Man City Facts
September 2, 2009
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NICKNAME: Blues
FOUNDED: 1887
MANAGER: Mark Hughes
GROUND: City of Manchester Stadium
LAST SEASON:
League 10th FA Cup Third Round Carling Cup Second Round UEFA Cup Quarter-finals
HONOURS:
European Cup Winners’ Cup Winners (1) 1969-70
Division One Champions (2) 1936-37, 1967-68
Nationwide One Champions (1) 2001-2002
Division Two Champions (6) 1898-99, 1902-03, 1909-10, 1927-28, 1946-47, 1965-66
FA Cup Winners (4) 1904, 1934, 1956, 1969
League Cup Winners (2) 1970, 1976
RECORD VICTORY: League 10-1 v Huddersfield, Division Two, 07-11-1987 Cup 10-1 v Swindon, FA Cup Fourth Round, 29-01-1930
RECORD DEFEAT: 1-9 v Everton, Division One, 03-09-1906
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 84,569 v Stoke, FA Cup Sixth Round, 03-03-1934
TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER: Season Tommy Johnson, 38, 1928-29 All-time Tommy Johnson, 158, 1919-30
MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: Alan Oakes, 565, 1959-76
Man Utd Facts
September 2, 2009
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NICKNAME: Red Devils
FOUNDED: 1878
MANAGER: Sir Alex Ferguson
GROUND: Old Trafford
LAST SEASON:
League Champions FA Cup Semi-finals Carling Cup Winners Champions League Finalists Club World Cup Winners
HONOURS:
Club World Cup Winners (1) 2009
Intercontinental Cup Winners (1) 1999
European Cup Winners (3) 1967-68, 1998-99, 2007-08
European Cup Winners’ Cup Winners (1) 1990-91
European Super Cup Winners (1) 1991
Premier League Champions (11) 1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09
Division One Champions (7) 1907-08, 1910-11, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1964-65, 1966-67
Division Two Champions (2) 1935-36, 1974-75
FA Cup Winners (11) 1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004
Treble Winners (1) 1998-99
Domestic Double Winners (3) 1993-94, 1995-96, 1998-99
League Cup Winners (3) 1992, 2006, 2009
RECORD VICTORY: League 9-0 v Ipswich, Premier League, 04-03-1995 Cup 10-0 v RSC Anderlecht, European Cup Preliminary Round, Second Leg, 26-09-1956
RECORD DEFEAT: 0-7 v Blackburn, Division One, 10-04-1926 and 0-7 v Aston Villa, Division One, 27-12-1930 and 0-7 v Wolverhampton, Division Two, 26-12-1931
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 76,962 (FA Cup Semi-final between Wolves and Grimsby 25-03-1939)
TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER: Season Dennis Viollet, 32, 1959-60 All-time Bobby Charlton, 199, 1956-73
MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: Bobby Charlton, 606, 1956-73
Portsmouth Facts
September 2, 2009
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NICKNAME: Pompey
FOUNDED: 1898
MANAGER: Paul Hart (England)
GROUND: Fratton Park
LAST SEASON:
League 14th FA Cup Fourth Round Carling Cup Third Round UEFA Cup Group Stage
HONOURS:
Division One Champions (2) 1948-49, 1949-50
Nationwide One Champions (1) 2002-03
Division Three Champions (2) 1961-62, 1982-83
Division Three South Champions (1) 1923-24
FA Cup Winners (2) 1939 2008
RECORD VICTORY: League 9-1 v Notts County, Division two, 09-04-1927 Cup 7-0 v Stockport, FA Cup Third Round, 08-01-1949
RECORD DEFEAT: 0-10 v Leicester, Division One, 20-10-1928
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 51,385 v Derby, FA Cup Sixth Round, 26-02-1949
TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER: Season Guy Whittingham, 42, 1992-93 All-time Peter Harris, 194, 1946-60
MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: Jimmy Dickinson, 764, 1946-65
Stoke Facts
September 2, 2009
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NICKNAME: The Potters
FOUNDED: 1863
MANAGER: Tony Pulis (Wales)
GROUND: The Britannia Stadium
LAST SEASON:
League 12th FA Cup Third Round Carling Cup Quarter-finals
HONOURS:
Division Two Champions (2) 1932-33, 1962-63
Nationwide Two Champions (1) 1992-93
Division Three North Champions (1) 1926-27
League Cup winners (1) 1992
RECORD VICTORY: League 10-3 v West Brom, Division One 04-02-1937 Cup 7-1 v Burnley, FA Cup Second Round 02-02-1896
RECORD DEFEAT: 0-10 v Preston, Division One, 14-09-1889
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 51,380 v Arsenal, Division One, 29-03-37
TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER: Season Freddie Steele, 33, 1936-37 All–time Freddie Steele, 142, 1934-49
MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: Eric Skeels, 506, 1958-76
Sunderland Facts
September 2, 2009
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NICKNAME: The Black Cats
FOUNDED: 1879
MANAGER: Steve Bruce (England)
GROUND: Stadium of Light
LAST SEASON:
League 16th FA Cup Fourth Round Carling Cup Fourth Round
HONOURS:
Division One Champions (6) 1891-92, 1892-93, 1894-95, 1901-02, 1912-13, 1935-36
Championship Winners (2) 2004-05, 2006-07
Nationwide One Champions (2) 1995-96, 1998-99
Division Two Champions (1) 1975-76
Division Three Champions (1) 1987-88
FA Cup Winners (2) 1937, 1973
RECORD VICTORY: League 9-1 v Newcastle, Division One, 05-12-1908 Cup 11-1 v Fairfield, FA Cup First Round, 02-02-1895
RECORD DEFEAT: 0-8 v West Ham, Division One, 19-10-1968 and 0-8 v Watford, Division One, 25-09-1982
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 75,118 v Derby, FA Cup Sixth Round replay, 08-03-1933 (Roker Park)
TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER: Season Dave Halliday, 43, 1928-29 All-time Charlie Buchan, 209, 1911-25
MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: Jim Montgomery, 537, 1962-77
West Ham Facts
September 2, 2009
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NICKNAME: Hammers
FOUNDED: 1895
MANAGER: Gianfranco Zola (Italy)
GROUND: Upton Park
LAST SEASON:
League Ninth FA Cup Fifth Round Carling Cup Third Round
HONOURS:
European Cup Winners’ Cup Winners (1) 1964-65
Division Two Champions (2) 1957-58, 1980-81
FA Cup Winners (3) 1964, 1975, 1980
Intertoto Cup Winners (1) 1999
RECORD VICTORY: League 8-0 v Rotherham, Division Two, 08-03-1958 and 8-0 v Sunderland, Division One, 19-10-1968 Cup 10-0 v Bury, League Cup Second Round, 25-10-1983
RECORD DEFEAT: 2-8 v Blackburn, Division One, 26-12-1963
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 42,322 v Tottenham, Division One, 17-10-1970
TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER: Season Vic Watson, 41, 1929-30 All-time Vic Watson, 298, 1920-35
MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: Billy Bonds, 663, 1967-88
Wolves – Key Facts
September 2, 2009
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NICKNAME: Wolves
FOUNDED: 1877
MANAGER: Mick McCarthy (England)
GROUND: Molineux
LAST SEASON:
League Champions (Championship) FA Cup Fourth Round Carling Cup Second Round
HONOURS:
Division One Champions (3) 1953-54, 1957-58, 1958-59
Championship Champions (1) 2008-09
Division Two Champions (2) 1931-32, 1976-77
Division Three Champions (1) 1988-89
Division Three North Champions (1) 1923-24
Division Four Champions (1) 1987-88
FA Cup Winners (4) 1893, 1908, 1949, 1960
League Cup Winners (2) 1974, 1980
Texaco Cup Winners (1) 1971
Sherpa Van Trophy Winners (1) 1988
RECORD VICTORY: League 10-1 v Leicester, Division One, 15-04-1938 Cup 14-0 v Cresswell’s Brewery, FA Cup Second Round, 13-11-1886
RECORD DEFEAT: 1-10 v Newton Heath, Division One, 15-10-1892
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 63,315 v Liverpool, FA Cup Fifth Round, 11-02-1939
TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER: Season Dennis Westcott, 38, 1946-47 All-time Steve Bull, 250, 1986-99
MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: Derek Parkin, 501, 1967-82
Transfer Deadline Day Deals???
September 1, 2009
Heitinga should prove to be an inspired signing for Moyes as he gets 2 defenders for the price of 1 plus some spare cash in the coffers.
Sky Sources understand Niko Kranjcar has passed his medical at Tottenham Hotspur ahead of his proposed switch from Portsmouth.
A fee in the region of £2.5million is said to have been agreed between the two Premier League clubs, with Tuesday’s transfer deadline looming.
Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has acted quickly in identifying Kranjcar after the Croatian’s compatriot Luka Modric fractured his fibula at the weekend.
Redknapp worked with Kranjcar during his time at Pompey before leaving the South Coast for White Hart Lane last season.
Kranjcar is set to become the fourth high-profile player to leave Portsmouth this summer, with Glen Johnson, Peter Crouch and Sylvain Distin all departing.
Man City ArticlesBBC Sport’s roving reporter Sam Lyon:
“So why is it so hard to get deals done, then? Leyton Orient chief executive Matt Porter has what I’m sure is a widely-shared theory, telling my colleague Chris Bevan: “The transfer window artificially inflates the value of players because people panic. Joleon Lescott going for £24m has an impact, even in the lower leagues where all of a sudden a player who was worth £1m is valued at £3m and a player who is worth £500,000 now costs £1.5m. Everything inflates artificially because of what happens at the top level and it means doing deals is hard work, sometimes impossible. That’s before you look at player negotiation and wages. It’s a long process.” Who can we blame for a quiet deadline day then? Man City’s Joleon Lescott. Booooo.”
Atletico Madrid defender Johnny Heitinga is at Everton’s training ground as his £5million move to the Premier League edges towards completion.
Reports had suggested the Holland international’s arrival on Merseyside had stalled because of his personal terms.
Heitinga is understood to be on a lucrative salary at Atletico which the Everton hierarchy were unprepared to replicate at Goodison Park.
But differences appear to have been settled ahead of Tuesday’s 5pm deadline after the 25-year-old’s arrival at the Toffees’ Finch Farm training ground.
Heitinga is viewed as a replacement for Joleon Lescott, who joined Manchester City earlier in August, while Sylvain Distin signed from Portsmouth last week.
The player, who has suffered from injuries in the past, will undergo a medical as Everton attempt to beat the clock to complete the transfer.
1556: Aston Villa complete the signing of centre-back James Collins from West Ham on a four-year contract. No price on the official website, but believed to be about £5m.
Aston Villa’s James Collins: “It’s been a mad 24 hours since coming up here but I’m delighted to have it all sorted. I came yesterday and met the manager and had a look around. It’s a fantastic setting. I just can’t wait to get cracking now.”
1554: Deals still expecting to go through include Niko Kranjcar to Tottenham, Richard Dunne to Villa, Mike Williamson to Portsmouth and Johnny Heitinga to Everton. There will be more, though. Will be a manic hour.
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