In the last few years it's been Chelsea and Manchester United vying for the honour, with a host of & 163;20m-& 163;30m signings, before Manchester City popped up with & 163;32m for Robinho. A new big spender is in town, and you sense that this is onl....

I& 039;m not surprised at all by our league position, said Geovanni, who moved to Hull after a season with Manchester City. We have some good players.

However, after Liverpool's late comeback against Manchester City yesterday, it is only goal difference that keeps us in pole position, but Chelsea will use the confidence that first place gives when we return to Premier League football.

He sat in the stands at St James' Park for the 2-1 defeat by Blackburn last weekend, and has now completed his ban.

Hull, which also won at Newcastle, already has three points more than Derby collected in the whole of last season& 039;s Premier League.

In the last few years it's been Chelsea and Manchester United vying for the honour, with a host of & 163;20m-& 163;30m signings, before Manchester City popped up with & 163;32m for Robinho. A new big spender is in town, and you sense that this is onl....

Darren Fletcher has insisted there is nowhere he would rather be than Manchester United.

Brown, who has added experienced former Middlesbrough midfielder George Boateng to a squad of comparative journeymen players, believes there is nothing lucky about his team& 039;s achievement so far.

Football fans glancing at the Premier League standings won& 039;t be surprised to see Chelsea and Liverpool neck-and-neck at the top and Arsenal in fourth place & 8212; but take a look at who& 039;s third.

In its first season in the top flight after being promoted from the League Championship, Hull is flying high with 14 points after back-to-back away victories at Arsenal and Tottenham.

Former Tottenham goalkeeper Ray Clemence believes the club's summer transfer turmoil is no longer a valid excuse for their wretched start to the Barclays Premier League campaign.

The former Tottenham and Republic of Ireland defender could be asked for an explanation, but it is understood charges are again unlikely to follow.

A few weeks ago I revealed some of the research findings from my new book, Dynasty, relating to how much Liverpool teams of the past 50 years have cost to assemble, in relation to the transfer record of the day.

Even for those who don’t support Liverpool, amongst football fans Carragher is renowned as an honest and no nonsense footballer.

Chila Burman, an exuberant artist whose Indian dad settled in Liverpool, is a success with collectors in India but is finding it much harder to win over British Asians. They just don't go to galleries, Burman says. How many of us do you ever see a....

Football fans glancing at the Premier League standings won& 039;t be surprised to see Chelsea and Liverpool neck-and-neck at the top and Arsenal in fourth place & 8212; but take a look at who& 039;s third.

Football fans glancing at the Premier League standings won& 039;t be surprised to see Chelsea and Liverpool neck-and-neck at the top and Arsenal in fourth place & 8212; but take a look at who& 039;s third.

In the last few years it's been Chelsea and Manchester United vying for the honour, with a host of & 163;20m-& 163;30m signings, before Manchester City popped up with & 163;32m for Robinho. A new big spender is in town, and you sense that this is onl....

? After the excitement of last week's derby win, Milan came crashing down to earth with a goalless draw at Cagliari, who have scored only once all season and previously hadn't picked up a single point. The Italian press explained the setback by sugge....