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by **Gerrard30391** » Sun May 31, 2009 10:32 pm

Bore you with some of last seasons facts. The managers one at the bottom is interesting.
Scoring

First goal of the season: Samir Nasri for Arsenal against West Bromwich Albion, 3 minutes and 44 seconds. (16 August 2008)
Last goal of the season: Kenwyne Jones for Sunderland against Chelsea, 90 minutes. (24 May 2009)
Fastest goal in a match: 31 seconds – Steve Sidwell for Aston Villa against Everton (7 December 2008)
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+4 minutes and 56 seconds – Carlton Cole for West Ham United against Blackburn (30 August 2008)
First own goal of the season: Robert Huth (Middlesbrough) for Tottenham Hotspur, 90+2 minutes and 28 seconds (16 August 2008)
First hat trick of the season and fastest hat trick of the season: Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) against Manchester City (17 August 2008); 7 minutes and 3 seconds.
Most goals scored by one player in a match: 4 goals - Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal) against Liverpool, 36', 67', 70', 90' (21 April 2009)
Widest winning margin: 6 goals – Manchester City 6–0 Portsmouth (21 September 2008)
Most goals in a match: 8 goals
Arsenal 4–4 Tottenham Hotspur (29 October 2008)
Liverpool 4–4 Arsenal (21 April 2009)
Most goals in one half: 7 goals - Liverpool v Arsenal (21 April 2009) 0–1 at half time, 4–4 final
Most goals in one half by a single team: 5 goals - Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur (25 April 2009) 0-2 at half-time, 5-2 final

Discipline

First yellow card of the season: Sam Ricketts for Hull City against Fulham, 28 minutes and 6 seconds (16 August 2008)
First red card of the season: Mark Noble for West Ham United against Manchester City, 37 minutes and 20 seconds (24 August 2008)
Card given at latest point in a game: Michael Dawson (red) at 90+8 minutes and 28 seconds for Tottenham Hotspur against Stoke City (19 October 2008)
Most yellow cards in a single match: 8
Chelsea 1–1 Manchester United – 1 for Chelsea (Mikel John Obi) and 7 for Manchester United (Paul Scholes, Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville, Dimitar Berbatov, Wayne Rooney, Patrice Evra & Cristiano Ronaldo) (21 September 2008)
Sunderland 1–1 Arsenal – 3 for Sunderland (Dean Whitehead, Kieran Richardson & Dwight Yorke) and 5 for Arsenal (Gaël Clichy, Kolo Touré, Alexandre Song, Nicklas Bendtner & Emmanuel Adebayor) (4 October 2008)
Aston Villa 2–2 Arsenal – 4 for Aston Villa (Gabriel Agbonlahor, Nigel Reo-Coker, Stiliyan Petrov & Gareth Barry) and 4 for Arsenal (Alexandre Song, Kolo Touré, Abou Diaby & Robin van Persie) (26 December 2008)
Manchester United 3–0 Chelsea – 3 for Manchester United (Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney & Park Ji-Sung) and 5 for Chelsea (Frank Lampard, José Bosingwa, Ricardo Carvalho, John Terry & Juliano Belletti) (11 January 2009)
Manchester City 1–0 Sunderland – 3 for Manchester City (Valeri Bojinov, Gelson Fernandes & Shaun Wright-Phillips) and 5 for Sunderland (Phil Bardsley, Calum Davenport, Grant Leadbitter, Andy Reid & Anton Ferdinand) (22 March 2009)
Most red cards in a single match: 3 – Manchester City 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur – 2 for Manchester City (Richard Dunne & Gelson Fernandes) and 1 for Tottenham Hotspur (Benoît Assou-Ekotto) (9 November 2008)

Miscellaneous

Longest injury time: 11 minutes, 2 seconds – Stoke City against Tottenham Hotspur (19 October 2008)

Overall
Most wins - Manchester United (28)
Fewest wins - Middlesbrough and Newcastle United (7)
Most losses - West Bromwich Albion (22)
Fewest losses - Liverpool (2)
Most goals scored - Liverpool (77)
Fewest goals scored - Middlesbrough (28)
Most goals conceded - West Bromwich Albion (67)
Fewest goals conceded - Chelsea and Manchester United (24)

Home

Most wins - Manchester United (16)
Fewest wins - Hull City (3)
Most losses - Hull City (11)
Fewest losses - Liverpool (0)
Most goals scored - Manchester United (43)
Fewest goals scored - Middlesbrough and Wigan Athletic (17)
Most goals conceded - Hull City (36)
Fewest goals conceded - Tottenham Hotspur (10)

Away

Most wins - Chelsea (14)
Fewest wins - West Bromwich Albion (1)
Most losses - Middlesbrough (15)
Fewest losses - Liverpool (2)
Most goals scored - Arsenal (37)
Fewest goals scored - West Bromwich Albion (10)
Most goals conceded - Stoke City (40)
Fewest goals conceded - Manchester United (11)

Clean sheets

Most clean sheets - Manchester United (24)
Fewest clean sheets - Hull City (6)

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Nicolas Anelka Chelsea 19
2 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United 18
3 Steven Gerrard Liverpool 16
4 Robinho Manchester City 14
Fernando Torres Liverpool 14
6 Darren Bent Tottenham Hotspur 12
Kevin Davies Bolton Wanderers 12
Dirk Kuyt Liverpool 12
Frank Lampard Chelsea 12
Wayne Rooney Manchester United 12

