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None of the 33 teams to have appeared in the premiership have avoided the double against them. However, as the table shows United still have the fewest occurrences even of teams with much more limited time in the top flight. Ipswich hold the single season record, suffering 10 in 1994/5, whilst Watford's only appearance in the Premiership to date was tarnished by eight doubles against.
Prior to the Liverpool game, the only two teams to have inflicted the double on United were Arsenal in 1997/8 and Chelsea in 1993/4. Interestingly, Chelsea are also one of only three teams (Ipswich and Swindon being the others) not to have had Manchester United triumph over them twice in a single season.
Southampton have suffered the double at least once against all the other ever-present Premiership teams, whilst Coventry have been United's whipping boys in this regard with six doubles already and a seventh in nine seasons likely when they meet again later this month
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| Team | Number | Seasons |
| Man Utd | 3 | 9 |
| Charlton | 5 | 2 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 1 |
| Liverpool + 3 others |
7 | various |
| ........................................................ | Coventry | 29 | 9 |
| Sheff Wed | 29 | 8 |
| Everton | 32 | 9 |
| Southampton | 33 | 9 |
| Go Figure 31st March–2nd April |
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Arsenal 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur With a severe injury crisis, Tottenham's bench featured four outfield players
with only two starts between them
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Bradford City 2–2 Newcastle United These two extremely disappointing teams
have led the division by each shedding 11 players so far this season
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Charlton Athletic 2–0 Leicester City Leicester's eighth consecutive away defeat
leads the league this season but there are still nine teams with worse records over the course of the Premiership
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Chelsea 2–1 Middlesbrough With his eigth goal to add to his nine assists
Zola is edging towards his first double-double at Chelsea. He also ended his 88 game run of games without a booking
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Coventry City 2–0 Derby County Coventry's Hadji, joined Leed's Alan Smith in being sent off
after scoring, only the third time in premiership history that two players have suffered the same fate on the same day
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Liverpool 2–0 Manchester United Manchester United suffer the extremely unusual
occurence of having the double done over them More...
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Manchester City 1–3 Aston Villa With only one 90 minute appearance in eight outings, a single assist
and now not even a bench-warmer, Juan Pablo Angel
£9.5 million fee is looking extremely extravagant
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Southampton 1–2 Ipswich Town Marcus Stewart's hat-trick puts him
back to the top the goal-scoring charts
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Sunderland 0–2 Leeds United Viduks'a last minute strike should come as no
surprise. Of his fifteen goals this season, a league-leading thirteen have been secured in the second 45 minutes of matches
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West Ham United 0–2 Everton
Duncan Ferguson holds the single season record with 9 headed goals in 1997/8
but he has yet to score one this year and Everton have only managed three in total
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