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20 |
Bradford, were lucky to get
promoted , and will be lucky to stay up. They have bought some
premiership oldies to bolster the squad. This doesn't help them, They
only pick up a handful of points , making relegation a formality as
early as February. |
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19 |
Sunderland, after a bright start and
a few surprise wins things look steady , but following a series of
defeats in mid season Sunderland start to slide and boy, how they
slide, This is not helped by disillusionment from the Sunderland
players followed by unrest from the fans. Peter Reid finally throws
in the towel in February, but the new manager can't help the
wearsiders from a quick return to Division one. |
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18 |
Southampton, Another poor start to
the season. sees Southampton lurking in the bottom 5 throughout the
season. A change of manager in the New Millennium brings hope but the
results don't improve much A last day defeat sees Southampton finally
sink into the first Division. |
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17 |
Watford, the surprise package of
this years new boys, Although never out of the bottom six, Graham
Taylors men will do particularly well against other lower positioned
clubs. A nail; biting final game of the season will see Watford
narrowly beat the drop. |
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16 |
Upheaval and Scandals rock Middlesbrough
this season It's just one thing after another for the poor old
Smoggies.The season never really takes off and despite millions spent
on new player before Xmas Robbo's lads fortunes don't improve. As the
season ends Robson job looks under threat. |
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15 |
Coventry, and Gordon Strachan's
newly imported mercenaries, set the premiership alive in the opening
weeks, Even European qualification is hinted at at Highfield Road.
Celebrations though are premature and it isn't long until normality
returns to Coventry. Too many goals conceded means Coventry slowly
fall down the table finishing in a poor 15th place, although
relegation never looked likely. |
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14 |
West Ham, A nightmare season for
Harry Redknapp's Hammers .A quick exit out of Europe and discontent
at the performances of the new imports see West Ham in the wrong half
of the table for most of the season West Ham will go from a team
looking towards Europe to a team facing relegation. Some panic buying
later in the season will see West Ham recover to mid table. |
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13 |
It's more of the same for Martin O'Neill Leicester
City. The team have a mixture of results that see them
one week beating a top team followed by shock defeats the next. Three
Leicester players catch the eye of Kevin Keegan with one becoming a
national hero after the playoff qualification game for Euro 2000. |
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12 |
Sheffield Wednesday
, The surprise first managerial casualty of the new season. sees
Danny Wilson replaced by an Ex England manager. It only brings
fractionally better results but atleast the fans seem happy and more
optimistic for the future. |
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11 |
Wimbledon, Egil Olsen follows in
the wellysteps of his predecessors by keeping the crazy gang in the
top half of the season for most of the year He does it without
splashing out crazy money for players with crazy names from strange
countries that no one has ever heard of. |
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10 |
Derby county, continue where
they left off last year, bringing in players from strange countries
with even stranger names than the previous year. It's a policy that
pays off though as Derby continue to do well finishing in the top
half of the season once again. |
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9 |
Aston Villa, another managerial
change by deadly Doug in mid season sees villa recover slightly after
a fairly poor start. The problems start to mount up though as no one
wants the 12 players put on the transfer list by the new boss. 2000
ends withVilla in a respectable 9th, but not what they expected at
the start of the campaign. |
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8 |
Everton , the surprise team of the
season. after selling to clear the clubs debts in Pre season , most
forecasters foresaw a relegation battle. Instead of buying cheap
foreigners Walter Smith, puts his faith in the youngsters, they come
up trumps and finish on par with the multi million pound Liverpool team. |
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7 |
Liverpool, struggle to find any
consistency. Eventually Houlier gets the push, with Liverpool
struggling in mid table. The new manager, a former Liverpool; player,
soon has the team firing on all cylinders, but it looks as if they
will lose a fortune on the costly imports bought in by Houlier. Pride
is restored in the last few weeks as Liverpool overtake Everton to
take 7th spot |
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6 |
Tottenham, Another good season for
Ginola along with George Grahams new super striker finding the net
more than any other player in the league, A European place looks
likely unfortunately a few injury problems in the last month see
Spurs drop back a place and it's the inter tot ofor the Spurs. |
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5 |
Leeds United's young guns, continue
to Impress and Michael Bridges gets a call up for the England team.
Some silly mistakes though by the defenders see a number of points
needlessly thrown away, Leeds just make Europe and look forward to an
even better season in the year ahead. |
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4 |
Newcastle United. Ruud Gullits lads
after a bit of a shakey start soon get their act together. Dumas is
the bargain of year Dyer the young player of the year, making the
England team having built up a fine reputation for supplying the
ammunition to do what he does best, Score goals.Big Dunc finally
shakes off his injury and strikes up a great partnership with the
England Captain, the future looks bright for the Toon. |
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3 |
Manchester United seem to suffer a
hangover from last years treble. The new rules on descent mean that
the arrogant men from Manchester pick up a host of booking which lead
to long bans. Beckham and Butt are linked with moves to foreign clubs
after their frustration leads to them being sent off three times each
and serving long bans, Ferguson blames the poor results on tiredness
due to them having to play games in the Champions league and world
club finals. |
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2 |
Chelsea, look like they are going
to walk away with the title after a brilliant start, Sutton is
sensational, Poyet tremendous and Flo.... gets sold for silly money.
he transfer comes just at the wrong time, A series of injuries late
in the year mean They have to beat Arsenal in may to clinch the
title. It's a tough game but Arsenal pip them at the post. Vialli is
devastated and considers quitting. |
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1 |
Arsenal. Wenger's Gooners are up
there throughout the season, rarely spectacular but rarely having a
bad game. Kanu, is voted player of the year and Wenger manager of the
year. Adams , Dixon and Winterburn announce their retirement at the
end of the season. They go out in style as champions after a close
battle with Chelsea in the penultimate match of the season. |
