Manchester United win the Premiership

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Manchester United have won the Premiership today with a 2-0 win away at the JJB.  The title was never in much doubt after Cristiano Ronaldo scored from the spot, and Ryan Giggs added a goal late to put the game out of reach and hand the title to the Red Devils.  All that remains for Manchester United is the Champions League final.  Their opponent, Chelsea will want to stop them after failing to win the league on the final day.  The Red Devils will be going for a double, and Avram Grant's job may hang in the balance.  Sir Alex Ferguson had his boys ready, and the preparation payed off with the title.  To salvage the season at Stamford Bridge, they will certainly have to beat Manchester United; a task they are capable of pulling off having already beat them once this year.  An exciting end to the year, and a repeat champion, I'm already looking forward to next season.

Fulham are safe! and other EPL results

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Fulham have survived miraculously off a Danny Murphy goal in the 79th minute to beat Portsmouth; and stay in the premiership for another season.  A win secured premiership status and Fulham delivered to the 2,000 fans that had made the trip to the south coast.  Danny Murphy hammered home a Jimmy Bullard cross to win the game; the goalie didn't even move.  However for Portsmouth, the lack of marking on the play has to be a major concern heading into the FA cup final.  Fulham were in control of their destiny at the beginning of the day, but had they tied or lost, they would have finished in 19th place.  Both Birmingham and Reading won on the day.  

Your new Premiership champion is Manchester United, they handled their business at the JJB and chelsea were held to a tie, off a last minute Bolton goal.  You have to think now that the Champions league final, will decide the fate of Avram Grant at Chelsea.

Everton secured UEFA cup status for next year after their 3-1 win over Kevin Keegan's Newcastle.  Aston Villa were only able to muster a tie after a late Dean Ashton equalizer made the score 2-2.  

All results are as follows: 

Birmingham beat Blackburn 4-1

Reading beat Derby 4-0

Manchester United beat Wigan 2-0

Chelsea ties Bolton 1-1

Everton beat Newcastle 3-1

Aston Villa tie West Ham 2-2

Middlesborogh beat Manchester City 8-1, yes you do read that correctly

Liverpool beat Tottenham 2-0

Arsenal beat Sunderland 1-0

Fulham beat Portsmouth 1-0

Your three relegated teams are Reading, Birmingham, and Derby.

Your three promoted teams are West Brom, Stoke City, and TBD

It was a wild end to the season, I'll try to snag some video highlight of the Man City game.

SOS (Save Our Sven)

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The Signs have been up, ever since the loss to Fulham.  The fans have made it clear that getting rid of Sven Goran Eriksson is not the path the club should be taking.  

Last year Manchester City were in fourteenth place and only managed to score, a meager 10 goals at home in 19 matches, the least amount of goals scored at home in the history of the top flight.  Eriksson was brought in to get Manchester City to a mid table position.  He did that, and recorded a double over Manchester United.  Eriksson might have even guided them to a Uefa Cup spot through a fair play position given to the EPL by Uefa this week.  

Some of you reading this right now would ask, so why is his job even in question.  The owner and chairman of Manchester City, former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra decided it was time for a change.  This sparked the ire of the City supporters, petitions were made, signs put up, and even peaceful protests to get the chairman's attention.  

Sven won't Officially be sacked at least until after the final game of the season, and we don't know yet whether or not the fans support could save Eriksson his job.  The Club has been in contact with Luis Felipe Scolari, Portugal's national team coach, but Scolari has distanced himself from the job.  Eriksson on the other hand seems to be making plans himself if indeed he is let go.  He reportedly has had talks with Benfica, who have been looking for a new manager after Juan Antonio Camacho left earlier this year.  

So caught in the middle of this mess is the loyal supporters of City.    The fans have desperately been waiting for a winner to arrive, and now they have one.  Even the players have reacted negatively to this.  For now, this saga remains a quagmire, but maybe after this sunday, we will have a clear indication of what direction Eriksson, and the club decide to move in.