Season Preview: CHELSEA

Full Name: Chelsea Football Club
New Manager: Jose Mourinho ( Previous Rafa Benitez)
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Last Season: 3rd

Ins:

Andre Schurrle- Bayer Leverkusen (£18M), Marco Van Ginkel- Vitesse (£8M), Isaiah Brown- West Brom (209K), Mark Schwarzer- Fulham (Free), Cristian Cuevas- O'Higgens (£1.7M), Stipe Perica- Zadar (Undisclosed)

Outs:

Nortei Nortey (Released), Tom Howard (Released), Samuel Bangura (Released), Yossi Benayoun (Released), Archange Nkumu (Released), Florent Malouda- Trabzonspor (Free), Aziz Deen Conteh (Released), Adam Coombs- Notts County (Free), Amin Affane- Energie Cottbus (Free), Ross Turnbull- Doncaster (Free), Jeff Bruma- PSV (£2.5M), Paulo Ferreira (Retired).

Season Summary:

Premier League: 3rd

Uefa Champions League: Group Stage

Uefa Euorpa League: Winners

FA Cup: Semi-Finals- Lost 2-1 to Manchester City

League Cup: Semi- Finals- Lost 2-0 (agg) to Swansea

Top Scorer: Fernando Torres (22)

My Prediction: 2nd- The return of the "Special One" will bring hunger for glory so one place up on last year and i think unbeaten at home during the season.

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FINAL PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE

POS TEAM P W D L GD PTS C MANCHESTER UNITED 38 28 5 5 43 89 2 MANCHESTER CITY 38 23 9 6 32 78 3 CHELSEA 38 22 9 7 36 75 4 ARSENAL 38 21 10 7 35 73 5 TOTTENHAM 38 21 9 8 20 72 6 EVERTON 38 16 15 7 15 63 7 LIVERPOOL 38 16 13 9 28 61 8 WEST BROM 38 14 7 17 -4 49 9 SWANSEA 38 11 13 14 -4 46 10 WEST HAM 38 12 10 16 -8 46 11 NORWICH 38 10 14 14 -17 44 12 FULHAM 38 11 10 17 -10 43 13 STOKE 38 9 15 14 -11 42 14 SOUTHAMPTON 38 9 14 15 -11 41 15 ASTON VILLA 38 10 11 17 -22 41 16 NEWCASTLE 38 11 8 19 -23 41 17 SUNDERLAND 38 ...

Season Preview: CARDIFF

Full Name: Cardiff City Football Club Manager: Malky Mackay Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Last Season: 1st (Npower Championship) Ins: Andreas Cornelius- FC Copenhagen (£7.5M), John Brayford- Derby (£1.5M), Simon Moore- Brentford (Undisclosed), Steven Caulker- Tottenham (£8M). Outs: Jesse Darko (Released), Nathaniel Jarvis (Released), Stephen McPhail (Released), Elliot Parish- Bristol City (Free), Hidar Helguson (Retired) Season Summary Npower Championship: 1st (Champions) FA Cup: 3rd Round- Lost to 2-1 to Macclesfield League Cup: 1st Round- Lost 2-1 to Northampton Top Scorer: Hider Helguson (9) My Prediction: 17th- I believe that Cardiff will stay up with the players brought in I think they have enough to regain Premier League status for another season.

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