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England

Arsenal

Did Arsene Get His Sums Wrong?

Arsenal Star Milton Dies

Soho Square Farce

Ashley and a Heavy Dose of the Blues

Arsenal and the Future

Clean Sweep for Arsenal

Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn's European Ambitions Dented

Bolton Wanderers

Bolton Wise, Pound Foolish

Downsizing at Bolton

Chelsea

It's Thumbs Up for Lampard

How Chelsea Blew it in Geordieland

Another Fine Mess, Mourinho

Chelsea's Big Mistake

Sideways is Best for Chelsea

Chelsea on the Slide

Chelsea - Play or Pose?

Chelsea Fail Again

All Quiet in the Chelsea Midfield

The Price of Failure

Chelsea Lose Their Title

Liverpool

The Nation Backs Liverpool

Liverpool Make it Big

Liverpool Should Be Cautious

Manchester City

Manchester Teams Worlds Apart

Manchester United

United Narrow Favourites

The Art of Being Bullish

Alex Gets Arsene's Vote

Crying in the Rain

Champions United Make Their Point

Newcastle United

Portsmouth

Record for Portsmouth Keeper

Your Round, Harry

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham, Envy and the Price of Silver

Arsenal Expose Underachieving Spurs

Tottenham Hotspur - You Have to Laugh

Referees

Another World

Its a long way from Real Madrids Santiago Bernabeu Stadium to Blackburns Ewood Park in every sense. And as Arsenal prepare to return to Premiership duty after their Champions League triumph, they will be only too well aware that a culture shock awaits them.

And lest they forget, Blackburn manager Mark Hughes has been at pains to point out that his side will not stand off the Gunners as Real Madrid had done.

In view of Blackburns standing in one Sunday newspapers foul play league, that may well qualify as the understatement of the season and require the services of a strong referee (if Mr Hackett can find one).

All of which leaves us with two thoughts. First, Arsenal go to Blackburn in search not only of Premiership points but a day free of injury. And second, Mr Hughes managerial style tough, uncompromising, humourless, ruthless is increasingly betraying his long acquaintance with a certain Manchester United boss.