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Relegation battle

Alan Shearer Gets It Right

by Ethan Armstrong on May 12, 2009 · 0 comments

Alan Shearer needs all the good luck he can find in the dying weeks of Newcastle United’s disaster of a season. And after his 69th minute substitution of Michael Owen for Obafemi Martins, fortune smiled on the Magpies’ former number nine when their current number nine found the back of the net almost immediately after [...]

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Do or die for West Brom

by Randy Capps on March 24, 2009 · 3 comments

With 24 more points available in the 2008-2009 season, I hesitate to say that next weekend’s match with Stoke City is a must-win for West Bromwich Albion for its hopes for avoiding the drop.
But it really is.
The Baggies are rooted to the bottom of the table with 24 points with eight matches to go and any [...]

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In This Year’s Relegation Battle, No One Is Safe

by Dave Warner on January 30, 2009 · 7 comments

The beauty of the Premier League is that there are always three distinct races within the table, and after 23 rounds of this Premier League season, none of those races are decided.
In the race for first place, only two points separate top-of-the-table Manchester United from Liverpool and Chelsea, while Aston Villa is only three points [...]

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