The Sunday Times - UK (2022-05-01)

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WILL TOFFEES COME UNSTUCK?

Everton currently sit in the relegation zone. Their points total of

29 is their lowest at this stage of a Premier League campaign

THE EVER-PRESENTS

Everton are one of the 22 teams to have

featured in the first PL season, and one

of only six clubs – Man Utd, Arsenal, Spurs

Liverpool and Chelsea are the others – to

have played in every campaign since

Points total after 32 games played

Team finishing third from bottom Everton, 2021-22

40pts

92-93 00-01 10-11 20-21

20

0

29

40

60pts

20

92-93 00-01 10-11 20-21

29

Everton’s points total after 32 games played

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Last weekend, Oldham became first club

from among the original 22 to lose their

football league status when their

relegation from League Two was confirmed

Premier League

1 Man City

2 Liverpool

3 Chelsea

4 Arsenal

5 Tottenham

6 Man Utd

13 Southampton

14 Crystal Palace

15 Aston Villa

16 Leeds Utd

18 Everton

20 Norwich City

League Two

23 Oldham

League One

4 Sheffield W

11 Ipswich Town

22 AFC Wimbledon

Championship

3 N’ham Forest

6 Sheffield Utd

7 M'boro

8 Blackburn

10 Coventry City

11 QPR

Current standings* of each of the

22 clubs to play in the 1992-93 PL

*Going into yesterday's games

First time relegated

1992-93 PL clubs to have been relegated

Aston Villa 2015-16

Coventry City 2000-01

Leeds Utd 2003-04

Oldham 1993-94

Sheffield Wednesday 1999-00

Southampton 2004-05

Wimbledon 1999-00

Blackburn 1998-99

Ipswich Town 1994-95

Manchester City 1995-96

Nottingham Forest 1992-93

Queens Park Rangers 1995-96

Sheffield Utd 1993-94

Crystal Palace 1992-93

Middlesbrough 1992-93

Norwich City 1994-95

Premier League

ASTON VILLA 2 NORWICH 0

Watkins 41, Ings 90+3

HT: 1-0. Att: 40,290

LEEDS 0 MAN CITY 4

Rodri 13, Aké 54, Jesus 78

Fernandinho 90+3

HT: 0-1. Att: 35,771

NEWCASTLE 0 LIVERPOOL 1

Keita 19

HT: 0-1. Att: 52,281

SOUTHAMPTON 1 CRYSTAL PALACE 2

Romeu 9 Eze 60

Zaha 90+2

HT: 1-0

WATFORD 1 BURNLEY 2

Tarkowski 8 (og) Cork 83

Brownhill 86

HT: 1-0. Att: 20,738

WOLVES 0 BRIGHTON 3

Mac Allister 42 (pen)

Trossard 70, Bissouma 86

HT: 0-1. Att: 31,243

Women’s Super League Man City 7 Brighton 2,

Cinch Scottish Premiership

ABERDEEN 1 DUNDEE 0

Ferguson 73 (pen)

HT: 0-0. Att: 13,747

DUNDEE UTD 1 MOTHERWELL 0

Levitt 37

HT: 1-0. Att: 6,250

HEARTS 0 ROSS CO 0

HT: 0-0. Att: 16,699

LIVINGSTON 1 HIBERNIAN 0

Pitman 57

HT: 0-0

ST JOHNSTONE 0 ST MIRREN 1

Kiltie 53

HT: 0-0. Att: 4,253

PWDL FA Pts

Celtic 34 27 4 3 80 19 85

Rangers 34 24 7 3 70 28 79

Hearts 35 17 10 8 51 35 61

Dundee Utd 35 11 11 13 34 40 44

Ross County 35 10 11 14 45 54 41

Motherwell 35 10 10 15 39 54 40

Livingston 35 12 8 15 38 44 44

Hibernian 35 10 11 14 32 38 41

Aberdeen 35 10 9 16 40 44 39

St Mirren 35 912 14 31 51 39

St Johnstone 357 10 18 22 46 31

Dundee 35 5 11 19 30 59 26

Cinch Scottish League One Airdrieonians 1

Peterhead 1; Alloa 4 Montrose 1; Dumbarton 2

Clyde 1; East Fife 2 Cove 3; Queen’s Park 1 Falkirk 1.

PWD L F APts

Cove Rangers (C) 36 23 10 3 73 32 79

Airdrieonians 36 21 9 6 68 37 72

Montrose 36 15 14 7 53 36 59

Queen’s Park 36 11 18 7 51 36 51

Alloa 36 12 9 15 49 57 45

Falkirk 36 12 8 16 49 55 44

Peterhead 36 11 9 16 46 51 42

Clyde 36 912 15 39 62 39

Dumbarton 36 9 7 20 48 71 34

East Fife (R) 36 5 8 23 31 70 23

League Two Annan 1 Kelty 2; Cowdenbeath 0

Albion 1; Forfar 0 Stenhousemuir 0; Stirling 5

Edinburgh City 0; Stranraer 2 Elgin 0.

