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| 1 | Chelsea | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Man City | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | West Ham | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Middlesbro' | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | A Villa | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Bolton | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Man Utd | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Blackburn | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Newcastle | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Hull City | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | Wigan | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | Fulham | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Stoke City | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Portsmouth | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Everton | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Sunderland | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | Tottenham | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | West Brom | 3 | 1 |
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Joe Cole is expected to be fit but Rio Ferdinand remains a doubt as England begin their World Cup qualifying bid against Andorra in Barcelona.
Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has laughed off reports linking him with a 70million euro transfer to Manchester City.
TEAMtalk's Ian Watson casts his eye over the comings and goings at Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Portsmouth and new boys Stoke.
George Burley goes into his first competitive game as Scotland coach away to Macedonia without the services of five first-team regulars.
Glenn Whelan will make his first competitive appearance for the Republic of Ireland in their World Cup qualifier against Georgia on Saturday.
Jason Koumas and Rob Earnshaw have both been passed fit for Wales' opening World Cup qualifier at home to Azerbaijan on Saturday.
Northern Ireland begin their 2010 World Cup campaign against Slovakia with Nigel Worthington keen to put his side back on the world stage.
Boss Hector Cuper has insisted Georgia's World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland could have been played in Tbilisi.
Ligue 2 outfit Lens want to hand Darnel Situ a professional contract in order to keep the French starlet out of the hands of Manchester United.


farwen (Manchester United) : "...I have a VHS at home called "The battle for the Premiership, 96/97" produced by Sky Sports. Kevin Keegan is interviewed saying "Obviously my immediate aim is to win something as manager. I don't want to be remembered as ..." view full comment
Arsenal have been offered the chance to sign Stephen Appiah, Alan Pardew could return to West Ham and Ipswich want Stoke's Ryan Shawcross.
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poonanny (Crawley Town) : "...Stephen Appiah will have his pick of clubs, with 17 top flight clubs reported to be Interested. Arsenal and West Ham were chasing the Ghanaian International, but were both concerned by a knee injury he picked up at the end of the Turkish season. ..." view full rumour

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