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The Premier League never fails to serve up a good, old-fashioned trouncing. From the rout in the rain at Southampton, to the hat-trick of Sunderland own goals, to the overly charitable 2009-10 Wigan defence, England’s top-flight is synonymous with such drubbings by now. Here, we’ll look back at the top ten the league has seen. What is the biggest win in Premier League history? What is the biggest away win in Premier League history? Both of these questions and more will be answered below: Joint Biggest Ever Premier League Win …

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After 16 barren years of Ken Bates, Steve Evans, Dave Hockaday and everything in-between, Leeds United are finally back in the big-time. And it seems fitting that such an acquired taste of a club should be led there by an idiosyncratic Argentine who can barely speak English, sits on a cool box during matches and unashamedly sends staff members to spy on opposition training sessions. Marcelo Bielsa and his scintillating ‘Bielsaball’ has certainly got Leeds back on track, but just through promotion, they have not yet returned to their heights …

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We all know they won the title at White Hart Lane, that they went 49 league games unbeaten, that they were blessed with footballing royalty like Henry, Bergkamp and Adams, that they had a world-class manager in Arsene Wenger until their fans told him he wasn’t that anymore. But here’s 18 Arsenal stats, including Arsenal firsts and the history of Arsenal itself, that you might not previously have been aware of: Arsenal were the first southern club to join the Football League when they did so in 1893. (Wikipedia) Arsenal …

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They rarely seem to do much during a match other than stand dressed all in black, hold a big electronic board, and look deadly serious at all times. So, in football, exactly what is the fourth official’s job? How powerful are they? And do we desperately need them in the game? You can draw your own conclusions to this as we explore the life of a fourth official in greater detail below: What’s a Fourth Official In Football? According to the guidelines provided by the Football Association (FA, the fourth …

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With the elongated 2019-20 season thudding along to a rather anticlimactic close, there is at least one consolation. No title race, a relegation battle petering out, a question of which of the Champions League contenders can drop the least points – but alas, the battle for the coveted Everton Cup is developing into a five-horse race that’s simply too close to call. Regular listeners of the Guardian’s Football Weekly podcast will be well-versed with this piece of gallows humour; at least for Evertonians, anyway. The Everton Cup is the title …

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