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Similarities between 1995/96 and 2017-18 Premiership seasons after Round 23- Gap of 12 points & Liverpool winning 4-3

After Manchester United’s 3-0 win over Stoke at Old Trafford at the end of Week 23, here are some interesting similarities between the 1995/96 Premiership season and the 2017/18 one.

United were exactly twelve points behind Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle (the then leaders) at THIS stage (Round 23) in the 1995/96 season.

Liverpool beat Newcastle (the leaders) 4-3 at Anfield that season in an all time classic that many remember even today

United, as we all know, ended up WINNING the 1995/96 title, making up the 12 point deficit over the rest of the season, and eventually finishing four ahead of the Magpies. Liverpool have beaten the current leaders (Man City) 4-3 over the weekend.

Here are the tables from the 1995/1996 season and the 2017/2018 seasons after Round 23

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How many people in the UK find football/soccer boring? 2017 Survey results

Football is easily the most popular sport in the UK, but it however does not win the tag of “most exciting sport”, with that award going to Athletics, according a recent survey conducted among the British public.

40% of those polled thought football was “boring” or “very boring”. The most snoozeworthy sport appears to be golf, with 70% of those polled calling it “boring” or “very boring”. Not far behind were American Football (59%) and cricket (58%).

Interestingly, 46% of those polled thought rugby league was boring, more than the 39% figure for rugby union. 41% of those polled thought union was “exciting or very exciting”, compared to 43% for football, 34% for league, 43% for tennis and 47% for athletics

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Austrian Footballer of the Year 2017- Marcel Sabitzer | Leipzig star is Austria player of the year

RB Leipzig’s Marcel Sabitzer has been named Austrian Footballer of the Year 2017, breaking David Alaba’s six year winning streak. Alaba, who won the crown six times in a row between 2011 and 2016, finished 8th in the poll, as voted for by the 10 coaches of the Austrian Bundesliga.

The coaches of Sturm Graz (Franco Foda, also the new Austrian football national team manager from 2018), Austria Vienna (Thorsten Fink), SCR Altach (Klaus Schmidt), Wolfsberger AC (Heimo Pfeifenberger), had him as their first choice, while Rapid Vienna manager Goran Djuricin ranked him second.

Schalke’s Guido Burgstaller finished second, while Andreas Ulmer, Stefan Schwab and Valon Berisha tied for third.

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