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Premier League Season Preview, Part 2 of 3: The Quest for Fifth Place |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 4:00 am |
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Filed under: Soccer, Featured StoriesAs I mentioned yesterday in Part 1of our Premier League Season Preview, 5th place is the new 1st place in England's top flight. The Big Four clubs -- Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United -- have such a stranglehold on the top of the table that the rest of clubs competing in the Premier League are fighting for the crumbs on the table.In this case, those crumbs are UEFA Cup bids. The UEFA Cup is a second-level European tournament that invites clubs that don't quite finish high enough for a Champions League bid and clubs that win their domestic cup competitions. It doesn't bring in as much cash as the Champions League, and some regard it as a burden rather than a prize, but it is international competition, for better or worse.In England, the club that finishes 5th is guaranteed a UEFA Cup bid, as are the clubs that win the FA Cup and the Carling Cup. However, if the FA Cup winner qualifies for the Champions League by finishing in the top [ Full article ] |
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