Nani (25), van Persie (65), Welbeck (82)
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Arsenal, Manchester City and Newcastle games postponed

League Table:


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Premier League
Round 35

Saturday 19th April 2014:

Aston Villa - Chelsea 1-0
Albrighton (43)
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Manchester City - Manchester United 0-3
Welbeck (54), van Persie (68), Kompany o.g. (79)
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Sunday 20th April 2014:

Swansea - Liverpool 1-0
Bony (14)
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Tottenham - Newcastle 0-3
Ben Arfa (20, 88), Sissoko (84)
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Monday 21st April 2014:

Sunderland - Arsenal 1-2
Fletcher (15); Afobe (75), Podolski (90+5)
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League Table:


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Premier League 2013/14 - holders Newcastle!
 
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All is forgiven as Hristov delivers Premier League title and puts Magpies on track for the treble!!!

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Rob Lee
Published at 9:57PM, April 21 2014

Humble pie has never tasted sweeter! I was one of many to heavily criticize the appointment and consequent actions of Dimiter Hristov as manager of Newcastle United - and those couldn't have been further off reality as the extravagant Bulgarian executed his plans to pull the club out of the ashes and to greatness with nothing short of perfection!

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Expectant eyes follow Hristov at the Lane

The team came out in a very hostile White Hart Lane knowing a win would secure the title after Manchester United had managed to throw the gauntlet one last time by demolishing heavy spenders City away from home earlier this weekend. Pundits were widely expecting to see the Magpies crumble upon the pressure to get a result but nothing like that happened. There was only one team on the pitch in the first half and we had the lead at half time thanks to a great strike from winger Hatem Ben Arfa.

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Ben Arfa scores the crucial first goal

Spurs significantly upped their game after the break as they were chasing a target of their own with top four still in their sights. A champion sometimes needs luck on its side and we had it in this peculiar second half as Tottenham thought they had equalized not once, but twice - only to see both goals disallowed. Adventurous Hristov put some additional pressure on defense by weirdly deciding to install Tiote in the place of Steven Taylor who had picked a knock earlier in the game - a decision he later explained with the fact there are only two centre backs available at the moment and he didn't want to risk losing any of them. The team responded by going all out in attack and scoring two more late goals to seal a classy display worthy of a champion! Fans and players remained at White Hart Lane singing and dancing long after the final whistle had announced the dream of generations has been realized - Newcastle United are champions of England again!

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Promised and delivered!

If this isn't enough - the fairy tale can extend even further when Hristov leads his warriors out in the FA Cup final against Fulham - hardly the most formidable side to face in a fixture of such magnitude!

Nobody had heard of Dimiter Hristov before his appointment threw the footballing world in ripples of misjudged doubts and outright mockery but what are the genuine reasons behind his paramount success in his virgin season at the helm of Newcastle? Here is a quick resume:

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Hristov forever in Geordie hearts

- Hristov convinced owner Mike Ashley to spend, and spend big on a great mix of established and up-and-coming players - even if it meant a large portion of the transfer fees would extend over the next few transfer windows. This allowed high-profile players to arrive at Saint James' Park and they all played a key role this season: Gino Peruzzi, Leighton Baines, Kurt Zouma, Eduardo Salvio, Eder Alvarez Balanta, Loic Remy, Alex Sandro, Memphis Depay and Landon Donovan all came this summer.
- He wasn't shy to sell popular players who wouldn't make it in his plans to fund incoming deals: Jonas Gutierrez, Fabricio Coloccini, Gabriel Obertan, Mike Williamson, Dan Gosling, Shola Ameobi, Rob Elliot and Gael Bigirimana all left this summer.
- The manager introduced extremely strict financial policy on wages within the club to minimize all expenses and fund additional transfers.
- Various upgrades of facilities and staff were agreed with the board - the benefit of which shall be experienced even more in the long term.
- Last and perhaps most important - Hristov was often accused of big talk but ultimately never lied to the fans. Whatever he promised - he delivered it. For this reason alone his success will only feed a growing affinity that was already there. Because let's face it, even if he'd failed to bring a trophy in his maiden season, Hristov had already won over each and every heart bleeding black and white for awakening the greatest passion of all - the ability to dream.
 
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Semi Final First Leg

Tuesday 22nd April 2014:

Chelsea - Real Madrid 2-1
Eto'o (43, 50); Cristiano Ronaldo (19)
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Wednesday 23rd April 2014:

Barcelona - Manchester United 0-2
Busquets sent off (31); Nani (24), Kagawa (54)
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Thursday 24th April 2014:

Real Betis - Swansea 1-2

Freiburg - Tottenham 3-1
Witzel (34), Hansen (50), Burch (58); Paulinho (28)
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