CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: STAMFORD BRIDGE, TUESDAY DECEMBER 8, 2009. KICK-OFF: 1945 GMT
CHELSEA:
Following back-to-back defeats at the hands of Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City, manager Carlo ... More »
Pedigree: They have been at Fratton Park since 1898 and this is their seventh successive campaign in the top-flight - but since Harry Redknapp left for Tottenham the club has been in freefall. Last ... More »
Pedigree: Renowned as being one of English football's oldest clubs, Bolton have struggled in recent times and are now perennial relegation dodgers. The occasional burst into the top half of the ... More »
Pedigree: Stoke are the second oldest club in England, but only made their debut appearance in the glamour and glitz of the Premier League for the first time last season. This was their first campaign ... More »
Pedigree: The club started life as Small Heath Alliance in 1875 and were one of the founder members of Football League Division Two and the first ever champions of that division. They did not become ... More »
Pedigree: Have risen from the ashes in startling fashion. In 2001 the club went bankrupt, with players and staff locked out of the ground by bailiffs. Former Leeds director Adam Pearson took over and ... More »
Pedigree: Not bad Premier League form with 11 titles in 17 years and seven in their previous 115 years. The fact that they are loved or loathed, and play at either the 'Theatre of Dreams' or 'Theatre ... More »
Pedigree: So what? Manchester City haven't won a trophy since the League Cup in 1976 but they have got SO much cash. Even though they were in the third tier of English football as recently as a decade ... More »
Pedigree: Few clubs are as aware of their own history as West Ham. The emergence of Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters and Bobby Moore - all stalwarts of England's 1966 World Cup win - turned the east ... More »
Pedigree: Arsenal are the kings of reinvention. Dominant in the 1930s under Herbert Chapman, they then lay relatively dormant until claiming a league and cup double in 1971. George Graham made them ... More »
Pedigree: Tottenham's glory days of the 1960s are a dim and distant memory for most of the club's supporters, but the traditions of playing fluent, attacking football hold true today. It is almost 50 ... More »
Pedigree: Forget about Chelsea, there is only one club in SW6 with any history and that is Fulham. Founded in 1879, they remain at Craven Cottage, one of few grounds in England which has retained ... More »
Pedigree: More renowned for their long-sideburned swagger than their trophy haul until Roman Abramovich's takeover in 2003 changed the face of Stamford Bridge and English football. Jose Mourinho ... More »
Pedigree: The 2009-10 campaign is their fifth season in the Premier League - not bad for a team which was only formed in 1932 and elected to the Football League in 1978. They won promotion from the ... More »
Pedigree: Liverpool were once the powerhouse of the English league but have played second fiddle to Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea for far too long. Despite winning the Champions League as ... More »
Pedigree: Aston Villa are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in England having won the First Division Championship and the FA Cup seven times and are one of only four English clubs to win the ... More »
Pedigree: One of English football's early powerhouses of the late 19th and early 20th century and that confident swagger continued until their first-ever relegation from the top flight in 1958. From ... More »
Pedigree: One of English football's most famous teams, Everton are back on the up after decades of decline. They have spent more time in England's top-flight than any other club and that status looks ... More »
Pedigree: Wolverhampton Wanderers have returned to the Premier League after a five-year exile in the Coca-Cola Championship. Their halcyon days were in the 1950s under legendary manager Stan Cullis, ... More »
Pedigree: Blackburn Rovers came from nowhere in 1995 to win the Premier League under former manager Kenny Dalglish, who had been backed by the millions of former owner Jack Walker. It proved a rare ... More »Get the latest sports news from FanHouse wherever
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Man City, Liverpool, Wigan |
| Ian Whittell |
Man City, Man United, Liverpool |
| Chris Brereton |
Everton, Bolton, Wales |
| Ben Hunt |
Portsmouth, West Ham |
| Jeremy Cross |
Hull, Blackburn, Yorkshire football |
| Graham Chase |
Man United, Burnley, Northern Ireland |
| Ian Edwards |
Birmingham, Aston Villa, Wolves |
| Dean Jones |
Arsenal, Fulham |
| John Percy |
Aston Villa, Birmingham, Wolves, Stoke |
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