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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

Emotional Day at the Valley

The Charlton crowd which had assembled at The Valley for the home game against Blackburn Rovers was stunned even before a ball had been kicked when Chairman Richard Murray announced that Alan Curbishley had resigned, bringing to an end a 15 year association with the club, the last twelve of which had seen him in sole charge.

Alan Curbishleys record of loyalty and achievement bears comparison with any manager in the country. Both on and off the field, he has established Charltons status as a genuine Premiership club, working with budgets that would have deterred many of his contemporaries, and the warmth of the ovation he received before kick-off was eloquent testimony to the respect and appreciation in which he is held, not only by the Charlton faithful but throughout the English game.

Sadly his side were unable to provide the dream send-off that Alans long and distinguished service warranted, and Charlton went down 2-0 to a Steven Reid header and an own goal from veteran full back Chris Powell.