Barry fitness race to face Reds
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Gareth Barry: Picked up a groin injury on international duty
Manchester City manager Mark Hughes expects Gareth Barry to shrug off a groin problem in time to face former suitors Liverpool on Saturday. Barry suffered some discomfort following England's defeat by Brazil in a friendly last week. [+]
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The Old Firm And The Premier League
Once more the issue of the Old Firm, Celtic and Rangers for the uninitiated, joining the Premier League has been raised and subsequently shot down. Not surprising really as it is not exactly in the self interest of the majority of the Premier League clubs to add two more clubs into the mix that could divert revenue even if this time the idea was broached in the context of adding a Premier League 2. Continued...
| Latest Transfers | ||||
| Date | Player In | Team | Fee | |
| Aug 25 | Joleon Lescott | Everton | Undisclosed | Story |
| Aug 24 | Sylvinho | Unattached | Free | Story |
| Date | Player Out | Team | Fee | |
| Nov 2 | Adam Clayton | Carlisle United | Loan | |
| Sep 1 | Richard Dunne | Aston Villa | Undisclosed | Story |
| Sep 1 | Tal Ben-Haim | Portsmouth | Undisclosed | |
| Sep 1 | Clayton McDonald | Walsall | Loan | |
| Full Index | ||||
| Roster | |
| G1 Shay Given | M7 Stephen Ireland |
| G12 Stuart Taylor | M6 Michael Johnson |
| D3 Wayne Bridge | M33 Vincent Kompany |
| D15 Javier Garrido | M17 Martin Petrov |
| D19 Joleon Lescott | M40 Vladimir Weiss |
| D41 Benjamin Mee | M8 Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| D16 Sylvinho | F25 Emmanuel Adebayor |
| D4 Nedum Onuoha | F54 David Ball |
| D2 Micah Richards | F39 Craig Bellamy |
| D28 Kolo Toure | F10 Robinho |
| D36 Javan Vidal | F27 Benjani Mwaruwari |
| D5 Pablo Zabaleta | F14 Roque Santa Cruz |
| M18 Gareth Barry | F32 Carlos Tevez |
| M34 Nigel De Jong | |
| · Complete Squad | |
| Latest Schedule | |||
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | Competition |
| Sun 11/1 | A - Birmingham | D 0 - 0 | Premier League |
| Sat 11/7 | H- Burnley | D 3 - 3 | Premier League |
| Sat 11/21 | A - Liverpool | 7:45 ET | Premier League |
| Sat 11/28 | H - Hull City | 10:00 ET | Premier League |
| Wed 12/2 | H - Arsenal | 14:45 ET | Carling Cup | · Complete Club Schedule |
| 2009/10 Tables: English Premier League | ||||||
| CLUB | P | W | L | D | GD | Pts |
| Chelsea | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 30 |
| Arsenal | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 25 |
| Manchester United | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 25 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| Aston Villa | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| Manchester City | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| Liverpool | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| Sunderland | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| Stoke City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 16 |
| Burnley | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | -10 | 16 |
| Fulham | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Everton | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 15 |
| Wigan Athletic | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | -9 | 14 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | -11 | 13 |
| Birmingham | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | -4 | 12 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | -9 | 11 |
| Hull City | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | -15 | 11 |
| West Ham United | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 10 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -10 | 10 |
| Portsmouth | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | -8 | 7 |
| · Complete Tables | ||||||
| 2009/10 Leaders: Premier League | |||||
| PLAYER | Goals | ||||
| Craig Bellamy | 5 | ||||
| Emmanuel Adebayor | 4 | ||||
| Martin Petrov | 3 | ||||
| Shaun Wright-Phillips | 2 | ||||
| Carlos Tevez | 2 | ||||
| Joleon Lescott | 1 | ||||
| PLAYER | Yellow Cards | ||||
| Craig Bellamy | 2 | ||||
| Wayne Bridge | 2 | ||||
| Nigel De Jong | 2 | ||||
| Emmanuel Adebayor | 1 | ||||
| Shaun Wright-Phillips | 1 | ||||
| Carlos Tevez | 1 | ||||
| PLAYER | Red Cards | ||||
| Pablo Zabaleta | 1 | ||||
| · Complete Statistics | |||||
| Club History | ||||||||
| LC | GP | W | L | D | PT | GD | POS | |
| 2009/2010 | P | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 6 |
| 2008/2009 | P | 38 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 50 | 8 | 10 |
| 2007/2008 | P | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 55 | -8 | 9 |
| 2006/2007 | P | 38 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 42 | -15 | 14 |
| 2005/2006 | P | 38 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 43 | -5 | 15 |
| 2004/2005 | P | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 52 | 8 | 8 |
| 2003/2004 | P | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 41 | 1 | 16 |
| 2002/2003 | P | 38 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 51 | -7 | 9 |
| 2001/2002 | LC | 46 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 99 | 56 | 1 |
