vs Sunderland one player attempted and completed more passes (Scholes 98/103 or 95%). Completed 73/78 (94%)
vs Swansea attempted and completed more passes than any other player with 82/88 (93%)
vs City attempted and completed more passes than any United player with 49/53 (93%).

Premier League bad boy Joey Barton was recently handed a lengthy 12-match ban by the FA for his violent antics during the denouement of last season.

Manchester City became champions of the English top flight, for the first time in 44 years, after overcoming a struggling QPR side at the Etihad Stadium following the dismissal of Rangers skipper Barton.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has managed his mercurial French winger Hatem Ben Arfa, brilliantly over the last season. Sylvain Marveaux - could follow Ben Arfa's lead And not only did Ben Arfa become a regular out on the right wing for Newcastle this year, and score two fantastic goals at St.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has managed his mercurial French winger Hatem Ben Arfa, brilliantly over the last season. Sylvain Marveaux - could follow Ben Arfa's lead And not only did Ben Arfa become a regular out on the right wing for Newcastle this year, and score two fantastic goals at St.

Bolton winger Chung-Yong Lee has somehow been linked with Newcastle United today. Chung-Yong Lee - Newcastle interested? As far as we know Newcastle have not been linked with this player before, but there's news in the Bolton News suggesting Newcastle are after the player. The 40 times capped South Korean International winger has been at Bolton since the summer of 2009, when he joined the Trotters [.

My abiding memory of Chris Eagles came from an otherwise long forgotten episode of ITV's Football League highlights hosted by Matt Smith dating back about five years or so now. In that favourite director's technique, players were seen alighting from the team bus and amid the friendly smiles and poised pens for autographs, Eagles stepped down coolly, in possession of headphones the size of which would have shamed the participants of the Live Aid video.

My abiding memory of Chris Eagles came from an otherwise long forgotten episode of ITV's Football League highlights hosted by Matt Smith dating back about five years or so now. In that favourite director's technique, players were seen alighting from the team bus and amid the friendly smiles and poised pens for autographs, Eagles stepped down coolly, in possession of headphones the size of which would have shamed the participants of the Live Aid video.

Relegation isn't nice for any club whatever level they're at. It wasn't nice for Newcastle to go down a couple of years ago, it wasn't nice for Villarreal to go down in La Liga this year and it can't have been nice for Darlington to be relegated 4 divisions because of financial problems. Whatever the reason for relegation be it financial or just a poor season relegation is detrimental to every club that experiences it.

Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse, who is already hugely popular on Tyneside that he cannot even get a haircut without being overwhelmed by young fans, has some good words to say about his team-mate Hatem Ben Arfa today. Ben Arfa mobbed after his fantastic goal against Bolton this year Let me out! Ben Arfa was quickly spotted as [.

Former Bolton superstar Jay Jay Okocha has publicly slammed the ownership group behind Bolton Wanderers following the club's relegation from the Premier League.

The Trotters had an emotional season after seeing Fabrice Muamba nearly die of cardiac failure while on the pitch, but couldn't capitalize on a strong cup-run and decent away form in the league.

There's usually a lot of sizzle and no steak when it comes to offseason football rumours, but Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger does have some actual decisions to make concerning the club's roster for next season. As most fans have probably heard by now, Chelsea has more or less given Wenger an ultimatum regarding on-loan midfielder Yossi Benayoun.

TweetLiam Stacey the student who racially abused Fabrice Muamba on Twitter has been released from prison but has been banned from Swansea University for the remainder of the year. Stacey was sent to prison for 56 days but only served half of his sentence after being convicted of racially aggravated public disorder in [.

This is an informal poll largely because it's easy to forget contenders at times so please just share your thoughts on what were your best strikes from 2011-12.

There are of course the obvious contenders – Kyle Walker's free kick against Blackburn and also his winner against Arsenal.

The news we have heard about Mark Davies joining Newcastle is a little surprsing to us. Mark Davies Bolton midfielder So surprising that we decided to take a poll of what our readers felt about Newcastle paying out £3.5M for the Boltom central midfielder, and here's the latest on that poll.

