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| The Premiership Table | | | Team | Pl | | W | D | L | | F | A | | Pts. | | 1 | Man Utd | 38 | | 25 | 8 | 5 | | 74 | 34 | | 83 | | 2 | Arsenal | 38 | | 23 | 9 | 6 | | 85 | 42 | | 78 | | 3 | Newcastle United | 38 | | 21 | 6 | 11 | | 63 | 48 | | 69 | | 4 | Chelsea | 38 | | 19 | 10 | 9 | | 68 | 38 | | 67 | | 5 | Liverpool | 38 | | 18 | 10 | 10 | | 61 | 41 | | 64 | | 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | | 16 | 12 | 10 | | 52 | 43 | | 60 | | 7 | Everton | 38 | | 17 | 8 | 13 | | 48 | 49 | | 59 | | 8 | Southampton | 38 | | 13 | 13 | 12 | | 43 | 46 | | 52 | | 9 | Man City | 38 | | 15 | 6 | 17 | | 47 | 54 | | 51 | | 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | | 14 | 8 | 16 | | 51 | 62 | | 50 | | 11 | Middlesbrough | 38 | | 13 | 10 | 15 | | 48 | 44 | | 49 | | 12 | Charlton Athletic | 38 | | 14 | 7 | 17 | | 45 | 56 | | 49 | | 13 | Birmingham City | 38 | | 13 | 9 | 16 | | 41 | 49 | | 48 | | 14 | Fulham | 38 | | 13 | 9 | 16 | | 41 | 50 | | 48 | | 15 | Leeds United | 38 | | 14 | 5 | 19 | | 58 | 57 | | 47 | | 16 | Aston Villa | 38 | | 12 | 9 | 17 | | 42 | 47 | | 45 | | 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | | 10 | 14 | 14 | | 41 | 51 | | 44 | | 18 | West Ham Utd | 38 | | 10 | 12 | 16 | | 42 | 59 | | 42 | | 19 | West Brom | 38 | | 6 | 8 | 24 | | 29 | 65 | | 26 | | 20 | Sunderland | 38 | | 4 | 7 | 27 | | 21 | 65 | | 19 | |
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