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As can be seen from the adjoining table, the slowest starter normally ends up in trouble, in five of the eleven years resulting in relegation
However, even if Wolves should obtain a victory before Newcastle, the Geordies appear to have too much talent to flirt with relegation, and should match the Villa 1997/8 and West Ham 2001/2 sides by finishing in the top half of the table. However, of the 17 teams that have started without a victory in the first half dozen games of a Premiership season, only Sheffield Wednesday in 1993/4 finished higher than tenth so they had better get off the mark quickly
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| Year | Team | Games | Final Pos |
1992/3 |
Crystal Palace |
8 |
20 |
1993/4 |
Swindon Town |
15 |
22 |
1994/5 |
Everton |
12 |
15 |
1995/6 |
Manchester City |
11 |
18 |
1996/7 |
Blackburn Rovers |
11 |
13 |
1997/8 |
Sheff Wed Wimbledon Villa |
4 |
16 15 7 |
1998/9 |
Southampton |
9 |
17 |
1999/00 |
Sheff Wed |
9 |
19 |
2000/1 |
Derby County |
13 |
17 |
2001/2 |
West Ham Middlesbrough |
4 |
7 12 |
2002/3 |
West Ham |
6 |
18 |
2003/4 |
Wolves |
6 |
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| Go Figure 20-21 September |
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Aston Villa 2–1 Charlton Athletic Alpay Ozalan scores his debut goal
on his 56th appearance. The all-time Premiership record was also set by a player in Villa colours as
Peter Schmeichel broke his drought in his 260th match
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Fulham 2–2 Manchester City After just half-a-dozen games, Fulham and Man City
are two of only four teams to have scored in every game. Last season, Arsenal (16) and Liverpool (12) led the way
before they suffered a shut-out
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Leeds United 0–2 Birmingham City Some debatable decisions by referee Gallagher ended the 15 match run of unbeaten games
for Leeds in which he officiated. However, with an average of 2.08 points per game he can still be regarded as their lucky ref
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Liverpool 2–1 Leicester City Owen finally gets his 50th assist in his 193rd match, placing him the
ninth slowest - but fifth youngest - of the 52 players who have achieved that plateau
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Manchester United 0–0 Arsenal With his eighth Premiership dismissal,
Patrik Viera now heads this category replacing
a record set by Vinnie Jones more than seven years ago
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Middlesbrough 1–0 Everton Watson and Rooney each pick up their league-leading fourth cautions
of the season
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Newcastle United 0–0 Bolton Wanderers After four one-goal defeats at St James's, Bolton's point
underlines Newcastle's problems. More...
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Portsmouth 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Portsmouth become the35th Premiership club Andy Cole
has scored against, a Premiership record. The three teams to have avoided his poaching skills are Birmingham (2 apps), West Brom(1) and Swindon(2)
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Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Southampton No surprise that Hoddle gets the push as Spurs lose at home to Southampton
for the first time in nine matches and concede three goals for the third match in succession. Only Chelsea of the Premiership
ever-presents have previously had such a depressing run, in April 1997
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–5 Chelsea So far so good for Chelsea as they lead the table in goals(15), assists(20) and have incurred the fewest cautions (5Y 1R)
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