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Premier League Clubs at a Glance

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Arsenal 
    nickname - The Gunners
    stadium - Highbury (capacity 38,500)
    manager - Arsene Wenger (since September 1996)
    honors - league champion 11 times (last in 1998), FA Cup seven
times (last 1998), League Cup twice (last 1993). Cup Winners Cup
once (1994), European Fairs Cup once (1970).
    last season - league runner up
    new players - Sol Campbell (from Tottenham), Francis Jeffers
(Everton), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Rangers), Richard Wright
(Ipswich), Junichi Inamoto (Gamba Osaka).
    departed players - Nelson Vivas (Inter Milan), Stefan Malz
(Kaiserslautern).
    prospects - could slip to fifth
     
Aston Villa 
    nickname - The Villains
    stadium - Villa Park (39,000)
    manager - John Gregory (since February 1998)
    honors - league champion seven times (last in 1981), FA Cup
seven times (last in 1957), League Cup five times (last in 1996),
Champions Cup (1982), world club champion (1982), European Super
Cup (1983).
    last season - eighth
    new players - Peter Schmeichel (Sporting Lisbon), Mustapha Hadji
(Coventry), Hassan Kachloul (Southampton), Olof Mellberg (Racing
Santander)
    departed players - Gareth Southgate (Middlesbrough), Julian
Joachim (Coventry), David James (West Ham).
    prospects - will struggle to reach top six target.
    
 Blackburn Rovers 
    nickname - Rovers
    stadium - Ewood Park (31,400)
    manager - Graeme Souness (since March 2000)
    honors - league champion three times (last in 1995), FA Cup six
times (last in 1928).
    last season - promoted as division one runner up
    new players - Corrado Grabbi (Ternana), Alan Mahon (Sporting
Lisbon), Tugay Kerimoglu (Glasgow Rangers)
    departed players - none
    prospects - unlikely to reach top 10.
    
 Bolton Wanderers 
    nickname - The Trotters
    stadium - Reebok Stadium (28,000)
    manager - Sam Allardyce (since October 1999)
    honors - FA Cup four times (last 1958), best in league third
place in 1921 and '25.
    last season - promoted through division one playoffs
    new players - Henrik Pedersen (Silkeborg), Akinori Nishizawa
(Cerezo Osaka)
    departed - Robbie Elliott (Newcastle)
    prospects - strong relegation favorite
    
 Charlton Athletic 
    nickname - The Addicks
    stadium - The Valley (20,000)
    manager - Alan Curbishley (since June 1995)
    honors - FA Cup (1947), league runner up 1937
    last season - ninth
    new players - Jason Euell (Wimbledon), Shaun Bartlett (FC
Zurich), Luke Young (Tottenham).
    departed - none
    prospects - will do well to emulate last season's high finish.
    
 Chelsea 
    nickname - The Blues
    stadium - Stamford Bridge (41,000)
    manager - Claudio Ranieri (since September 2000)
    honors - league champion (1955), FA Cup three times (last 2000),
League Cup twice (last 1998), Cup Winners Cup twice (last 1998),
European Super Cup (1999).
    last season - sixth (qualified for UEFA Cup)
    new players - Frank Lampard (West Ham), William Gallas
(Olympique Marseille), Emmanuel Petit (Barcelona), Boudewijn Zenden
(Barcelona)
    departed - Gustavo Poyet (Tottenham), Dennis Wise (Leicester),
Frank Leboeuf (Marseille), Jon Harley (Fulham)
    prospects - top four finish.
    
 Derby County 
    nickname - The Rams
    stadium - Pride Park (34,000)
    manager - Jim Smith (since June 1995)
    honors - league champion twice (last 1975), FA Cup once (1946).
    last season - 17th (just avoided relegation)
    new players - Fabrizio Ravanelli (Lazio)
    departed - Rory Delap (Southampton)
    prospects - another relegation battle
    
 Everton 
    nickname - The Toffees
    stadium - Goodison Park (40,000)
    manager - Walter Smith (since July 1998)
    honors - league champion nine times (last 1987), FA Cup five
times (last 1995), Cup Winners Cup (1985)
    last season - 16th
    new players - Tomasz Radzinski (Anderlecht), Alan Stubbs
(Celtic).
    departed - Francis Jeffers (Arsenal), Michael Ball (Rangers).
    prospects - another season of under achievement
    
 Fulham 
    nickname - The Cottagers
    stadium - Craven Cottage (19,250)
    manager - Jean Tigana (since July 2000)
    honors - none (best league finish 10th in 1960), FA Cup runner
up 1975.
    last season - promoted as division one champion.
    new players - Luis Boa Morte (Southampton), Abdelslam Ouaddou
(Nancy), Edwin van der Sar (Juventus), Jon Harley (Chelsea)
    departed - Paul Peschisolido (Sheffield United)
    prospects - top 10 finish.
    
