2014/15 Season Overview

  European qualification: – West Ham gain additional Europa League qualifying spot through finishing top of the English fair play table – Sampdoria currently take rivals’ Genoa’s Europa League qualifying spot due to financial regulations Notable occurrences: – All-round lower scoring season compared to previous one across all 4 leagues – More card shown compared […]

English Leagues Pre-Season Handicaps

Premiership (Tottenham +17; Chelsea +1; Newcastle +34) Spurs slightly underperformed at times last season, finished 6th, but only 17 points off the leaders after 38 games. They had changes in management to deal with and had  a few bad patches – notably a poor November and a tough set of fixtures in March cost them. […]

Premiership Review 2013/14

Title Winners – Manchester City (86 points) Top Scorer – Luis Suarez (31 goals) Champions League qualification – Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal Europa League qualification – Everton, Tottenham, Hull Relegation – Norwich, Fulham, Cardiff   Pre-season odds in August 2013: Title winners – Man City @9/4, Chelsea @9/4, Man United @5/2, Arsenal @10/1, Liverpool […]