We review Chelsea's incredible Champions League Final victory, discussing Didier Drogba (the man), Ashley Cole (man of the match), Frank Lampard (the English Xavi?) and Gary Cahill (the Bolton Beckenbauer). We also ask the big, big question: What on earth was that thing shaved into the back of Salomon Kalou's head?

We've seen it so many times in recent years – inferior teams go to difficult games (at Barcelona and Arsenal in particular) with the sole intention of ‘parking the bus' in front of their goal. Ironically, this term was coined by the master of this tactic, Jose Mourinho, when Spurs came to Stamford Bridge and played in this fashion for a 0-0 draw.

The Hammers are back, and it didn't take that long at all.

A year after being relegated in stunning fashion, West Ham United has completed their comeback, earning a return trip to the English Premier League after beating Blackpool in the Promotion Final on Saturday.

Ricardo Vaz Te played the role of hero, delivering the game-winning goal in the 87th minute for West Ham in a 2-1 victory that is projected to be worth between £45 million and £90 million.

Bolton have valued their midfielder Mark Davies at £3.5M. Mark Davies priced at £3.5M by Bolton Of course for a side that has just been relegated and have to cut their wage bill, they are hardly in a good position of getting the price they ask , when trying to sell some of their [...]

By Chris Wright

Boyata plays at the back for Bolton.

Poitier is just about the coolest mo-effin'-fo that ever lived. In fact, he's so cool that he only ever appears in black and white. He also directed 'Ghost Dad', the worst film of 1990.

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For comparison, here's last year's version.
Fairly similar, horrific results, but more home draws leading to fewer points. Huzzah!
versus club:
• United (1st --> 2nd) = -2
• Chelsea (2nd --> 6th) = 0
• City (3rd --> 1st) = -2
• Arsenal (4th --> 3rd) = +1
• Tottenham (5th --> 4th) = +1
• Everton (7th --> 7th) = +5
• Fulham (8th --> 9th) = -6
• Villa (9th --> 16th) = +1
• Sunderland (10th --> 13th) = -3
• West Brom (11th --> 10th) = 0
• Newcastle (12th --> 5th) = 0
• Stoke (13th --> 14th) = -2
• Bolton (14th --> 18th) = -3
• Blackburn (15th --> 19th) = -2
• Wigan (16th --> 15th) = -1
• Wolves (17th --> 20th) = +3
• Relegated/Promoted 1 (Birmingham 18th --> QPR 17th) = -1
• Relegated/Promoted 2 (Blackpool 19th --> Norwich 12th) = +4
• Relegated/Promoted 3 (West Ham 20th --> Swansea 11th) = -2
Better against Arsenal, Tottenham, Everton, and one of the relegated/promoted sides.

Tim Ream and Bolton were officially relegated as they drew with Stoke City, while Tim Howard and Everton finished their season on a high note as they beat Newcastle United.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes that the developments during Bolton's must-win match at Stoke City influenced the attitude of Queens Park Rangers and thus, allowed Manchester City to score two dramatic stoppage time goals en route to their famous Premier League triumph yesterday.

QPR were leading the Citizens 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium when they heard that Bolton were up by the same score at Britannia despite an early Jonathan Walters goal that should have been waived off due to a clear foul on Trotters stopper Adam Bogdan.

Bolton, Blackburn, and Wolverhampton are now Championship clubs, and under England's bizarre league labels that's not a good thing. All three have been playing in the Premier League long enough not to want to spend multiple seasons reinventing what brought them success. They want a quick return, a successful lower division season followed by enough to stay up in 2013-14.

Tough news for National Teamers Abroad fans, as the back and forth on the final day of the Premier League season meant Bolton ended up relegated after drawing 2-2 with Stoke City. For stretches during the game, it looked as if Bolton would be safe with Queens Park Rangers making the drop. Instead, Bolton's 2-1 lead over Stoke evaporated and even QPR giving up two stoppage time goals in a 3-2 loss at Manchester City.

The trophy looked lost, but Manchester City never gave up, even as stoppage time ticked away and City needed two goals to lift the Premier League title trophy.