PWD L F APts

Kelty Hearts (C) 36 24 9 3 68 28 81

Forfar 36 16 12 8 57 36 60

Annan Athletic 36 18 5 13 64 51 59

Edinburgh City 36 14 10 12 43 49 52

Stenhousemuir 36 13 10 13 47 46 49

Stranraer 36 13 8 15 50 54 47

Stirling 36 11 9 16 41 46 42

Albion 36 10 9 17 37 58 39

Elgin 36 910 17 33 51 37

Cowdenbeath 367 8 21 28 49 29

Play-off semi-final, second leg Fraserburgh 1

Bonnyrigg Rose 0 (Bonnyrigg Rose win 3-2 on agg).

PREMIER LEAGUE, WOMEN AND SCOTLAND

Total Home Away

P W D L F A P W D L F A P W D L F A GD Pts

1 Man City 34 26 5 3 84 21 17 13 2 2 50 13 17 13 3 1 34 8 63 83

2 Liverpool 34 25 7 2 86 22 17 14 3 0 45 7 17 11 4 2 41 15 64 82

3 Chelsea 33 19 9 5 68 28 16 8 5 3 32 18 17 11 4 2 36 10 40 66

4 Arsenal 33 19 3 11 52 40 17 11 2 4 28 15 16 8 1 7 24 25 12 60

5 Tottenham 33 18 4 11 56 38 16 10 1 5 31 18 17 8 3 6 25 20 18 58

6 Man Utd 35 15 10 10 54 52 18 9 5 4 29 22 17 6 5 6 25 30 2 55

7 West Ham 34 15 7 12 52 44 17 9 4 4 30 22 17 6 3 8 22 22 8 52

8 Wolverhampton 34 15 4 15 33 32 17 7 2 8 18 19 17 8 2 7 15 13 1 49

9 Brighton 35 10 14 11 34 42 17 3 7 7 12 22 18 7 7 4 22 20 -8 44

10 Newcastle 35 11 10 14 40 56 18 7 6 5 24 27 17 4 4 9 16 29 -16 43

11 Leicester 32 11 9 12 47 51 16 8 4 4 26 20 16 3 5 8 21 31 -4 42

12 Crystal Palace 34 9 14 11 45 42 17 5 8 4 25 17 17 4 6 7 20 25 3 41

13 Aston Villa 33 12 4 17 44 46 16 6 3 7 26 25 17 6 1 10 18 21 -2 40

14 Brentford 34 11 7 16 41 49 17 6 3 8 18 19 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 40

15 Southampton 35 9 13 13 41 58 18 6 7 5 22 22 17 3 6 8 19 36 -17 40

16 Burnley 34 7 13 14 31 46 17 5 6 6 16 20 17 2 7 8 15 26 -15 34

17 Leeds 34 8 10 16 38 72 17 4 5 8 18 34 17 4 5 8 20 38 -34 34

18 Everton 32 8 5 19 34 55 16 7 2 7 21 20 16 1 3 12 13 35 -21 29

19 Watford 34 6 4 2432 69 17 2 1 14 16 41 17 4 3 10 16 28 -37 22

20 Norwich (R) 34 5 6 23 22 71 17 3 3 11 12 34 17 2 3 12 10 37 -49 21

PREMIER LEAGUE

WEEK 34

Cinch Scottish play-off semi-finals, first

leg: Championship Montrose v

Airdrieonians. League One Edinburgh City

v Dumbarton.

Wednesday: Champions League: Semi-

final, second leg Real Madrid (3) v

Manchester City (4) (8.0).

Women’s Super League Arsenal v

Tottenham (7.15); Manchester City v

Birmingham (7.0).

Thursday: Europa League: Semi-final,

second leg (8.0): Eintracht Frankfurt (2) v

West Ham (1); Rangers (0) v RB Leipzig (1).

Europa Conference League: Semi-final,

second leg (8.0): Marseille (2) v Feyenoord

(3); Roma (1) v Leicester (1).

Kick-off 3.0 unless stated

Saturday: Premier League Brentford v

Southampton; Brighton v Manchester Utd

(5.30); Burnley v Aston Villa; Chelsea v

Wolverhampton; Crystal Palace v Watford;

Liverpool v Tottenham (7.45).

