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The 2005-06 season of the FA Premier League saw Chelsea defend and win a back to back title by defeating Manchester United on 29 April. On the same day, West Brom and Birmingham City were relegated.


CURRENT STATUS


April 25 , 2006 .


April 26 , 2006 .

  • Liverpool beat West Ham 2-1 at Upton Park in a dress rehearsal for next month's FA Cup final. Both Hayden Mullins of West Ham and Luis Garcia of Liverpool were sent off. Djibril Cisse won the match scoring either side of Nigel Reo-Coker equaliser.


April 29 , 2006 .







  • Alan Curbishley announced that he will resign from the Charlton job at the end of the season before their match against Blackburn , which they went on to lose 0-2.


April 30 , 2006 .

  • Tottenham extended their lead over Arsenal in the race for fourth after beating Bolton 1-0. The defeat dents Bolton's UEFA Cup hopes.


May 1 , 2006 .

  • Arsenal kept alive their hopes of finishing fourth as they recorded an easy win against Sunderland 0-3.





LEAGUE TABLE

After Monday 1 May 2006

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; C = Champions; R = Relegated

The top two clubs at the end of the season earn the right to participate in the UEFA Champions League group stages, while the third- and fourth-placed clubs get places in the Champions League Third Qualifying Round (where they progress to the Champions League group stages if they win or the UEFA Cup if they lose). However, if an English team wins the Champions League, but finishes outside the top four, then they get the final Champions League spot instead of the fourth-placed club, who have to settle for a place in the UEFA Cup . Such is the case with Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur this season.

The fifth-placed club always earns a spot in the UEFA Cup. The winners of the FA Cup also earn a place in the UEFA Cup. If they have already qualified for European competition by their league position or winning the League Cup , then the FA Cup runners-up get their place. If the runners-up, too, have already qualified, then then the highest league finisher who have not already qualified for Europe (normally sixth place) are given the place. This season, the FA Cup final features Liverpool and West Ham. Since Liverpool, currently in third, cannot be overhauled by any team below them in the table, they are assured no worse than a spot in the Champions League qualifying round, which in turn means that West Ham are now assured the cup winner's UEFA Cup place.

The League Cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Cup. If they have already qualified for European competition through other means then their place is, unlike the FA Cup, not awarded to the runner-up, but instead the highest league finisher who has not qualified for Europe. League Cup winners Man United are now mathematically assured of no worse than a third-place finish and a spot in the Champions League third qualifying round. This means that the sixth-placed club will qualify for the UEFA Cup.

The bottom three clubs at the end of the season are relegated to the Football League Championship , to be replaced by the Football League champions ( Reading ), runners-up ( Sheffield United ) and Championship play-off winners.


TOP GOAL SCORERS


After April 22nd , 2006


PROMOTED TEAMS

These are the three teams promoted from The Championship .

Wigan are playing in the top flight for the first time in their history.


NOTABLE EVENTS

  • This will be the last season for at their longtime home of Highbury . The Gunners will open the 60,000-seat Emirates Stadium in 2006.

  • In the season's first match, hosted , losing 0-2 to United. Ruud Van Nistelrooy scored the season's first goal.

  • Marlon Harewood scored the first Barclays Premiership hat-trick of the season in West Ham 's 4-0 victory over .

  • Chelsea are celebrating their Centennial year with a series of events.

  • Several clubs reported disappointing attendances and/or trouble selling out their grounds for the opening weeks' matches. Many have argued that this was due mainly to the comparatively early season start, and The Ashes test cricket series which caught the nation's imagination and which England went on to to win. Other possible reasons are continued escalation of ticket prices and the increasing number of games shown on television (which has had the knock on effect of greater variation in kick-off times). The overall decline in attendances for the season is only around 2%, but that figure is reduced by the fact that bigger clubs were promoted into the Premiership than were relegated and several clubs have suffered larger falls.

  • Alan Shearer and Dennis Bergkamp will both be retiring this season after long and successful Premiership careers.

  • The largest win in the league this season was when crushed 7-0.

  • are on course to having the worst season in the history of the FA Premier League, beating their own previous record (19 pts, 20th place, 2002-2003).



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