United Move Top After Loss

It was a fantastic weekend of Promroiship football with eight matches featuring on Match of the Day, and a similar amount of goals being scored in each match.

Manchester United made their first appearance of the season and went straight to the top of the table thanks to playing North-West rivals Liverpool in a top of the table clash - top of the Promroiship table that is, because Liverpool moved up a place to second after gaining 56 points this week, giving a familiar look to the summit after Round 4. Chelsea and Manchester City entered the table in joint 7th place after their first appearance on Match of the Day this season. Apart from Newcastle and Hull who appeared second in the running order, the other teams struggled this week gaining a maximum of 16 points each, lowering their overall average for the season and benefiting some of the teams who did not play on Saturday. As such, appearing on MOTD with so many other fixtures was generally a disadvantage, although if anything should average out over a season, it would be.. errm.. an average.

Promroiship Results September 13th 2008 (Match of the Day Running Order)

Liverpool v Manchester United...56
Newcastle United v Hull City....48
Manchester City v Chelsea.......32
West Brom v West Ham United.....16
Blackburn Rovers v Arsenal......16
Portsmouth v Middlesborough.....16
Fulham v Bolton Wanderers....... 8
Wigan Athletic v Sunderland..... 8


The Promroiship Table after Round 4 (08/9)

Team..................Total...Apps..Average
Manchester United...... 56......1....56.0
Liverpool..............133......3....44.3
Fulham.................113......3....37.7
Aston Villa............ 35......1....35.0
Hull City..............135......4....33.8
Newcastle United.......100......3....33.3
Chelsea................ 32......1....32.0
Manchester City........ 32......1....32.0
Tottenham Hotspur...... 63......2....31.5
Arsenal................124......4....31.0
Everton................ 91......3....30.3
Portsmouth............. 58......2....29.0
Middlesbrough..........104......4....26.0
Sunderland............. 78......3....26.0
West Bromwich Albion... 95......4....23.5
Stoke City............. 67......3....22.3
Bolton Wanderers....... 80......4....20.0
Blackburn Rovers....... 76......4....19.0
West Ham United........ 41......3....13.7
Wigan Athletic......... 39......3....13.0