Final Day Drama

Relegation Ian-Evatt-able
So after the most intriguing relegation battle the Premier League has ever seen, we finally know the three that will go down to the Championship; West Ham, Blackpool and Birmingham.

In what was a dramatic final half an hour to the season, 4 of the 5 teams which could have gone down found themselves in the bottom 3. Only Blackburn managed to avoid finding themselves in that position after a fantastic first half performance which saw them 0-3 up at half time against a worried Wolves. Elsewhere Wigan survived with a less than comfortable 1-0 away win at Stoke, though at times, that might not have been enough.

Blackpool finally gave in, Ian Evatt doing what Manchester United found hard; beat the Blackpool keeper.

Birmingham deserved to go down after a very poor performance at Tottenham, hardly managing a shot on Goal.

So the last day results were;

Aston Villa                 1-0     Liverpool

Bolton                       0-2    Manchester City

Everton                    1-0     Chelsea

Fulham                      2-2    Arsenal

Manchester United     4-2    Blackpool

Newcastle                 3-3    West Brom

Stoke                        0-1   Wigan

Tottenham                2-1    Birmingham

West Ham                 0-3    Sunderland

Wolves                     2-3    Blackburn

A fantastic day of football which leaves the final premier league table of the season looking like this;

1 Man Utd	38	80
2 Chelsea	38	71
3 Man City	38	71
4 Arsenal	38	68
5 Tottenham	38	62
6 Liverpool	38	58
7 Everton	38	54
8 Fulham	38	49
9 Aston Villa	38	48
10 Sunderland	38	47
11 WBA	38	47
12Newcastle	38	46
13 Stoke City	38	46
14 Bolton	38	46
15 Blackburn	38	43
16 Wigan	38	42
17 Wolves	38	40
18 Birmingham	38	39
19 Blackpool	38	39
20 West Ham	38	33