JohnDTraynor Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 Liverpool won that game in hand and considerably improved thier goal difference Bad result and performance in Italy Portsmouth's victory means another UEFA cup place disappears form the legue because there cannot be a Chelsea-Manchester United final Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 (edited) Portsmouth's victory means another UEFA cup place disappears form the legue because there cannot be a Chelsea-Manchester United final Crumb of hope (although hopefully we won't need it)... The UEFA Fair Play Competition, which was introduced in the 1993/94 season gives three countries the chance to enter an additional club for the UEFA Cup. UEFA maintains a ranking list based on all national and club matches played between June 1 and May 31 in all UEFA competitions except the UEFA Regions Cup. The association that tops the ranking automaticly qualifies for a UEFA Cup place. All associations which achieved an average of 8 points or more go into a draw to determine the other two places. The three UEFA Cup places go to the club which won the domestic fair play competition. For this purpose each association maintains a ranking list based on matches in the national league and cup. If the winner already qualified for one of the UEFA competitions the next club on the domestic fair play ranking gets the UEFA Cup place. England are currently topping the European Fair Play league. Everton are currently fifth in the English Fair Play league, behind ManU, Spurs, Liverpool and Arsenal, all of whom will have qualified elsewhere barring a miracle. Therefore, as things stand now if I understand it right, we could still finish sixth and qualify . Could also take heart from the fact that the team we beat fairly comfortably last week-end just won at Old Trafford . And City lost, Blackburn only drew at home to Fulham....that's the two of them effectively out of it hopefully, a significant gap below Villa now... ....a Trebly good week? Edited March 8, 2008 by MikeO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouse Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 put pompey can still win it? they are one of our challengers. I think we are good enought to hold on to 5th spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomness Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 what i dont get is, statistically we've had the LEAST cards in the league, yet we're 5th in the fair-play league..... how? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Red cards cost us more than Yellow and we've had a few this season 3 i think, or more.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 I thought Reading were above us in the fair play league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zequist Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Reading has fallen to 8th in the most recent standings, behind Man City and Wigan. http://www.premierleague.com/page/FairPlay...,,12306,00.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomness Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 to qualify for the uefa cup next season we need to finish 4th and hope the RS win the CL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 to qualify for the uefa cup next season we need to finish 4th and hope the RS win the CL. Not the case. Deffo one UEFA place from the league. Fifth is a guarantee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_blue Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 but only one place? based on results in the cups? intertoto not looking so stupid now. did the shite apply? just out of interest... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 but only one place? based on results in the cups? intertoto not looking so stupid now. did the shite apply? just out of interest... Probably not but if they start to feel insecure about getting a Eufa place you can be sure that they will, and the FA will do all in their power to make sure that one of the "Geese that lays their golden eggs" will get it no matter if they applied or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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