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Gareth Southgate Middlesbrough Deco Chelsea
September Phil Brown Hull City Ashley Young Aston Villa
October Rafael Benítez Liverpool Frank Lampard Chelsea
November Gary Megson Bolton Wanderers Nicolas Anelka Chelsea
December Martin O'Neill Aston Villa Ashley Young Aston Villa
January Sir Alex Ferguson Manchester United Nemanja Vidic Manchester United
February David Moyes Everton Phil Jagielka Everton
March Rafael Benítez Liverpool Steven Gerrard Liverpool
April Sir Alex Ferguson Manchester United Andrei Arshavin Arsenal

Annual awards

League Managers' Association Manager of the Year
The LMA Manager of the Year award was won by David Moyes after leading Everton to back-to-back fifth place finishes and the FA Cup Final.

PFA Players' Player of the Year
The PFA Players' Player of the Year award for 2009 was won by Ryan Giggs of Manchester United.
The shortlist for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award, in alphabetical order, was as follows:
Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United)
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United)
Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United)

PFA Young Player of the Year
The PFA Young Player of the Year award was won by Ashley Young of Aston Villa.
The shortlist for the award was as follows:
Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa)
Jonny Evans (Manchester United)
Stephen Ireland (Man City)
Aaron Lennon (Tottenham Hotspur)
Rafael da Silva (Manchester United)
Ashley Young (Aston Villa)

PFA Team of the Year

PFA Team of the Year
van der SarJohnsonVidicFerdinandEvraRonaldoGerrardGiggsYoungAnelkaTorres
Goalkeeper: Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United)
Defence: Glen Johnson (Portsmouth), Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic (All Manchester United)
Midfield: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs (Both Manchester United), Ashley Young (Aston Villa)
Attack: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), Fernando Torres (Liverpool)

PFA Fans' Player of the Year
Steven Gerrard was named the PFA Fans' Player of the Year.

PFA Merit Award
Former Grimsby Town full-back John McDermott received the PFA Merit Award.

FWA Footballer of the Year
The Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award for 2009 was won by Steven Gerrard for first time. The Liverpool captain saw off the challenges of Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs and forward Wayne Rooney, who finished second and third respectively.

Barclays Premier League Merit Award
Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Friedel was honoured with the Barclays Premier League Merit Award after reaching 167 consecutive Premier League appearances on 5 December 2008.
Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar collected the Barclays Premier League Merit Award after breaking the Premier League record for minutes played without conceding a goal, spanning 11 consecutive clean sheets from Stoke City on 15 November 2008 to West Bromwich Albion on 27 January 2009.
Portsmouth goalkeeper David James was honoured with the Barclays Premier League Merit Award after he broke the Premier League's appearance record with 536 appearances on 14 February 2009 in Portsmouth's 2–0 victory over Manchester City.

Barclays Spirit Award
The Barclays Spirit Award is given to "the player or manager whose actions best encapsulate the spirit of the game". In recognition for leading his club to the top of the Fair Play league, the Barclays Spirit Award for 2008–09 was given to Fulham manager Roy Hodgson.

Barclays Player of the Season
Nemanja Vidic 27, won the Barclays Player of the Season accolade for the first time.

Barclays Manager of the Season
Sir Alex Ferguson, 67, picked up the Barclays Manager of the Season for the eighth time. During his hugely successful spell with Manchester United, which began in 1986, he has won eleven Premier League titles, five FA Cups, three League Cups, three European titles, one Intercontinental Cup and one Club World Cup.

Managerial Changes

Team Outgoing Manner Date Table Incoming Date Table
Chelsea Avram Grant Sacked 24 May 2008 2nd (07–08) Luiz Felipe Scolari 1 July 2008 N/A
West Ham United Alan Curbishley Resigned 3 September 2008 5th Gianfranco Zola 11 September 2008 5th
Newcastle United Kevin Keegan Resigned 4 September 2008 11th Joe Kinnear1 26 September 2008 19th
Tottenham Hotspur Juande Ramos Sacked 25 October 2008 20th Harry Redknapp 26 October 2008 20th
Portsmouth Harry Redknapp Tottenham Hotspur
purchased rights for £5m 26 October 2008 7th Tony Adams 28 October 2008 7th
Sunderland Roy Keane Resigned 4 December 2008 18th Ricky Sbragia 27 December 2008 14th
Blackburn Rovers Paul Ince Sacked 16 December 2008 19th Sam Allardyce 17 December 2008 19th
Portsmouth Tony Adams Sacked 9 February 2009 16th Paul Hart2 9 February 2009 16th
Chelsea Luiz Felipe Scolari Sacked 9 February 2009 4th Guus Hiddink3 11 February 2009 4th
Newcastle United Joe Kinnear Medical break clause 16 February 2009 13th Alan Shearer4 31 March 2009 18th
Sunderland Ricky Sbragia Resigned 24 May 2009 16th
Chelsea Guus Hiddink End of contract 31 May 2009 3rd

(Courtesy of Wiki.)

by **dawson99** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:15 am

great stats... forgotten them already but nice to have in one place

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