Wigan Athletic 0 Manchester United 2: Top 10
Sir Alex Ferguson savoured his 10th Premier League title, saying that Manchester United had the momentum to win the Champions League.
Portsmouth 0 Fulham 1: Hodgson keeps his cool as Fulham sweat their way to survival
When Mark Clattenburg finally blew his whistle to confirm Fulham's remarkable escape, the visitors' dugout erupted in joy, spilling substitutes, coaches and physios across Fratton Park to hug and kiss the players. Several minutes later a 60-year-old man emerged. He shook hands with the officials and went to the Portsmouth players one by one. Eventually, Roy Hodgson walked slowly towards his team as they celebrated in front of the travelling support.
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Everton 3 Newcastle United 1: Yakubu's double seals high five for Everton
Kevin Keegan might be resigned to a fate among the also-rans but Everton alone have given the Premier League aristocrats a run for their money this season and they were rewarded for that yesterday with the Uefa Cup place that Aston Villa had threaten to steal.
- Chelsea 1 Bolton Wanderers 1: Terry hopes to be fit for Moscow
- Derby County 0 Reading 4: Coppell considers his position after Reading's fall
- 'We're very proud. It wasn't easy this season'
- West Ham United 2 Aston Villa 2: O'Neill faces up to task of keeping Barry
- Middlesbrough 8 Manchester City 1: Eriksson demands urgent talks after mauling
United's supreme stylist writes new chapter in champions saga
Admit it: he's been brilliant. If last season was about Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, then this season has really mainly been about Ronaldo. His goal tally piling up game after game, the posturing around free-kicks and then the dispatching of those free-kicks, cannonball-style, into the top corner. The expectation that something will happen every time he gets the ball; the anticipation of having a real superstar on the pitch.
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City on course for UEFA spot
Manchester City are in pole position to claim a place in next year's UEFA Cup after the Football Association was awarded an extra place in next season's competition.
Watford 0 Hull City 2: Barmby puts Hull in sight of a first Wembley final
Dean Windass is 39 years old and Nick Barmby is 34 and both were born in Hull. The pair might not feature much if the Tigers reach the Premier League next season but they picked their moment here at Vicarage Road, a goal apiece making almost certain that they will continue to shape the club's destiny in the short-term at least.
England call-up to cap Hart's meteoric rise
Joe Hart is set to be called up into the full England squad for the forthcoming friendly matches against the United States and Trinidad & Tobago.
Rangers 3 Dundee United 1: Rangers fail to shake the Plain Jane comparison
From Pygmalion to Educating Rita, great metamorphosis dramas all contain a "reveal" scene where the swan emerges. But given that this SPL season has had such a varied blend of tragic, comic, tacky, farcical and epic moments, for comparisons with Rangers it is more appropriate to trawl not Ovid or Russell but Neighbours.
Cardiff are handed Uefa Cup clearance by FA
Cardiff City will represent England in next season's Uefa Cup should they beat Portsmouth in the FA Cup final, the Football Association board have decided.
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