Sky Bet Championship (12.30):

Birmingham v Blackburn; Bournemouth v

Millwall; Derby v Cardiff; Huddersfield v

Bristol City; Hull v Nottingham Forest;

Luton v Reading; Peterborough v

Blackpool; Preston v Middlesbrough;

Sheffield Utd v Fulham; Stoke v Coventry;

Swansea v QPR; West Bromwich v

Barnsley. League Two Barrow v

Northampton; Bradford City v Carlisle;

Bristol Rovers v Scunthorpe; Exeter v Port

Vale; Harrogate v Sutton Utd; Hartlepool v

Colchester; Leyton Orient v Tranmere;

Mansfield v Forest Green; Newport County

v Rochdale; Oldham v Crawley Town;

Stevenage v Salford; Walsall v Swindon.

Vanarama National League Bromley v

Dover; Grimsby v Maidenhead; Halifax v

Aldershot; Notts Co v Altrincham; Solihull

Moors v Dagenham & Redbridge; Torquay

v Chesterfield (12.30); Wealdstone v King’s

Lynn; Weymouth v Barnet; Woking v

Eastleigh; Yeovil v Boreham Wood.

Cinch Scottish Premiership Celtic v

Hearts (midday); Hibernian v Aberdeen;

Livingston v St Johnstone; Ross County v

Motherwell; St Mirren v Dundee.

Cinch Scottish play-off semi-finals,

second leg: Championship Airdrieonians

v Montrose. League One Dumbarton v

Edinburgh City.

Sunday: Premier League Arsenal v Leeds

(2.0); Leicester v Everton (2.0);

Manchester City v Newcastle (4.30);

Norwich v West Ham (2.0).

Vanarama National League Wrexham v

Stockport County (12.30)

Cinch Scottish Premiership Rangers v

Dundee Utd,

Women’s Super League (12): Aston Villa v

Birmingham; Brighton v Everton; Chelsea v

Manchester Utd; Reading v Manchester

City; Tottenham v Leicester; West Ham v

Arsenal.

GOLF
DP World Tour Catalunya Championship (Girona):
Leaders after three rounds (GB and Ire unless
stated): 205 O Bekker (SA) 66 72 67. 207 L Canter
70 67 70. 208 E Molinari (It) 73 69 66, L Gagli (It) 71
72 65. 209 R Fox (NZ) 71 68 70, A Meronk (Pol) 71 71

67. 210 P Larrazabal (Sp) 72 69 69, J Winther (Den)
    66 75 69, I Cantero (Sp) 71 68 71, R McEvoy 69 72
    69, B Wiesberger (Aut) 73 70 67.
    US PGA Tour Mexico Open (Vallarta): Leaders
    after two rounds (US unless stated): 130 J Rahm
    (Sp) 64 66. 132 A Smalley 66 66. 133 C Champ 67
    66, B Hagy 66 67, A Long 67 66, T Mullinax 64 69,
    A Novak 66 67, P Reed 67 66. 134 S Brown 65 69,
    J Byrd 64 70, K Kitayama 64 70, H Lebioda 67 67,
    A Rai (Eng) 65 69, D Riley 69 65. 135 C Howell III
    66 69, S Munoz (Col) 66 69, P Rodgers 66 69

RUGBY LEAGUE
Betfred Super League Hull 48 Toulouse 12.
PW D L F A Pts
St Helens 119 0 2272 10618
Wigan 119 0 2 288 208 18
Catalans D 118 0 3 230 156 16
Hull 11 7 0 4 243184 14
Huddersfield 116 1 4 240 188 13
Hull KR 116 0 5 202 204 12
Warrington 115 0 6 250 258 10

Castleford 11 5 0 6 239 258 10

Leeds 11 3 1 7 161 217 7

Salford 11 3 0 8 210 290 6

Wakefield 11 3 0 8 178280 6

Toulouse 11 1 0 10 166 330 2

Betfred Championship Newcastle 10 Halifax 30.

RUGBY UNION

Gallagher Premiership Gloucester 64 Bath 0;

Leicester 56 Bristol 26; Worcester 16 Saracens 38.

Championship Cup: Quarter-finals Cornish

Pirates 38 Bedford 37; Doncaster 22 Coventry 35;

Ampthill 21 Ealing Trailfinders 31.

National League One Bishop’s Stortford 20

Tonbridge 23; Cinderford 53 Blackheath 28;

Darlington MP 52 Birmingham Moseley 24; Rams

45 Cambridge 7; Rosslyn Park 28 Plymouth 28;

Sale 50 Chinnor 17; Taunton 24 Leeds 41. League

Two: North Bournville 55 Huddersfield 33; Fylde

38 Tynedale 26; Hull Ionians 47 Chester 19;

Loughborough 20 Blaydon 22; Luctonians 24 Hull

7; Sedgley Park 66 Harrogate 10; Sheffield 43

Stourbridge 28; Wharfedale 38 Rotherham 19.

