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NUMBER-CRUNCHED: the best and worst of English league football in 2013

Dosh, doping, transfers, a hoaxer, Wenger, whistle-blowers and more: the most-read stories of 2013

Christmas history says Sunderland 95% doomed but Baggies escape gives hope

Takeovers, triumphs and Hansen's first column: why the end of a Liverpool institution is a dark day for journalism

United's historic home dominance laid foundation for serial success

Fulham travel to Everton in shadow of bleak, defeated record-breaking history

THE ASHES: "Australia haven’t suddenly turned into a great team. They aren’t."

'The problem for football is that it is up to its neck in gambling'

Toon, Hammers and Stoke seek to end ducks against United, Liverpool & Chelsea

World Cup prediction special: 'The BBC will flood the airwaves with Gangnam Style and fat men everywhere will pretend to lasso women'

"For United it is all about fourth place now ... then record spending on a single player"

THE ASHES: Adelaide notebook ... on sledging, selection and non-stories

History has Hammers hopeful and Fulham fretting ahead of drop-zone derby

'Maybe the forces of darkness will force out AVB, but hell’s bells it would be a disaster for Spurs'

Doubt over Leeds future as MD Haigh’s spokesman confirms shortlisting as Tory MP

"Poyet’s dark hint that Riley wouldn't apologise because he's foreign is irresponsible and insulting"

Liverpool 51 Everton 16. (That's the number of post-war seasons finishing higher)

Amnesty International report: Fifa must not tolerate human rights abuses in Qatar

The very definition of a Premier League home banker: Chelsea v West Brom

'Fluke or finance, the title processions in Europe in 2012-13 should be a serious concern'

Thrashed! The 32 times that Premier League clubs have been hit for seven

Is the idea of NFL finally taking off across the Atlantic?

How Norwich draw more, United draw blood and LFC-WBA ends in victory

Arsene Wenger - what is he good for?

Man Utd have had three worse starts in 40 years ... but only one led to relegation

Aston Villa, Man City and the fascinating polorisation of clean sheet statistics

One point from five games: Sunderland have 64% chance of being relegated

'11 goals, two hat-tricks, three pens, one red and several punch-ups ... it was the greatest final ever played on American soil'

Arsenal and West Brom face favourite fall guys as Stoke and Sunderland come calling

REVEALED: Asia driving boom as Premier League foreign TV cash hits £2.23bn

'He copyrighted making a little heart with his hands. That’s all you need to know.'

Newcastle seek 20th Premier League win against Villa in 20th shared season

Villains and Saints promote youth as Hammers and Fulham help the aged

Number-crunched: Premier League summer transfers by club, country, age and position

Fifa accused of ‘playing God’ by stopping 17-year-old Briton’s college education

Moyes faces stiffest challenge on home debut as Chelsea visit fortress Old Trafford

London's top dogs Arsenal head for barometer at easy-pickings Fulham

Swansea and Palace vie for hardest starts. Hammers, Saints & United on easy street

REVEALED: Championship shirt sales outstrip rest of ‘Big 5’ second tiers combined

Goodbye 1-0, hello 2-1 as City, United and Chelsea grace 'rampant' Premier League era

Premier League shirt sponsors pour record £166m into top-flight bank accounts

Chelsea, Man United and Arsenal lead the way in opening-day glory

Premier League fixtures 2013-14 as interactive molecules

Pedigree, cash, managers, analytics: and why 2013-14 predictions are a 58m-1 shot

Nationality maps for football leagues 2013-14

Premier League's global game hits landmark 100th different foreign nationality

The legend of Tomashek: 'Fight for the world title?'. 'Naw'. '$2,500'. 'I'm there'.

Taxing times in the NBA: the luxury of stars, the bottom line and lessons for FFP

Murrayball: how to gatecrash tennis's golden era and become a Wimbledon contender

As Mayweather prepares for Canelo: the lessons and perils of boxing's lethal secret

Fixing, doping, whistle-blowing: secrets that tennis prefers not to discuss

Fans march on Premier League HQ over ticket prices as 2013-14 fixtures released

From £200m Messi to £20m Lukaku: Europe’s 60 most valuable players this summer

Newcastle hit rock bottom (of the 2012-13 injuries league)

REVEALED: Manchester City rise to top of global pay charts, Dodgers soar to challenge

TOM BURROWS: Why Wimbledon is likely to be served up free-to-air for years to come

Stories and resources to download and read offline

Documentary maker: Why I made ‘Venky's - The fall of Blackburn Rovers’

How the £120m Championship final play-off prize adds up

Mick McManus: A ‘subversive renegade’ in era of Haystacks, Kendo and King Kong Kirk

EXCLUSIVE: The 37 English professional football clubs offering zero pay for real jobs

Where the money went: Premier League prize and TV payments for 2012-13

Haunted by Hillsborough: a catalogue of inaction and why justice must be done

New Nike deal makes England No2 in world football (but not on the pitch)

Since Arsenal last won silverware: 23 ex-Gunners win 56 major trophies ... and counting

Daniel Striani and Uefa's Financial Fair Play regulations: the new Bosman?

