England are 5th. Top 3 get a place UEFA Respect Fair Play Intermediate Rankings 2013/14 ------------------------------------------------------------- Position Association Total Points Matches played -------- ------------------------ ------------ -------------- 1 FIN 8.244 49 2 NOR 8.240 75 3 SWE 8.171 81 4 FRA 8.157 99 5 ENG 8.144 125
It couldn't be clearer could it? Europa League stages Of the three places in the UEFA Europa League available to English clubs the FA Cup winners enter at the Group Stage, the fifth-placed team in the Barclays Premier League enter at the Play-Off stage, and the Capital One Cup winners enter at the third qualifying stage. In the event that the FA Cup winners have qualified for the UEFA Champions League, the FA Cup runners-up qualify for the third qualifying stage of the UEFA Europa League. In this case the place with direct access to the Group Stage will be given to the club who finish in the highest position in the Barclays Premier League of the clubs qualifying for the UEFA Europa League. http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/...eague-qualifying-places-explained-140414.html
But the Capital Cup winners also qualified for the Champions League, CB. So it isn't quite as clear is it!
This season, as Manchester City won the Capital One Cup and are likely to finish in the top four, their place will go to the club who finish sixth in the Barclays Premier League table. http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/n...ed-140414.html
TOM - I've been on Hambledon 'Nightmare' Extra Stout Porter 5% all afternoon (weird football day), but even with one eye closed and a settling beef curry, I can see you're barking up the wrong tree.
Fez, me and the beeb, but hey I'm not bothered if I'm right or wrong on this. Hull City, Premier League, FA Cup Finalists and guaranteed Europa League. That for me is the stuff of dreams.
Some teams who have qualified so far. GROUP STAGES Napoli Guinkamp PLAY OFF ROUND Twente F.C Panathanikos Lokeren Grasshopers Zurich Estoril PEC Zwolle 3RD QUALIFYING ROUND PSV Eindhoven 2ND QUALIFYING ROUND Rapid Vienna Hadjuk Split Molde Dynamo Minsk 3rd Qualifying Round draw date:18th July. 1st Leg 31st July, 2nd Leg 7th August Play Off Round Draw date: 8th August. 1st Leg 21st August, 2nd Leg 28th August Group Stages start 18th September
. It always always makes me think of Rigsby's cat. The kids are looking at me daft cos I've gone straight into the impression.
The point is that NO the BBC are not wrong at this moment we are ENTERED in the Group stage, unless we lose and then we move to the Q3 stage. I may be wrong some of what I have posted but at least I read the OP, we are currently placed in the Group Stage. Just the same as Rio Ave FC. The Group Stage is ours to lose.
Surely this is all irrelevant compared to the main issue of whether or not Liverpool will win the league?
