We got to play 'Pool because Arsenal had done the double and we'd just won the Second division title ... finished one nil to the mighty foxes - England full-back Steve Whitworth scored the only goal ... and 11 year old me was buzzing ... also gave rise to a pretty good footie trivia question... "Which club has won the Charity Shield but hasn't won either the League title or FA Cup" ... ... All changed in 2015/16 when we won the title ... May not have mentioned that before
... just for you buddy ... https://www.theguardian.com/sport/b...ster-city-charity-shield-1971-forgotten-story
1) Chelsea 2) Manchester City 3) Liverpool 4) Manchester United 5) Newcastle United 6) Spurs 7) Crystal Palace 8) Brighton 9) Villa 10) Bournemouth 11) Sunderland 12) West Ham 13) Leeds 14) Nottingham Forest 15) Everton 16) Wolves 17) Fulhan 18) Brentford 19) Burnley 20) Arsenal
...sheer coincidence ... but... https://talksport.com/football/3457952/arsenal-community-shield-rule-change-liverpool-leicester/
Hi @brb @Spurlock ... could you sticky this thread, so I don't have to go looking each time?.. Will aim to update the table after each round of games ... Final entries / amendments to be in before the first game kicks-off on Friday
Arsenal Chelsea Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Villa Crystal Palace Spurs Fulham Everton Brighton Forest West Ham Wolves Bournemouth Sunderland Brentford Leeds Burnley
Arsenal Liverpool Chelsea Manchester City Newcastle United Villa Manchester United Crystal Palace Spurs Everton Fulham Brighton Forest West Ham Wolves Bournemouth Sunderland Brentford Leeds Burnley
Afternoon peeps ... as the kick-off to the PL season approaches, and this game commences, thought I'd share the stats ... based on the individual selections of participators, these are the most popular predictions for each league position: 1st Liverpool (5) 2nd Liverpool and Man City (4) 3rd Arsenal (4) 4th Man City (6) 5th Man United (9) 6th Newcastle (5) 7th Brighton (5) 8th Crystal Palace (3) 9th Spurs (5) 10th Bournemouth (5) 11th Crystal Palace (4) 12th Brighton, Everton, West Ham (3) 13th Fulham (5) 14th Nottingham Forest (5) 15th Wolves (5) 16th Bournemouth, Wolves (3) 17th Sunderland (5) 18th Brentford (7) 19th Leeds (6) 20th Burnley (8)
Manchester City Arsenal Liverpool Chelsea Newcastle United Villa Manchester United Nottingham Forest Spurs Brighton Crystal Palace Bournemouth Fulham Everton West Ham Leeds Wolves Brentford Sunderland Burnley