South Barnes 42 Hinckley 17; Barnstaple 12 Clifton

52; Canterbury 31 Bury St Edmunds 24; Dings

Crusaders 41 Westcliff 22; Guernsey 21 Worthing

52; Leicester Lions 24 Redruth 19; Old Albanians

38 Henley 19; Rochford Hundred 24 Esher 55.

United Rugby Championship Edinburgh 10

Ulster 16; Lions 37 Benetton Treviso 29; Ospreys

54 Scarlets 36; Sharks 41 Connacht 21; Stormers

20 Leinster 13; Zebre 23 Dragons 18.

Guinness Women’s Six Nations France 12 England

24; Ireland 15 Scotland 14; Wales 8 Italy 10.

Kick-off 2.0 unless stated

Today: Premier League Everton v

Chelsea; Tottenham v Leicester City; West

Ham Utd v Arsenal (4.30).

Women’s Super League Arsenal v Aston

Villa (2.15); Birmingham v Chelsea (6.45);

Everton v Tottenham (7.30); Leicester v

Reading; Man Utd v West Ham (midday).

Cinch Scottish Premiership Celtic v

Rangers (midday).

Welsh Cup final Penybont v The New

Saints (4.0, Cardiff City Stadium).

Kick-off 3.0 unless stated

Tomorrow: Premier League Man Utd v

Brentford (8.0).

Sky Bet Championship Fulham v Luton

(5.15). League Two Port Vale v Newport

County; Salford City v Mansfield (12.30).

Vanarama National League Altrincham v

Barnet; Boreham Wood v Wrexham;

Chesterfield v Stockport County;

Dagenham & Redbridge v Torquay;

Eastleigh v Halifax; Maidenhead v

Aldershot; Notts County v Dover; Solihull

Moors v Bromley; Southend v Weymouth;

Woking v King’s Lynn; Yeovil v Wealdstone.

Kick-off 7.45 unless stated

Tuesday: Champions League: Semi-final,

second leg Villarreal (0) v Liverpool (2) (8.0).

Sky Bet Championship Bournemouth v

Nottingham Forest (7.0).

SNOOKER

Betfred World Championship (Crucible Theatre,

Sheffield): Semi-finals: R O’Sullivan (Eng) bt

J Higgins (Scot) 17-11 (frame scores; O’Sullivan

first): 53-76, 46-69, 32-87, 70-7, 99-1, 116-10 (116

break), 55-66, 127-0 (107), 122-1, 34-64, 0-79,

99-0, 91-0, 73-43, 70-6, 65-58, 30-66, 104-32, 37-

84, 101-0 (101), 0-103 (103), 121-16 (121), 105-26,

134-0 (134), 5-69, 83-31, 40-81, 99-0; J Trump

(Eng) bt M Williams (Wales) 17-16 (frame scores

Trump first): 78-46, 70-28, 100-8, 34-72, 73-28,

84-21, 91-22, 94-4, 7-72, 131-0 (114), 138-0 (100),

1-119 (119), 8-61, 93-0, 79-52, 18-74, 120-0 (120),

0-137 (137), 0-119, 50-64, 0-67, 0-77, 125-0 (125),

14-63, 76-42, 49-63, 30-73, 0-137 (137), 83-35,

0-138 (138), 49-62, 53-31, 69-34.

TENNIS

ATP BMW Open (Munich): Semi-finals B van de

Zandschulp (Neth) bt M Kecmanovic (Serbia) 2-6

7-6 6-4; H Rune (Den) bt O Otte (Ger) 6-4 6-4.

ATP Millennium Estoril Open: Semi-finals

S Baez (Arg) bt A Ramos-Vinolas (Sp) 6-3 6-7 6-0;

F Tiafoe (US) bt S Korda (US) 4-6 7-6 6-4.

Mutua Madrid Open: Women: First round V

Azarenka (Bela) bt T Zidansek (Slovenia) 3-6 6-1

6-3; E Alexandrova bt N Parrizas Diaz (Sp) 6-4 7-5;

M Bouzkova (Cz) bt D Yastremska (Ukr) 3-6 7-6

6-1; B Bencic (Switz) bt K Muchova (Cz) 6-3 4-6

7-5; A Anisimova (US) bt P Martic (Cro) 3-6 6-3

6-2; O Jabeur (Tun) bt V Gracheva (Russ) 7-5 0-6

6-4; S Halep (Rom) bt P Badosa (Sp) 6-3 6-1.

OTHER RESULTS FIXTURES