Trailing Queens Park Rangers 2-1, and needing a win to secure their first title in 44 years, City staged a comeback for the ages.

szólj hozzá: Patada de Joey Barton a Aguero

QPR went down to City but in the end it did not prove costly as Bolton could not pull off a win against Stoke so they remain promoted. But no thanks to Joey Barton. This man is a disgrace to his team and the sport. This match should have been spent marshaling players for a huge match instead the demons inside this George Orwell quoting hack got the better of him.

To say that the 38th matchday of the 2011-12 Barclays Premier League season was extremely thrilling and dramatic would be an understatement, as the verdict on the season of many teams was held till the very last kick.

The Title Picture

Manchester City came from 2-1 behind to score two stoppage time goals against Queens Park Rangers to secure an incredible 3-2 win and with that, their first league title since 1968.

So the Premier League title has come down to the last game of the season with Man City vs QPR the game which could define City's history. If Man City beat QPR they will win the Premier League for the first time, unless Man United were to beat Sunderland by 8 goals or so, which is never going to happen in my opinion.

TweetThe last day of the Premier League season is upon us and with the destination of the title, 3rd/4th place and the final relegation place yet to be decided, ITS makes its predictions. Nine long months, many highs (well not if your a Wolves fan) coupled with plenty of lows (especially if you support Blackburn [.

I am perplexed, after last weeks draw with Norwich several fans came onto this blog to slam Szczesny for his performance during the game. Whilst I admit it was not his best game I was shocked at the tone of some of the criticism:

Szczesny is learning on the job and cost us valuable points with his inexperience

Do you know what, we are pointing finger at everybody, but the guy that did lose us the game, ie Mr Bloody Szczesny.

I am perplexed, after last weeks draw with Norwich several fans came onto this blog to slam Szczesny for his performance during the game. Whilst I admit it was not his best game I was shocked at the tone of some of the criticism:

Szczesny is learning on the job and cost us valuable points with his inexperience

Do you know what, we are pointing finger at everybody, but the guy that did lose us the game, ie Mr Bloody Szczesny.

When the final day of the English Premier League season kicks off on Sunday, no American player will be playing in a more important match than Tim Ream.

The former New York Red Bulls centerback and U.S. national team defender is about to cap a strong first half season in England by playing in a match that will determine whether his club, Bolton, stays in the Premier League or is relegated to the League Championship.

Summer friendly season in the United States is not only for the giants of European soccer.

The Columbus Crew and Sporting Kansas City announced that they will be hosting Stoke City, and the San Jose Earthquakes and Colorado Rapids will be playing Swansea City in friendlies in July and August.

Ben Arfa's very first goal for Newcastle was at Goodison Park in September of 2010. Ben Arfa scoring against Bolton That's when he got the ball about 10 yards outside the penalty box, moved to his right, and then thought I better get the ball on my left foot, so he moved to his left again. And then when no Everton [.

With Mike Riley and the PGMOB providing Howard Webb for Sunderland versus Manchester United and Chris Foy for Stoke City versus Bolton, Sir Ferguson evidently has not given up abusing the integrity of the title race.
Victory for Bolton will force QPR to remain keen and needing a draw at Eastlands - any other result in the Potteries and QPR effectively have nothing to play for.

Tim Ream and Bolton look to avoid relegation as they take on Stoke City, while Brad Friedel and Tottenham look to grab a Champions League spot with a win against Clint Dempsey and Fulham.

What a Sunday we have in store. 10 games kicking off at the same time. Bolton or QPR will go down. Manchester United or Manchester City will win the league. Arsenal, Tottenham, or Newcastle are fighting for a place in ... Continue reading →

As we reported yesterday Hatem Ben Arfa and Yohan Cabaye have both been included in a provisional list of twelve players named by France manager Laurent Blanc. The group contains players who play outside of France. Ben Arfa - congratulated after his amazing goal against Bolton Ben Arfa has been in top form this year, along with a [.

There have been stories circulating that Papiss Cisse wants to join Real Madrid, and that he has even given them a come and get me plea. Papiss Cisse - scores against Bolton Papiss Cisse had given an interview in L'Equipe, the French Daily last week, and it seems Steve Goodman has taken that story [.

Clint Dempsey notched his 50th Premier League goal in Fulham's win over Sunderland, while Bolton drew with West Bromwich Albion setting up a must win final fixture next week.