 Ipswich Town 
    nickname - The Blues
    stadium - Portman Road (22,700)
    manager - George Burley (since December 1994)
    honors - league champion (1961), FA Cup (1978), UEFA Cup (1981)
    last season - fifth (qualified for UEFA Cup)
    new players - Pablo Gonzalez Counago (Celta Vigo).
    departed - Richard Wright (Arsenal)
    prospects - unlikely to match last season's surprise fifth place
    
 Leeds United 
    nickname - The Whites
    stadium - Elland Road (40,200)
    manager - David O'Leary (since October 1998)
    honors - league champion three times (last 1992), FA Cup (1972),
European Fairs Cup twice (last in 1971).
    last season - fourth (qualified for UEFA Cup)
    new players - Robbie Keane (Inter Milan)
    departed - none
    prospects - top three place
    
 Leicester City 
    nickname - The Foxes
    stadium - Filbert Street (22,200)
    manager - Peter Taylor (since June 2000)
    honors - league runner up 1929, FA Cup runner up four times
(last 1969), League Cup three time winner (last in 2000)
    last season - 13th
    new players - Dennis Wise (Chelsea), Ian Walker (Tottenham),
Jamie Scowcroft (Ipswich)
    departed - Richard Cresswell (Preston), Steve Guppy (Celtic)
    prospects - no better than halfway
    
 Liverpool 
    nickname - The Reds
    stadium - Anfield (45,500)
    manager - Gerard Houllier (since July 1998)
    honors - league champion record 18 times (last 1990), FA Cup six
times (last 2001), League Cup six times (last 2001), Champions Cup
four times (last 1984), UEFA Cup three times (last 2001), European
Super Cup (1977)
    last season - third (qualified for Champions Cup)
    new players - John Arne Riise (Monaco).
    departed - Christian Ziege (Tottenham)
    prospects - likely runner up
    
 Manchester United 
    nickname - The Reds
    stadium - Old Trafford (69,000)
    manager - Alex Ferguson (since November 1986)
    honors - league champion 14 times (last 2001), FA Cup winner 10
times (last 1999), League Cup 1992, Champions Cup twice (last
1999), Cup Winners Cup (1991), World Club Cup (1999), European
Super Cup (1991).
    last season - champion for seventh time in nine seasons
    new players - Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven), Juan
Sebastian Veron (Lazio), Roy Carroll (Wigan)
    departed - Teddy Sheringham (Tottenham)
    prospects - champion yet again
    
 Middlesbrough 
    nickname - Boro
    stadium - The Riverside (35,000)
    manager - Steve McClaren (June 2001)
    honors - none. best league position third in 1914, FA Cup runner
up (1997), League Cup runner up twice (last 1998).
    last season - 14th
    new players - Gareth Southgate (Aston Villa), Szilard Nemeth
(Inter Bratislava)
    departed - Christian Karembeu (Olympiakos)
    prospects - should avoid another relegation struggle.
    
 Newcastle United 
    nickname - The Magpies
    stadium - St. James Park (52,000)
    manager - Bobby Robson
    honors - league champion four times (last 1927), FA Cup six
times (last 1955), European Fairs Cup (1969)
    last season - 11th
    new players - Craig Bellamy (Coventry), Robbie Elliott (Bolton),
Lauren Robert (Paris Saint Germain).
    departures - Stephen Glass (Watford)
    prospects - still under achieving, unlikely to make top 10.
    
 Southampton 
    nickname - The Saints
    stadium - St Mary's Stadium (32,000)
    manager - Stuart Gray (March 2001)
    honors - FA Cup winner 1976, league runner up 1984.
    last season - 10th
    new players - Rory Delap (Derby), Anders Svensson (Elsborg),
Jacinta Ela Eyene (Espanol)
    departed - Hassan Kachloul (Aston Villa), Luis Boa Morte
(Fulham)
    prospects - With Hoddle gone, expected to be in relegation
battle
    
 Sunderland 
    nickname - The Black Cats
    stadium - Stadium of Light (48,300)
    manager - Peter Reid (since March 1995)
    honors - league champion six times (last 1936), FA Cup twice
(last 1973).
    last season - seventh
    new players - Lilian Laslandes (Bordeaux), Nicolas Medina
(Argentinos Juniors).
    departed - Carsten Fredgaard (FC Copenhagen)
    prospects - top eight finish again.
    
 Tottenham Hotspur 
    nickname - The Spurs
    stadium - White Hart Lane (36,000)
    manager - Glenn Hoddle (since March 2001)
    honors - league champion twice (last 1961), FA Cup winner eight
times (last in 1991), League Cup three times (last in 1999), Cup
Winners Cup (1963), UEFA Cup twice (last in 1984).
    last season - 12th
    new players - Teddy Sheringham (Manchester United), Gustavo
Poyet (Chelsea), Christian Ziege (Liverpool), Goran Bunjevcevic
(Red Star Belgrade).
    departed - Sol Campbell (Arsenal), Ian Walker (Leicester), Luke
Young (Charlton)
    prospects - top eight finish.
    
 West Ham United 
    nickname - The Hammers
    stadium - Upton Park (26,000)
    manager - Glenn Roeder (since May 2001)
    honors - FA Cup winner three times (last in 1980), best league
finish third 1986, Cup Winners Cup winner 1965.
    last season - 15th
    new players - David James (Aston Villa), Sebastian Schemmel
(Metz).
    departures - Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Stuart Pearce (Manchester
City), Igor Stimac (Hajduk Split).
    prospects - relegation struggle looms.

 

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