Premier League goals record unlikely despite prolific Manchester United

Tell me why ... my Wembley trips with Wrexham bode badly for Bundesliga's finest

Tell me why ... the English football authorities keep buck-passing the Blackburn farce

On historical form, Fulham face n-n-no chance at Everton after 19 straight defeats

Manchester United win 20th English title to close gap on Liverpool trophy record

Tell me why ... genuine horror and pantomime plot are so blurred in Suarez bite case

Cardiff's elevation takes Premier League membership to brink of majority experience

Manchester United kings of social media as well as the Premier League

The Premier League in cyberspace: an Arsenal to Wigan of social media

Tell me why ... the FA don’t look to Belgium for advice on fostering player-fan bonds

PROFILE: Brian Lomax - a supporter pioneer ahead of his time

Newcastle still calling the north-east Toon as jittery derby with Sunderland looms

Tell me why ... the real scandal of Di Canio’s appointment has been obscured by talk of Mussolini and fascism

Tell me why ... all this Premier League money has made so many fans so miserable

QPR relish capital gains as Man City and Wigan flop in north-west derbies

From Man Utd at £1bn to Wigan at £43m: what's your club REALLY worth?

REVEALED: Qatar hoaxer - a cautionary tale of delusion, fantasy and lucre (DFL)

Tell me why ... society demands black and white when real life is 50 shades of grey

Swansea face toughest Premier League run-in as Liverpool dream of 'easy street'

Garcia offers whistleblower anonymity during Qatar 2022 World Cup investigation

Fan survey: China's burgeoning moneybags league wants Lampard, Gerrard and Owen

The inevitability of United's title coronation: even their worst-ever finish won't stop it

Indian Wells: the gift that keeps on giving

Tell me why ... the abuse I get from Manchester City fans surpasses all other

Chelsea fans' solace: Super Rafa goes ballistic but Baggies are atrocious

Manchester United 'ever-present' kings as 800th Premier League game looms

125 years ago this Saturday, a Scottish draper from Aston Villa wrote a letter that made history (and football as we know it)

Tell me why ... the South Yorkshire Police can't stop distorting the truth on Hillsborough

Ailing QPR face bogey team Manchester United with Sinton and Bailey ancient history

FA CUP: crowds pip league attendances as tournament reaches business end

Tell me why ... Rogers' coming out has convinced so many football is enlightened

Tell me why ... football cuts 'superfluous' kids adrift with such ruthless abandon

Manchester United the undisputed kings of Premier League away days

EXCLUSIVE: Top match-fix investigator reveals 'real story' about new cases

Tell me why ... the story of Ndomo Sabo isn’t better known

Drawing conclusions: Stoke do stalemates, United not, City-Liverpool likely

‘Guardiola’s record is exceptional but whether he is an exceptional manager will only be discovered in the Bundesliga and beyond’

Merseyside FA Cup misery (and a history of 119 Premier League shockers)

Tell me why ... the FA's advice on ballboys will alter football's amorality? (It won't)

Q&A - for the times when Twitter isn't enough

Up for the Cup? A dozen times yes, from Macclesfield to Tottenham

REVEALED: the scale of Bradford's cup triumph in global football context

NEW RESEARCH: Foreign players at record levels across European football

Tell me why ... Michael Johnson’s plight doesn’t make us appreciate the pressures that come attached to big football salaries

Manchester United's January standard points to also-ran finish for rivals

'It would help the credibility of those who criticise refs if they actually knew the laws'

Tell me why ... Man City haven’t done more to prevent Balotelli being a walking disaster

'It's the £62 question: avoid because you never win there, or go in hope you might'

Premier League goals record on track thanks to United, Arsenal, City and Chelsea

Messi business: Five thoughts on a number-crunched Ballon D'Or

Tell me why … we don’t laud today’s FA Cup giant-killers like we do Ronnie Radford

Murray's Brisbane win sets up a shot at an unprecedented Slam feat

NFL remains by far the best attended domestic sports league in the world

Woeful 2012 for QPR points to unlucky 2013 (and relegation)