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Everything Under Control

FA Justice in Action

Three for Sorrow

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

Middlesbrough Choose Wisely

Congratulations to Gareth Southgate, who today was appointed manager of Middlesbrough in succession to Steve McClaren. And congratulations to his Chairman, Steve Gibson, both for the quality of his judgement and the courage of his convictions.

Hopefully, Gareth will be given the necessary time to get on with the job of managing a club which, despite the best efforts of his illustrative predecessor, only managed 14th place in the Premiership last season.

But that depends largely upon the attitude of the Premier League, whose rules stipulate that without a UEFA Pro Licence, a manager can remain in charge for only 12 weeks.

And then of course, there is the League Managers Association. After much huffing and puffing, their Chief Executive John Barnwell has issued a statement declaring: I would reiterate this is not an LMA matter, it is a UEFA directive and an FA Premier League rule. Which begs the question if it isnt an LMA matter, why all the huffing and puffing?

John has presumably retired to lie down in a darkened room.