Glory awaits City

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The crystal ball is back for one last time this season. It has been faulty mostly, but it will go down, much like the Bon Jovi album, in a blaze of glory

Champions
For all the world, 82 minutes down at Old Trafford two weeks ago, there was only one team that would have been champions. But now, there will be a new champion of the English Premier League for the first time since Chelsea won it in 2005. Enjoy the glory, Manchester City fans around the world. Each one of you should. You deserve it.

Runners-up
It will be the first time in the history of the Premiership that the league will be decided on goal difference. All Manchester United fans who feel Sir Alex has “lost the plot”, he almost won the league without the club captain and his midfield marshall for virtually the entire season. So quit moping and be proud.

second Runners-Up
Jermaine Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur) and Jack Wilshire (Arsenal) made a bet earlier in the season about their respective teams finishing above the other this season.
Sorry Jermaine, it’s time to cough up.

Last CL place
As much as I would like to point at Newcastle here, I’m afraid Everton won’t let me.
This year will see Tottenham return to the Champions League and make the group stage of the competition exciting again. It’s a pity, the way the Spurs bottled it after manager Harry Redknapp’s tax evasion trial began. But two wins in the last two games will do nicely for next year.

Fifth
No team has had the same impact that Newcastle have had this season. Pardew’s Toon Army have never left the top half of the table the entire season. And that is largely down to two strikers — Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse.

Sixth
When Andre Villas-Boas came to Chelsea, sixth was possibly the last position Chelsea fans would have imagined they will end up in.
When he left, sixth seemed a distant dream. Tomorrow, it will become a reality. And a week later, it could mean the Europa League next year.

Seventh
The last remaining European place is left for the Merseysiders to fight over and I’m afraid Liverpool are going to finish below Everton for the first time since the inception of the League.
The same game at Old Trafford that sealed United’s fate also sealed Everton’s place in the Europa League next year.

Eighth to 15th
Liverpool’s poorest League showing is just reward for hiring Kenny Dalglish after brutally removing Roy Hodgson. Liverpool have been woeful this season and there will be no Europa League for them next season. No wait, they won the Carling Cup.

Mid Table Mediocrity also awaits Fulham, West Brom, Sunderland and Stoke while Swansea and Norwich also make up the numbers. However the Swans and the Canaries’ outstanding season cannot be just summed up as simply as that. Swansea have adapted the tiki taka and have been a breath of fresh air in the League.